The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) trains doctors who put patients at the centre of their exemplary care. The School, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programmes, is named after local philanthropist Tan Sri Dato Lee Kong Chian. Established in 2010 by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in partnership with Imperial College London, LKCMedicine aims to be a model for innovative medical education and a centre for transformative research. The School's primary clinical partner is the National Healthcare Group, a leader in public healthcare recognised for the quality of its medical expertise, facilities and teaching. The School is transitioning to an NTU medical school ahead of the 2028 successful conclusion of the NTU-Imperial partnership to set up a Joint Medical School. In August 2024, we welcomed our first intake of the NTU MBBS programme, that has been recently enhanced to include themes like precision medicine and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, with an expanded scope in the medical humanities. Graduates from the five-year undergraduate medical degree programme will have a strong understanding of the scientific basis of medicine, with an emphasis on technology, data science and the humanities.

The Cancer Discovery and Regenerative Medicine (CDRM) Programme was recently launched at theLee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. It is located in the Experimental Medicine Building at the Nanyang Technological University-Main Campus. CDRM is a rapidly growing programme focused on identifying synthetic lethality factors in various cancers and exploring these cancer vulnerabilities to improve early diagnosis and therapy. CDRM also directly contributes to training medical students and generating a new generation of medicine and biomedical research leaders in Singapore and Asia. CDRM programme currently consists of 8 research groups focused on various aspects of cancer biology, including genome stability, stem cell differentiation, and dedifferentiation. The ultimate goal of the CDRM programme is to translate science-based discoveries towards the clinics. The success of our mission relies on tight collaboration among CDRM research groups and other research groups within LKCMedicine, NTU, Singapore, and worldwide, such as the University of Oxford.

Cancer Discovery and Regenerative Medicine Programme seeks an enthusiastic, motivated and well-organized research assistant (with a Bachler degree in biomedical sciences or related fields) to help us organize, structure, maintain and support our Cancer Discovery and Regenerative Medicine Programme.

The appropriate candidate will have some basic experience maintaining basic research laboratories, including purchasing consumables and equipment, keeping protocols and research documents well-documented, clearly communicating with various research groups, and supporting the Director in his daily work managing the programme, such as programme-related administrative activities. The ideal candidate will have a few years of experience working as a research assistant in biomedical or related fields.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the programme Director in managing the programme responsibilities such as:
• Assisting the programme Director in organizing daily unperturbed and efficient work
• Actively involved in managing daily Director's duties (e.g. completing various forms and documents, being actively involved in correspondences between the Director and other parties and stakeholders, etc)
• Securely store and manage obtained programme-related scientific data
• Prepare quarterly programme reports and Director's reports to various stakeholders
• Assist in preparing materials (slides, graphs, data collection and analysis) for programme grants
• Organize Director's and programme-related meetings, conferences, travels, collaborations and other associated activities
• Help to provide information and guidance to programme members on the Director's overall vision and objectives
• Guide new members of the research groups on how to integrate into the programme
• Purchasing the reagents and equipment
• Maintain and update laboratory data of reagents
• Taking care of the cell culture rooms and maintenance of lab equipment
• Communicate with and organise the necessary activities with various support teams (e.g. service department, administrative team) to ensure undisturbed performance of research and administrative duties

Key Competencies and Education Requirements:

• Knowledge to prepare PowerPoint slides, figures and reports for scientific communication (grants, reports, conferences)
• Experience: in organization, maintenance and data storage of basic wet research laboratory in biomedicine
• Knowledge of basic biomedical laboratory techniques
• Preferable Skills: basic biochemical and cell biological techniques, willingness to learn new technologies.
• Competence: Highly skilled in various laboratory techniques and capable of successfully delivering research and administrative goals in a highly competitive academic environment
• Essential Qualifications: biology or relevant undergraduate degree (BSc)

Hiring Institution: LKC