11. Development of innovative tools for rapid phenotypic characterisation of intraspecific diversity of Listeria monocytogenes (Joint supervision PhD)
Host Organizations BioFilm Control (France) and GenXPRO (Germany)
Objectives
1. The ESR will develop an assay to test biofilm phenotype in a large array of food processing-related environmental conditions (salt, acides, disinfectants, preservatives) in BFC facilities. He will be in charge of the development and validation of an in silico virulence assay. This assay will target specific mRNAs in order to estimate the virulence potential of strains of L. monocytogenes. Transcript targets will be selected and tested by qPCR in GXP premises. In the process of validation, virulence results of several strains collected in a humanised mouse model will be compared with the in silico analysis. Once these innovative tools will be validated, intraspecific phenotypic diversity (biofilm and virulence) will be assessed on a collection of environmental and clinical isolates of L. monocytogenes. Genotypic diversity will be assessed under the supervision of GPX.
Expected Results : Adaptation of the BioFilm Ring test R to test food processing environmental conditions. Development of an innovative in silico virulence assay surrogate to animal models. Diversity results will inform stakeholders on the level of health hazard according to the strain. This in turn will help secure food safety all along the shelf life of foodstuff.
Duration (months) 36
Contact : Dr. Thierry BERNARDI: thbe@biofilmcontrol.com
Dr. Bjorn ROTTER: rotter@genxpro.de
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA of Marie Sklokowska Curie actions:
Researchers may be of any nationality
Candidates shall at the time of recruitment by the host organization, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the co

NIPGR is commonly known as National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Recently, it’s great opportunity for those candidates who are interested to do job in NIPGR. National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) had found to build a bridge between the branches of natural sciences and due this connection it is steeping on the heaps of success. Its objectives to preserve, research, production and the advancement in the trait are very clear and also being appreciated by the nation and had been contributing for the further enrichment of the institute. NIPGR had announced the recruitment to further make improvements and amendments by the young potential in their panel. The recruitment is being announced for the post is mentioned below. We are giving a complete information to applicants for find their eligibility as per desired post under NIPGR Recruitment 2015 project but if the candidates are not satisfied with this information then they can download an official advertisement of NIPGR recruitment 2015 from the link defined ahead under the head of reference.

NIPGR Recruitment 2015 for the 1 post of Research Associate: National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) had instigated the progression of the recruitment and this process is linked thoroughly so as the 1 post of Research Associate. Applicants are associated and linked with the education to be PHD degree in the life science, biotechnology, bioinformatics or molecular biology. Applicants are associated with the dispatch of the application along with the required certificates so as on the date of 24th Feb 2015.

The recruitment notification and application @ http://www.nipgr.res.in/careers/vacancies_latest.php#

Project Description: Projects involves high throughput analysis of data mostly generated by massively parallel sequencing (RNA-Seq and small-RNA-Seq), microarrays and related platforms. We are looking for highly motivated and bright individuals interested in high-throughput cutting-edge data analyses methods in genomics (computational positions). Available positions: Applications are invited from suitable candidates in both, the Max Planck India Partner Program and the CRP Wheat Program for openings at the levels:

Post Name-Qualification-Salary:
Project assistant – Master’s – Rs. 14000
Project fellow (junior data analyst) – Masters + research experience – Rs. 16000
Research fellow (senior data analyst) – Masters + adequate research experience/desirable skill sets – Rs. 22000
Research Associated – PhD (< 1yr) /> 1 yr experience – Rs. 28000 / Rs. 32000
Essential qualification: MSc/MTech/PhD (or other suitable qualification) in discipline related to bioinformatics, computational biology, computer application (or equivalent)/ ‘Advance Post-Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics’. Proficiency in one of the programming languages or statistics (proficient in R for example) is compulsory.
Desirable qualification: 1. Programming experiences in at least one low level language such as C/C++ and one scripting language such as Perl/Python/PHP and knowledge of SQL/MySQL. 2. Substantial experience in the linux or other unix environments. 3. Experience of working in projects on Bioinformatics, Genetics or Biological application areas/Computational and Statistical analysis (e.g. using R or Matlab). Experience in the field of genomics (NGS, microarrays, genome annotation), database development and management, software development, systems and network biology (or related fields) will be preferred.
SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER KOLKATA) – RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & MORE VACANCIES POST:

Candidates can apply on or before 30/04/2015
No Detailed information about the selection process is mentioned in the recruitment notification
HOW TO APPLY FOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & MORE VACANCIES IN INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER KOLKATA):

Applications should contain CV along with brief description (maximum 1 page) of research conducted (highlighting skills and experience) till now. Applications should be sent by email to Shree P. Pandey, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, West Bengal within 2 weeks. Interviews will be scheduled within 10 days of closing of applications. E-mail: sppiiserkol@gmail.com, sppandey@iiserkol.ac.in
For more details visit: http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sppandey

1. “Development of bioinformatics methods for identifying novel secondary metabolites by genome mining” funded by DBT

JRF (P)/SRF (P) (One Position only)

Dr. Debasisa Mohanty Staff Scientist-VI deb@nii.res.in

Educational Qualifications: JRF (Project): M.Sc (Bioinformatics/ Biophysics/Biotechnology or any other stream of biological/physical sciences) or M.Tech. (Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Computational Sciences) of M. Pharm.

SRF (Project): M.Sc (Bioinformatics/Biophysics/Biotechnology or any other stream of biological/physical sciences) or M.Tech. (Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Computational Sciences) of M. Pharm with atleast 03 years of research experience.

Desirable Qualifications: Strong computer programming skills (in PERL/CGI/PHP or C++ or object oriented database management systems like MySQL etc or scripting languages under LINUX/UNIX environment) and sufficient experience in computational analysis of biological/biochemical data.

The candidates must highlight their experience in programming and database development in their CV. Job description: Computational analysis of genomes and development of bioinformatics tools and software’s for sequence and structure based analysis of biosynthetic pathways.

Emoluments: The selected candidates will draw consolidated emoluments as per Institute Rules, depending upon qualifications & experience JRF (Project): Rs. 12,000/- per month plus 30% HRA SRF (Project): Rs. 14,000/- per month plus 30% HRA (*Candidates possessing qualifications as per latest DST OM, will be given revised scales).

More at http://www1.nii.res.in/sites/default/files/projectappointments-Dr.DebasisaMohanty-30April2015.pdf