The Microbial Genomics Laboratory of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo is calling for students to carry out their degree thesis, with a timetable to be agreed. Those close to graduation and looking for research experience will also be considered. In the latter case, special consideration will be given to interest in joining the laboratory as a postgraduate student. For both situations, the selected person is expected to join the laboratory in the first half of 2023.
Training accomplished
We are looking for advanced students or recent graduates in Biological Sciences, Biochemistry (Faculty of Sciences), Chemical Sciences or Clinical Biochemistry (Faculty of Chemistry), Biotechnology Engineering (ORT University), or similar training.
Experience
No previous experience is required for undergraduate students.
Direct experience in molecular biology techniques, microbiology, recombinant protein production, among others, as well as knowledge of bioinformatics will be an asset for graduates or those in the process of completing their degree training.
Responsibilities
The work will be carried out in the framework of the project Functional metagenomics applied to the discovery of new enzymes. The successful candidate will carry out experimental activities involving mainly molecular biology and microbiology techniques. Namely: obtaining DNA from bacteria, generation of plasmid libraries, plasmid characterisation and sequencing by NGS, engineering of Escherichia coli genomes (homologous recombination, CRISPR) as well as conventional microbiology techniques, plate assays, microplate assays, activity assays, etc.
Duration
The undergraduate internship will last between 6 and 12 months of part-time work, depending on the degree course to which it corresponds.
For graduates or those in the process of completing their undergraduate studies, joining the laboratory is subject to agreement on a work project and academic training prospects. In these cases, remuneration is foreseen according to their level of training and workload, based on our salary scale, available at the following link, as well as the team’s commitment to work together and support the application for national scholarships in the next call for applications.
We invite interested people to apply through thefollowing link, attaching in pdf format, the following documents:
a) Motivation letter, explaining the state of progress in the career or current work situation, as well as academic interests (maximum 1 page).
b) Scholarship.
c) A compact curriculum vitae, indicating explicitly the experimental techniques and approaches used in current or previous research activities, where appropriate.
Deadline for applications: December 31, 2022. Applications will be evaluated and an interview will be arranged with those selected by February 2023.
In the event of any inconvenience that arises when completing the application form, we appreciate the sending of an email to the address: llamados@pasteur.edu.uy
The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo is an institution committed to promoting an organizational culture based on gender equality. The Institution adheres to Law 17.817 on the fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination and to Law No. 19846 on the obligations arising from international human rights law, in relation to equality and non-discrimination between women and men, including formal, substantive and recognition equality.
“The applications will be evaluated by a commission which, in the event of a tie between two candidates of different genders, will give preference to the woman”.