Job Description

The Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (NUS) is recruiting a full-time Research Assistant to work under the supervision of A/Prof. Yann Felix Boucher

Job description:

• Daily lab management tasks such as inventory of supplies and samples, preparing culture media and solutions, autoclaving materials, ordering supplies and maintaining bacterial cultures and stocks
• Operate and maintain an anaerobic culture chamber
• Perform molecular biology and microbiology experiments as directed
• Manage metagenome and isolate databases
• To perform other related duties, incidental to the work described herein.
• Laboratory work will take place at the Life Sciences Institute (NUS) and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at NTU. Travel between NTU and NUS will be frequent.

Qualifications

• A B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. in Microbiology or related field
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English
• Experience with programming in Python/Unix for database management
• Experience in bacterial culturing
• Highly organized and able to work effectively under pressure, use independent judgement, and produce a quality work product within tight time constraints
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: National University of Singapore
Department : Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health