VACANCY FOR SCIENTIST AND SRF AT IIT DELHI

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI Industrial Research & Development Unit Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016

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NAME OF THE PROJECT: 1. “ Novel Silk fibroin-based Nano-architectured scaffolds to engineer Osteochondral grafts" (RP02261) (Duration up to 10.08.2012) “

2. "Scaffold-based control of Chondrocyte Phenotype: Towards Engineering of Intervertebral Disk Tissue" (RP02225) (Duration up to 28.04.2012)

1. NAME OF THE POST: PROJECT SCIENTIST

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:  

Applicants should have Ph. D. degree in relevant field (e.g. Materials Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engg., Biology, or Bioengineering) with 1st class or equivalent at the preceding degree in appropriate discipline OR 1st class M.Tech,fM.Sc. or equivalent with at least 2 years Biotech' Industrial experience

DESIRABLE: Experience in at least one of the following areas: 1) stem cell culture

2) quantitative measurements of stem cell differentiation

3) use of molecular perturbations to disrupt cell receptor -ligand interactions or Signal transduction pathways

4) Gene delivery

5) Bioreactor designing 6) Developmental Biology

RENUMERATION: 22000-28600pm

2. POST: Senior Project Assistant

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS :

Applicants should have M.5c./M.Tech. in a relevant field (e.g., Materials science, Polymer Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biotechnology or Bioengineering)

DESIRABLE: experience in at least one of the follOWing areas: 1) Polymer Characterization 2) Synthetic organic chemistry 3) Microfabrication 4) Fluid dynamics 5) Instrumentation engineering 6) Animal Cell culture 7) Cell-biomaterial interactions 8) RT-PCR, immuno-histology

RENUMERATION: RS.16,000-20,000/

3. POST: Senior Research Fellow

ESSENTIAL: 1st class M.Tech. or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g. Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biotechnology or Bioengineering) with NET / GATE qualified and leading to Ph.D.

OR

1st class M.Sc. or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g. Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Biology or Bioengineering) with 2 years experience, NET / GATE qualified and leading to Ph.D.

DESIRABLE: experience in at least one of the following areas:

1) Polymer characterization

2) Synthetic organic chemistry  

3) Microfabrication

4) fluid dynamics

5) Animal cell culture

 6) Cell-biomaterial interactions

7) RT-PCR, immuno-hlstology

8) Confocal m;ccoscopic ;maging

 

RENUMERATION: Rs.18,000/-p.m. + 30% HRA (as per rules)

Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, and demonstrated leadership skills  are required. The successful candidates will join a multidisciplinary research group that studies silk protein-based biomaterials, tissue engineering, Bioreactor designing. Additional research information can be found at http://web.iitd.ac.in/...sourabhgI

Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, and demonstrated leadership skills are required. The successful candidates will join a multidisciplinary research group that studies silk protein-based biomaterials, tissue engineering, Bioreactor designing. Additional research information can be found at http://web.iitd.ac.in/...sourabhgI

SPONSORING AGENCY: (1) DBT (2) DST