Scholarship details
Student type
Future students
Study area
Health and community
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
What you'll receive
A living allowance stipend, tax exempt and indexed annually $28,092 per annum for a period of three years.
Eligibility
Domestic and International applicants are welcome to apply.
You must have:
- recently completed a BSc Hons degree or equivalent in a relevant field (microbiology, genomics or biochemistry)
- received first-class honours (H1)
- a general interest in microscopy and/or microbial ecology
- excellent communication skills, motivation and the ability to work as part of a team.
Ideally you will also have:
- experience with confocal microscopy and image analyses
- experience with bioinformatics.
How to apply
Submit your application to Dr Simon McIlroy at simon.mcilroy@qut.edu.au
Your application must include:
- a cover letter
- an up-do-date CV
- full academic transcript
- a summary (up to two pages) of your research career to date
- details of three referees (email/address/contact number).
What happens next?
This scholarship will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. For more information about the scholarship or application process, please contact Dr Simon McIlroy at simon.mcilroy@qut.edu.au
Conditions
This scholarship will follow the QUT Postgraduate Research Award rules. In addition to the living allowance stipend, the successful applicant will receive student allocation funding of up to $8,000 towards ancillary project costs such as conference travel and an IT package. International students will receive a HDR tuition fee sponsorship.
About the scholarship
Project title: Illuminating the microbial world using genome-based fluorescence microscopy
Project Summary: Our understanding of microbial diversity on earth has been fundamentally changed by metagenomic characterisation of natural ecosystems. Traditional approaches for visualising microbial communities are time-consuming and provide limited information about the identity of specific microorganisms. The proposed research aims to combine single cell genomics and super resolution microscopy for novel, high-throughput, genome-based techniques to visualise microorganisms, plasmids and viruses, with strain level specificity.
The application of these highly scalable approaches will provide comprehensive and unprecedented insight into the fine-scale dynamics and evolution of environmentally and biotechnologically important microbial communities. This project will be supervised by Professor Gene Tyson, Dr Simon McIlroy and Dr Ben Woodcroft – School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health.