JOB DETAILS:
3. Internship Student-Pathology Laboratory Assistants (Two (2) positions)

About the position
The Pathology Laboratory Assistant will provid esupport in studying the health of plants. He/she will help in identifying common bean diseases, pests, and other health problems a plant may experience.

Key Responsibilities:
• Support in tissue sampling and other routine tasks associated with experiments.
• Support in mechanical inoculation of virus, bacteria, fungi, oomycete, nematode and other pathogens in field, greenhouse, and growth chambers.
• Support the process of bioassays with insects/vectors.
• Support in routine data collection from various sized research projects and entry into enterprise systems.
• Support in preparation of clear, accurate, and concise reports of results, and communicating them to colleague or stakeholders.
• Perform or direct simple to complex molecular lab work.
• Perform data analysis using parametric and non-parametric statistical models.
• Review literature and stay up to date on the latest technologies.
• General Qualifications and requirements:
• At least master's degree in relevant field of study or completing master's degree in relevant-field of study for each of the above positions.
• A successful internship student must be able to correctly operate and maintain specialized equipment such as thermal cyclers, spectrophotometers, water purification systems, and electrophoresis equipment.
• The internship student should be able keep detailed computer and laboratory records and generate reports.

Please send your application letter & CV as one PDF document to t.lija@cgiar.org copy to Teshale.Mamo@cgiar.org  and L.Tango@cglar.org 

Alliance-Bioversity & CIAT is an equal opportunity employer.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.