National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, INDIA
FACULTY POSITIONS AT NCCS
Date : 21-11-11
National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, INDIA, is an autonomous institution funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi. NCCS is reputed for combining high quality services with outstanding research. The services offered by NCCS include cell line establishment, maintenance and distribution to researchers. Principal research themes encompass areas in Cell Biology including stem cells, development and cell signalling; Cancer Biology; Infection and Immunity; and Eukaryotic Gene Regulation. Research at NCCS has been acknowledged to be among the best in the country as evidenced by a large number of high impact and well-cited publications, and a faculty that has achieved some of the highest “h” indices in the country.
NCCS is strategically located on the University of Pune campus, which has a long and distinguished history in its contributions to the modern Indian society. NCCS faculty is recognized for supervising PhD students at the University with which it shares a strong relationship. Consequently, NCCS every year attracts some of the best students in the country for pursuing their PhD.
NCCS is currently keen to recruit faculty at all levels. The candidates for faculty positions would have a passion for research, an outstanding academic record and potential to excel in the chosen area of research that may span any area of cutting-edge modern biology. In support of continuing innovation at NCCS, the research interests of a candidate need not be restricted to the current research areas at NCCS listed above, but could complement them through integration with diverse fields including physics of complex systems, systems and synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, behavioural and cellular neurosciences, computational and statistical genomics, mathematical modelling, chemical biology and biomedical instrumentation. The Centre recognizes that development of interdisciplinary approaches is critical for the growth of modern cell biology and encourages candidates with an Engineering or Medicine degree, or from other branches of natural sciences such as Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics to apply.
An application would comprise of a brief curriculum vitae, list of publications and a 1-2 page research proposal outlining a research plan the candidate would initiate at NCCS. Potential candidates are encouraged to indicate in the plan of research, how their expertise will complement the present research expertise at NCCS and how they would use the expertise of the present NCCS faculty for their research goals. The recruitment procedure is three-tiered, wherein applications are first screened based on academic capabilities, relevance to the vision of NCCS and potential to excel as judged by experience, high quality publications and soundness of the research proposal. Promising candidates thus short-listed will be invited to spend a day at NCCS during which they can present their work and interact with the faculty and students. The final selection is done by a selection committee comprising of experts at the national level.
We encourage interested candidates to visit the NCCS web site (www.nccs.res.in) for details regarding the institute activities and/or address applications to director@nccs.res.in
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