1076 research assistant research associate jobs found

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for up to 4 years. A position exists for a Research Assistant / Research Associate in Organic Physical Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics, as part of the Planetary Astrochemistry Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in close collaboration with the University College London. The aim of the role is to investigate prebiotic chemical networks. The successful applicant will explore the physical and chemical parameter space relevant for origins of life scenarios. The result of this investigation will be the determination of chemical lifetimes and rate constants for dozens of species for a range of conditions. This fundamental research is essential for determining whether prebiotic scenarios can take place in a local environment. This work will involve controlled reactions under a range of physical and chemical conditions, and the use of several analytical techniques, especially NMR and FTIR, to quantitatively...

Date:  20-Jan-2023 Location:  SPECIALTY RESEARCH INST/CTRS, Kent Ridge Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description Are you a biomedical researcher motivated to pursue an outstanding career in cancer research with a focus on organoid research? Cancer will affect more than 1 in 3 Singaporeans. At the Cancer Science Institute (CSI), our mission is to be at the global forefront of research to overcome this scourge. Our innovative international faculty, cutting-edge facilities, supportive working environment and competitive package together enable each of our staff to realize their maximum potential. We now seek a Research Assistant/ Associate to join the team of Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a world-leading cancer researcher to undertake pioneering research on the role of genome instability in human carcinogenesis (eg., see Venkitaraman Science (2014) PMID:24675954...

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Dr Edward Avezov's laboratory as a part of a multidisciplinary project supported by The Evelyn Trust at the department of Clinical Neurosciences, UK Dementia Research Institute in Cambridge, based at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The post holder will be expected to lead the development of methods to control intracellular localisation of amyloid precursor proteins and to apply these in brain cell models to study and gain the ability to mitigate protein aggregation-related damage. The project will be conducted in collaboration with Cambridge Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases. The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative driving forward research to fill this gap. We are a globally leading multidisciplinary research institute of 700 staff investigating the spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders causing dementia, with laboratory-based...

The Applied Social Science Group within the Primary Care Unit are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated research assistant/associate to a project that explores the mental health treatment provided to young people with experiences of maltreatment or other safeguarding needs. The successful candidate will collaborate with research and experts-by-experience collaborators to undertake quantitative analyses of administrative data to understand access to treatment and what treatments are effective. We are looking for someone capable of working responsively to research needs and opportunities as they arise, and with a desire to influence policy for children and families through research. The successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive team, led by Dr Robbie Duschinsky. This team includes clinicians from various professions (e.g. clinical psychology, general practice, social work) and researchers from across disciplines (e.g. primary care research,...

We are currently seeking a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher in health data science to join our team in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU) and Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative (CBSGI) of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC). The post will suit an ambitious researcher interested in studying cardiometabolic diseases and their commonly occurring comorbidities by applying their skills to analyse large-scale genomic and phenotypic data in the CEU's broad portfolio of genetic and multi-omic data from different cohorts. The primary role of the post holder will be to lead projects involving the quantitative analysis and interpretation of genomic and phenotypic data using polygenic scores, GWAS, Mendelian randomisation, and other statistical and machine-learning methods. The successful role-holder will have research interests aligned with those of our groups and the freedom to develop their own ideas for new research by...

Date:  06-Feb-2023 Location:  YONG LOO LIN SCH OF MEDICINE, Kent Ridge Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The National University of Singapore invites applications for Research IT Engineer in the Computational Brain Imaging Group (CBIG), Centre for Translational MR Research (TMR) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.  More information on the laboratory is available at   https://sites.google.com/view/yeolab Our group develops machine learning algorithms to automatically generate discoveries from large-scale brain imaging data. We seek to discover fundamental principles of brain network organization, how brain networks are organized to support cognition and how brain networks are disrupted in mental disorders. Key attractions are access to a high-performance computing cluster, state-of-the-art MR/PET scanners, as well as collaboration opportunities with an excellent network of domestic and...

NTU Novena Campus, Singapore Full time R00012818 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine invites applications for: Research Assistant/Research Associate is required for concurrent research projects in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Lim Jue Tao. This project, led by the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMed), Nanyang Technological University, will be conducted in collaboration with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), National University of Singapore, the Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore and the Ministry of Health, Singapore will offer a multidisciplinary and unique collaborative environment with diverse learning opportunities. The successful applicant(s) will work as part of a growing and energetic team investigating health at the interface of environment, climate change and infectious diseases in local and international contexts. The successful candidates will work together with the PI to: (1)...

Date:  20-Feb-2023 Location:  DENTISTRY, Kent Ridge Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The Faculty of Dentistry at the National University of Singapore invites applications for the position of a Research Assistant/Research Associate/Post-doctoral fellow to support clinical translational research in oral biofilms and periodontal health. The candidate must possess a Bachelor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Sciences (DDS) with a least 2 years research experience in Oral Microbiology.  The Research Assistant/Research Associate/Post-doctoral Fellow will be a part of a team that will look at biofilm adhesion onto arbitrary substrates and its washout resistance.  The duties will include:  Liaise with manufacturers to design and produce microfluidic devices  to quantify biofilm washout resistance Collect, analyse, and interpret experimental results Draft reports and...

A position exists for a Research Assistant/Research Associate in Experimental High Energy Physics in the High Energy Physics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory. The post holder will make leading contributions on two fronts within the ATLAS experiment: the commissioning and operation of the upgraded L1 Calorimeter (L1Calo) Trigger and the searches for massive long-lived particles. It is intended that (subject to LTA funding being awarded by the ATLAS collaboration to the successful applicant after appointment) the post holder be based in CERN for the majority of their tenure. Should this not happen they will be based in Cambridge. The successful candidate will hold (or be close to obtaining) a PhD in Experimental Particle Physics or a related discipline. Experience with programming in C++ and Python is essential along with an interest and desire to work with hardware description languages like VHDL. A willingness to work with fast custom digital electronics systems such as...

Full time R00012515 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine invites applications for: Research Assistant/Research Associate is required for concurrent research projects in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Lim Jue Tao. This project, led by the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMed), Nanyang Technological University, will be conducted in collaboration with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), National University of Singapore, the Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore and the Ministry of Health, Singapore will offer a multidisciplinary and unique collaborative environment with diverse learning opportunities. The successful applicant(s) will work as part of a growing and energetic team investigating health at the interface of environment, climate change and infectious diseases in local and international contexts. The successful candidates will work together with the PI to: (1) developing models to understand the epidemic...

Date:  08-Mar-2023 Location:  LAW, Bukit Timah Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The Centre for Maritime Law (CML) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, was launched on 3 September 2015 and focuses broadly on international trade, transport and shipping law-related issues. It undertakes research and hosts events of scholarly value to academics, professionals, and local government institutions. Its objective is to enhance the development of commercial maritime law in Singapore, the region, and also further afield. CML’s achievements include a well-regarded Working Paper Series (WPS), available at https://law.nus.edu.sg/cml/publications/, and the CML CMI Database, Judicial Decisions on International Conventions, available at https://cmlcmidatabase.org/, the leading database of its kind in maritime law. The Director of CML is Professor Stephen Girvin, MPA Professor of...

Date:  08-Mar-2023 Location:  LAW, Bukit Timah Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The Centre for Maritime Law (CML) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, was launched on 3 September 2015 and focuses broadly on international trade, transport and shipping law-related issues. It undertakes research and hosts events of scholarly value to academics, professionals, and local government institutions. Its objective is to enhance the development of commercial maritime law in Singapore, the region, and also further afield. CML’s achievements include a well-regarded Working Paper Series (WPS), available at https://law.nus.edu.sg/cml/publications/, and the CML CMI Database, Judicial Decisions on International Conventions, available at https://cmlcmidatabase.org/, the leading database of its kind in maritime law. The Director of CML is Professor Stephen Girvin, MPA Professor of...

Date:  19-Jan-2023 Location:  SPECIALTY RESEARCH INST/CTRS, Kent Ridge Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The National University of Singapore is looking for a research assistant/research associate in a project which seeks to understand the mechanisms of decomposition and revegetation of peat in South East Asia. The position is within a multi-disciplinary research team consisting of postdoctoral research fellows, research assistants and associates, as well as principal investigators (PIs) from the Department of Biological Sciences, Geography and School of Computing. The position will be full time and in the field of systems biology. The successful candidate will be expected to assist the team in workflow development, data collection, analysis, drafting project reports, and in maintaining IT equipment’s such as high-performance computers and servers. Qualifications...

Date:  16-Mar-2023 Location:  SPECIALTY RESEARCH INST/CTRS, Kent Ridge Campus, SG Company:  National University of Singapore Job Description The radiochemistry group at SNRSI is seeking a researcher for an integral role in the quantitative and qualitative determination of radio-contaminants (e.g., 238U, 235U, 232Th, 137Cs, 90Sr). The nature of the work requires the utmost best in lab practices, exquisitely clean and creative sample preparation, and expertise in optimizing instrument detection. The incumbent might require the use of both radiometric and analytical techniques for the measurements, such as alpha spectrometry, gamma spectroscopy, liquid scintillation counting, and mass spectrometry. Wet chemistry techniques such as chemical separation, complex sample digestion using wet and dry ash methods, electrochemistry, etc. will be used to prepare samples in order to meet the desired detection limits and mode of measurement. The incumbent...

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher) in the Department of Engineering, to work on the testing of Li Ion battery cathodes fabricated by flame pyrolysis as part of an EPSRC Grant with partners at the University of Cambridge and UCL. The post holder will be located at the University of Cambridge in the group of Prof. Michael De Volder (www.nanomanufacturing.eng.cam.ac.uk/). The successful applicant will focus on fabrication of battery electrodes using flame pyrolysis as well as their testing and optimisation for battery performance. This involves battery slurry preparation and optimisation of its composition, coating electrodes and building cells. Other key responsibilities of the candidate include the electrochemical testing of the batteries, processing and testing of cathode materials, battery material characterisation methods, work together with the team to optimise the flame pyrolysis process. We will consider candidates with...

Department/ Unit: Department of Educational Administration and Policy Closing date: Until the position(s) is/ are filled The Department of Educational Administration and Policy is seeking to recruit distinguished scholars for appointment of Research Associate Professor or Research Assistant Professor in the areas of Educational Leadership & School Improvement and Foundation in Education & Policy Studies in Education. The Department of Educational Administration and Policy is one of the four Academic departments under Faculty of Education of CUHK. The Faculty of Education of CUHK (http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/) is an international center for professional training and research in Education. Further information about the Department is available at http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/eap. Applicants should have (i) excellent academic qualifications including a doctoral degree in educational administration, leadership, policy studies in education, sociology of education,...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Marine Cloud Brightening. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. Key responsibilities and duties are to develop a system to generate water droplets using different methods and compare the different characteristics. Experiments will start with a single nozzle scheme and progress to examine the interaction of multiple nozzles. The project will then involve modelling of the scheme including developing an engineering system model. Specific goals include: Development of experimental set-up to enable different droplet generation methods to be compared Measurement of droplet sizes and crystal sizes resulting from the evaporated water Assessment of interaction of droplets generated in close proximity to each other Calculation of energy requirements for different droplet generation methods Determination of effectiveness of different...

The Kar lab at the Early Cancer Institute in the Department of Oncology is looking for an enthusiastic postdoctoral or master's level researcher with a strong quantitative background and statistical programming skills to join a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship-funded project. As a Research Assistant/Associate in Computational Genetics/Genomic Data Science you will play a vital role in the design, analysis and dissemination of genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation studies that systematically generate comprehensive maps of the relationships between cancer-relevant exposures or risk factors and a wide range of somatic or tumour molecular traits such as gene expression, driver gene mutations, and mutational signatures. You will apply your data science/statistical expertise and computational skills to analyse some of the largest integrated germline genetics and somatic multi-omics data sets of relevance to cancer currently available, working on a...

We are seeking an excellent researcher to work on the development of PCR and sequencing strategies for environmental surveillance samples, with a particular focus on typhoid, paratyphoid and non-typhoidal Salmonella. In preliminary work, we have developed a novel primer scheme to amplify Salmonella Typhi genomic regions that define the genotype and encode antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We are funded by BMGF to optimise this amplicon... Job listing information Reference MED03709 Date posted 14 March 2023 Closing date 28 March 2023 Job summary We are seeking an excellent researcher to work on the development of PCR and sequencing strategies for environmental surveillance samples, with a particular focus on typhoid, paratyphoid and non-typhoidal  Salmonella . In preliminary work, we have developed a novel primer scheme to amplify  Salmonella  Typhi genomic regions that define the genotype and encode antimicrobial...

We are seeking an excellent researcher to work on the testing and rollout of a novel diagnostic and sequencing tool for poliovirus, to support rapid outbreak detection.  The post is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and focuses on training in poliovirus direct detection and nanopore sequencing in laboratories globally and optimisation of laboratory methods for the detection of poliovirus. You will work closely with the polio... Job listing information Reference MED03708 Date posted 14 March 2023 Closing date 28 March 2023 Job summary We are seeking an excellent researcher to work on the testing and rollout of a novel diagnostic and sequencing tool for poliovirus, to support rapid outbreak detection.  The post is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and focuses on training in poliovirus direct detection and nanopore sequencing in laboratories globally and optimisation of laboratory methods for the...