ICIPE Postdoctoral Fellow Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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ICIPE Postdoctoral Fellow Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

ICIPE Kenya looking for “Postdoctoral Fellow”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before March 22, 2024.

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE, branded as icipe) is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa. Icipe was founded in 1970 by a renowned Kenyan entomologist, Thomas Odhiambo, with strong encouragement from Carl Djerassi, a professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Icipe is a member of Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA).

The ICIPE has published a job vacancy announcement on March 13, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Postdoctoral Fellow to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

ICIPE Job Vacancy 2024

Specific duties

The successful candidate is expected to:

To determine the conditions required (larval environment parameters, rates of infection, mating patterns, blood feeding patterns) for the long-term maintenance of a Microsporidia MB infected mosquito colony.
To establish long-term Microsporidia MB infected colonies and optimize the rearing protocol.
To develop efficient quality control processes for Microsporidia mass production.
To measure the vectorial capacity of Microsporidia infected mosquito populations in realistic settings (e.g. in the presence of vector control tools based on insecticide, lifelong assessment on mosquito blood feeding performance and feeding mechanisms in both cage and screen house releases following nutritional stress and larval competition).
To measure the malaria competence of Microsporidia-infected mosquito populations considering parameters such as blood volume, transgenerational plasticity, and insecticide resistance status.
To identify environmental factors involved in Microsporidia MB transmission and work with the Data Management Unit to develop experimental data repository and template data entry spreadsheets.
To promote and establish long collaborative linkages with national, regional, and international institutions in the relevant research fields.
To oversee community engagement activities of the SYMBIOVECTOR project.
To provide training to lab personnel on specific techniques (behavioural ecology, malaria, and microsporidia infection, life history experiment, insecticide resistance screening, and mosquito colony establishment) as well as to develop and maintain SOPs for these specific techniques.
Maintain and where necessary coordinate the distribution of biological resources (e.g. DNA sequence databases, strains, bacteria, etc.)
To actively seek and secure external support for the activities, including resources to develop and grow a personal research portfolio.
To supervise Masters and PhD students.
To write, edit, correct, and review manuscripts, reviews, proposals, or any other scientific document in his field.

Position in Organization:

Title: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (SYMBIOVECTOR PROJECT)
Location: icipe Duduville Campus
Duration: 2Yrs

Qualification:

PhD in Biology ideally combined with behavioural ecology and entomology.
At least 2 years post Ph.D. experience working in a research laboratory with mosquitoes, insect pathogens/symbionts/vector /control.
Experience in mosquito colony establishment, ethology, and mosquito control is an advantage.
Experience gained in vector control in either a research organization or university.
Responsible for the executed activities and outputs, with significant decision-making.
High degree of problem-solving, planning, and control.
Mentors and trains students and technical staff.
In charge of budgets and monitoring.
Provide information, and data to other units.
At least three peer-reviewed papers submitted per year.
Contribute to at least 2 concepts/proposals.
Lead in the development of at least 2 concepts/proposals.
Contributes to internal and external relations with stakeholders about the scope of their activities.