Institute of Technical Education · 4 months ago
Scientist / Senior Scientist (Bioinformatician)
SFA - NCFS
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelThe Institute of Technical Education is part of the Singapore Food Agency, which ensures a safe food supply for Singapore. They are seeking a Scientist/Senior Scientist in the Biological Research team to develop and deploy advanced food safety research and testing capabilities to address foodborne hazards.
Responsibilities
Conduct applied biological and microbiological research, identify problem statements, generate research hypotheses, recommend technology-based solutions, and/or determine computational strategies, in support of the agency’s food safety operations, risk assessment and policies
Perform integrative analysis on high throughput sequencing datasets related to food microbiology (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics)
Conduct phylogenetic and statistical inference to obtain biological insights from big genomic data
Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines for workflow automation
Build models and classifiers for predictive analytics
Develop and maintain databases for cataloguing large microbial genomic datasets
Communicate research findings through conference presentations, scientific publications, and project reports that may be catered for different audiences. (E.g. academics, scientists, policy makers, and the general public)
Organise and maintain proper documentation of research data, scientific interpretations, and project proposals
Provide basic bioinformatics training for in-house microbiologists
Perform administrative support work such as procurement of laboratory supplies and equipment as well as preparation of research grants
Qualification
Required
BSc, MSc or PhD in computational biology, biological sciences, computer science, or other relevant disciplines
Relevant experience in computer programming and/or genomics analysis (WGS and metagenomics)
Familiarity with Illumina and/or Nanopore sequencing data analysis
Experience with various sequence mapping, variant calling and genome assembly tools
Knowledge in scripting bioinformatics pipelines (Nextflow/Snakemake)
Strong programming and debugging skills, preferably with experience in Python and R
Comfortable with High-Performance/Cloud computing and ability to learn new programming languages and paradigms with minimal guidance
Basic understanding of food microbiology, molecular biology, and epidemiology
Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaborative skills
Resilience and ability to multi-task
Preferred
Knowledge in microbiome and/or microbial genetics would be an advantage
Possess peer-reviewed scientific publications in bioinformatics and/or microbiology
Company
Institute of Technical Education
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) was established as a post-secondary institution in 1992, under the Ministry of Education.
Founded in 1992
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
Straits Times
2025-09-15
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