Research Associate (RA), Project Assistant and Field Assistant at IISER Pune under funded project purely on temporary and contractual basis on consolidated emoluments.
Post-1: Research Associate (RA)
Name of the Project: “Engineering and modification of bacterial toxins to combat chewing insect pests of Cotton”
Project Code: 008
Minimum Educational Qualifications & Experience
- Ph.D. in any branch of Life Sciences.
- Candidates who have submitted thesis may also apply.
- Candidate must have at least one first author peer reviewed international publication from his/her PhD
Experience:
- Agriculturally important insects, their rearing, dissections and bioassays
- Yeast two-hybrid, protein array, phage display or similar system
- Expression cloning, recombinant expression, purification of recombinant enzymes
- Protein activity assays
- Bioinformatics tools for protein analyses, statistical analyses like ANOVA, correlation, etc.
Consolidated emoluments: Rs. 36,000 + 30% HRA per month.
Post-2: Project Assistant
Name of the Project
“Molecular and chemical ecology of the biological control of diamondback moth: revealing the significance of the infochemical communication between bottom-up and top-down factors”
Project Code: 30118370
Minimum Educational Qualifications & Experience
- M.Sc. in any branch of Life Sciences or equivalent degree.
- Candidates awaiting the final semester results may also apply.
Experience:
- Agriculturally important insects, their rearing, dissections and bioassays
- Basic plant molecular biology and biochemistry experimentation
- Gene cloning, recombinant expression and agro-infiltration
- Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation
- HPLC and LC-MS based analyses
- Statistical analyses like ANOVA, correlation, etc.
Post-3: Field Assistant
Name of the Project: “Cross-kingdom affairs: Can microRNAs of host plants regulate genes of their insect herbivores?”
Project Code: 31317299
Minimum educational Qualifications & Experience
Up to Class 10th with Marathi, Hindi and English reading, writing and communication skills
Experience:
- Handling agriculturally important insects
- Working in agricultural field
- Soil testing
Consolidated emoluments: Rs. 16000/- per month
Last date of application: September 18, 2018
HOW TO APPLY: Interested candidates should fill online application available on official wesite (see below)
| Quick Overview————- | |
| Organization | IISER Pune |
| Level | Research Associate, Project Assistant and Field Assistant |
| Country | India |
| Subject areas | Natural sciences |
| Salary | As per UGC norms |
| Eligibility | PhD |
| Deadline | September 18, 2018 |
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