National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
P.O. Box No. 10531
New Delhi - 110 067
Research Associate (one each)
DBT sub-projects entitled 'Chickpea genome sequence analysis and its alignment to genetic map' and 'Functional genomics of chickpea seed development and nutrition' of 'Next Generation Challenge programme on Chickpea Genomics' at NIPGR under the guidance of Dr. Sabhyata Bhatia, Scientist, NIPGR, New Delhi. Sub-project 1 will aim at the high throughput genotyping of SNPs for construction of the chickpea linkage map and Sub-project 2 will aim at analysis if the seed transcriptome using next generation sequencing platforms for elucidating seed development in chickpea.
The initial appointment will be for a period of one year, but can be curtailed or extended based on the performance and discretion of the Competent Authority. The stipend will be as per norms of the Institute and amount sanctioned in the above mentioned sub-projects by the DBT.
Eligible candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in any discipline of Life Sciences (including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology) preferably with some research experience.
Candidates with strong molecular biology background and having experience in molecular markers, mapping, analysis of nucleic acid sequences, genome annotation, transcriptomics, microarray data analysis etc. will be preferred. Working experience in Linux systems and knowledge in BioPERL, Python and Java scripts is desirable.
Interested candidates may apply on plain paper (hardcopy preferred) giving name, age, postal address, E-mail address, educational qualifications, experience, publications / patents, references, and also enclose copies of supporting documents to the following address on or before May 14th, 2010:
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