Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow (Medicine)

Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow (Medicine)

The National University of Singapore – Queenstown is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore.

Job Description

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS) is recruiting a full-time Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow (1-year contract, renewable).

Purpose of the Post

The position is for the Metabolic Liver Disease Lab in the Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. This role explores functional genomic methods to understand better the molecular mechanisms of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). The Post Doc Scientist will have the opportunity to collaborate with various teams across the School of Medicine, including pathologists, hepatologists, and data scientists. The candidate should demonstrate technical experimental excellence as well as the capacity to lead the research team regarding research projects aimed at producing clinically translational applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist PI in coordinating and leading multiple wet lab projects, proposing research directions and meeting key project milestones.
• Facilitate research team development, optimization, and validation of in vitro mammalian cell-based assays related to metabolic diseases (e.g., cell culture, RNA / protein extraction, qPCR, western blotting and other metabolic-related assays).
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein (such as data analysis, ensuring validity and reliability of data, maintaining accurate and complete records of all findings, presenting findings to colleagues).
• Assist PI with writing for ethics / grant application.
• Assist PI with organizing and publishing findings in high impact academic journals of good reputation.

Qualifications

Applicants should send the following documents by email to

More Information

Location : Kent Ridge Campus

Organization : Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Department : Medicine

Employee Referral Eligible : No

Job requisition ID : 30593

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