Research
Assistant
Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory
Applications are invited for
the position of a Research Assistant and 3 Research Scholars
to work on the project supported by Academic Research Fund,
the Ministry of Education, Singapore: Production of Bone Cells
from Human Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells –
Potential for Transplantation Therapy and Drug/Biomaterial
Screening. The collaboration of the project is between Faculty
of Dentistry, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine, NUS,
and Genome Institute of Singapore. This research is to stimulate
and direct the differentiation of human ES cells toward osteogenic
cell lineages. The osteogenic cell lineages from human ES cells
would be an ideal unlimited source of human cells for many
purposes such as (1) the study of development and gene control
of human osteogenic cell lineages, osteogenesis, bone regeneration,
remodeling and reconstruction; (2) gene/protein delivery therapy
to cure bone diseases; (3) cell-injection therapy for bone
repair; (4) cell transplanting based bone reconstruction including
bone tissue engineering; and (5) the development of cytotoxicity/genotoxicity
screening tests for bone related biomaterials and drugs. The
following techniques are utilised: culture of ES cells, stimulation
of osteogenic differentiation, co-culture of ES cells and primary
osteoblasts, in vivo implantation, histochemistry, histology,
immunocytochemistry, RNA extraction and RT-PCR, DNA microarray,
confocal microscopy, Micro computed tomography, SEM/TEM, etc.
Qualifications
& Experience
Research Assistant
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At least MSc or equivalent in Life Sciences, with experience
documented by quality publications.
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Show strong interest in the above stated areas of research
and development.
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Good oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Research Scholar
Application
Interested candidates please e-mail your full
resume in confidence, stating date of availability to dencaot@nus.edu.sg and/or
send a hard copy to:
Asst Prof Cao Tong
Principle Investigator
Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory
Faculty of Dentistry
5 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119074
Fax: (65) 6778-5742
E-mail : dencaot@nus.edu.sg
(We
regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.)
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