Research Assistant (Mechanobiology Institute)

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore seeks a Research Assistant for the Single-Molecule Biophysics Lab. The successful applicant will contribute to instrument development and assist in experiments involving mechanosensing proteins. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Physics and related research experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and college background in Physics required.
• Experience building fluorescence microscopes independently.
• Extensive undergraduate research experience in microscope building and optics.

Responsibilities

• Building, testing, and maintaining magnetic tweezers instrument.
• Sharing workload on single-molecule studies of mechanosensing proteins.

Skills

Labview

MatLab programming

Imaging analysis

Imaging correlation analysis

DNA biochemistry

Protein biochemistry

Single-molecule manipulation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics

Job description

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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.

A Research Assistant position is available in the Single-Molecule Biophysics Lab at the Mechanobiology Institute. The Research Assistant will assist in the research of the team by contributing to building and maintaining magnetic tweezers instruments and training other group members to use them. He or she will also share the workload of single-molecule manipulation experiments. Primary responsibilities will include:

• Building, testing, and maintaining magnetic tweezers instrument
• Share workload on single-molecule studies of mechanosensing proteins

Qualifications

1. Minimally a Bachelor’s degree and college background in Physics;
2. Capable of building fluorescence microscopes independently;
3. Extensive undergraduate research experience related microscope building and optics.
4. Skillful in Labview and MatLab programming.
5. Skillful in imaging analysis and imaging correlation analysis.
6. Experiences in DNA and protein biochemistry as well as single-molecule manipulation