Laboratory Technologist (Mechanobiology Institute)

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

National University of Singapore's Mechanobiology Institute invites a Laboratory Technologist to support its Wet Lab Core Facility. You will handle waste management, stock replenishment, glassware washing, and general lab logistics.

You will also assist with purchasing consumables, prepare reagents like 70% ethanol, monitor safety equipment, and cooperate with vendors for LN2 refilling, ensuring compliance and safe operations.

Qualifications

• Must possess a minimum GCE N-Level.
• Able to read and speak English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
• Hardworking, responsible and proactive.
• Willing to undergo mandatory N95 mask fit testing.
• Prior working experience in a biological research laboratory will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Collecting and sterilizing biohazard waste
• Handling other types of waste, including cytotoxic, chemical, and general waste
• Replenishing consumables, performing stocktaking, and housekeeping of laboratory stores, tissue culture facilities, core facility rooms, sample preparation room, and cold room
• Washing glassware and restocking storage cabinets
• Providing laboratory support services (including autoclaving labware and media, refilling and autoclaving of pipette tips, and coordinating and overseeing onsite liquid nitrogen tank refilling by the appointed vendor)
• Assisting with the purchase of laboratory consumables
• Preparing 70% ethanol
• Changing gas cylinders
• Receiving and managing laboratory deliveries
• Conducting inspections of safety-related equipment, including eyewash stations, emergency showers, chemical and biological spill kits, and panic buttons
• Cleaning safety equipment such as safety glasses, goggles, and face shields
• Assisting with chemical waste collection by the licensed hazardous waste contractor
• Supporting general laboratory operations and performing stand-in duties as required

Skills

English proficiency

Basic computer skills

Hardworking & proactive

N95 mask fit testing willingness

Laboratory experience (preferred)

Education

GCE N-Level

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

Company description:

The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore

Job description:

Job Description

The Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading multi-disciplinary institute devoted to developing new paradigms for understanding biological functions in health and diseases from the perspective of cell, tissue and organ mechanics/dynamics and mechano-signal transduction. The institute operates on a fully integrated open-lab philosophy, with an extensive infrastructure supported by core facilities dedicated to technology such as state-of-the-art light microscopy, nano- and micro- fabrication, and computing.

The MBI seeks to recruit a Laboratory Technologist to support its Wet Lab Core Facility. The selected candidate will be responsible for:

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  • Collecting and sterilizing biohazard waste
  
  
  • Handling other types of waste, including cytotoxic, chemical, and general waste
  
  
  • Replenishing consumables, performing stocktaking, and housekeeping of laboratory stores, tissue culture facilities, core facility rooms, sample preparation room, and cold room
  
  
  • Washing glassware and restocking storage cabinets
  
  
  • Providing laboratory support services (including autoclaving labware and media, refilling and autoclaving of pipette tips, and coordinating and overseeing onsite liquid nitrogen tank refilling by the appointed vendor)
  
  
  • Assisting with the purchase of laboratory consumables
  
  
  • Preparing 70% ethanol
  
  
  • Changing gas cylinders
  
  
  • Receiving and managing laboratory deliveries
  
  
  • Conducting inspections of safety-related equipment, including eyewash stations, emergency showers, chemical and biological spill kits, and panic buttons
  
  
  • Cleaning safety equipment such as safety glasses, goggles, and face shields
  
  
  • Assisting with chemical waste collection by the licensed hazardous waste contractor
  
  
  • Supporting general laboratory operations and performing stand-in duties as required
  
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimally GCE N-Level


• Able to speak and read English


• Proficient in in basic computer applications and skills such as Microsoft Excel and Outlook for emails


• Hard working, responsible and proactive


• Willing to undergo mandatory N95 mask fit testing


• Prior working experience in a biological research laboratory will be an added advantage