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Temporary posts in the DSTfunded Project

Temporary posts in the DSTfunded Project

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Special Centre for Molecular Medicines
Jawaharlal Nehru University

POSITION AVAILABLE

Dated:03-07-2018

Applications are invited for the following purely temporary posts in the DSTfunded Project entitled “Investigation of effect of bisbenzimidazoles on bacterial population dynamics: In accordance to develop broad spectrum antibacterial agent”.

1. Senior Research Fellow (One) Rs.25000/- + 30% HRA

2. Attendant (One) Rs. 10, 000 /- pm consolidate salary

Essential Qualification for SRF

  • Masters degree in Life Sciences/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Bioinformatics/ Biophysics/ with strong academic record. The student qualified NET LS/GATE will be given preference.
  • Candidates should have atleast 2 years research experience with pathogenic bacterial strain and animal handling

Desirable Qualification

  • The student should have an experience in protein expression,purification, cloning, DNA, RNA isolation, PCR, DNA sequencing, Western Blotting, Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy and Bioinformatics.
  • The candidate should have research experience with pathogenic bacterial strain and animal handling.
  • Preference would be given to candidates with expertise in Bioinformatics and Next generation sequencing/Proteomics data analysis.

Essential Qualification forAttendant – Candidate should have passed B. Sc/M. Sc or equivalent from Biological Sciences with knowledge and experience in laboratory maintenance skills such as cleaning of glassware, autoclave and sterilization techniques.

The selected candidate will be appointed on purely temporary basis, initially for a period of one year or till his/her services are required by the Project Director or till the validity of the project, whichever is earliest.

Application through hard Copy as well as soft copy on e-mail ID- vtandon@mail.jnu.ac.in along with detailed bio-data supporting documents/ certificates and list of publications should reach to Prof. Vibha Tandon, Special Centre for Molecular Medicines, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, on or before 13thJuly 2018. Please note that no TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview for the said positions.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

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