Bioinformatics Specialist (BDMED)

Singapore National Eye Centre; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institute in Singapore is looking for a Bioinformatics Specialist to join their team. You will play a pivotal role in discovering natural products for cancer therapies, collaborating in interdisciplinary projects. Responsibilities include building bioinformatic pipelines and ensuring data quality for AI/ML model development. Ideal candidates should possess a Master's or Bachelor's in computational biology and programming skills in Python. This role encourages both collaborative and independent work styles.

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor of Science in computational biology.
• Strong skills in report writing and oral presentations.
• Proficient in Python programming.

Responsibilities

• Build bioinformatic pipeline and perform homology modeling.
• Conduct data quality control for accurate model development.

Skills

Programming skills (Python preferred)

Report writing

Oral presentation skills

Team player

Independent worker

Education

Master or Bachelor of Science in computational biology

Job description

National Cancer Centre of Singapore Pte Ltd

Bioinformatics Specialist (BDMED)

Job Category: Research

You will play a pivotal role in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Biodiversity Medicine (BD-MED), whereby the institute’s focus is on discovering active natural products extracted from local herbs; to investigate the potential of natural products in cancer therapeutics and bringing benefits to human health, through interdisciplinary collaboration including expertise in genomic, cell biology and bioinformatics. The incumbent will be mainly assist with compiling protein receptor libraries with a senior computational structural biologist and will perform job duties including, but not limited to, assist experimental biologist to model protein structure of interest, implement bioinformatics tools and other related computational services.

Responsibilities

• Build bioinformatic pipeline, perform homology modeling, well-established Gaussian calculation, energy minimization and molecular docking.
• Perform data quality control to ensure clean and accurate data for further AI/ML model development.

Requirements

• Master or Bachelor of Science in computational biology.
• Report writing and oral presentation skills.
• Programming skills (python preferred).
• Experience in modelling and MD simulations preferred.
• Team player, strong collaborator.
• Independent worker, possess initiative to complete tasks and projects assigned.