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12 Apr 2024

Research Assistant II at icipe – African Insect Science for Food and Health

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Job Description

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, icipe was established in 1970, to address this very paradox of insects and accompanying challenges. The Centre’s mission is to use insect science for sustainable development, to ensure food security and improve the overall health of communities in Africa by addressing the interlinked problems of poverty, poor health, low agricultural productivity and environmental degradation. Since its founding, icipe has remained committed to developing and disseminating environmentally safe, affordable, acceptable and accessible tools and strategies to control insect pests and disease vectors. icipe’s mandate further extends to the sustainable conservation and utilisation of Africa’s rich biodiversity. icipe is the only international institution in Africa working primarily on arthropods. Therefore capacity building of individual researchers and institutions in Africa is an integral part of all the Centre’s research and development activities. icipe also aims to empower women, harness the youth and build capacity to use, transfer and teach the Centre’s technologies. How we work

Overall Purpose of the Job

To assist in the metagenomic analysis of DNA extracted from pollen in honey and bee bread collected in stingless bee nests in three landscapes of Taita Taveta County.

Specific Duties

  •  To assort and record pollen samples collected from various field sites in Taita Taveta.
  •  To assist in the extraction of DNA from pollen extracted from honey and collected in bee bread from various stingless bee hives in Taita Taveta.
  •  To assist in sequence arrangements for DNA barcoding purposes.
  •  To assist in DNA barcoding sequence analysis where needed.
  •  To maintain clean molecular lab working spaces.

Requirements

Qualifications

  •  Diploma in Biological Sciences.
  •  At least 1 year of relevant experience in stingless bees related projects in Taita Taveta.
  •  At least 3 months experience in stingless bee sample collection for molecular analysis and hand on in samples preparation for DNA extraction.

Other Desirable Attributes

  •  Responsible for own job functional area and seeks approval from the supervisor.
  •  Does not supervise the work of others but may assist other employees in their work.
  •  Expected to handle minimal resources such as imprest.

Reporting

  • This position reports to the Research Scientist, Environmental Health Theme


Method of Application

Submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to:

[email protected]

Use the title of the position as the subject of the email

Closing Date : 26 April. 2024




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