Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) trains doctors who put patients at the centre of their exemplary care. The School, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programmes, is named after local philanthropist Tan Sri Dato Lee Kong Chian. Established in 2010 by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in partnership with Imperial College London, LKCMedicine aims to be a model for innovative medical education and a centre for transformative research. The School's primary clinical partner is the National Healthcare Group, a leader in public healthcare recognised for the quality of its medical expertise, facilities and teaching.

At the LKCMedicine's Centre for Geroscience and Geromedicine (CGG), we are developing a timely multi-disciplinary platform to allow nature-inspired knowledge to be transferred for the benefit of healthy ageing in humans. While past research is yet to provide effective solutions for healthy aging, importantly, nature appears to have already solved the problem in the only flying mammals - bats. Bats have several key features with high value to the human health and in particular ageing. These include hosting viruses lethal to humans without getting sick and their exceptionally long lifespan and healthspan (the number of years that someone lives in good health). This centre will focus on its mission of discovering nature-inspired new strategies for healthy longevity and its vision of enhancing health and extending healthspan through accelerated translation from bench to bedside. By working closely with clinicians in NHG Health and scientists in NTU as well as national and international partners, the centre is positioned to advance nature-inspired research for healthier aging and offer strong new solutions in key areas including Skin & Musculoskeletal Health, Metabolic Aging & Nutrition, Brain Aging & Health and Cancer & Regenerative medicine.

We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow to join the Centre for Geroscience and Geromedicine at LKCMedicine to support various aspects of translational immunology and aging research. The work will be conducted in a research group led by Nanyang Assistant Professor Ahn Matae who is a pioneer in bat immunology. The projects focus on bat-inspired new strategies to fight human diseases and ageing, and have multiple national and international collaborations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform tasks and support all aspects of the research projects.

• Support centre's operations, research administration, local/international partnerships and commercialization.

• Effective management of biosample and biobank inventory.

• Conduct accurate monitoring, documenting and reporting of experimental results and/or research findings.

• Assist researchers in programming, data analysis and literature review in various research projects.

• Evaluate and interpret collected data and prepare oral presentations or written reports/ scientific manuscripts/literature for publication.

• Contribute to project management, presentations and publications of research work, including supervision of students and occasional laboratory demonstrations where applicable.

• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described therein.

Key Competencies and Requirements:

• PhD degree in Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology or related field

• At least 2 years of relevant experiences in animal work, cell culture, molecular study and/or bioinformatic analysis

• At least 2 years of relevant experiences in academic/industrial environment, with end-to-end grants and/or project operations.

• Prior working experience in the areas of immunology or aging is preferred but not compulsory for those with good academic and research track record.

• Demonstrated good knowledge, skills and expertise in supporting various research activities.

• Equipped with effective organizational and interpersonal communications with excellent written, oral communication and computer skills.

• A team player who is able to prioritize, multi-task and work collaboratively in a diverse workforce.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.