SASTRA Immunotechnology SRF Vacancy

SRF Position in Immunotechnology 

Project Title: Generation, Characterization and Pre-clinical Evaluation of Chicken Egg Yolk sourced Anti-Snake Venom IgY against venoms of Cobra, Krait, Russell’s Viper and Saw-scaled viper Funding Agency:BIRAC, DBT, Govt. Of India under PACE-AIR Scheme

Tenure: Aug 2018 to Jan 2020 (18 Months*) 

Fellowship details: SRF fellowship and accommodation / HRA is admissible as per the norms of DBT-BIRAC rules. 

Essential Qualification: First Class in M. Tech (Biotechnology/ Biopharmaceutical technology/ or any Life sciences) or M.Sc. (Microbiology/Immunology/Molecular-biology) with two years of relevant experience. 

Desirable Skills: Protein purification techniques using column chromatography and Characterization using SDS –PAGE, ELISA, Western blot. 

Experience in Animal Experiments for efficacy trial is also expected. 

Project Description: This project will involve skills like animal handling, antibody generation, protein purification using appropriate chromatographic and standard downstream purification steps followed by pre-clinical evaluation of antibody using in-vitro and in-vivo techniques. 

* Project tenure may be continued, if the outcomes accomplish the eligibility criteria to apply for next level or phase of financial support from BIRAC Interested candidates can send an email with updated CV to Dr. Senthil Visaga Ambi (senthilvisagaambi@scbt.sastra.edu) on or before July 15th, 2018.