AS A TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST, YOU’LL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY TRANSFORMATION SERVICES FOR MAJOR CROP SPECIES. BASED PRIMARILY IN THE LAB FOCUSING ON TISSUE CULTURE, YOU’LL ALSO SUPPORT PLANT CARE OF SPECIES GROWN IN GROWTH FACILITIES AT OUR WAITE CAMPUS.

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology (SET) holds an outstanding reputation for teaching, research, and quality graduates. Comprised of eight schools, 21 centres and five institutes, the Faculty of SET is responsible for teaching over 8,500 students across our three campuses, North Terrace, Waite and Roseworthy, and has an annual budget of $300 million.
Plant Synthetic Biology Australia (PSBA) consists of a network of national facilities with nodes at Adelaide University, Australian National University, La Trobe University and University of Western Australia. PSBA provides plant synthetic biology infrastructure and expertise to drive accelerated gains in agricultural productivity, and development of new products through environmentally sustainable bio-manufacturing. The Adelaide node of PSBA enables plant synthetic biology services for agricultural crops, as well as for synthetic biology projects in ‘model’ plants. It provides infrastructure and expertise for research providers, government and industry institutions as fee-for-service as well as providing incubation space for the start-up community and opportunities to collaborate.
The Transformation Specialist will deliver specialist services as part of the Plant Transformation Team. The role will be responsible for the transformation of key crop species that align with PSBA’s service offerings and will operate with a degree of autonomy. This is primarily a laboratory-based role focussed on tissue culture, but there will occasionally be a need to handle plants grown in growth facilities on the Waite Campus. The Transformation Specialist will also utilise molecular biology techniques used in plant synthetic biology experiments. You will assist with implementation and streamlining organisational processes and will liaise with all PSBA AU staff to make sure the facilities run efficiently, and ensure staff and students adopt a community of practise for facility operations.

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The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology is a multidisciplinary hub of cutting-edge teaching and research. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers. The Faculty actively partners with innovative industries to solve problems of global significance.
Learn more at: set.adelaide.edu.au