Eligibility : MSc, M Phil / Phd, BE/B.Tech

Location : Delhi

Last Date : 08 Mar 2016

Hiring Process : Walk - In
Regional Medical Research Centre -

Notification Order No.1-51/Proj/RMRC/PB/

Scientist – II (Post Code: BIC-II) job position in Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR)

Essential Qualification: 1 st class Master’s degree in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology. B.E / B.Tech (Bioinformatics / Computer Science / Biotechnology) OR 2nd Class M.Sc. with Ph.D. in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology / Life Science.

Desirable Qualification: Post-doctoral research experience in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology / Computer Science / Life Science at a recognized institution. Experience in handling and analyzing sequencing data. Experience in scripting languages (PERL/PYTHON) etc./ Statistical software. Experience in developing research projects.

Number of Post: 1 UR

Place of Posting: RMRC, Port Blair

Age Limit: 40 years

Pay Scale : Rs.45,954
How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit applications along with copies of all the certificates of educational qualifications, date of birth, working experience etc . on the affixing a passport size photograph by Application Format to attend a walk-in interview on 8th March 2016 at 10:30 AM.

More at http://www.icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/port%20blair%20Bioinf%2003-2016.pdf

Bhubaneswar 751023

Advt No. 07/2016

Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India engaged in advanced research invites applications from Indian nationals for the Ph.D. program. The main focus of the projects will be computational biology in the following areas.

S. No. Area of Research Principal investigator

1. Computational Cancer Biology Dr. Anshuman Dixit

2. Immunogenomics & Systems Biology Dr. Sunil Kumar Raghav

3. Chromatin remodeling and hematopoiesis Dr. Punit Prasad

Candidates are strongly encouraged to visit ILS webpage for detailed information, regarding the research activities of the above mentioned scientists.

Essential Qualifications:

(a) Eligibility: M.Sc., M.V.Sc., M.Pharm., M.S. Pharma. (with NET/GATE/GPAT/BINC/any other equivalent national level exam) or M.Tech with minimum of 60% marks (or equivalent grade point). Those awaiting final result may also apply.

Applications received after the last date will not be accepted. The envelope should clearly be superscribed with “Application for Ph.D. program (computational biology)”. Short-listed candidates selected for the interview will be published in the Institute website (www.ils.res.in).

Application Fees: Applicants except SC/ST candidates are required to send a non-refundable D.D. for Rs.100/- in favour of “Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar” payable at Bhubaneswar along with duly filled-in application form by the date mentioned below. Director, ILS reserves the right to withdraw the procedure without assigning any reasons thereof.

Important dates: 

Last date of receiving applications: 24th June 2016 

Date of display of short-listed candidates and instructions on the Institute website: 30th June 2016 

Date of interview: The interview will be organized on 25th July 2016

Advertisement: https://www.ils.res.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/advt07-16.pdf

NRCPB Vacancy Details:
Total No.of Posts: 02
Name of the Posts:
1. Senior Research Fellow: 01 Post
2. Young Professional Scheme: 01 Post

Age Limit: Candidates maximum age should be 35 years. Age relaxation 5 years for SC/ ST/ OBC and women candidates as per ICAR rules.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should posses M.Sc/ M.Tech/ M.C.A. in Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology/ Life Sciences/ Allied Sciences/ Agricultural Sciences/ Computer Science/ Bioinformatics with 1st division or 60% marks or equivalent.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on interview.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may attend the interview along with four copies of biodata, original certificates, attested photocopies of each of the certificates and an attested copy of recent passport size photograph at NRCPB, LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi- 110012 on 29-03-2016 at 10.00 AM.

Important Dates:
Date & Time of Interview: 29-03-2016 at 10.00 AM.
Venue: NRCPB, LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012.

Read more: http://www.nrcpb.res.in/content/walk-interview-srf-and-yp

Title : “Short-Term Research Fellowship”

Qualification : Candidates having M.Sc./M.Tech degree (with minimum of 60% marks overall) or equivalent in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology or any other related field, are eligible to apply. Candidate having prior experience in the area of next-generation sequencing data analysis, bioinformatics, molecular analysis of plant genes, and structural data analysis will be preferred.

No.of Post : 01
How to apply

Application should sent to Dr. Gitanjali Yadav, Staff Scientist-IV, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box NO. 10531, New Delhi - 110067 on or before 26th April 2016

More at http://www.nipgr.res.in/careers/vacancies_latest.php#

Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi & Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Starting of online submission of application : April 13, 2016

Last date for submission of application : May 13, 2016

Examination consists of two parts:

Part - I (Paper - I) : June 12, 2016 (10 AM -12 PM)
Part - II (Paper • II & III) : June 26, 2016 (9 AM • 12 PM & 2 PM • 4 PM)

Objective: Pondicherry University, on behalf of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT),
Government of India, will conduct the Bioinformatics National Certification (BING) examination. The objective of this examination is to identify Bioinformatics professionals
for further studies as well as to help potential employers in recruitment of candidates having exceptionally good Bioinformatics skills.

Eligibility : Bachelor degree in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Agriculture, Veterinary, Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering and Technology are eligible to appear for the examination. They need not have any formal training, diploma or certificate in Bioinformatics.

Application and syllabus : The online application can be filled from April 13, 2016 to May 13, 2016.

Syllabus for the examination is available online.

It consists of five sections:
Bioinformatics, Biology, Physical and Chemical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics and Computer Science & Information Technology.

Examination : The examination fee is Rs. 600/- for general candidates, Rs. 400/- for women/OBC candidates and Rs. 200 for SC/ST candidates, and no fee for physically challenged candidates.

The online Part - I (Paper - I) examination is scheduled on June 12,2016 and Part- II (Paper - II and Paper- III) on June 26, 2016. The Paper- I will be of objective type and candidates scoring a minimum of 40% marks in Paper - I will be called to appear in Part II examination.

Part II examination consists of two papers : The Paper - II will be of short answer type questions of three hours duration while the Paper- III will be a practical examination of two hours duration to test analytical ability and programming skill of candidates.

Research Fellowships for all the successful candidates those who are interested and qualified in pursuing Ph.D. in India will be awarded. In addition, cash prizes will be awarded to the top 10 successful candidates.

The details of examination centres, other details and submission of application, please
visit: http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/exams/binc/

http://www.nbri.res.in/temp.php

M.Sc. Bioinformatics Climate Change and Impacts Management
M.Sc. Biotechnology and Clinical Research

Department of Computer Science (Rollwala Computer Centre)
Appointment will be on purely contract basis for 11 months on consolidated salary. Reservation as per rules

How to apply
All the candidate are here by required to fill up the application form and given to concern Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (Form can be submitted personally or thorough post/courier.) Candidates are supposed to attach the self attested photocopies of their required testimonials along with application form. Last date of receipt of application is 10/06/2016.

More http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/NWD/NewsEvents/1700_Recruitments%20at%20Gujarat%20University.asp

Applications are invited for a post in DST, India funded Project entitled: "Positive and negative impacts of macromolecular crowding agents during target site location by DNA binding proteins – origin of optimal search at physiological ionic concentration (Reference Number: ECR/2016/000188) ''. The selected candidate will be appointed purely on temporary basis, initially for two years as a JRF that may be extended to one year of SRF based on the performance.

Position: Junior Research Fellow (1)

Qualifications & Experience: Candidate must have a consistently good academic record with at least 60% marks in all throughout and must have qualified NET/GATE.

Desirable: Basic knowledge in the field of biophysics, molecular simulations and computational biology are desirable.

Salary: Consolidated Rs. 25,000 per month.

Tenure: The project duration is for three years and the selected candidate would be appointed after an interview. Appointment will be purely on temporary basis as stipulated by the existing rules of the University.

Interested candidates need to send an application to the address mentioned below mentioning the name of the project and post applied for (on the cover of the envelope).

The applications along with CV should be mailed at the address given below. Name, address, contact number and e. mail address of two referees must be enclosed with the application. The last date for the application is July 31st 2016.

Dr. Arnab Bhattacharjee (Principal Investigator)
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067
E-mail: arnab@jnu.ac.in

Note: 1. Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to appear in the interview at SCIS, JNU and no other communications in this regard will be entertained.

2. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in interview.

Project: Indo-UK Centre for improvement of Nitrogen use efficiency in wheat Dr. Soma S. Marla, Pr. Scientist (Bioinformatics), Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR, NBPGR, ND.

Qualification: Ph.D. Degree in Computer Sciences/Bioinformatics OR 1. First class Master’s degree in any discipline of Plant Sciences with specialization in Computer Sciences/ Bioinformatics having 1st division or 60% marks or equivalent overall grade point average with at least two years of research experience as evidenced from Fellowship/ Associate ship. 2. NET qualification is essential for the candidates with 3+2 years B.Sc.+ M.Sc. Desirable: Demonstrated experience & skills in database design, management, UNIX OS, in NGS data analysis. Experience substantiated by publications of high quality will be preferred.

No.of Post: 1

Pay Scale: Rs. 40,000 (Ph.D)/ Rs + 30 % HRA; Rs.38,000 ( Masters Degree 0 + 30 % HRA).

Age Limit : below 40 years for RA position
How to apply
Applicants for RA post should send their complete CV (Advance copy of the application may be sent by email to :soma.marla@icar.gov.in or ssmarl@yahoo.com, should enclose the copy of the research publications; one page summary of their achievement relevant to the post applied for; and should enclose two reference letters (one must be from the person with whom worked latest). Shortlisted candidate will be intimated for interview by email.

The candidates who wish to attend the walk-in interview are requested to bring with them five copies of the CV (one copy with photograph) as per the format given below. Also, the candidates should bring the original documents such as degree certificates, marks sheets, publications, thesis, experience certificate etc. for verification.

Date of Interview: 17.8.2016.

More at http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/Downloadfile.aspx?EntryId=7133

August 17, 2016

RGCB invites applications for the following positions from Indian citizens with prescribed qualifications. Full details including job description, additional desirable qualifications, etc. are described below.

Code No. 1

Senior Manager (Bioinformatics Operations)

(To download application format, click here )

Scale of Pay

PB-3 Rs.15600-39100 + Grade Pay Rs.6600/-

Number of Positions

1 (General)

Minimum Qualifications

PhD in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Life Sciences or Computer Science applied to biological questions.
A minimum of 5 years documented experience in national or state government R&D centers or state and central universities.
Track record of research funding and peer reviewed publications.
Proficiency using statistical analysis software or libraries such as R or Matlab.
Experience with a general scripting language such as Python, Ruby, or Pearl
Experience working with Next Generation Sequencing data
Proficiency with data visualization tools (Spotfire, Tableau, R, Python, etc.)
Experience with an object-oriented language such as Java, C++ or C# and familiarity with standard software development best practices: source code control, unit testing, in-code documentation and automated build environments.
Excellent listening, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to illustrate problems and generate solutions
Management skills – demonstrated through the successful management of a team or large projects.
Broad and deep knowledge of computational methods for high-throughput sequence analysis and interpretation.
Extensive experience in delivering bioinformatics as a service and conducting training programs.
Experience of working with a production, customer-focused environment and business development projects.
Experience with management of funding and financial sustainability.
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and ability to lead and motivate an effective team, and also work as a good team player.
Good problem solver, able to logically identify solutions to technical problems.
Able to see the bigger picture and contribute towards strategic direction of Platforms and Pipelines teams.
Responsibilities

This position will involve cross-functional teamwork to build and develop bioinformatics tools and provide analysis for ongoing clinical trials.
Collaborate with biomarker scientists, clinical investigators and pipeline teams to build analytical tools.
Implement and evaluate new algorithms for R&D.
Support Research and Development teams by analyzing NGS data to identify predictive response markers
Lead training programs in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

More at http://rgcb.res.in/positions.php