NABI Research Positions Life Sciences – PhD Apply
NABI Research Positions Life Sciences – PhD Apply. Interested and eligible applicants can check out all of the details on the same below:
Research Associates and Field Assistants at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI)
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI)
(Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Sector-81, Knowledge City, Manauli P.O, S.A.S. Nagar-140306, Punjab, India.
Website: www.nabi.res.in
Advertisement No. NABI/Admin/5(9)/2022-23/ACAD-09
Interview for the Positions of Research Associates and Field Assistants
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) is an autonomous Institute under
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. NABI aims at catalysing the
transformation of Agri-food sector in India by being a nodal organization for knowledge
generation and translational science leading to value-added products based on Agri-Food
biotech innovations for improved household nutritional security. Since its inception in 2010,
NABI is involved in research activities for the Bio fortification, development of designer
crops for improved nutrition, providing sustainable and novel solutions towards quality food
and nutrition, and development of evidence based functional foods to counter malnutrition.
NABI requires following research personnel purely on temporary basis.
1. Research Associate-I (RA-I)
Project: “Combating “hidden hunger” through development of EMS induced mutants with
altered lysine content or amino acid composition in Rice”Principal Investigator: Prof. Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director
Research Positions (temporary) and number:
Research Associate-I (RA-I) – One
Field Assistant (FA) – Two
Duration: 3 years till completion date i.e. 04/09/2026
Project Summary:
Development of high lysine protein is highly essential to eradicate malnutrition, particularly
from the areas having a rice-based diet. The rice consumers represent a large portion of the world population, where malnutrition is becoming a significant problem. The malnutrition problem needs urgent attention to avoid widespread losses related to human health. High lysine protein rice will be life saving for children’s starving due to inadequate protein in the diet. In plant biology research, different mutagenesis approaches have been used to identify novel genes and their functional regulations. The most commonly used mutagenesis approaches include chemicals, ionizing radiations, antisense RNA, and T-DNA insertion. Ethyl Methane Sulfonate (EMS) is the most commonly used alkylating agent for creating a mutagenized population. Use of mutagenesis approaches for the enhancement of nutritional quality in rice looks highly promising. Development of the mutant population in a background of different leading varieties is relatively much more comfortable than the phenotypic screening of large mutant populations. In this proposal, we aim to achieve enhancement of nutritional qualityrelated traits like high lysine content in rice grain. In addition, the developed mutant population will serve as a resource for the rice research community.
Essential Qualification: PhD in any branch of life sciences
Experience: Experience in agricultural biotechnology such as in marker development, QTL mapping, and Association mapping.
Other experiences:
- Molecular biology, analytical techniques such as HPLC, etc
- At least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
Responsibility:
- Development of EMS mutant population in rice;
- Screening of the mutant population for amino acids such as lysine and grain
protein content and their estimation using analytical methods - Measurement of yield related traits and physiological parameters such as chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, internal CO2 concentration,
quantum yield of photosystem-II etc. will be measured - Preparation of progress report, indent, manuscripts, etc
Emolument: Rs.47,000/- fixed/month + HRA
2. Field Assistant (FA)
Project: “Combating “hidden hunger” through development of EMS induced mutants with altered lysine content or amino acid composition in Rice”
Essential Qualification: B.Sc. in biological sciences or equivalent degree with at least 6 months research experience in conducting fieldbased studies
Experience: Field and lab work
Responsibility: Extensive field and laboratory works including data scoring, extraction,
etc.
Emolument: Rs.20,000/- fixed/month + HRA
*RA Emoluments and Eligibility conditions are as per DST OM: SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated January 30, 2019; Field Assistant emoluments as per DST OM: SR/S9/Z-05?2019 dated August 21, 2019
Age limit: 40 year for RA; 50 year for FA (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/
PD/EWS as per GOI instructions)
3. Research Associate (RA)
Project: “Gene- and base-editing in rice for stress tolerance and enhanced nutrition.”
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director
Research Positions (temporary) and number: Research Associate (RA) – One
Duration: 2 years
Essential Qualification: PhD in any branch of life sciences
Experience: Plant Molecular biology and experience in Cloning and transformation
Emolument: Rs.58,000/- to 67,000/-/month + HRA, depending on years of experience
Responsibility: Gene and base-editing in rice
Age limit: 40 year for RA
Application and Selection Process:
- All interested candidates should submit the soft copy of the filled application form, all
educational mark certificates (Xth, XIIth, undergraduate & post-graduate), and other required documents (as mentioned above) by email ([email protected]). The last date for receiving the application is 20th October 2023. The application form is available on the website www.nabi.res.in. - The shortlisted candidates will be informed by email.
- The shortlisted candidates are requested to appear for the interview with the original degree certificates and other relevant documents.
- No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the interview.
- The selected candidate will be informed by email and the result will be uploaded on the NABI’s website.
Download the application format here
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