Senior Research Scientist, Cancer Science Institute

(JR:20299)

Job Description

Are you a biomedical researcher motivated to pursue an outstanding career in cancer research?

Cancer will affect more than 1 in 3 Singaporeans. At the Cancer Science Institute (CSI), our mission is to be at the global forefront of research to overcome this scourge. Our innovative international faculty, cutting-edge facilities, supportive working environment and competitive package together enable each of our staff to realize their maximum potential.

We now seek a Senior Research Scientist to join the team of our new Director, Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman, who has recently joined us from the University of Cambridge (see https://www.csi.nus.edu.sg/web/ashok-venkitaraman/). This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a world-leading cancer researcher to undertake pioneering research on the role of genome instability in human carcinogenesis (eg., see Venkitaraman Science (2014) PMID:24675954 and Venkitaraman DNA Repair (2019) PMID:31337537).

Duties And Responsibilities

• Peptide library construction
  • Preparation of reagents and materials for synthetic peptide library construction
  • Design and synthesis of synthetic peptide libraries
  • Design and synthesis of individual synthetic peptides
• Screening
  • Candidate will oversee the screening of peptide libraries against selected targets
• Data analysis
  • Candidate will oversee the analysis of results of peptide synthesis and peptide based screening
• Education
  • Oversee training personnel for relevant techniques and equipment

Qualifications

• Basic requirements
  • PhD with 3 years relevant post-doctoral experience
  • Strong track record of research achievement evidenced by high-quality publications in a relevant field
  • High-level experience in hands-on use of a wide range of relevant research methods
  • Skills in working independently and creatively to solve experimental problems
  • Effective communication and presentation skills, with experience in communicating scientific work including scientific papers, presentations and reports.

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.