Jobs in Parasitology

PhD project in Schistosome Research

A PhD position is currently available in the laboratory of Dr Bernd Kalinna, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.

The major focus of our laboratory is helminth parasites of medical and veterinary inportance. Ongoing projects deal with basic molecular aspects of the genome of the human schistosomes including their resident mobile genetic
elements (MGEs). We are currently constructing virus-like elements from those MGEs for functional genomics studies.The laboratory is funded by grants from The National and Medical Research Council of Australia and the
National Institutes of Health, USA. For further information on our research see:
http://www.cab.unimelb.edu.au/cab_schisto.htm

Prospective PhD students are encouraged to contact Dr Kalinna for further information.
Information about scholarships available for Australian and International students can be obtained at the Faculty of Veterinary Science:
http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/index.html
and the School of Graduate Studies:
http://www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au

For a full position description contact:
Bernd H Kalinna PhD, DSc
Senior Research Fellow
Head Schistosome Group
Centre for Animal Biotechnology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Vic 3010
Australia
p +61 3 8344 8805 f +61 3 8344 7374
bernd.kalinna@unimelb.edu.au