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Illumina Smartphone Chip !!!

Robert M Willioms — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:19:54 -0600

Illumina, the company that claims it brought human genome sequencing down to $1000 prices, has now turned its attention to a consumer product - a chip that you can plug into your smartphone and have it read your genetic information.

The biggest challenge ahead of Illumina is simplifying the process of genetic sequencing. Currently, Illumina’s DNA sequencers are gigantic machines that use techinques like colorimetry to work, but while the core technology is computational, it takes some 30 steps to extract genetic data and run it through. This process will likely have to be hugely simplified on mobile devices, given the fact that some studies require extracting 10 mililiters of blood. Illumina researchers are also working on finding the optimal technology for this on-chip DNA sequencing - be it electrical, optical, or other.

Illumina is one of the most prominent names in genetics, often said to be the Intel of genetic sequencing, as just like Intel it provides the algorithms, the processing brain that runs a DNA reading task.

In other recent smartphone-related biotech news, drug company Pfizer launched its REMOTE project, a new type of clinical trial that does not require going to a hospital for checks - targeted at patients with overactive bladder problems, the FDA-approved REMOTE project allowed to gather data from patients from over 10 states remotely, via mobile devices.

This is indeed the Illumina answer to Apple's Health app, HealthBook, Google HealthFit.

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW for the post of JRF and Project Assistant @ CIFT

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:03:20 -0600

Eligible candidates are invited to attend a walk-in-Interview with all relevant documents for the following positions of Project Fellows (on contractual basis) to work in the Project “ Genetic Diversity of Clostridium botulinum in seafood and Development of Lateral Flow Immuno Assay (LFIA) for toxinotyping funded by Department of Biotechnology. The duration of the project is 3 years / co-terminus with the scheme.

Jr. Research Fellow – 2 posts

Fellowship : Rs. 25000/- + 20% HRA pm for Ist & 2nd year and Rs.28000/- + HRA on 3rd year

Qualification : Ist class Masters Degree in Microbiology/Fishery Microbiology/Bio-technology.

Desirable :

1. CSIR/UGC NET/JRF qualified

2. Excellent analytical skills and computer documentation

3. Prior experience in handling microbial cultures and molecular techniques

Project Assistant – 1 post

Fellowship : Rs.8000/- p.m (consolidated)

Qualification: Masters degree in Microbiology/Biotechnology with skill in Bioinformatics

Desirable: Excellent analytical skills in Bioinformatics and computer documentation

Terms & Conditions:

Registration will begin at 8.30 a.m and will close at 11.00 am
Age limit (as on 29.1.2015): Below 35 years for men and 40 years for women.
Age relaxation of 3 year for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates is permissible.
Candidates are required to submit self-attested copies of all the Certificates in support of their claims regarding age, educational qualifications, scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/OBC etc. The original certificates shall be produced for verification before the interview.
Candidates should bring detailed bio-data (in the enclosed format) affixing a recent passport size photograph.
The selected candidate will be recruited on contract basis under ICAR norms. The post is purely temporary and is co-terminus with the project.
The candidates attending the interview should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions. No correspondence will be entertained from the candidates for selection/test/appointment.
No TA/DA will be paid to attend the interview.
Canvassing in any form will render the candidate disqualified for the post.
The Director’s decision will be final and binding in all aspects regarding the selection to the post.

Venue: CIFT, Matsyapuri.P.O, Cochin Date of interview: 29.01.2015 Time: 10.00 am

http://www.cift.res.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/srf%20appn.doc

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR PROJECT ASSISTANT @ BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:54:10 -0600

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOINFORMATICS, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620024

Project title: “Genome-scale metabolic modeling and simulation of rumen methanogens An in silico attempt to methane attenuation”

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi

Tenure of the project: Two years or till the end of the project period.

Position: Project Assistant (1 no.)

Essential qualification: First class M.Sc. in Bioinformatics/Microbiology/ Biotechnology and other related discipline.

Desirable qualification: Experience in an area relevant (Molecular Systems Engineering) to the project.

Fellowship: Rs. 5000 per month as per the UGC norms.

Upper age limit: 28 years

Date of Venue of interview: 22.01.2015, Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli -620 024, Tamil Nadu

The above post is purely temporary and will be terminated with three month notice.

The Terms and the condition of the appointment shall be governed according to UGC, Govt. of India. The eligible candidates will bring their original certificates and documents at the time of interview. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview.

Dr. P. CHELLAPANDI
UGC-Research Awardee,
Department of Bioinformatics,
School of Life Sciences,
Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirappalli -620 024, Tamil Nadu

Advertisement: www.bdu.ac.in/adv/PA_UGC_Bioinformatics.pdf

RA Bioinformatics at CIBA

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:52:50 -0600

The following posts are to be filled purely on temporary basis under CIBA Component of “Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics (CABin)” project at this Institute.

Research Associate – one post

Date & Time of Interview 18th Feb 2015 at 10.00 a.m.

Essential Qualification Ph.d / M.Sc./ M.Phil (Bioinformatics) With 1st division or 60% marks or equivalent overall grade point average with at least two years of research experience in the relevant subject.

Desirable qualification: Experience in Java/ C++/ PHP/ PERL/ Python etc. based application development using Linux, Apache and MySQL/Oracle.

Emoluments Rs.24000/- p.m. + 30% HRA for Ph.D holders / Rs.23000/- p.m. + 30% HRA for Master Degree holders A consolidated pay Rs.25000/- per month.

Age Limit Maximum 40 years for men and 45 years for women as on date of interview. Age limits are relaxable for SC / ST / OBC candidates as per rules. Maximum 40 years for men and 45 years for women as on date of interview. Age limits are relaxable for SC / ST / OBC candidates as per rules.

Eligible Candidates may appear for the Walk-in-interview with original Certificate of Ph.D. / Master’s / relevant degree, passport size photograph and bio-data enclosing attested copies of educational qualification & experience certificates. TA / DA will not be paid for attending the interview.

Advertisement: www.ciba.res.in/attachments/jobs/CABin-3006.pdf

JRF in Bioinformatics @ Tezpur University

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:50:14 -0600

Applications are invited for one temporary position of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the DBT Twinning Project entitled ‘In-Silico design and evaluation of sequences for γD crystalline protein’ under the Principal Investigator Dr. Anupam Nath Jha, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University.

Educational Qualification: Candidate must possess a M.Sc. in Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science/ Physics/ Chemistry or B.Tech. or M.Tech. in Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science from a recognized University/ Institute with minimum 60% marks or equivalent CGPA for general category and for SC/ST/OBC relaxation will be given as per Govt. of India rules.

Fellowship: Rs 16,000/- (Rupees sixteen thousand) only + 10% HRA per month for NET/GATE/BET/BINC qualified candidates. Rs. 12,000/- (Rupees twelve thousand) only + 10% HRA per month for other candidates.

Duration: Initially for a period of six (06) months which may be extended depending upon status of the project or until further order, whichever is earlier.

Age: Candidate should not be more than 28 years of age on the date of interview. Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidate belonging to SC/ ST /OBC /Women / Physically Challenged.

Interested candidates may send their application on plain paper by post along with his/her educational qualifications, recent passport/stamp size photograph and contact phone number to Dr. Anupam Nath Jha, Principal Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam – 784028 or mail it to anjha@tezu.ernet.in within 20 days of publication of this advertisement.

Only shortlisted candidates will be informed by e-mail or phone for an interview. N.B. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. For further details contact: Dr. Anupam Nath Jha, Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur-784028 (Assam)

Advertisement: www.tezu.ernet.in/ProjectWalkin/Advt-ANJ-5323-A.pdf

RA / Research Associate Bioinformatics/Computational Biologist

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:44:24 -0600

The following posts are urgently required to be filled for the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India funded project entitled "Computational Core for Plant Metabolomics" administrated by Prof Indira Ghosh, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067

RA / Research Associate (Bioinformatics/Computational Biologist)
Salary: Rs. 23000/- + HRA
Vacancy: 1
Essential Qualifications: PhD, preferably in plant biotechnology/biochemistry/Bioinformatics with experience in analyzing high throughput omics-based data. Desired Skills: Prior experience in handling and guiding bioinformatics, metabolomics data, managing the project portal, preparing and filing reports etc. Will be expected to communicate with user groups and coordinate with LIMS group in Hyderabad and the Cheminformatics group in Delhi.

Address: Prof Indira Ghosh, room #12 Project Investigator, (Core Metabolomics) School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067.

Apply Details
Last Date: March 3rd 2015
Web/Notification URL http://www.jnu.ac.in/Career/currentjobs. htm

Bioinformatics Project Assistant at NITW

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:43:27 -0500

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WARANGAL – 506 004

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

No. NITW/Bio/ Date: 30th March 2015

ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROJECT FELLOW (Research Staff)

Applications are invited for the post of Project Fellow (Research Staff) for the project entitled ‘Metagenome derived nitroreductases for degradation of nitro compounds’ sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST-INSPIRE), Govt. of India.

Position: Project Fellow (1 No.)

Project Duration: 5 years

Note: The post is purely on temporary basis for a period one year and may be extendable till the end of the project based on the progress of the candidate.

Emoluments: Rs. 14,000/- per month (Consolidated) for first two years and Rs. 16,000/- per month (Consolidated) for next three years.

Essential Qualifications:

i) First class in M.Tech/M.S (Biotechnology/Industrial Biotechnology/Bioinformatics) or equivalent. Or

ii) First class in M.Sc. (Biotechnology/Bioinformatics/Biochemistry/ Microbiology/Molecular biology).

Desirable Qualification: Preference will be given to candidates who have cleared NET/GATE or having prior work experience in Molecular biology/Bioinformatics sequence analysis.

Interested candidates may submit their application in plain paper along with Curriculum Vitae and photocopies of certificates in support of educational/professional qualifications. Application should be sent in a closed cover with a superscription on the cover “Application for the post of project fellow (DST-INSPIRE)” on or before 20.04.2015 (Monday) via Post to the Principal Investigator. Eligible candidates will be intimated through e-mail and called for interview at the Department of Biotechnology, NIT, Warangal. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Dr. K. Divakar (Principal Investigator) DST-INSPIRE Faculty Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology Warangal – 506 004. Telangana, India. E-mail: divakar@nitw.ac.in; kdivak@gmail.com

Advertisement: http://www.nitw.ac.in/nitw/announcements/2015/Notification_Project_Fellow_DST_INSPIRE_Biotechnology_NITW.pdf

Bioinformatics RA at IVRI

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:10:53 -0500

A walk in interview is scheduled in the seminar hall of Veterinary Biotechnology Division of the institute on 9.04.15 at 10.30 am for the engagement of one Research associate (RA) in ICAR funded time bound project entitled “Centre for Agricultural bioinformatics (CABin)”.

The engagement is purely temporary on contractual basis and co-terminus with the project. There will be no provision of absorption of absorption/reemployment in IVRI/DBT on termination of the project.

No TA/DA will be provided for appearing in the interview and no separate letter will be issued.

A. Name tile of the project: “Centre for Agricultural bioinformatics (CABin)”.

B. Position/post to be filled: Research Associate (one)

C. Essential/Desirable qualifications:

•Essential: M.V.Sc./M.Tech./MSc Degree in Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/Immunology/Bioinformatics/Genetics/Life Sciences or

Masters in Computer Application/ Masters in Computer science with first division.

• Desirable: Experience in cell culture, next generation sequencing, C++ and perl programming. NET/GATE qualified will be preferred.

• Experience : At least 2 years

D. Emoluments: Rs. 23000/- per month + 20% HRA

E. Age Limit: Maximum 40 years for men and 45 years for women

F. Duration of the project: Up to March 2017

G. Name of PI/Contact person: Dr. G.V.P.P.S. Ravi Kumar, Sr. Scientist, Division of Veterinary Biotechnology.

H. Address for correspondence: Dr. G.V.P.P.S. Ravi Kumar, Sr. Scientist, Computational Biology and Genomics facility,Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, I.V.R.I., Izatnagar – 243122

Advertisement: www.ivri.nic.in/jobs/WalkIn_interview_01042015.pdf

JRF Bioinformatics @ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY NEW DELHI-110067

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 02:39:37 -0500

Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow (Project)/Senior Research Fellow (Project) for the following time-bound sponsored project as per the details given below:

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

IGIB Recruitment 2015 – Project Scientist

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:19:59 -0500

IGIB Recruitment 2015 – Project Scientist & SPF Posts: CSIR – Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) has issued notification for the recruitment of Project Scientist, Sr Project Fellow vacancies on temporary basis for project entitled “Setting up of CSIR(unit)-TRISUTRA (Translational research and Innovative Science through Ayurgenomics)”. Eligible candidates may apply in prescribed application format on or before 23-04-2015. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process & how to apply are given below…

IGIB Vacancy Details:
Total No. of Posts: 04
Name of the Posts:
1. Project Scientist (Biology): 02 Posts
2. Project Scientist (Bioinformatics): 01 Post
3. Sr Project Fellow (Ayurveda): 01 Post

Age Limit: Candidates age should be 35 years for post 1, 32 years for post 2

Educational Qualification: Candidates should have Ph.D/ Ph.D submitted in any branch of Biological Science/ Life Science for post 1, Ph.D/ Ph.D submitted in Bioinformatics for post 2, BAMS degree with one year internship for post 3.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on their performance in interview.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may send their application along with all relevant documents on or before 23-04-2015.

Important Dates:
Last Date for Receipt of Application for Post 1 & 2: 23-04-2015.
Date of Interview for Post 3: 27-04-2015.

For other details like pay scale, age relaxation, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply, etc., click on the link given below…

http://www.freejobalert.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Notification-IGIB-Project-Scientist-SPF-Posts.pdf

http://www.igib.res.in/sites/default/files/27042015.pdf