Research Assistant (Urology – Dept of Surgery)

The National University of Singapore invites applications for Research Assistant for the project entitled “Impact of age on the response to immunotherapys” in the Department of Surgery (Urology), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The Department of Surgery has several research groups with interest in cancer, nanomedicine and metabolic diseases. It is a clinical department with clinicians, medical undergraduates and post-graduate students pursuing research programs. More information on the department is available at http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/medsur/ . Appointments will be made on a 1 year contract basis with the possibility of extension based on performance.

Purpose of the post

The Research Assistant (RA) will work closely with the Principal Investigator and study team members to ensure the successful completion of the research project. The RA’s principal role will be to perform animal and lab-based experiments.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Research Assistant will be accountable to the Principle Investigator (PI). The RA will be able to:

Qualifications

The applicant should:

Remuneration will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Dr. Ratha Mahendran at 66013982.

Application

Formal application: Please submit your application, indicating current/expected salary, supported by a detailed CV (including personal particulars, academic and employment history, complete list of publications/oral presentations and full contacts of 3 referees to this job portal. The referees should include previous employers. Submission for this post closes on the 30th September 2022.

The candidate would be expected to be able to start work by the latest Nov 2022.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Department : Surgery

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 17361