Research Fellow (Bioinformatics)

About the role

The School of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is looking for a Research Fellow to join the laboratory of Zhu Guanhua. The project focuses on AI-driven biomarker development for human health, combining AI and data science with genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, fragmentomics and chromatinomics to build non-invasive biomarkers and AI-powered solutions for disease detection, treatment response inference and precision medicine.

Key responsibilities

• Perform bioinformatics analyses of next-generation sequencing and multi-omics datasets.
• Develop machine-learning and deep-learning models for biomarker discovery and development.
• Develop computational methods for precision medicine.
• Interpret analytical results in a biological and clinical context.
• Contribute to manuscript preparation, grant applications and the presentation of research findings.
• Manage and maintain research data, ensuring its quality, organisation and accessibility.
• Train and onboard new research staff and students.

Required profile

• PhD degree in bioinformatics or a related field.
• Strong research background in next-generation sequencing data analysis (e.g. genetics, transcriptomics or epigenetics).
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Entry-level candidates are welcome to apply.

Required skills

• Proficiency in machine/deep-learning and analytical skills such as R and Python, on Linux systems and high-performance computing clusters.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics software and workflows.