Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi)

New Delhi- 110021

1. Junior Research Fellow (1 Post)

Applications are invited for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST funded project which is purely temporary and is strictly for project duration only.

Title of project

No. of post

Remuneration (Rs.)

“Computational assisted Design and Synthesis of Novel Antimalarial Agents Embodying Structural Diversity Suitable for Protease Inhibitors”

(One)

Fellowship and HRA as per DST guidelines

Qualification

Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science (M.Sc./M.Tech in Bioinformatics/Biophysics) from a recognized University in India or abroad with at least 55% marks with NET qualification or Graduate Degree in Professional Course with NET Qualification or Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course.

Desirable

Fair knowledge of Computer Aided Drug Designing (CADD), Protein Structure modeling, molecular docking, and simulations are preferable.

2. Traineeship (1 Post)

Applications are invited for the position of traineeship in DBT-BTISnet funded Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) to carry out project work in the area of Bioinformatics.

Qualification

Applicant should be possess PG degree/PG diploma in Bioinformatics for traineeship. The traineeship is awarded for a period of six months from the date of joining and is not extendable. The selected candidates are entitled to receive a stipend of Rs. 8000/- per month (consolidate) for a period of 6 months.

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3. Studentship (1 Post)

Applications are invited for the position of Studentship in DBT-BTISnet funded Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) to carry out project work in the area of Bioinformatics.

Qualification

Candidates pursuing the Final Year of Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science (M.Sc.) or Post Graduate/ Graduate Degree in Professional Course (M.Tech/B.Tech) in Bioinformatics from a recognized University in India or abroad. The selected candidates are entitled to receive a stipend of Rs. 8000/- per month (consolidate) for a period of 6 months.

How to Apply?

Applicants are required to send applications on plain paper, stating the name, address, date of birth, educational qualification, experience and Institute, along with attested photocopies of mark sheets and certificates etc. by September 20, 2016 to:

The Coordinator

Bioinformatics Center, Sri Venkateswara College

Benito Juarez Road, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi- 110021

Applications may also be sent by email to contact@bic-svc.ac.in. Strictly mention "Application for JRF, Traineeship or Studentship" in the subject line as the case may be.

Short listed candidates will be called for an interview. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification. No TA/DA will be paid either for attending the interview or joining the post.

For more details visit our lab webpage: http://www.bic-svc.ac.in

Noida 201301 (U.P)

Applications are invited upto 21.11.2016 from interested candidates as per details available on NICPR website (www.nicpr.res.in)/ ICMR website (www.icmr.nic.in) to fill up following temporary position in the time bound DHR Project entitled “Next generation EGFR inhibitor identification using ligand based QSAR technique” under Dr. Subhash M. Agarwal, Scientist-D, Division of Bioinformatics.

Research Assistant (One)

Rs.27000/- p.m. (Fixed/temporary)

Essential: M.Sc. in Bioinformatics or related field.

Desirable: Experience in QSAR and structure based drug designing.

More Info : www.icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/NICPR_Advertisement%20for%20RA.pdf

About Fellowship:
CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme is an Research Fellowship awarded/given by HRD Ministry, Govt. of India every year to more than 100 fellows.

It was started to identify promising and young researchers with novel ideas and provide them research opportunities in the areas of basic science, engineering, medicine & agriculture.

The fellowship aims at facilitating their transition from mentored to independent research career.

In addition, check these ICTS Research Fellowships:
1.) Max-Planck Partner Group Fellowships 2017-18
2.) ICTS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017
3.) ICTS Post Doctoral Fellowships 2017
4.) Airbus Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017-18

Eligibility: To be eligible for this fellowship, you:
1.) PhD degree (within 3 years of award of PhD degree), OR
2.) Those who have submitted PhD theses.
3.) Applicants should have research publications in good impact factor SCI journals.
4.) Indian nationals, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) & Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), a can also apply.
5.) Maximum Age Limit: 32 years.

Duration:
– 2 Years.
– extendable for a maximum of 1 more year based on performance.

Remuneration:
– Rs. 50,000/- per month plus House Rent Allowance (HRA)
– A contingency grant of Rs. 3.0 lakh per annum.
– 25% of the contingency grant can be used for domestic and international travel.

Mode of Selection: You can apply throughout the year, but selection will be made twice a year, in June and December.

How to Apply:
– Read the instructions, given at Annexure-I in this PDF file.
– And, application form is given as, Annexure-II.
– Fill the form & send it to the given address in the PDF file.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline (Applications accepted throughout the year)

Also See: Research Internship/ Fellowship in India:
1.) IIT Bombay Research Internship Awards Programme 2016-17
2.) IIT Delhi Internship Program 2016-17
3.) DAAD WISE – International Internship in Germany
4.) Summer Research Fellowship Programme| JNCASR Bangalore
5.) Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Internships 2017
6.) Winter Internship – IIT Bombay NPDE-TCA
7.) Viterbi – India Program 2017 | Research Internship in US
8.) Internship – Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore

Accommodation & other benefits:
– Accommodation may be provided by CSIR, if available.
– Medical benefits as per CSIR norms.

For more details:
– Check this PDF Notification of Fellowship.
– List of CSIR Labs & their work/activities can be seen at www.csir.res.in.

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Blogs. Some of these blogs are very relevant to bioinfo jobs. Others are more personal interest.

• The OpenHelix Blog
• Ensembl blog
• Galaxy News
• Blue Collar Bioinformatics
• Homologus
• Golden Helix - our 2 SNPs
• Genomics Law Report
• R-bloggers (aggregates feeds from >350 blogs about R)
• Genomes Unzipped
• Jason Moore's Epistasis Blog
• 23andMe - the Spitoon

• Variance Explained: David Robinson’s blog (Data Scientist at Stack Overflow, works in R and Python).
• Global Biodefense: News on pathogens, outbreaks, and preparedness, with periodic posts on genomics and bioinformatics-related developments and funding opportunities.
• In between lines of code: Lex Nederbragt’s blog on biology, sequencing, bioinformatics, …
• Simply Statistics: A statistics blog by Rafa Irizarry, Roger Peng, and Jeff Leek.
• Bits of DNA: Reviews and commentary on computational biology by Lior Pachter (fair warning: dialogue here can get a bit heated!).
• Blue Collar Bioinformatics: articles related tool validation and the open source bioinformatics community.
• Microbiome Digest – Bik’s Picks: A daily digest of scientific microbiome papers, by Elisabeth Bik, Science Editor at uBiome.
• Living in an Ivory Basement: Titus Brown’s blog on metagenomics, open science, testing, reproducibility, and programming.
• Enseqlopedia: James Hadfield’s blog on all things NGS.
• Epistasis Blog: Jason Moore’s computational biology blog.
• RStudio Blog: announcements about new RStudio functionality, updates about the tidyverse, and more.
• nextgenseek.com: Next-Gen Sequencing Blog covering new developments in NGS data & analysis.
• RNA-Seq Blog: Transcriptome Research & Industry News.
• The Allium: We all need a little humor in our lives. Like The Onion, but for science.

Forums.

• Seqanswers - bioinformatics forum
• Seqanswers - RNA-Seq forum
• BioStar
• BOL

Project Title : “Integrating genome scale metabolic analysis of model plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum with RNAseq and fluxomics”

Essential qualification : M.Tech. in CSE/IT (With specialization in Computational Biology/Bioinformatics) or M.Sc. in Bioinformatics/Biosciences/Molecular Biology Biotechnology preferably with NET/GATE/BET. Candidates should have minimum 55 % mark both in 10th and 10+2 Science examinations and mathematics at 10+2 Science. Desirable: Preference will be given to the candidates having experience in computational analysis of genome sequences or similar projects.

No. of Post : 01

Remuneration : Rs. 25,000/- for the 1st two years and Rs. 28,000/- for the 3rd year for SRF and applicable to the candidate having post graduate degree in Basic Science with NET/GATE/BET qualification or post graduate degree in professional course. Rs. 12,000/- for the 1st two years and Rs. 14,000/- for the 3 rd year for SRF,

Age : 28 years

Duration : Three (03) years or till completion of the project or until further order, whichever is earlier.

Hiring Process : Walk - In
Job Role: Research/JRF/SRF

Walk-in-interview will be held on 17th February, 2017, 11.15 a.m. at the office of the Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tezpur University.

Interested candidates may appear before the interview board with original documents from 10th standard onwards and photocopies of mark sheets, certificates, testimonials, caste certificate (if applicable), experience certificate certificates of NET/GATE/BET or similar examination qualifications, any other testimonials and a copy of recent curriculum vitae (CV) on the day of interview.

More at http://www.tezu.ernet.in/ProjectWalkin/Advt-DoRD-CSE-SSS-20-295-112-A.pdf

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent or Master’s in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent with 4 years or 5 years of Bachelor’s degree having 1st Division or 60% marks or equivalent overall grade point average, with at least two years of research experience as evidenced from fellowship/ associateship/ training/ other engagements.

Knowledge in System Biology/ Statistical and computational Genomics/ Bioinformatics
Knowledge in computer programming, LINUX OS.
Expertise in use of R/other Bioinformatics software

More at http://iasri.res.in/employment/2017/cabin_advertisement_RA_SRF_YP_Mar2017.pdf

Phenomics of Moisture Deficit Stress Tolerance and Nitrogen Use December 31, 2019

Research Associate (RA) Two (2)

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent or System Administrator/ Computer expert for database development, development of phenome data bank and virtual phenomics facility, data archiving and Efficiency in Rice and Wheat-Phase II (Funded by National Agricultural Science Fund, ICAR) Master’s in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent with 4 years or 5 years of Bachelor’s degree having 1st Division or 60% marks or equivalent overall grade point average, with at least two years of research experience as evidenced from fellowship/ associateship/ training/ other engagements. maintenance; Development of image analysis algorithms, APIs and IAPs.

Knowledge in System Biology/ Statistical and computational Genomics/ Bioinformatics
Knowledge of programming in LINUX/R/Perl/JAVA/PHP/JSP and use of various software & tools.
December 31, 2019

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science / Computer Application or equivalent or Master’s in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent with 4 years or 5 years of Bachelor’s degree having 1st Division or 60% marks or equivalent overall grade point average, with at least two years of research experience as evidenced from fellowship/ associateship/ training/ other engagements.

Knowledge of Statistical and Computational Genomics/ Bioinformatics.
Knowledge of programming in LINUX/R/Perl/JAVA/PHP/JSP and use of various software & tools.
March 31, 2020

Software; Creation of Public Domain Resources in Biology
Present Status::

Developing prediction methods for gene, beta-turn, secondary structure and MHC-binding sites.
Area of Interest ::

Comparison of force field simulations. Analysis of DNA-protein interactions using molecular mechanics methods.Drug Target Identification using in silico biology.

More @ http://www.imtech.res.in/bic/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65

PIs: http://www.imtech.res.in/bic/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69

Moreover, It looks like BINC indirectly putting an extra burden to bioinformatician, mentally and financially.