Job Description

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) established in September 2010 is a partnership between Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Consistently rated amongst the world\'s best universities, Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research while NTU is the only Singapore university listed in the Top 10 of the Times Higher\xe2\x80\x99s 200 Under 50 Rankings and is ranked the world\xe2\x80\x99s No. 1 young university by QS in the last three consecutive years.

LKCMedicine operates from two campuses \xe2\x80\x93 Yunnan Campus at Nanyang Technological University and Novena Campus, which is located in the precinct of the future HealthCity. At LKCMedicine, we recognize that synergies is the key to maximize research output and we seek to promote synergies between researchers in LKCMedicine itself and local and/or overseas researchers. We strongly believe that building synergies and robust collaborations will be the key to maximizing research output in today\xe2\x80\x99s competitive environment.

We are currently recruiting a Research Fellow to join Assistant Professor Marie Loh\xe2\x80\x99s group at LKCMedicine as part of the Asian Skin Microbiome Programme 2.0 (ASMP 2.0). ASMP 2.0 aims to assemble an integrated platform of assets and technologies which will comprehensively interrogate the functional roles of skin microbiome components and uncover novel bi-directional interactions between the host and skin microbiome. The potential candidate will be also be a part of the Molecular Epidemiology arm of the Population and Global Health Programme at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

The candidate should have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across different partner institutions.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to:

Quality control of genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic and metagenomics data

Large-scale clinical and molecular phenotypes data, including integrative omics studies

Evaluation and application of appropriate bioinformatics/statistical techniques, as well as developing and implementing novel approaches to answer research questions

Scripting and automating robust analysis pipelines

Writing of scientific manuscripts

Presentation of work-in-progress and results within/outside of research group, using appropriate presentations format

Key qualifications:

PhD degree in bioinformatics or statistical genetics, computational biology, or related field (Candidates with Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree may also be considered)

Experience working with big genomic datasets; a good understanding of omics approaches is essential (including but not limited to omics-wide association studies, QTL studies, colocalization, Mendelian Randomization)

Proficient in R, Python, Linux/Unix

Command over commonly used genetics (e.g., PLINK, GCTA, FUMA, variant predictor tools) and metagenomics tools (e.g. kneadata, metaphlan2, HUMAnN)

Experience working in high performance computing cluster

Experience in AI/ML, cloud computing, web development are assets.

This opening will be based at LKCMedicine Novena Campus, Singapore. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Application Procedure:

Please apply with names of two referees. Only shortlisted candidates are notified.

Hiring Institution: LKC

Nanyang Technological University