Applications are invited from Pakistani nationals for appointment against following post under the TDF-funded research grant Title: Development of highly efficacious sucking and chewing insect resistant cotton prototype for commercialization at Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore. The appointment will be made purely on contractual basis and selected candidate will work at CEMB as per requirement of the research projects.

Project Title: Development of highly efficacious sucking and chewing insect resistant cotton prototype for commercialization
NAME OF POST	NO. OF POSTS	PAY/PACKAGE	QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE	DURATION
Research Associate	01	Rs.130,000/-P.M.	PhD in Biological or Agricultural Sciences (Plant Molecular Biology/ Agri. Biotechnology/Plant Breeding and Genetics or other relevant fields) with good grades in academic career. Preference will be given to those who have relevant experience of transgene development, risk assessment and assays development against sucking and chewing insect pests and event identification.	2 Years
MS/MPhil Studentship	01	Rs.40,000/-P.M.	BS/BSc (Hons) or equivalent in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology/ Biochemistry or other relevant fields) with good grades and must be enrolled MS/MPhil student. Preference will be given to those who have related experience of transgene development and field evaluations.	2 Years