Job Description

The successful candidate will work with Yang Daiwen on Protein-based vaccine development under a project on Oral and Immersion Vaccines against Viruses in Asian Seabass.

The main responsibilities of the position include

1. Selection of suitable antigens (proteins from viruses and bacteria) as potential vaccine candidates,
2. Production of the selected antigens using recombinant DNA technology,
3. Development of methods for assembling the antigens as virus-like particles.

Qualifications

Qualifications / Discipline:

• PhD in structure biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, or immunology.

Skills:

• Molecular biology techniques,
• Problem solving and independent research,
• Oral and written communications.

Experience:  

• Experience in gene cloning, protein expression and purification.

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: [[Kent Ridge Campus]]
Organization: [[National University of Singapore]]
Department : [[Department of Biological Sciences]]
Employee Referral Eligible: [[No]]
Job requisition ID : 16799