Project Fellow – One Post

Duration: Three Years

Fellowship : Rs.14, 000/- per month + HRA

Walk-in-interview: 16th Sept, 2013 at 10.00 am

Venue : Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University

Eligible candidates can attend walk in interview for the post of Project Fellow in UGC supported project entitled “Shape and chemical feature based 3D- Pharmacophore Model generation, Virtual Screening and MESP studies to identify Potential Leads for Antifungal Azoles”

Interested candidates may apply to Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Principal Investigator, Department of Bioinformatics, Karaikudi with their Curriculum Vitae along with the copies of the certificates in proof of their educational qualification and experience at skysanjeev@gmail.com

Qualification:

PG Degree in Bioinformatics / Chemistry/ Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology / Biophysics / Biochemistry / Life Sciences/ Pharmacy with minimum of 55% marks in the PG examinations

Desirable:

Research experience in Molecular modeling and CADD will be given preference. UGC-NET/ CSIR-JRF qualified candidates will get preference.

The posts are purely on temporary basis. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview.

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The following 5 questions are those that I have heard many times during the job-search process. There is no reason for not planning responses in such situations.

1. Tell Us About Yourself
This is a very typical opener in interviews. It's a perfect question to ask, and getting something planned will really help you concentrate and ease in the conversation. However, you need to make sure that your response is applicable to the job you're interviewing.
It's probably better to keep your answer professional. Try to include these in the answer as well: where did your love of science and bioinformatics come from? How the heck did you end up in this field? Why programming and scripting ?

2. What is your plan for your bioinformatics career? / How do you look at yourself in five years? / How are your personal objectives to accomplish these goals / What are the plan for your research fundings ?

Your CV/resume has already impressed the selection panel if you have been invited for an interview. The questions from the bioinformatics interview team provide an incentive for you to market yourself and illustrate the work in question with the most appropriate knowledge.

3. What do you understand about the job description/What would your suggested research path be if you were a successful candidate?
Summarize the specifics of the advertised bioinformatics position in your own words. Follow on with some suggestions of how you want to extend your research and create your own projects within the community.

4. Will you work as a group or do you want to work on your own?
This requirement can vary from jobs to job, so when addressing, be alert. A company/research PI may need a bioinformatician that is able to work on a single project autonomously, or they may need a person who can help direct and organize a team. In your response, refer to the job description.

5. What particular methods have you used to date with your experiments?
You might have experience with all the laboratory techniques described in the job description, but stress the ones you highly experienced with. Highlight your professional abilities and stress that you are extremely capable of mastering new techniques with others ...

At the end of the day, remember that you're questioning the jury as well as they're interviewing you. You will ought to think of any questions you would like the interview panel to pose. This indicates that you have done your homework and serious about the position.

All the best for your future job interview.

Bioinformatics

High-throughput and high-dimensional data analysis

Microbiome data analysis (Main focus)

Next-generation and third-generation sequencing data analysis for genomics

Gene expression data analysis

Machine learning for biological data

Biomarkers identification

Database and web-application for biological data

More at
https://sites.google.com/mail.kmutt.ac.th/kanthida-k/home?authuser=0

More at http://www.mathivananlab.org/index.html

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=U6PyEdYAAAAJ&hl=en

Address of the bookmark: https://www.biostarhandbook.com/

More at http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/RecruitmentGenerateCircular.jsp?srno=2013086

https://bioalgorithms.ucsd.edu/research4.html

- Plan more efficient experiments
- Correctly interpret results
- Communicate results in publications more effectively

The course focus is on methodologies, not on particular software tools. After the course participants should be able to apply the methods in their respective environment. However, during the course, hands-on sessions will be performed using the Genedata Expressionist® software, which enables participants to quickly apply the discussed methods and visualize results. No previous knowledge on Expressionist® is required; access to the software is free of charge during the course.

More @ http://www.dixa-fp7.eu/dixa-training/dixa-training-agenda/genedata-academy#!

Awards of $5 million to four grantees have been made in fiscal year 2013 under the Genomic Sequencing and Newborn Screening Disorders research program. The program will be funded at $25 million over five years, as funds are made available.

"Hundreds of US babies will be pioneers in genomic medicine through a US$25-million programme to sequence their genomes soon after they are born."

Source:

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/09/scientists-to-sequence-hundreds-of-newborns-genomes.html

http://www.genome.gov/27554919

Now my main interests are in gene regulation, where we work on promoter analysis; non-coding RNA, where miRNAs and structure prediction are the main areas; and protein structure, where the group is working on methods for structure prediction from sequence. To read more about these topics, please see the research pages.

Lab page @ http://wiki.binf.ku.dk/User:Krogh