Company Address: Address P.O. Box 30709 Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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Scientist – Statistical Geneticist
Key Responsibilities Defining and implementing efficient phenotyping tools for GHG through direct and indirect approaches Design efficient genotyping schemes both GWAS to unravel genomic regions for GHG and their ration integration in the implementation of related breeding programms Understand current work on Livestock genetics, implement new analytical approaches accounting for crossbreeding effects at both phenotypic…
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Research officer II
Responsibilities Specific Duties include but are not limited to: Specialized research support for planning, coordination and implementation of research activities Conduct specialized research support for projects such as collecting, management and /or advanced analysis of research information with general guidance and supervision Specialized support for projects in collection, management and analysis of household and agricultural…
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Senior Scientist-Molecular Breeder PhD Graduate Fellowship Spatial Analysis of Anthrax Occurrence Patterns in Kenya Research Assistant – Animal Nutrition (Re-Advertised)
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Responsibilities Lead the analyses and interpretation of molecular plant breeding data from project being conducted by the Integrated Genotyping Service and Support (IGSS) platform Evaluate the quality of the phenotypic data and develop phenotypic values for subsequent molecular analyses Use molecular marker data to conduct diversity and structure analyses of the populations and use the…
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Research Assistant – Animal Nutrition
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Responsibilities The candidate will contribute to ongoing research projects which focus on identifying the conditions that enable and constrain East African dairy producers in adopting climate smart agriculture practices. The research team aims to develop specific baseline estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock and livestock related products such as manure, identify effects of…
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ILRI Consultancy: Support to restructuring of Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) ILRI Consultancy: Development of a Mobile Platform
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The position: General background Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) was formed by pastoralist groups/communities with support from civil society organizations (Oxfam, Acton Aid, among others) and a World Bank supported Arid Lands Resource Management Project (ALRMP) under the Office of the President at that time. The organisation was established in 2000 as a private sector,…
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Instructional Design Specialist
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The assignment involves working closely with ILRI’s Head of Capacity Development, research leaders and our research-for-development partners to promote “better lives through livestock” through a range of capacity development / instructional design activities, including: Contribute to ILRI’s mission and livestock agenda by creating blended learning courses based on Adult Learning Theory and sound Instructional design…
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Research Associate -Capacity Building
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Responsibilities Provide high-level, comprehensive technical support and bench supervision to scientists and research fellows conducting a wide range of crop and livestock-related research projects Provide high-level support in tissue culture and transformation research projects Ensure maintenance of bacterial cultures Conduct genetic analysis of engineered bacteria and transgenic plants Provide high-level support in genotyping data analysis…
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Scientist – Bioinformatician
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Responsibilities Design and implement bioinformatics pipelines and sequencing methods for quality control, assembly, analysis and interpretation of high throughput sequence data Implement platforms for visualizing data outputs Design, establish and manage relational databases for storage, sharing and efficient retrieval of information Communicate results to the team, students and to researchers via presentations. Identify bioinformatics knowledge…