One Post of Research Associate Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Roorkee

Location: Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Roorkee

Job Type and No. of Vacancy: Research Associate (1)

Project Title:  DST Sponsored “Development of vermireactor for co-treatment of wastewater and bio-degradable solid waste for small communities”

Essential Qualifications: Ph.D. or ME/M.Tech having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience.

Desirable Qualifications: The candidate should have work experience in the filed of waste management with Research Publications in peered review journal.

Note: The fellowship is for two years and is co-terminous with the duration of the project.

Emolument:  Rs 22,000 p.m. + 10% HRA

Age Limit: 35 yrs, relaxable upto 5 years in the case of candidate belonging to SC/ST and three yrs in the case of OBC.

Procedure: The Applicants are required to bring their bio0data along with attested photocopies of the documents and Demand Draft of Rs. 100/- in favour of “Dean SRIC, IIT Roorkee” payable at State Bank of India, IIT Branch Code No. 1069.

Interview Date and Time: August 27, 2012 at 11:00 am

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Associate Scientist at CIMMYT, Mexico for Ph.D. Holders of Molecular Genetics or an Associated Discipline.

Place: CIMMYT’s Main Campus located 45 km northeast of Mexico City, Mexico.

Job Type and No. of Vacancy: Associate Scientist

Main Responsibilities: 

·        Develop and implement SNP markers and platforms for high-value loci..

·        Conduct selected studies to determine the genetic basis of novel variation for priority traits in collaboration with biometricians and bio-informaticians and/or partner organizations.

·        Identify novel alleles not yet captured in durum and bread wheat germplasm.

The job will require that you:  

·        Source, develop, implement and maintain a medium scale SNP pipeline for marker assisted selection.

·        Establish a pipeline to identify and develop primers for SNPs identified for alleles in critical genes.

·        Link trait data from phenotyping experiments of bread and durum wheat lines to high-density genotypic data. This will include haplotype analysis, allele mining, conventional mapping and association mapping approaches.

·        Work with the CIMMYT wheat breeders to implement and improve the application of molecular tools.

·        Supervise and train students.

·        Publish results in high-impact scientific journals.

Qualifications: 

·        A PhD in molecular genetics or an associated discipline.

·        Experience in handling genotyping platforms, sequence and high-density genotypic data.

·        A good understanding of quantitative and population genetics.

·        A demonstrated ability to engage in innovation and to work collegially and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Spanish is advantageous.

Salary: CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package paid in US dollars, with a range of benefits including housing allowance, life and health insurance, education allowance (for pre-school, elementary, secondary, and other pre-university grade levels), home leave, retirement fund, and relocation shipping assistance.

Last Date: August 17th, 2012

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Website: CIMMYT