Fully funded PhD Program between University of Melbourne, Australia and Berlin university, Germany

The University of Melbourne: Professor Abdul Jabbar
Freie Universität Berlin: Professor Ard Nijhof
Project Title: Tackling a Global Health problem, control of ticks and tick-borne pathogens using anti-tick microbial vaccines
Two PhD projects are available. One candidate will be based at the University of Melbourne with a minimum twelve-month stay at Freie Universität Berlin. The Berlin University Alliance candidate will be based at Freie Universität Berlin and will spend a minimum of 12 months at the University of Melbourne.
The PhD candidate will benefit from the combined expertise of the project supervisors, and the embedding into two research environments.
Prof Abdul Jabbar at the University of Melbourne will contribute expertise in genetics and bioinformatics. Prof Ard Nijhof at Freie Universität Berlin will contribute expertise in the maintenance and in vitro experiments in ticks.
The candidate will be enrolled in the School of Veterinary Biosciences PhD program at the University of Melbourne and the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin.

We are seeking a PhD candidate with the following skills:

A Bachelor of Honours or Master’s degree, qualifying for PhD studies, in zoology, biology, biotechnology or veterinary medicine/animal science.
Demonstrated experience in the field of parasitology, genetics and/or genomics.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrated time and project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to write research reports or other publications to a publishable standard (even if not published to date).
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated organisational skills, time management and ability to work to priorities.
Demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
Highly proficient in spoken and written English.