Project Fellow (DNA fingerprinting) vacancy at Bose Institute, Kolkata

BOSE INSTITUTE

WALK-IN INTERVIEW

POST: Project Fellow

PROJECT TITLE:  “Centre for Advanced Research in DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics of Medicinal Potential in Plants from Eastern and North Eastern India”

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. Samir Ranjan Sikdar and Dr. Tapas Kr. Ghose, Co-Principal Investigators, Division of Plant Biology.

SPONSORING AGENCY: ICMR

DURATION: At present offer of appointment will be issued to the selected candidate for one year from the date of joining and likely to be extended.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION: M.Sc. in Plant Molecular Biology / Biotechnology / Life Sciences / Plant Science / Bioinformatics.

FELLOWSHIP: Rs. 10,000/- p.m.(fixed)

AGE: Below 28 years (relaxable in case of SC/ST/OBC/WOMEN candidates only as per rule).

DATE AND TIME OF INTERVIEW: 20th October, 2011 at 12:00 noon

VENUE: The Seminar Room of Plant Biology Division at the Centenary Campus of Bose Institute, P – 1/12, C.I.T.Scheme VII M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata- 700 054

Eligible and interested candidates should appear before the Selection Committee for an Interview with a typed application addressed to the OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY, Bose Institute, P – 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054 along with Biodata giving details of qualification and attested copies of the Certificates, Mark-sheets and Testimonials. Candidates should also bring the original Mark sheets, Certificates etc. at the time of the interview.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.boseinst.ernet.in/all/advt/11/advt_24.pdf

SRF vacancy at National Institute of Immunology

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY

(An autonomous research institute)

ARUNA ASAF ALI MARG

NEW DELHI-110067

NAME OF THE PROJECT: Role of p53 in cellular metabolism: Functional characterization of PGC-1 as a transcriptional co-activator of p53 and Identification of novel p53 target genes involved in metabolic stress response

 POST:  Senior Research Fellow (Two Posts)

PROJECT INVESTIGATOR/E-MAIL ID:  Dr. Sanjeev Das     sdas@nii.ac.in

JOB DESCRIPTION:Candidate should have experience in cell culture and molecular,  biological.techniques.

QUALIFICATIONS: M.Sc. in life sciences with minimum 6 months of research experience.

 EMOLUMENTS: Rs. 14000 plus 30% HRA p.m based on qualification and experience.

The selected candidates will draw consolidated emoluments as per Institute Rules.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The posts exist in sponsored projects and are purely temporary. There shall be no claim for regularisation against any core posts of the Institute.

2. Those who have qualified National qualifying examination NET/GATE/CSIR/ICMR will be  given preference.

3. The candidates selected for the above posts will be on contract for one year or duration of the project whichever is shorter, at a time.

4.  No hostel/ housing facility will be provided.

5.  No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview if called for.

6. Name of three references.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates may apply directly, strictly in the prescribed format given below, through e-mail, to the Investigator of the project, clearly indicating the name of the project along with their complete C.V., e-mail id, fax numbers, telephone numbers. Short listed candidates will be required to submit attested copies of all their certificates and a Demand Draft of  Rs 100/- drawn on Canara Bank or Indian Bank payable at Delhi / New Delhi in favour of the Director, NII (SC / ST and PH and female candidates are exempted).

LAST DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS 4/11/2011

NOTE-

1. Applications containing incomplete information shall not be entertained.

2. Date of passing the examinations must be indicated clearly.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://202.54.226.233/announcement/AnnounceIndex_67.html

JRF in DST sposored project at RGCB

RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY

Adv. # 5/ 2011            17/10/2011

POST: Junior Research Fellow

NO.OF POSTS: 1

SPONSORING AGENCY: DST

PROJECT TITLE: "Characterizing the signalling network that sustains oral cancer stem cells for developing a targeted therapy"

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Tessy Thomas Maliekal.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: First Class in M.Sc. Biotechnology/ Biochemical Technology. NET qualified candidates are preferred. Experience in mammalian cell culture and handling oral cancer samples or cell lines, or experience in FACS, Immunoflourescence and immunohistochemistry are desirable.

AGE: Below 30 years

EMOLUMENTS:  Rs.16,000 /- + 20% HRA per month.

DURATION: Three years or till termination of the project (whichever is earlier).

Only those fulfilling the above criteria need apply and will be called for interview

Suitably qualified candidates may send applications in the prescribed format (www.rgcb.res.in/downloads/adv.doc ) with a copy of full resume and attested photocopies of credentials & experience to reach the undersigned on or before 1st November, 2011. The envelopes must be superscripted with abbreviated title of the project, the advertisement number and job title. Selection to the position will not entitle the candidate to any future positions at RGCB (permanent or otherwise). As with all project positions at RGCB, the position will be co terminus with end of the project.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://rgcb.res.in/jobs.html

Research fellow(Recombinant Biology) Vacancy at IIT, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

Industrial Research and Development Unit

No.IITD/IRD/RP02517/8645                            Dated: 18/10/2011

PROJECT TITLE: Development of strategies for chaperone assisted enhancement of production of functional recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli (RP02517)(Duration upto 06/10/2013)

FUNDING AGENCY: DBT

POST: Research Fellow

DURATION: 6 months

FELLOWSHIP: Rs 12000/-pm +30% HRA (as per rules)

QUALIFICATIONS: Ist class M.Sc in Biochemistry/Biotech with experience in Molecular biology, Protein expression and purification.

Candidates who fulfill the above qualifications /experience should appear for interview. Kindly bring your formal application through proper channel along with Bio-data with complete information regarding educational qualifications indicating percentage of marks of each exam passed , details of working experience and a recent passport size photograph along with photocopies  certificates(both academic and professional) addressed to the Assistant Registrar(IRD) , IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 on the date of interview.

The Advertisement No., title of Project and Post applied for must be mentioned on top left side of th application. No candidate who is already employed at the institute /IRD shall be interviewed unless his/her application has not been duly forwarded by their concerned establishment sections.

 5% relaxation of marks may be granted to the SC/ST candidates.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER  http://www.iitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/jobs/project/IITDIRDRP025178645.pdf

Ph.D Admissions (2011-2012)at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishvidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh

RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI VISHVIDYALAYA

(State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh)

PH.D ADMISSION FOR SESSION 2011-12

DOCTORAL ADMISSION

 RGPV offers Doctoral Programs (PHD) in various research areas; the researchers from all over the world are welcome to join our Research Programs. To know more details about the PHD programs and schedule of admissions, please contact the concern Head of the Department.

1.0 ELLIGIBILITY

1.1 Candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must, at the time of application, hold Master’s degree with at least 60% marks or an equivalent grade of the University, a deemed University or any other University incorporated by any law for the time being in force and recognized by the University. However, for SC/ST candidates, 55% marks  are required instead of 60%.

1.2 A candidate will ordinarily be permitted to work for Ph.D. Degree in the subject in which he/she has obtained his Master’s or Bachelor degree in Engineering / Technology / Applied Sciences. Provided that the subject must be one of the subjects included in the Statute of the list of subjects of the University and teaching must be going on in the subject in University Teaching Departments /college affiliated to the University, which has been recognized as a research centre.

1.3 Ph.D. degree may be allowed in allied subjects of interdisciplinary nature of the same faculty or of allied faculties. Whether a subject is allied or not to the subject in which the candidate has done Master’s or Bachelor degree in Engineering / Technology /Applied Sciences, shall be decided by the Academic Council.

2.0 AVAILABILITY OF SEATS

2.1 The number of seats available for admission to Ph.D. programme will be notified at University Portal and will depend on number of supervisors available in the university

3.0 ADMISSION PROCEDURE

Candidates will be admitted in Ph.D. programme on the basis of an entrance test and subsequent interview, which will be conducted by an Admission Committee constituted by the University as per Ordinance 11.

The ordinance-11 may be downloaded from the university web site:

http://www.rgpv.ac.in

4.0 SUBMISSION OF FORM

Completed forms can be submitted up to 14 November, 2011 with a A/c Payee Bank Draft/IPO of Rs. 750/- in favour of Registrar RGPV” payable at Bhopal to Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Airport Bypass, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal –462033 . The Envelope must contain the following header, “Application form for Ph.D. Admission in the faculty of …………………………… ” Applicants must submit separate applications and A/c Payee Bank Draft/IPO of Rs. 750/- if they wish to apply to different faculties.

5.0 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

1. Applications received after due date or not forwarded by approved research centre or without the signature of approved supervisor/co supervisor, are likely to be rejected.

2. If the supervisor is an approved supervisors, he/she should apply for his recognition/approval along with a brief bio data in the standard format. The same must be submitted with the application of the candidate applying for Ph.D. admission.

3. Even if the supervisor is listed in the university list of approved supervisors, he/she should submit a brief bio data in the standard format. The same must be submitted with the application of candidate applying for Ph.D. admission.

4. No individual information for the test/interview will be sent.

5. The schedule of the Test/Interview will be displayed on the University portal.

Candidates are advised to check the University portal periodically after submitting their applications.

6.0 IMPORTANT DATES:

Last date for submission of completed Form: 14 November 2011

Date of Written entrance test: 27 November 2011

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://rgpv.ac.in/Admission/DoctoralAdmission.aspx

Research Scientist/Scientific Manager(High Throughput Screening Facility) at ICGEB

International Centre for Genetic engineering and Biotechnology

VACANCY NOTICE

Ref. no. HR/DTS/03-11

POST TITLE: Research Scientist/Scientific Manager High Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility

LEVEL: As per contract

DURATION: One year with the possibility of renewal

DATE REQUIRED: November 1, 2011

Under the overall supervision of the Director, Trieste Component, the incumbent will be responsible for:

- providing the ICGEB research community with a platform of up-to-date instrumentation and adequate expertise to apply high-throughput screening approaches, in particular genome-wide RNA interference screening (siRNA and miRNA), to fundamental biomedical research. In particular:

- evaluating, maintaining and acquiring instrumentation for the HTS facility, which includes a high-content screening microscope, a liquid handling station, a multimode plate reader and associated IT infrastructure;

- evaluating and acquiring libraries to be used in the screening projects, including a human genome-wide siRNA library;

- handling all library stocks (resuspension, reformatting, aliquoting, preparation of assay plates, storage);

- designing and optimizing screening assays;

- implementing standard procedures and protocols to be followed by researchers working at the facility;

- assisting researchers in the design, optimization and implementation of screening assays;

- training and assisting researchers to use the instrumentation and perform screening experiments;

- advanced analysis of screening data (single readouts and high-content microscopy data);

- management and supervision of all the activities performed in the screening facility.

QUALIFICATIONS: - Ph.D. Degree in molecular biology, cell biology or equivalent.

- Postdoctoral experience in molecular or cell biology.

- Familiarity with HTS equipment.

- Previous experience in managing HTS services desirable

LANGUAGES:

English essential, other languages, in particular Italian, an asset.

APPLICATIONS DIRECTLY TO:

Suzanne Kerbavcic

Office of the Director, ICGEB Trieste Component

Email: kerbav@icgeb.org

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.icgeb.org/tl_files/Vacancies/VacancyHTS.pdf

SRF walk-in at CIBA

Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

(Indian Council of Agricultural research)

Walk-in Interview

DATE AND TIME OF INTERVIEW: 20 October, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

PROJECT NAME: Development of inhibitors for controlling Quorum sensing luminescence causing Vibrio harveyi in shrimp larviculture system

DURATION:  3 years with effect from 25.10.2010 to 24.10.2013

POST: Senior Research Fellow (1)

QUALIFICATION:ESSENTIAL: First class M.Phil degree in biotechnology/Biochemistry/Microbiology

DESIRABLE: Experience in shrimp microbiology/Biomolecules characterization/ MS office

EMOLUMENTS: Rs 12000/- +30% HRA for first and second year and Rs 14000/- + 30% HRA for 3^rd year(Non NET qualified candidates)

Rs 16000/-pm +30% HRA for First and second year and Rs 18000/- + 30% HRA for third year.

AGE LIMIT:Maximum 35 years for men and 40 years for women as on date of interview. Age limits are relaxable for SC/ST /OBC candidates as per rules

Candidates who fulfill the above qualifications may appear for the Walk-in Interview with original Master’s degree certificate or Provisional certificate , passport size hotograph and bio-data enclosing attested copies of educational qualification and experience certificates. TA/DA will not be paid for attending the interview.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.ciba.res.in/attachments/job/Walk-in-SRF20thoct.pdf