We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher who will assist in setting up and managing the alternative lipids platform, especially on cultivated fish fat using cellular agriculture technology.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform routine fish stem cell culture work such as cell expansion and differentiation.
- Plan and carry out independent experiments to support process optimization, seed train, and bioprocess approaches to scale up the production of cultivated fish adipocytes using benchtop bioreactors.
- Develop relevant bioprocess-related SOPs.
- Manage, coordinate and schedule meetings with internal team and external stakeholders.
- Other techniques to employ may include lipids/metabolomics analysis, food related assessments, cell proliferation assays (MTT, MTS), cell line development, staining, fluorescence microscopy, RNA extraction, qRT-PCR, EVs isolation, protein extraction.
Job Requirements:
- Ph.D. in Life Science, Chemical / Pharmaceutical Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent fields.
- Passion for alternative protein and cultivated meat.
- Responsible, organised and focused, with a strong desire to learn.
- Being able to work independently and as part of a team, take ownership of research projects.
- Proficient in general cell culture techniques
- Able to work independently and as well as with a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Meticulous and organized with an ability to multi-task.
- Possess good communication, interpersonal, presentation, and analytical skills.
- Committed to laboratory ethics and can work flexible hours.
- Proficiency in stem cell biology is preferred.
- Proficiency in bioprocess work with cell culture bioreactors is preferred.
The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
