Job Description

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine invites applications for:

Research Fellow at Assistant Professor Franklin Zhong\'s lab.

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.

Asst Prof Franklin Zhong\xe2\x80\x99s research group at LKC School of Medicine is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join ongoing research on human innate immunity. We are particularly interested in PhD scientist which strong background in molecular biology and animal disease modeling.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform molecular biology experiments to identify novel immune effectors

Models human diseases using engineered mouse models

Data analysis

Publications

Requirements:

PhD in Biological Sciences

Strong background in molecular biology, including mammalian cell culture, cloning and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

Experience with animal work is preferred

Hiring Institution: LKC

Nanyang Technological University