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Research Fellow - Microbiology / Bioinformatics

Job No.: 494876

School/Unit: Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Location: Main Campus 

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: Fixed-term

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
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• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

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Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

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The Opportunity

This position supports and drives an integrated, cross-campus research programme uniting AI- guided multi-omics to predict and prevent severe dengue with a host-directed antiviral platform for pandemic preparedness. The appointee will manage and execute research workflows, mentor students, and ensure that clinical, computational, and translational milestones are achieved on schedule and to the highest international standards. The appointee will undergo comprehensive training in molecular virology and immunopathogenesis, including hands-on exposure to viral culture, infection assays, qRT-PCR, and sample processing from human blood and PBMCs under BSL-2 conditions. They will also receive advanced technical training through collaboration with Professor Diana Hansen’s laboratory at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI), gaining expertise in high-dimensional immune profiling platforms such as CyTOF, CITE-seq, and multi-omics data integration. This structured mentorship will ensure the Fellow develops strong translational and analytical capabilities essential for infectious disease research, biomarker discovery, and host-directed antiviral development.

Reporting line: The position reports to Associate Professor and has a dotted line reporting Professor of Microbiology and Co-Head of the Infection Discovery Program

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Position Description

 Research Fellow

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Job Closing Date

18 Dec 2025 11:55 pm MYT