Senior Research Supervisor at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

• Carry out genotyping of plant materials designed for various genetics analysis including linkage mapping, association studies and markerassisted selection, genotyping will be done in lab using SNP, SSR and other types of marker.
• Carry out collection and preparation of leaf tissues for shipment or DNA and RNA isolation.
• Analyse genotypic data including linkage mapping, association studies, diversity analysis and expression analysis.
• Carry out quantitative real time PCR on light cycler and ABI instruments for genotyping and expression analysis.
• Carry out gel electrophoresis and other cognate techniques.
• Carry out basic informatics analysis and use of web-based biological tools.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations of the Biotechnology Laboratory.
• Sequence regions of interest and deposit the DNA sequences in public sequence repository when needed.
• Develop gel-based allele-specific markers to select for traits of interest in tropical maize lines.
• Perform in-silico analysis to functionally characterize candidate proteincoding genes linked to SNPs significantly associated with desired traits based on GWAS and QTL study.
• Design and validate KASP markers for marker-assisted breeding in early, extra early, and medium maturing tropical maize lines.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Molecular Biology, Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have good knowledge of molecular biology techniques and genomic data analysis.
• Have good report writing skill.