SPECIAL CENTRE FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI-110067 Dr. Prafulla K. Pani Research Fellowship The former Director of Central Avian Research Institute (CARI), Izatnagar (U.P.) Dr. Prafulla Kumar Pani has desired to offer a short term fellowship to a suitable candidate from the interest raised from his generous donation to the 'Special Centre for Molecular Medicine' at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 'Dr. Prafulla K. Pani Research Fellowship' is a short term fellowship of Rs. 10,000 per month (consolidated) and is available for completing a research-based project to be carried out at the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine (SCMM). Essential qualifications & Experience: 1. MBBS/BVSc or M.Sc. (First Class) with a minimum of one year working experience in a cell biology laboratory. 2. Experience of propagation and maintenance of mammalian cell lines. 3. Experience of molecular biology techniques. 4. Should have good communication and inter-personal skills. 5. Working knowledge of computer is essential. Desired Experience: 1. Experience of cell biology techniques including immunofluorescence and dual color fluorescence microscopy. 2. Experience of cell-based assays including measurement of permeability. 3. Experience of basic techniques to detect protein-protein interactions. Applications with bio-data should be sent by post to the address given below so as to reach the SCMM office 2nd December 2015. The Chairperson, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067 Telephone/Fax: 011-26704559/011-26741781 Website: www.jnu.ac.in/SCMM/ Only candidates short-listed for interview will be informed. Candidates called for interview may be asked to produce two letters of references and a small write up on the area of research interest. SPECIAL CENTRE FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI POSITIONS AVAILABLE ADVERTISEMENT No.: JNU/SCMM/ICMR-CAR/November/2015/01 dt. 16/11/2015 ICMR has sanctioned a CAR Project Grant entitled "Emerging Areas in Molecular Medicine" to Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru University for the duration of 5 years duration. Applications are invited for the following purely temporary positions under this project. The initial appointment will be for one year and will be annually extended based on satisfactory performance of the fellow. 1. Technical Officer (One) (Consolidated Salary Rs. 37,500/- p.m.) Essential Qualifications: • Masters Degree with minimum 55% marks in biological sciences / chemistry or related subjects from any recognized university. • The candidates should have 2-3 years experience in handling of scientific laboratory instruments and should have knowledge of basic instruments commonly used in biological research. • The candidate should have good communication and inter personal skills. Desirable Skills: • Candidates having Ph. D. Degree in biological sciences / chemistry or related subjects from any recognized university will be preferred. • Candidates must have knowledge of overall laboratory management, i.e. maintenance of the laboratory equipments, procurement of new equipments, to assist M. Sc./Ph.D. students and trainees for their experiments with sophisticated equipments. Applications along with detailed bio-data/CV and attested documents/certificates supporting your candidature should be addressed to Principal Investigator (ICMRCAR), Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067 and should be dispatched by post so as to reach the centre by 4th December'2015. Applications (in soft copy) through e-mail will be not entertained. Centre for Political Studies School of Social Sciences Under the "Law and Justice in the Post Liberalization Era" Project sponsored by the ICSSR, applications are invited for the following post on temporary basis: Project Fellow : One Qualification and Experience: M.A. in Political Science or any allied Social Science any discipline of Social Science with 55% marks. Preference will be given to students with M.Phil in Political Sciecne (basic degrees in Political Science and research experience/ M.Phil Degree). Salary : Rs. 20000/-pm consolidated Last date of submission of application: 26th November 2015 Application with resume can be submitted to: Prof. Vidhu Verma, Project Director, Room No. 118, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, new Delhi, 110067. School of Biotechnology JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI Jawaharlal Nehru University has been granted funds by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India to initiate an Inter-School programme in JNU to strengthen training and research called "DBT-Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and education" with the broad project area entitled "From Molecules to Systems: Exploring biological space using chemical and synthetic biology" cutting across Physical, Chemical and Biological Sciences. Applications are invited for the following purely temporary posts at various levels in the Group-1 of the Project. The JRF positions in the project are upto March 2016. Project Sub-Title: Identifying targets for therapeutics in neurodegenerative disorders. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) - 01 Post Essential qualifications: The candidate should possess M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Zoology/Botany/Allied Biological subjects Desired Experience: Experienced in primary culture of neurons and microscopy. Investigator: Prof. B. N. Mallick, School of Life Sciences Fellowship: Rs. 12000 + 30% HRA p.m. Project Sub-Title: Identifying targets for therapeutics in neurodegenerative disorders. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) - 01 Post Essential qualifications: The candidate should possess M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Zoology/Botany/Allied Biological subjects Desired Experience: Experienced in molecular biology and mammalian cell culture techniques. Investigator: Prof. S. K. Goswami, School of Life Sciences Fellowship: Rs. 12000+30% HRA p.m. Project Sub-Title: Creating a repressor mimetic for regulating fungal ERG11 gene and treating fungal infections. Essential qualifications: The candidate should possess M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Zoology/Botany/Allied Biological subjects Desired Experience: Experienced in cell culture and animal experiments involving assaying cell signalling and cellular redox system. Investigator: Dr. Rohini Muthuswami, School of Life Sciences Fellowship: Rs. 12000+30% HRA p.m. The applications on plain paper indicating name, date of birth/age, address, essential / technical / professional qualifications, experience, research work, should reach the Programme Coordinator on or before 26th November, 2015 at the following address: The Envelop should be marked for the Post applied for. Any clarifications regarding projects may be sought from the respective project investigators as mentioned. Address for correspondence: Programme Coordinator DBT-JNU BUILDER programme School of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110067 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES POSITIONS AVAILABLE Applications are invited for the following post: Project Fellow: (One) in project entitled "Development of abiotic stress tolerant Brassica juncea plants by over-expression of an aldose reductase (ALDRXV4) gene from resurrection plant." Eligibility for Project Fellow: MSc. in Life Sciences Biochemistry/Botany/Biotechnology. Experience in Plant Molecular Biology and tissue culture and transformation. Emoluments: As per rule Applications with complete biodata with proof of experience should reach the undersigned latest by 16th November, 2015. Short listed candidates will be called for interview via email. No TA/DA will be paid. Prof. Neera Bhalla Sarin School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067. School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110 067 Date: Nov. 2nd, 2015 Last Date: Nov. 19th, 2015 PROJECT ID: 632 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 NB: For all posts, preference will be given to candidates with a basic knowledge of LINUX, Python and/or R, knowledge of JAVA will also get a special consideration RA / Research Associate Salary: Rs. 23000/- + HRA Vacancy: 1 Essential Qualifications: PhD (preferably in Computational biology or Computer Science) or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after ME/MTech (preferably in Computational biology or Computer Science) with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal. Candidate should have the 3 years of research experience proven by application development for biological systems or relevant area. Advance user knowledge on Python, JAVA, Web-based application development, script writing & database organizing is essential. Desired Skills: Prior experience in handling and evaluation of software, 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. Project SRF Salary: Rs.18000/- + HRA Vacancy: 1 Essential Qualifications: MSc/MS/MTech/ME in Basic Sciences or with at least 2 yrs of research experience in Computational Biology related to mathematical model building using biological data and high throughput data analysis etc. Desired Skills: Will be expected to manage ongoing research activities in Metabolomics, interact with LIMS group, manage the project portal, prepare and file reports etc. Familiarity with plant systems biology and genomics /metabolite resources related to plant metabolomics is desirable. Published/ Communicated paper or poster in National/Internationals conference is desirable. Project JRF Salary: Rs.12000/- + HRA Vacancy: 1 Essential Qualifications: MSc/MCA/BTech in Mathematics or Computer Science with at least 1 year of research experience in Computational Biology related to systems biology data analysis or mathematical modeling in biology etc. High quality skill in algorithm development, program writing in Python, Java etc. is essential. Desired Skills: Will be expected to manage ongoing research activities in Metabolomics, interact with LIMS group, manage the project portal, prepare and file reports etc. Familiarity with Chemoinformatics, script writing & database organizing and extracting using searching etc. will be considered favorably while selection for Interview. Candidates who have qualified NET/BET/BINC will have higher pay scale as per DBT/DST guidelines. For SRF & JRF, those are registered or appearing for PhD registration need not apply. Candidates working in the area of MD simulation or molecular/chemical modeling need not apply. All the above posts are purely temporary and liable to be terminated at any time without prior notice or ceased/withdrawn by the funding agency. Selected candidates for Interview will be informed through email ONLY. Interested candidates may apply on plain paper or via email with their current CV and filling up as per the format enclosed here: Project ID & Position applied for Name Address Phone No.& email ID Academic Qualifications Technical/specialization work accomplished Years of Experience Publications, if any Name of referee(2) with email & address 1. The post applied for must be clearly superscripted on the Envelope containing the application. 2. Application received after last date shall not be entertained, School will not be responsible for any postal delay. 3. No application will be accepted via hand delivery. Please send printed & signed applications by post to the following address: Prof Indira Ghosh, room #12 Project Investigator, (CCPM) School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067. or E mail: ditproject2@gmail.com