Research Associate II

Research Associate/ Senior Research Officer

We are looking for highly motivated individual who have a strong desire and passion to search for and validate novel molecular targets, biomarkers and therapeutic pre-drugs in multiple in vitro and in vivo disease models against neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease and other human neurodegenerative disorder in our Translational Therapeutics Laboratory of National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore.

The successful candidate will be recruited to perform challenging and interesting molecular and cellular translational neuroscience research on human neurodegenerative diseases. 

Requirements:

•    Bachelor’s degree in medicine or Life Sciences with five years’ and more in wet laboratory experience, majoring in Genetics / Biochemistry & Cellular Biology / Pharmacology or related fields or Master          degree with 2 years of relevant experience.
•    Previous experience with stem cell biology, transcriptional factors and gene expression modulations, protein-protein interactions, C elegan models, gene edition and bioinformatics data analysis would          be added advantages.
•    Able to work independently on experimental design, innovative and scientific thinking, multiple task and manuscripts composition. 
•    Able to perform effective, versatile techniques and experiences on handling proteins, nucleic acids, neuronal and stem cells, C elegan 
•    Able to communicate effectively with all levels, proactive and team player