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The Opportunity
The Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) is a premiere research organisation within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences of Monash University . The MIMR is committed to excellence in the performance of medical and biological research into science underpinning reproduction, growth and development, inflammatory disease and cancer. The Institute promotes its research output to enhance the reproductive health of women and men, growth and development of the fetus, babies and children, investigation of the causes of inflammation and cancer and development of intervention strategies.
We are seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant (HEW 5 or HEW 6) to join our research team and work on an NHMRC-funded project with an overall aim in developing a tissue engineering approach for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, a very common disorder affecting large numbers of women resulting from childbirth injury. In this proof of principle project our goal is to deliver human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells into a rat model of wound repair on novel scaffold materials developed by CSIRO.
You will have a Bachelor of Science (Hons) or Masters degree in stem cell biology or relevant discipline combined with subsequent relevant work experience . You will also have strong practical experimental skills and experience in flow cytometry, cell sorting and data analysis, tissue preparation for immunohistochemical techniques, human primary cell culture and clonal cultures, differentiation assays and small animal surgery.