PhD position

CSIRO Rockhampton

PhD Scholarship in Quantitative or Statistical Genetics / Animal Genetics or Breeding / Bioinformatics at CSIRO Australia

Reference No. 2007/872
Website: https://recruitment.csiro.au

Applications are invited for Postgraduate Scholarship in the research area "Quantitative Genomics and Systems Biology", a three year postgraduate appointment co-hosted by Dr Haja Kadarmideen of CSIRO Livestock Industries and Prof Julius van der Werf of the School of Rural Science and Agriculture, University of New England.

Candidate must have (or expect to have) Australian citizenship or Permanent Residency. A high quality Honours or Masters degree or similar in the field of Animal/Plant Breeding or Statistics or Genetics or Computational Biology or Bioinformatics or closely related field is essential. Full and Top-up Scholarships are available to doctoral students who gain or expect to gain an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or equivalent university award or scholarship in 2008.

Position Description
We would like to appoint a Postgraduate Scholar to a project to examine various statistical and computational methods to analyse high throughput genomics data and to estimate association between DNA markers and quantitative traits in animals. The efforts in sequencing the human / bovine genome have resulted in the detection of many thousands of genetic markers that are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Availability of SNP Chips and whole genome-wide association tests mark the revolutions in gene discovery for many complex traits. This project has a focus on beef cattle and sheep. Computer simulations may be used, with the possibility to use SNP Chip data from Beef cattle and Sheep whole genome scan experiments.

The position is located at the CSIRO Livestock Industries JM Rendel Laboratory in Rockhampton and within the Quantitative Genomics and Systems Biology Group. The student will be enrolled at the University of New England for the award of the doctoral degree. The student will also be working closely with the Animal Breeding and Genetics Group at University of New England.

The Scholarship will provide you with the opportunity to work with people who are leaders in their field, a stipend and financial support towards necessary travel and operating costs of your project and attendance at one international conference and associated laboratory visits.

Applications

Please use CSIRO website to apply for this position. No other forms of applications are accepted. You must lodge application online via the CSIRO careers website at:

https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/Job_Details.asp?RefNo=2007%2F872
or you can go to
https://recruitment.csiro.au
and type 2007/872 as a reference no. The window will open with all project description including 'Apply Now' link.

Initial DEADLINE is 15 JAN 2008 but we accept applications until the position is filled.

Contact: Should you require more information on this position please contact Dr Haja Kadarmideen via email Haja.Kadarmideen@csiro.au