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Metahelix Life Sciences

With a venture capital of US$ 1.5 million, Metahelix Life Sciences Private Limited was founded by five scientists, viz. K. K. Narayanan, Gautham Nadig, Suri Venkatachalam, Ganesh Kishore, and Himadri Pakrasi in December 2000 at Bangalore, India. It was established with the aim of gene discovery for agronomic and nutritional enhancement of food and commercial crops.

Scientific consulting and contract research in life science informatics and functional genomics are its areas of specialization. It also provides algorithm design and software development for various applications in bioinformatics. Its headquarters is in Bangalore, India. It has employee strength of about 40 scientists.

In 2003, Metahelix had signed a four-year genomic research agreement with ViaLactia BioSciences (NZ) Ltd., a dairy biotechnology company. The research aims at providing functional validation of a number of genes from pasture plants. The programme has the potential to produce improved plant varieties of pasture and crop plants.

Board of Directors
K. K. Narayanan (Managing Director)
Gautham Nadig (Director)
Ravi Krishna (President -Seeds)
Vasudeva Rao (President -Ag Technologies)

S.no	Job Title	Qualifications	Experience	Job Responsibility
1	Research Associate/Junior Scientist (Genomics)	M.Sc ( Plant Breeding & Genetics)/ Biotechnology	1-3 yrs	The incumbent shall be responsible for plant tissue culture and transformation works
2	Assistant Breeder(Cotton)	M.Sc in Plant Breeding and Genetics. PhD preferred	To assist Cotton Breeder in cotton breeding activities of the company
3	Assistant Breeder(Rice)	UG - B.Sc - Agriculture, PG - M.Sc - Agriculture, PPG - Ph.D/Doctorate - Agriculture	3-5 years	To assist the Rice breeder in rice breeding activities of the company
4	Assistant Breeder(Maize	UG - B.Sc - Agriculture, PG - M.Sc - Agriculture, PPG - Ph.D/Doctorate - Agriculture	3 to 5 yrs	To assist the Crop Lead in Maize Breeding activities. Should have hands on experience for a period of 2 to 5 years in Maize Breeding activities.
5	Trainees in Plant Breeding	UG - B.Sc - Agriculture, PG - M.Sc - Agriculture, PPG - Ph.D/Doctorate - any specialization	0-1 years
6	Parent Seeds Officers	UG - B.Sc - Agriculture, PG - M.Sc - Agriculture, PPG - Any Ph.D / Doctorate / M.Phil. - Any Specialization	Minimum 2 to 4 years experience in Parent seed production activities in reputed Agri-biotech Seed Companies	Responsible for Parent seeds production activities.
7	Okra Breeder	UG - B.Sc - Agriculture, PG - M.Sc - Agriculture, PPG - Ph.D / Doctorate / M.Phil. Not Required	5-8 years	Responsible for Okra Breeding activity and to develop commercial production of high quality Okra hybrids.

Contact Information for Job Openings:

Name Mr. B Girish Kumar
Telephone 9880341522, 91-080-7870236, 7836086
Fax: 7836084
Website http://www.meta-helix.com
Products:
Genomics
Plant Transformation and Trait Development
Functional Genomics
Genetic Purity Testing
Marker Development

Computational Biology
Protein Informatics
Protein Structure Modeling
Modeling and Simulation of Cellular Processes

Contact Address:
Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd
Plot No. 3, KIADB 4th Phase,
Bommasandra Industrial Area,
Bangalore 560 099
Tel: +91-80-783 6086
Fax: +91-80-783 6084
email: info@meta-helix.com
Website: www.meta-helix.com

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