Job Description

[What the role is]
You will be part of the Centre for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS) team under the Professional and Scientific Services Division of AVS. As a member of the trans-disciplinary team at CAVS, you will be responsible for providing professional and competent laboratory diagnostic and research support for animal and zoonotic disease biosurveillance programmes, various research projects with national and international partners, as well as laboratory services for external customers with the objective of meeting NParks mission to create the best living environment through excellence in nature conservation, greenery and recreation, and veterinary care, in partnership with the community.

[What you will be working on]

• Perform laboratory diagnostic analysis, as well as undertake projects for method establishment and advanced molecular pathogen characterization, in support of disease outbreak investigations and biosurveillance programmes.
• To develop, establish, and validate test protocols for higher order pathogen characterization e.g. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and other sequencing platforms for the genetic/genomic analysis of veterinary and zoonotic viral pathogens (particularly for avian viruses), in various sample types including environmental samples (e-DNA and e-RNA pipelines).
• To transfer the applied research platforms to robust diagnostic platforms for use in biosurveillance programs and disease investigation, particularly for avian viruses.

[What we are looking for]

• Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Science, Life Science, or related science discipline. Postgraduate qualifications in Microbiology, Life Sciences, or related science discipline is advantageous.
• Knowledge of ISO 17025:2017 and workplace safety will be advantageous.
• Highly motivated individual with passion for laboratory sciences and its application to support and protect animal health and welfare and biodiversity and conservation.
• Able to balance working independently and in a team environment.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Applications
• Possess initiative, good leadership, and communication skills (verbal and written)

Office Location: The Animal & Plant Health Centre, 6 Perahu Road Singapore 718827

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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