About this opportunity

We are seeking an enthusiastic postdoctoral scientist to join the laboratory of Assistant Professor Kaiwen Chen at the National University of Singapore (NUS). This is a 3-year funded project that aims to investigate the fundamental biology of cell death and innate immune signalling during inflammatory disease and microbial infection. The successful candidate will work on myeloid cell biology, novel transgenic animals and receive high quality training in a young and dynamic lab.

Terms of appointment

This is a 3-year funded project. Salary package is dependent on experience and qualification.

Qualifications

• PhD in Immunology or related discipline
• Published at least 1 first author peer reviewed research article
• Expertise in innate and cell death signalling
• Experience in molecular cell biology and genome editing
• Experience in microscopy and animal handling will be a plus
• Able to design and conduct experiments independently

Please email your application including CV and cover letter with contact details of at least 2 referees to Assistant Professor Kaiwen Chen – kaiwen.chen@nus.edu.sg

Additional Information

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students is one of our utmost priorities and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require significant amount of physical interactions with student / staff / public members. Even for job roles that can be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

With effect from 15 January 2022, based on Singapore’s legal requirements, unvaccinated workers will not be able work at the NUS premises. As such, we regret to inform that job applicants need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for successful employment with NUS.