The appointment will be a fixed-term position initially for one (1) year and renewable annually subject to the outcome of a performance assessment. The position comes with consolidated pay based on qualification and experience, subject to institutional guidelines.
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Name of the post
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No. of Vacancies
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Location
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Essential Qualification
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1.
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Facility Manager
(C elegans facility)
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1
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Bangalore
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MSc/MTech Life Science from a recognized University/Institute with aggregate of 55% marks and
10 years of appropriate experience in handling or maintaining C. elegans strains with
Age Limit: 55 years as of 01.01.2024 (subject to relaxation as per GoI norms)
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Field station manager
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1
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Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
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MSc/MTech Life Science from a recognized University/Institute with aggregate of 55% marks and
5 years of appropriate experience
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PhD from a recognised university with 2 years of appropriate experience
Age Limit: 45 years as of 01.01.2024 (subject to relaxation as per GoI norms)
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- Facility Manager - (01 No.):
Job Description:
A facility manager is needed in the C elegans facility.
The C. elegans facility in NCBS, Bangalore is a well-established, fully functional central facility that provides many services to internal and external research labs that use nematode C. elegans as a model organism. List of Services that are offered through the C. elegans facility are:
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Maintaining C. elegans (or other nematode) strains in growing conditions as well as in frozen conditions
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Supplying C. elegans culture plates, media, worm specific buffers etc.
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Making new transgenic C. elegans strains through germline microinjection.
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Making CRISPR/Cas-9-based knockout alleles of C. elegans
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Training for new users in regular C. elegans work as well as in generating transgenic C. elegans strains through germline microinjection.
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Stereomicroscopy requirements for maintaining C. elegans strains, performing genetic crosses and doing various behavioral assays.
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Fluorescent stereomicroscopy requirements for selecting and maintaining fluorescent transgenic strains, as well as analyzing various phenotypes based on fluorescence.
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Widefield fluorescent microscopy requirements.
2. Field station manager– (01-No):
Job Description:
In view of the significant expansion of the Ecology and Evolution programme over the last decade, NCBS has developed Field Stations. The aim of this is to carry out field-based research in various fields. This research primarily depends on fieldwork carried out in various biogeographic zones across India coupled with specimens and other related genetic material collected in the field at NCBS. The goal is to streamline field operations, to provide space for long-term archival of important biodiversity-related materials.
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Providing taxonomic expertise in the identification of fauna and flora, especially insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants.
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Scientific assistance to various researchers engaged in ecology and evolution studies in NCBS and its close collaborators.
Candidates who have prior experience in the aforementioned areas will be given priority.
The job description mentioned against each post are indicative but not exhaustive.
Consolidated Salary: Salary will commensurate with experience and qualification.