Executive and Professionals
Laboratory Executive (Microscopy) – Dr Anand Jeyasekharan
Job Description
This position is an appointment to CSI MMA Core. The microscopy section of the MMA Core offers scientists a variety of confocal (Zeiss LSM880 with Airy Scan, Nikon A1R), widefield epifluorescence and live-time imaging microscopes (Zeiss and Olympus) to facilitate good-quality image acquisition for their research. We are looking for a meticulous and dedicated staff to anchor the day-to-day running of our microscopy session including the training new users and helping to optimise the settings of the equipment for optimal imaging of research materials.
This staff will also assist in various administrative duties including purchasing and billing, as well in contributing towards other core services when appropriate.
Duties and Responsibilities
Technical Role:
- Responsible for setting up, maintenance and oversight of usage of the microscopes
- Responsible for day-to-day upkeep of the microscopes including keeping stock of replacement light bulbs and other spare parts, immersion oil and lens paper
- Provide staff assisted service in the operation of the microscopy equipment upon request
- Assist users in the acquisition, and processing of images when necessary
- Provide training and technical support to users
- Monitoring user compliance of microscope usage guidelines and safety requirement
- Work closely with IT to install and maintain image capture software and analysis programs, to maintain an efficient data storage management for storage and easy access of images
- Work with users to keep the microscopy workspace clean and tidy
Administrative Role:
- Coordinating and renewing service contracts for the various microscopes
- Assist in the purchasing of reagents, consumables, and equipment for the MMA Core
- Assist in the booking and charging for microscope/MMA Core equipment usage
- Preparation of safety documents, SOPS and risk assessments for the microscopy session
Qualification Required and Area of Discipline
Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences, biomedical sciences, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent from an accredited University.
Required Competencies and Capabilities (Skills, Experiences and Professional Licences)
- Trained in the use of confocal microscopes, and wide field microscopes
- Good knowledge in the working principles of microscopes
- Knowledge of microscope observation techniques
- Experience in performing similar tasks will be an advantage
- Knowledge or education in a field related to histology, anatomy or biomedical, while not essential, will be considered favourably
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Computer proficiency – MS Word, Excel, Power Point
Other attributes:
- Good work attitude
- good organisation skills
- able to multi-task
- Can work independently and as a team
- Can perform under pressure
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications with their curriculum vitae to include past working experience with microscopes and educational record, cover letter, certificates of qualifications, and contacts of at least 2 professional references.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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Executive - N2CR
Job Description
For N2CR: Note that precise role will depend on experience/ aptitude and the role may not encompass all of the duties indicated below
HR
- Assist with HR related matters including preparation of job descriptions, liaising with NUS HR, payroll funds check where applicable
- Induction of new recruits, keep records of N2CR staff list, maintenance of profiles for NUS Cancer Programme members on websites
Outreach
- Handle N2CR Membership, generate N2CR publications bibliometrics
- Assist to handle N2CR initiatives and partnership with different NUS departments/schools
- Assist with outreach including organisation of both virtual and face-to-face events, fundraising activities, workshops and seminars
- Assist to prepare and update events on newsletter and website, media relations
- Assist to disseminate N2CR news and related research news, publicity of N2CR where applicable
Finance
- Assist with financial administration including tracking of budgets, virements, procurement, claims
- Liaison with the Finance Team for efficient management of financial affairs both the N2CR members and of the N2CR itself
Grant & Graduate Programme
- Assist with post grant awards process, raise tasks in the grant iRIMS system
- Assist with N2CR graduate programme administrative matters, and act as liaison with NUS Medicine, Division of Graduate School.
Other duties & responsibilities
- Ensure good and tidy document housekeeping and timely correspondence.
> Maintain letters of award, approvals, amendments, etc.
> Maintain computerized grant/ financial data and progress reports
- Any other duties as assigned by senior management
Qualifications
- BSc, preferably in business administration, management, Finance, Mass Communication, Life Sciences or related field of study. Candidates with equivalent experience may also apply.
- Preference will be given to candidates with experience in;
o Administrative management of research involving multiple faculty including but not restricted to HR, Grants budget, Outreach, Finance
o Coordinating and tracking multiple projects
o Background in life sciences
o SAP/iRIMS system
- 3 to 4 years’ experience in a similar position
- Able to work independently, effectively and a good team player
- Proactive, committed, creative, meticulous and results-oriented
- Excellent writing and reporting ability
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Good interpersonal skills
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Laboratory Executive - Operations and Safety
Job Description
Operations Support
- Supervisory role as Floor manager
- Contact personnel for equipment, facilities breakdown calls and rectifications
- Maintenance of mycoplasma room facility including monitoring of monthly reports submission
- Scheduling of freezer defrosting and upkeep of TMS (Temperature Monitoring System) contacts
- Maintain, allocate and upkeep of cryostorage facilities including cryostorage tanks and chest freezers
- Upkeep of Institute assets and facilities
- Plan, schedule and oversee roster duties
- Provide procurement support for Central Operations team including high value purchases and timely submission of invoices for payment processing.
Safety Support
- Deputy Safety and Health Coordinator
- To assist with safety committee/ safety lead meetings and safety management review
- Assist to provide safety training, safety promotion and safety drills
- To review and update institute documents periodically
- To maintain, update & upkeep of safety folder
- Monitor and assist with all license application/renewal/termination
- Schedule timely recertification of equipment covered under safety regulations
- Conduct various document inspection on labs to ensure compliance with NUS requirement and legal requirement
- Arrange audit schedule and conduct internal audit for labs, to prepare institute and labs for external inspections
- Handle safety and health related queries from the ground and follow-up thereafter
- To assist safety team with accident/Incident investigations, filing of report and rectifications
Any Other Duties
- Ad-hoc job duties as assigned by management
Requirements
- University degree in the relevant field
- Ability to speak and write well in English
- 2 to 3 years work experience in a molecular biology lab
- Previous Lab safety-related experience will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of:
- Basic principles and practices in the fields of biology, physiology and/or chemistry.
- Laboratory scientific resource material; laboratory equipment and its care.
- Government guidelines and regulations pertinent to laboratory safety and security.
- General rules for safe exposure and handling of chemical and biological hazards
- IRB, ORMC (previosly OSHE) & IACUC regulations
- Appropriate computer operations, software and peripherals.
- Ability to:
- Work cooperatively and effectively with others
- Communicate well and empathize
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Research Assistant - Flow cytometry core (A/Prof. Takaomi Sanda)
Laboratory Executive/Research Assistant – Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) core
A fulltime Laboratory Executive or Research Assistant position in the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Facility is available immediately. The successful candidate will aid the institute in providing flow cytometry service for users. The candidate can also choose to work on either research or administrative tasks under the supervision of A/Prof. Takaomi Sanda.
Duties And Responsibilites
Job scope:
1. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Facility
• To be in charge for the daily operation and maintenance of flow cytometry machines (analyzer and sorters).
• To provide flow sorting service for users.
• To provide technical advices for users.
• To ensure that the facility is adequately stocked with buffers, clean glassware, minor equipment, chemicals, etc. required for smooth operation of the facility.
• To ensure that standard operating procedures and safety regulations are followed.
• To record the utilization of flow cytometry machines and report to the institute.
2. *Research or Administrative Tasks
* The candidate can select either research track (appointed as a Research Assistant) or administrative tack (appointed as a Laboratory Executive).
2.a) Research tasks
• To maintain animal (mouse and/or zebrafish) colonies, including breeding and genotyping procedures.
• To monitor phenotypes (e,g, tumor development, hematopoietic phenotypes).
• To isolate tissues (e.g., bone marrow, thymus, spleen) from the animals.
• To harvest cells, protein, RNA or DNA from animal tissues, cell lines or bacteria.
• To perform experiments including PCR, immunoprecipitation and Western blot.
b) Administrative tasks
• To liaise with the central operation team, committees and the administrative office to assist the lab.
• To maintain a systematic and proper record of documents (e.g., budget spending).
• To maintain the CSI virus rooms.
• To be responsible for purchasing necessary chemicals, reagents and equipment as required by the lab or project.
• To liaise with the vendors to ensure proper purchase requisitions, goods delivery and prompt payment of supplies.
Applications should include full curriculum vitae and indicate the names of at least 2 referees
Qualifications
Requirements:
• University degree (biology, biomedical science, biotechnology or related area).
• Ability to speak and write well in English.
• Prior experience operating flow cytometry is required.
• Prior experience working with animal model (mouse and/or zebrafish) is preferable.
• Knowledge of: 1) basic principles and practices in the fields of biology, 2) principles, techniques and terminology used in biology.
• Appropriate computer operations, software and peripherals, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Apply here.
Laboratory Executive - Flow cytometry core (A/Prof. Takaomi Sanda)
Job Description
Laboratory Executive/Research Assistant – Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) core
A fulltime Laboratory Executive or Research Assistant position in the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Facility is available immediately. The successful candidate will aid the institute in providing flow cytometry service for users. The candidate can also choose to work on either research or administrative tasks under the supervision of A/Prof. Takaomi Sanda.
Duties And Responsibilites
Job scope:
1. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Facility
• To be in charge for the daily operation and maintenance of flow cytometry machines (analyzer and sorters).
• To provide flow sorting service for users.
• To provide technical advices for users.
• To ensure that the facility is adequately stocked with buffers, clean glassware, minor equipment, chemicals, etc. required for smooth operation of the facility.
• To ensure that standard operating procedures and safety regulations are followed.
• To record the utilization of flow cytometry machines and report to the institute.
2. *Research or Administrative Tasks
* The candidate can select either research track (appointed as a Research Assistant) or administrative tack (appointed as a Laboratory Executive).
2.a) Research tasks
• To maintain animal (mouse and/or zebrafish) colonies, including breeding and genotyping procedures.
• To monitor phenotypes (e,g, tumor development, hematopoietic phenotypes).
• To isolate tissues (e.g., bone marrow, thymus, spleen) from the animals.
• To harvest cells, protein, RNA or DNA from animal tissues, cell lines or bacteria.
• To perform experiments including PCR, immunoprecipitation and Western blot.
b) Administrative tasks
• To liaise with the central operation team, committees and the administrative office to assist the lab.
• To maintain a systematic and proper record of documents (e.g., budget spending).
• To maintain the CSI virus rooms.
• To be responsible for purchasing necessary chemicals, reagents and equipment as required by the lab or project.
• To liaise with the vendors to ensure proper purchase requisitions, goods delivery and prompt payment of supplies.
Applications should include full curriculum vitae and indicate the names of at least 2 referees
Qualifications
Requirements:
• University degree (biology, biomedical science, biotechnology or related area).
• Ability to speak and write well in English.
• Prior experience operating flow cytometry is required.
• Prior experience working with animal model (mouse and/or zebrafish) is preferable.
• Knowledge of: 1) basic principles and practices in the fields of biology, 2) principles, techniques and terminology used in biology.
• Appropriate computer operations, software and peripherals, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
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Laboratory Executive – Prof Chng Wee Joo
The laboratory executive will provide support to the Principal Investigator and his team in terms of research, laboratory and administrative needs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
a) Research:
- To carry out assigned experiments
- To organise, preserve and present the results of the experiments in a logical manner
- To properly and systematically record all experiments that have been assigned and their results
- To analyse and plan further experiments under guidance
- To assist in supervising, training and guiding attachment/undergraduate students where required
b) Laboratory:
- To plan and ensure the needs and requirements of the team in terms of consumables
- To ensure that the lab is adequately stocked with clean glassware, minor equipment, chemicals, etc. required for experiments
- Responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of equipment through regular checks
- Required to assemble reagents, chemicals and media that are needed for experiments
- To ensure that standard operating procedures and safety regulations are followed
- Responsible for the general cleanliness of the lab
c) Administrative duties:
- To plan and ensure that the overall lab administrative needs of the team are met
- To assist the Principal Investigator in tracking his/her grants and other sources of funding
- Responsible for purchasing necessary equipment, chemicals, reagents as required by the lab or project
- Maintain a systematic and proper record of all purchases
- Liaising between the vendors and the administrative office to ensure proper purchase requisitions, goods delivery and prompt payment of supplies
d) Any other duties as required
Qualifications:
- University degree
- Ability to speak and write well in English
Knowledge of:
- Basic principles and practices in the fields of biology, physiology and/or chemistry.
- Quality assurance procedures applicable to a laboratory.
- Principles, techniques and terminology used in the examination of clinical and animal samples.
- Principles, techniques and terminology used in cancer biology.
- Laboratory scientific resource material; laboratory equipment and its care.
- Methods of scientific research and relevant scientific theories.
- Government guidelines and regulations pertinent to laboratory safety and security.
- Packaging and shipping of diagnostic, infectious and hazardous materials.
- Appropriate computer operations, software and peripherals.
- General rules for safe exposure and handling of chemical and biological hazards
- IRB, OSHE & IACUC regulations
Ability to:
- Perform laboratory tests
- Work cooperatively and effectively with others
Please apply here.
Core Facility Manager – Genomics and Data Analytics Core (GeDaC)
The Cancer Science Institute (CSI) of Singapore — a part of the National University of Singapore — is seeking a manager for its Genomics and Data Analytics Core (GeDaC). He/she will be responsible for designing and implementing a technical roadmap for genome science at CSI. This is an opportunity to support CSI’s vision to become a world leader in cancer genome science. With a team of laboratory assistants, bioinformaticians, and software engineers, the GeDaC is expected to provide:
1) Bespoke bioinformatics pipelines and technical assistance to individual projects
2) A scalable infrastructure for DNA/RNA-seq processing and analytics
3) Assistance with data management and storage
4) Sequencing library preparation techniques and validation services
The Core Manager will oversee both scientific and administrative operations to ensure the aforementioned deliverables are met. All solutions must be agile and evolve over time to adapt to new standards. Finally, this individual will liaise with key personnel to ensure interoperability of CSI platforms with other key stakeholders in Singapore.
The Core Manager will report to the CSI Director as well as a Technical Advisory Board. Successful candidates will have a deep background in either genome analysis or genomics project management. He/She must possess long-term vision while maintaining a keen sense of near-term prioritization. As GeDaC solutions will be built upon Amazon Web Services (AWS), familiarity with cloud-based architecture is a must. This individual must possess the technical savvy to explain, troubleshoot, and solve issues with scientists, software developers and bioinformaticians. The ideal candidate would be a very effective communicator with people of diverse backgrounds.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D in bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, computer science, or related field
- 3+ years post-PhD experience
- Excellent academic track record as evidenced by publications
- Expertise in high-throughput sequencing analysis
- Software development experience
- Familiarity with cloud architecture
- Previous team management experience
- Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WHICH WILL BE AN ADVANTAGE:
- Familiarity with computer hardware
- Knowledge of sequencing library preparation techniques
- Experience migrating data and workloads to the cloud
- Familiarity with the AWS software stack
- Familiarity with system management, quality and security practices (e.g. ISO certification)
Please apply here.
Senior Laboratory Executive - Genomics and Data Analytics Core (GeDaC)
This position exists to manage and operate the next-generation sequencing core facility (i.e., Genomics Bench), to oversight, and provide day to day administrative support of the GeDaC on matters pertaining to organisational infrastructure, liaison between the GeDaC divisions/sections, business/budget, and reports/updates.
Duties & Responsibilities
a) Research:
- To carry out assigned experiments including culturing cell lines, nucleic acids extraction, PCR, and other related protocols
- Prepare sequencing libraries, perform quality assessment and sequencing runs
- To organise, preserve and present the results of the experiments in a logical manner
- To properly and systematically record all experiments that have been assigned and their results, ensuring proper documentation of experiments and sequencing runs
- To analyse and plan further experiments under guidance including troubleshooting of experiments and sequencing runs
- To assist in supervising, training and guiding attachment/undergraduate students where required
b) Laboratory:
- To ensure that lab consumables required for experiments are adequately stocked
- Responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of equipment through regular checks
- Required to assemble reagents, chemicals and media that are needed for experiments
- To ensure that standard operating procedures and safety regulations are followed
- Assist to ensure the general cleanliness of the lab
c) Administrative duties:
Finance, Budget & Pricing Support
- Assemble annual pricing for services with projected income targets
- Draw up annual budget of the Facility for co-Heads approval
- Maintain detailed and accurate records for audits as needed to ensure accuracy and maintain compliance
- Plan and ensure the needs and requirements of the team including assistance in billings, procurement, and maintenance of consumables inventory
- Maintain a systematic and proper record of all purchases
- Liaising between the vendors and the administrative office to ensure proper purchase requisitions, goods delivery and prompt payment of supplies
HR
- Assist in recruitment of new staff from drafting job descriptions/recruitment requests to shortlisting and interview process
- Onboarding of new staff including ensuring assignment of space, equipment, etc as required
- Induction/orientation of new staff into the team and training where necessary, is provided.
- Assist in annual appraisal exercise where required
Outreach
- Assist co-Heads to plan outreach/training programmes, workshops for the facility, and regularly scheduled journal clubs,
- Effective marketing including facility webpages, roadshows, etc to encourage scientists to use the Facility
Communications & Service
- Assist co-Heads to communicate and liaise with the specialised and trained core facility teams to provide effective customer service and management of projects undertaken
- Partner with Principal Investigators where necessary to assist to establish project needs, measure progress and address issues that arise
Requirements
- Master’s or Ph.D. on molecular biology, genetics, or related fields
- At least 1 year of experience working in molecular biology laboratory
- Hands-on laboratory experience with cell culture, extraction of nucleic acids, PCR, and other related protocols
- Meticulous and organized
- Excellent problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
Preferences
- Experience with chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (ATAC-seq), library preparation
- Knowledge on Next-Generation Sequencing
- Experience with staff supervision
Please apply here.
DevOps Software Engineer – Genomics and Data Analytics Core (GeDaC)
BACKGROUND
The position of DevOps Software Engineer is immediately available in the Genome and Data Analytics Core (GeDaC) at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI) — a part of National University of Singapore. The CSI GeDaC is building a platform to facilitate the automated processing and analysis of large cancer genomics datasets. Successful candidates, in conjunction with bioinformatics experts, will build and optimize various components of this platform. This position provides a unique opportunity to apply DevOps skills to Amazon Web Services (AWS), data-intensive computing, and artificial intelligence to drive novel discoveries in cancer genomics.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Participate in the continued development of:
- Deploy and optimize of scalable genome processing workflows on AWS
- Facilitate cost-effective analytics via AWS microservices and serverless architecture (Lambda, Fargate, Aurora, etc.)
- Assist with database design, implementation, and management
- Enable unit testing and deployment automation (CI/CD)
- Help manage data ingress and egress to S3/Glacier
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors or Masters degree (minimally) in computer science, information systems, bioinformatics, engineering, mathematics, or related fields
- 2+ years of DevOps experience
- Strong Python programming skills and proficiency with Unix-based systems
- Experience with collaborative software development via github/gitlab
- Database management experience (SQL, NoSQL, Elasticsearch, etc.)
- Excellent written and spoken English
PREFERENCES
- Some knowledge of biology and genetics
- Software development experience in industry
- Past projects using CI/CD tools on commercial clouds
- Experience with on-prem to cloud data migrations
- AWS certifications
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply here.
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