National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute has released job notifications for 3 posts, including Research Associate-I, Junior Research Fellow, and others. Interested candidates can apply from 11/04/2023 to 11/04/2023. Download the official notification for details on eligibility, post information, job procedure, pay scale, and more.

National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute invites application from eligible candidates for Walk-in-Interview for the following posts:

Post Name: Research Associate-I

Essential Qualification:

• PhD in any branch of Life Sciences or Biotechnology with at least one peer-reviewed international publication in Science Citation indexed (SCl) journal

• PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research, teaching, and design and development experience after MVSc/MPharm/ME/MTech with at least one research papers in Science Citation indexed (SCl) journal

Desirable:

• We seek an enthusiastic and highly motivated candidate who is interested in genetics, and genomics of crop plants

• Basic experience in molecular biology related techniques (including PCR, recombinant DNA cloning techniques, plant transformation), and library preparation methodologies for NGS

• Research experience in handling genomics data, NGS data analysis (including genome sequencing and assembly, comparative genomics, and RNASeq analysis) as evidenced by relevant research publications in peerreviewed journals or preprint servers

• Experience in the synthesis of advanced nanomaterial-based biomimetic receptors for food contaminants, eg heavy metal ions, pesticides, and pathogens

• Characterization of physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials

• Development of nanomaterial-based biosensing platforms

• Implementation of biosensors for point of care diagnosis

• Relevant research publications in peer-reviewed journals

Post Name: Junior Research Fellow

Essential Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR Graduate/Post Graduate Degree in professional course selected through a process described through any one of the following: -

• Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests-CSIR-UGCNET including Lectureship (Assistant Professorship), GATE and GPAT

• The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by central government departments and their agencies and institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT, IISc, IISER etc

Desirable:

• Synthesis of nanobiomaterials, bioconjugation, and sensing/biosensing

• Experience in working with rodents especially mice, rodent behaviour analysis, stereotaxic surgeries, cell culture techniques, real time RT-PCR, western blotting, immunohistochemistry with strong knowledge in basic concepts of neuroscience and biochemistry Basic understanding of data analysis tools like Graphpad Prism and other bioinformatics tools will be plus

Post Name: Research Associate-III

Essential Qualification: PhD or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research, teaching, and design and development experience after ME/MTech with at least one research paper in Science Citation indexed (SCl) journal

Desirable: Proven experience in agricultural biotechnology, especially in plant molecular biology and molecular markers and QTL mapping studies in cereal crops such as wheat relevant research publications in peerreviewed journals

Place of Interview: National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute located at Knowledge city, Sector-81, Mohali - 140306, Punjab

For more details related to eligibility criteria, fee, pattern, annexures, place of posting etc. refer to the attachments below.