About the role
AI summarisedThis is a senior scientist role at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) focused on RNA and DNA technologies. The position involves leading research on RNA regulatory elements in cancer, interpreting multi-omic data, and managing a collaborative discovery program. Responsibilities span scientific leadership, experimental design, mentoring, and program management including grant reporting and milestone tracking.
ResearchFull-timeGenome Institute of Singapore
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and execution of experiments related to identification of structurally defined RNA regulatory elements in cancer and functional validation of RNA targets using genetic and molecular perturbation approaches.
- Interpret complex multi-omic datasets to generate testable biological hypotheses.
- Provide scientific leadership within the programme by proposing innovative directions, refining research strategy, and ensuring scientific rigor and reproducibility.
- Mentor research officers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing research environment.
- Prepare high-impact manuscripts and contribute to intellectual property generation arising from programme discoveries.
- Present research findings at internal reviews, conferences, and to academic and industry stakeholders.
- Coordinate and integrate activities across work packages, ensuring scientific alignment, timely execution, and cross-work package synergy.
- Track programme progress against defined milestones, deliverables, and KPIs, and proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and mitigation strategies.
- Lead preparation of grant reports to funding agencies, including consolidation of inputs from multiple investigators and institutions.
- Oversee grant administration processes in partnership with institutional research offices, including budget tracking, resource allocation, and compliance with funding requirements.
- Organize and manage programme meetings, including agenda setting, documentation of outcomes, and follow-up on action items.
- Maintain structured documentation of programme outputs, including publications, IP filings, datasets, and translational milestones.
Requirements
- Oversee grant administration processes in partnership with institutional research offices, including budget tracking, resource allocation, and compliance with funding requirements.
- Skills/Background:
- Experience with molecular biology techniques (e.g., Cell culture, Transfection/Transduction, Western Blot, qPCR and Molecular cloning etc).
- Experience with next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques
- Knowledge of programming skills (e.g., R and/or Python etc) will be advantageous.
- Some experience with NGS data analysis will be advantageous.
- Highly motivated and demonstrated ability to work in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams
- Significant postdoctoral or equivalent research experience