Postdoctoral Research Scholar - DEPP

Essential Job Duties:

The overall aim of this project is to develop gene drive strains for suppression of the New World screwworm. In the initial phase of the project we will work secondary screwworm, a very closely related species. We will work with primary screwworm in ACL3 containment at a later date, if an import permit is granted.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The scholar will work closely with Dr Amarish Yadav in developing docking lines for phiC31 recombinase.
• They will use these lines to create fsRIDL gene drive strains, building on our earlier work with fsRIDL lines.
• The postdoctoral scholar may work on developing suppression gene drive strains targeting sex determination genes such as doublesex. This involves making gene constructs, developing transgenic lines and evaluating the lines.

Departmental Required Skills:

• PhD in molecular biology, genetics, entomology or related discipline
• Ph.D. with less than five years postdoctoral experience essential.

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

• Experience in genetics is desired.