Date Palm Tissue Culture Technician

Eram Talent; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 67,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Eram Talent is seeking a Date Palm Tissue Culture Technician in Jeddah to initiate, maintain, and scale date palm cultures using in vitro techniques. You will support large-scale micropropagation while ensuring culture quality and sterile laboratory operations.

The role requires hands-on tissue culture experience, strong aseptic skills, and a background in biotechnology or related fields. Join a forward-looking biotech team in Saudi Arabia, contributing to efficient plant propagation and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology is required or an associate degree/diploma with relevant hands-on lab experience.
• Hands-on experience in plant tissue culture, preferably with date palm.
• Strong knowledge of aseptic techniques and culture media preparation.
• Plant tissue transformation.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain date palm explants (shoot meristems, somatic embryos) under aseptic conditions.
• Prepare and sterilize culture media, reagents, and consumables.
• Perform subculturing, multiplication, shooting and rooting of in vitro cultures.
• Monitor cultures for contamination, physiological disorders, and growth performance.
• Conduct somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis protocols.
• Assist with acclimatization and hardening of plantlets in the greenhouse.
• Maintain detailed records of cultures, protocols, and production output.
• Follow laboratory safety, hygiene, and quality control procedures.
• Support protocol optimization and scaling-up activities.

Skills

Aseptic techniques

Culture media preparation

Plant tissue culture

Date palm experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology

Associate degree / Diploma with lab experience

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Tissue culture facilities

Job description

The Date Palm Tissue Culture Technician is responsible for the initiation, maintenance, multiplication, and acclimatization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). plantlets using in vitro tissue culture techniques. The technician will support large-scale micropropagation, ensure culture quality, and maintain sterile laboratory operations in compliance with standard protocols.

Scope of Work / Deliverables

• Initiate and maintain date palm explants (shoot meristems, somatic embryos) under aseptic conditions
• Prepare and sterilize culture media, reagents, and consumables
• Perform subculturing, multiplication, shooting and rooting of in vitro cultures
• Monitor cultures for contamination, physiological disorders, and growth performance
• Conduct somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis protocols.
• Assist with acclimatization and hardening of plantlets in the greenhouse.
• Maintain detailed records of cultures, protocols, and production output
• Follow laboratory safety, hygiene, and quality control procedures
• Support protocol optimization and scaling-up activities

• Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Plant Pathology, Agronomy, Horticulture, Biological Sciences, or a related field. (Associate degree/Diploma with relevant hands-on lab experience will also be considered)
• Hands-on experience in plant tissue culture, preferably with date palm
• Strong knowledge of aseptic techniques and culture media preparation
• Plant tissue transformation
• Hands-on experience in plant tissue culture, preferably with date palm
• Strong knowledge of aseptic techniques and culture media preparation
• Plant tissue transformation