TIA: Internships 2021 / 2022

TIA: Internships 2021 / 2022

TIA: Internships 2021 / 2022 opportunity has become available in KwaZulu-Natal. If interested, kindly check the below requirements. STREAK OF LUCK!

The Technology Innovation Agency invites unemployed graduates to apply for Graduate / Internship Programme 2021 / 2022.

Company: The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

Reference # 2021

Date Listed: 03 October 2021

Job Title: TIA Interns

Job Type: Graduate Internship

Job Functions: Laboratory Work

Industries: Science and Technology

Duration: 12 months

Location: Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Closing Date: 15 October 2021

Introduction

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and offers financial and non-financial means to support the development of new technologies and innovations, thereby stimulating economic growth in the country. It provides key resources to enable the translation of research and development to commercial prospects. The Bioprocessing Platform is a non-financial instrument of TIA and offers technical and infrastructural support to innovators and entrepreneurs to enable technology development. The Platform provides holistic support to the Bio-economy by offering a unique combination of technological capabilities encompassing diagnostics, analytical services and bioprocessing within a single facility. Further to the core focus of bioproduct development, the platform encompasses a COVID-19 and other infectious diseases diagnostics facility which aims to both provide relief to the national burden of COVID-19 testing and increase access to such diagnostics services at alleviated costs, thereby driving decreased morbidity rates in the region and nationally. The facility will thus provide successful candidates with robust experience within infectious disease diagnostics.

Specification

• General microbiological techniques; scaling up cultivation of microbial cells from flasks to bioreactors. Troubleshooting bioreactor challenges and exposure to product and process bio-development Bioreactor experience/ fermentation technologies, downstream bioprocessing, microbiology.
• DNA extraction, Real-time PCR, experience with working in a pathology laboratory for infectious diseases. Registration with HPCSA is advantageous but not a requirement. Mammalian cell culture; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; protein purification; protein biochemistry. Trouble shooting or optimization of PCR assays.
• Routine chemical analysis work, carry out research projects as per customer requirements, Maintain SANAS ISO 17025 accreditation, maintain chemical inventory database and stock taking, general housekeeping.

Requirements

South African unemployed youth, graduates and postgraduates in the following categories/streams are eligible to apply:

• National Diploma / Degree or BTech / Honours in Biotechnology, Microbiology or Biochemistry.
• Degree or BTech / Honours in Medical Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences, Microbiology or Biochemistry
• BTech / Honours in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry

How to Apply for TIA: Internships 2021 / 2022