About the role
Scientist / Senior Scientist (Infectious Diseases), Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics role based on the published job description. Key responsibilities and requirements were extracted directly from the posting for quick review.
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Key Responsibilities
- About NATi The Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Initiative (NATi), hosted by A*STAR, is Singapore's national platform dedicated to advancing RNA-based medicines and revolutionising drug and vaccine development.
- NATi's mission is to establish Singapore as a globally recognised hub of excellence in nucleic acid therapeutics research, clinical translation, and commercialisation.
- NATi focuses on key RNA modalities such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small interfering RNA (siRNA), and messenger RNA (mRNA).
- To drive this vision, NATi is building a biotech-like translational engine focused on asset and technology development spanning discovery to clinical development.
- Position Overview The Scientist / Senior Scientist (Infectious Diseases), Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics will develop mRNA immunotherapies across multiple therapeutic programs.
- This role is important in NATi"s development of immunotherapy candidates from discovery/pre-clinical to IND-enabling stages.
Requirements
- The successful candidate will have prior experience and proven track record in the academic or biotech laboratory settings.
- Qualifications & Experience
- PhD in Immunology or a related field with minimum of 8+ years of experience.
- Industry experience preferred.
- Proven proficiency in immunophenotyping, particularly extensive hands-on experience with multi-color flow cytometry including panel design, staining fluency, compensation, and data analysis/interpretation.
- Proven ability to develop, validate and troubleshoot assays.