The Research Associate (RA) will take a lead on a Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Government of Gujarat funded project and do the project related work only. The major duties will involve conducting experiments, analyse data, write and publish manuscripts, write and apply for research grants and mentor PhD and undergraduate students.

Responsibilities: Maintenance of various genetic lines, measuring various life-history and stress traits, isolation of genetic material, functional characterization of genes, and editing genes. The candidate should be extremely good in molecular biology techniques and bioinformatics.

Key Skills

• Fairly well understanding on molecular biology techniques (insect DNA/RNA extractions, rtPCR, CRISPR/​Cas9, and functional genomics)
• Comfortable with bioinformatics tools.

2 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.

Interested Candidates may send their applications through email to subhash.​rajpurohit@​ahduni.​edu.​in with the subject line Postdoc Position_​Tropical Fly_​Ahmedabad University.

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