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Hosted by NTU in partnership with NUS, SCELSE is linking new insights from the life sciences with expertise from the emerging technologies in engineering and natural sciences to understand, harness and control microbial biofilm communities.</p>\n\n\n<p>SCELSE is looking for a highly motivated individual to join us as a Research Fellow on a recently funded, highly multidisciplinary project on wastewater-based epidemiology. </p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Develop, validate and implement methods for detection and quantification of human pathogens in wastewater leveraging platform technologies, including but not limited to PCR (dd, q, microfluidic) and next generation sequencing</li>\n<li>Analyse spatial and temporal patterns in pathogen-monitoring data, including abundance and genotype diversity</li>\n<li>Collaborate with colleagues in economics and the social sciences to explore costs and benefits of implementing wastewater-based epidemiology on large scales  </li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Requirements: </strong></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>PhD in microbiology, environmental engineering or other related disciplines</li>\n<li>Competent in basic microbiology</li>\n<li>Possess the ability to follow standard molecular biology protocols</li>\n<li>Able to handle microbes competently and safely up to Biosafety Level 2</li>\n<li>Strong communication and data analysis skills</li>\n<li>Ability to write research reports and publications</li>\n<li>Experience with molecular assay development, optimisation and/or validation preferred</li>\n<li>Experience with one or more of the following platform technologies preferred i.e. qPCR, ddPCR, microfluidic PCR, next generation sequencing, nanopore sequencing, microarrays, lateral flow assay</li>\n<li>Familiarity with tools and methods for bacterial, viral genomic and metagenomic data analysis preferred</li>\n<li>Knowledge of epidemiology principals and/or wastewater engineering systems would be advantageous</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p>We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Singapore","location1":"아시아","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Fellow--Microbiology-_R00001716-1","fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Permanent","salary":null,"original_id":"UNI|222689","original_domain":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/222689/research-fellow-singapore-centre-for-environmental-life-sciences-engineering/?LinkSource=Premiu","original_isPremium":"true","closeType":2,"closedAt":null,"requireEducation":0,"managerTel":null,"managerFax":null,"managerEmail":null,"managerName":"NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":null,"log_hit":2,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"createdAt":"2020-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2020-09-18T12:03:30.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":507,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"Nanyang Technological University, Singapore","name_en":"Technological University","name_alt":",Nanyang Technological University,NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,","introduction":"<p>A research-intensive public university, NTU Singapore has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and at its Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine which was established jointly with Imperial College London.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Named the world’s fastest-rising young university by Times Higher Education, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is also one of the youngest in the global league of universities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Its 200-hectare (500 acres) garden campus has frequently been named among the Top 15 most beautiful in the world. An environmentally sustainable campus, 95 per cent of its buildings are Green Mark Platinum-certified (equivalent to LEED-Platinum certification in the USA).</p><p>Beyond its picturesque buildings and lush greenery, NTU has a vision to transform its vast grounds into a Smart Campus that embraces digital technology to support learning and discovery, and improve the sustainability of resources.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The NTU Smart Campus is already a living testbed for various sustainable and energy-efficient technologies. NTU strives to serve as a model for other communities in Singapore and around the globe by demonstrating how advanced tech-enabled solutions can help improve everyday life in a sustainable manner.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, on the NTU Smart Campus, it already has a number of partnerships with leading players such as BMW, Volvo Bus, Blue Solutions and SMRT to drive the future of smart transportation, developing solutions for both electric and autonomous vehicles.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interdisciplinary in focus, NTU’s high-impact research includes areas of global concern, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, sustainability, healthcare, new media and future learning. It hosts two national research centres of excellence, the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), tackling important questions in environment and medicine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NTU is also home to world-class institutes. The National Institute of Education trains all teachers in Singapore, which is known for having one of the most successful education systems in the world. 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