Senior Bioinformatics Researcher

4 days ago


Singapore NTU (Nanyang Technology University- Main Office-HR) Full time
Company Overview
The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, a premier institution for medical education and research, collaborates with Imperial College London to establish a model for innovative medical education. Our partnership with the National Healthcare Group enables us to provide high-quality medical expertise, facilities, and teaching. As we transition towards becoming an NTU medical school, our focus remains on transformative research and impactful discoveries.

Job Description
We are seeking a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Bioinformatics to join our translational respiratory research team under Associate Professor Sanjay H. Chotirmall. The role involves analyzing Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) datasets, particularly metagenomics, to investigate infectious and immune consequences in chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, and bronchiectasis.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines for NGS data analysis, focusing on metagenomics, RNA-seq, and single-cell sequencing.
  • Integrate multi-omics data to study disease mechanisms and contribute to high-impact publications.
  • Collaborate with wet lab researchers to support experimental design, data interpretation, and junior researcher mentoring.
  • Ensure data management, compliance, and reproducibility of computational workflows.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
  • PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field.
  • Strong programming skills in R and Python, with experience in NGS data analysis.
  • Proficiency in statistical and machine learning methods for biological data.
  • Familiarity with high-performance computing environments.
  • Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Benefits and Opportunities:

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the interface of computational biology and translational respiratory research, contributing to impactful discoveries in chronic lung diseases.



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