Job Description

The successful candidate will work with Assistant Professor Andrea Phua’s lab on a range of projects, primarily “ Investigating a transcriptional role of primary cilia in striatal neural computation mediating cognitive flexibility”.

The main responsibilities of the position include:

• Performing confocal fluorescence microscopy experiments
• Conducting computational image processing and analyses
• Establishing and executing technical workflows for brain tissue processing in visualizing spatial protein and gene localization

Qualifications

The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Bioengineering, Biomedical engineering, Biochemical Engineering or a related field. 

Skills:

• Strong interest in neuroscience research, with motivation to pursue further academic training in the field
• Excellent time and resource management skills
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work well with interdisciplinary colleagues 

Experience:

• Demonstrated track record in confocal fluorescence microscopy and associated super-resolution techniques
• Proficient in image processing techniques (e.g. deconvolution, denoising) to enhance image resolution and quality for visualization and quantification
• Experience in implementing machine learning techniques for automated detection and quantification of events in microscopy images is required
• Familiarity with immunofluorescence and RNA-FISH techniques
• A good foundation in biostatistics, with the ability to apply statistical methods to analyze experimental data will be necessary
• Some experience in microfluidic device fabrication will be a plus

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Science

Department : Biological Sciences

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 27314