Research Associate

Role & responsibilities -

• Supervise and conduct microbiological testing of different types of compounds or materials to support development of antimicrobial products including MIC studies, resistance, growth curve analysis etc.
• Supervise and conduct isolation and characterization of microbes from any kind of sample by performing biochemical tests, phenotypic and genotypic characterization etc.
• Develop and maintain validation in all protocols for various analyses.
• Maintaining microbial bank, literature and knowledge on various research methods
• Design and execute experiments for new product development, recording, interpreting and analyzing data using statistical tools.
• Data management, present results and discuss conclusions within the context of an ongoing research programs
• Maintain inventory of materials and supplies for microbiology lab and ensure proper operation of laboratory procedures
• Maintain good laboratory practices and complete documentations control for all laboratory procedures
• Guide and mentor colleagues, juniors and trainees on a day-to-day basis
• Exposure and experience on preparing and delivering technical presentations and writing scientific articles in reputed journals.
• Prepare, check and maintain documents for ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 9001, Lab safety & GLP
• Willing to travel and stay for 2-3 days outside Delhi/NCR to project sites, or as per requirement.

Other Skill Set / Competency Required:

• Experienced laboratory scientist with proven experimental skills and track record of delivery
• Hands-on experience in microbiology lab techniques like sterilization, aseptic techniques, serial dilution, inoculation, streaking, biochemical tests for microbial identification, screening and isolation of microbes, staining techniques, microscopy, cell enumeration etc.
• Hands on experience in handling strictly anaerobic and pathogenic bacteria
• Hands on experience on molecular techniques like gel electrophoresis, gel documentation, PAGE, DNA/RNA/Protein isolations and estimation
• Experiment design and Data analysis using statistical tools
• Fair understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 9001, Lab safety & GLP management
• Microsoft office, Documentation and reports preparation
• Good communication Skills in both Hindi and English,
• Good in presentation skills, Management skills & Team spirit
• Experienced in handling/studying (isolation and identification) microbes for industrial fermentation, food industry, environmental bioremediation, anaerobic digestion, wastewater treatment etc.
• Experience of handling both aerobic and strictly anaerobic microorganisms is preferable.