Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (www.instem.res.in) is an Autonomous Institution under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India invites applications for the post of Animal Care and Resource Centre FACILITY ASSISTANT on contract basis.

Institute for Stem Cell Science & Regenerative Medicine (inStem) along with National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) & Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) forms the Bangalore Bio-cluster. At an appropriate point, the incumbent may be entrusted the responsibility of overseeing the management functions of the cluster institutions.

Qualification & Experience: BE/B.Tech/M.Pharma/Masters in any biological sciences discipline with minimum one year of experience in Laboratory animal management.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the routine animal husbandry and welfare activities of animal care takers/support staff and students.
• Assist Veterinarian in providing orientation and training of new students/animal users/care taker staff in proper use of Animal facility, humane handling of animals, implement the SOPs and assist on-going research work.
• Training and Assisting the users in surgical procedures, anesthesia, analgesia, breeding and maintenance of animal colonies; weaning, sexing, tail biopsies for genotyping, producing timed pregnant females, packing live animal shipments for export, receiving live animal shipments, quarantine procedures, euthanasia etc.
• Assisting the Mouse Genome Engineering staff in various related molecular biology procedures and/or animal surgeries.
• Assist Veterinarian in the process of import and export of live laboratory animals, quarterly animal health monitoring programs.
• Record keeping as per CPCSEA guidelines.
• The Animal Facility is an essential service, so selected Facility Assistant must be ready to work in shifts during Week-Ends and holidays when required as per Veterinarian’s instructions.

Pay Scale: Upto a consolidated salary of Rs. 36400/-pm.

HOW to apply: Please carefully read instructions below:

Candidates MUST send an updated CV/resume AND a MANDATORY one page COVER LETTER written by the candidate describing your background and the reason and interest for applying to this position.

Please note that candidates applying without a proper cover letter will NOT be considered.

Interested candidates may apply by sending their updated CV + COVER LETTER to:

acrcinfo@ncbs.res.in on or before July 27, 2019.