Research Assistant, Biological Sciences
- Employer
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
- Location
- Singapore
- Closing date
- 9 Jun 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Biological Sciences, Life sciences
- Job Type
- Research Related, Research Assistants / Officers
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Job Description
The successful candidate will work with A/P Henry Mok Yu Keung on structural and functional characterization of proteins under a project on “Barriers and Busters that determine viral infection in mosquitoes”.
The main responsibilities of the position include:
- To determine the structural mechanisms of proteins in biological and physical barriers in mosquitoes and the mechanisms by which arboviruses penetrate these barriers to achieve infection.
Qualifications
- Qualifications / Discipline: BSc. holder or fresh BSc. graduate in Life Sciences with research experience in protein cloning, expression and purification.
- Skills:
- Sub-cloning, expression and purification of recombinant proteins;
- Determination of protein structures by X-ray crystallography and NMR;
- Characterization of protein interaction and function using biophysical techniques.
- Experience:
- Protein construct cloning in bacterial vector;
- Protein expression and purification;
- Setup of protein crystallization screen.
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