Research Fellow (Contract, KKH Children's Blood and Cancer Centre)

The vision of the KKH Children’s Blood and Cancer Centre is to advance the care and knowledge of childhood blood and cancer diseases in Singapore and the region. Applications are invited for this post within the VIVA-KKH Paediatric Brain and Solid Tumour Programme where the Fellow will take on a senior role in Programme’s preclinical therapeutics and personalized medicine platforms.

The Fellow will focus on the analysis of clinical genomic data and the translational application of patient-derived model systems to advance the outcomes of childhood cancer. He or she will provide supervisory and technical support to members of the existing team and directly perform experiments and analyses pertaining to research projects with the said Programme.

Job Scope:

• Work closely with the Principal Investigator to design, plan and execute research projects on paediatric cancer.
• Provide day to day supervision of research projects including progress tracking in relation to deadlines.
• Provide scientific and technical input to hypothesis generation, experimental design and execution, and result analysis.
• Review and analysis of experimental results.
• Development of analytics pipelines for molecular data.
• Provide administrative oversight in relation to IRB and IACUC applications and compliance with ethical, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Provide assistance for writing of grant applications, report summaries, and journal manuscripts.
• Presentation of research projects as required.
• Assist in training and supervision of attachment students.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator.

Job Requirements:

• PhD in a relevant life science or molecular biology field, especially human genetics, cancer bioinformatics, or related domains.
• Relevant experience in a cancer biology/ life-science research setting and proficiency in the application of molecular and functional profiling techniques.
• Competency and experience with analysis of sequencing data and biostatistical analyses.
• Strong spoken and written language ability.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly motivated and passionate for research.
• Able to work independently and as a team member in collaboration with colleagues in the immediate and wider environment.