Principal Research Fellow, Cryo-EM, cryo-ET and SPA
- Employer
- NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Singapore
- Closing date
- 15 Nov 2020
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- Academic Discipline
- Biological Sciences, Life sciences
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Readers / Senior Research Fellows
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
NTU Institute of Structural Biology (NISB) have an open position at NISB-EM facility for an electron microscopist with extensive hands-on EM experience (TEM and SEM) on cellular tomography and single-particles analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work in a team of support staff that looks after high-end Electron Microscope and its ancillary equipment/tools.
- Provide guidance and training to students and staff scientist on sample preparation, imaging and data collection using EM instrumentations.
- Established cellular tomography workflows for EM analysis of cells and tissue. This include correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) of room temperature specimens, cryo-imaging techniques for cell (cryo- confocal and FIB milling) and conventional EM (sectioning and immunogold labelling)
Job Requirements:
- Possess PhD degree in Biological Life Sciences or related disciplines and have a strong track record in structural biology, biophysics and biochemistry, microbiology and cellular biology
- Minimum 10 years of full-time hands-on EM experience (TEM and SEM) on cellular tomography and single-particles analysis
- Experience in working with CLEM (cryo and room temperature samples)
- Experience in providing EM training/teaching to students and staff scientist
- Extensive experience in protein expression (bacteria, insect cell and mammalian expression system) and protein purification
- Excellent teamwork awareness
- Good interpersonal skills
- Strong responsibility for research work and able to work independently
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Hiring Institution: NTU
Company
Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is placed 11th globally, and 1st among the world's top young universities for six consecutive years (QS university rankings). It is also ranked No.2 among the world's elite young universities (aged 50 and under) that have excelled in producing high-quality research (Nature Index Young Universities).
We invite you to be part of this world-class university through the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdocotoral Fellowship programme.
About Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF)
The prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF) was established in 1991 under the Lee Kuan Yew Endowment Fund. The Fellowship supports and promotes young and outstanding researchers to realise their full potential in the areas of Engineering, Science, Humanities, and Medicine.
The Fellowship will be awarded concurrently with the candidate's appointment as a research staff in NTU.
Please click here for the detailed list of research areas available in the respective Colleges/Schools/Research Centres.
Eligibility:
• Excellent academic records and research potential.
• Recent PhD graduates, or with at most 1 postdoctoral training from a reputable university.
Terms and Conditions:
• The Fellowship will be tenable for a period of 3 years.
• In addition to an attractive remuneration, the successful candidate will be awarded a research grant of S$180,000 for research consumables and research related expenditure.
Application Procedure:
Please click here for more information.
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Application Closing Date: 28 February 2020
- Telephone
- +(65)67911744
- Location
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50 NANYANG AVENUE
SINGAPORE
639 798
SG
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