The Research Associate (RA) will take a lead on a Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Govt. of Gujarat funded project and do the project related work only. It’s a heavily involved task and requires full dedication.

This project involves collection of fruit flies from different locations, their identification, maintenance of various genetic lines, measuring various life-history and stress traits, isolation of genetic material, functional characterisation of genes, and editing genes.

• Collection of fruit-flies from orchards (across Gujarat)
• Measurements of various life-history traits
• Fairly well understanding on molecular biology techniques (insect DNA/RNA extractions, rtPCR, CRISPR/​Cas9, and functional genomics)
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools
• Good in field work (independently)

3 years

PhD in Life Sciences with strong foundations in Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology. Fresh PhDs will be preferred. The candidate should be good in communication skills, dynamic, independent thinker, and a quick learner.

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