INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PUNE
ADVT. NO. : 52/2018
(APPLY ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 18, 2018)
[Positions under Funded Projects purely on Temporary and Contractual Basis]
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune is a premier autonomous
Institution established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of
India, for the promotion of high-quality science education and research in the country.
The Institute invites applications from Indian nationals having excellent academic record
for the following positions purely on temporary and contractual basis under the funded
project:
Post-1 Research Associate
Number of posts 01
Name of the Project “Engineering and modification of bacterial toxins to
combat chewing insect pests of Cotton”
Project Code 008
Minimum Educational
Qualifications & Experience
Ph.D. in any branch of Life Sciences.
Candidates who have submitted thesis may also apply.
Candidate must have at least one first author peer
reviewed international publication from his/her PhD
Experience:
1. Agriculturally important insects, their rearing,
dissections and bioassays
2. Yeast two-hybrid, protein array, phage display or
similar system
3. Expression cloning, recombinant expression,
purification of recombinant enzymes
4. Protein activity assays
5. Bioinformatics tools for protein analyses, statistical
analyses like ANOVA, correlation, etc.
Preference Candidates having experience with LC-MS based
proteomics and Agrobacterium-mediated plant
transformation will be preferred
Tenure of the appointment Initially for a period of six months which may be extended
further subject to satisfactory performance of the
incumbent and continuation of the subject.
Consolidated emoluments 1) Rs. 36,000 + 30% HRA per month.
2) Candidates who have submitted their thesis but not
completed defense (i.e. candidates without provisional
certificate of having qualified for the degree), will be
designated as Senior Research Fellow (SRF) and paid
Rs. 28,000 + 30% HRA till the time of submission of
Provisional Ph.D. certificate.
Age Not more than 35 years as on closing date of
advertisement.
Last date of application September 18, 2018
Post-2 Project Assistant
Number of post 01
Name of the Project “Molecular and chemical ecology of the biological control
of diamondback moth: revealing the significance of the
infochemical communication between bottom-up and topdown
factors”
Funding Agency Science and Engineering Research Board
Project Code 30118370
Minimum Educational
Qualifications & Experience
M.Sc. in any branch of Life Sciences or equivalent
degree.
Candidates awaiting the final semester results may also
apply.
Experience:
1. Agriculturally important insects, their rearing,
dissections and bioassays
2. Basic plant molecular biology and biochemistry
experimentation
3. Gene cloning, recombinant expression and agroinfiltration
4. Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation
5. HPLC and LC-MS based analyses
6. Statistical analyses like ANOVA, correlation, etc.
Preference Candidates having at least one peer reviewed
international publication will be preferred
Tenure of the appointment Initially for a period of six months which may be extended
further subject to satisfactory performance of the
incumbent and continuation of the subject.
Consolidated emoluments Rs. 16,000 + 30% HRA per month.
Age Not more than 28 years as on closing date of
advertisement.
Last date of application September 18, 2018
Post-3 Field Assistant
Number of posts 01
Name of the Project “Cross-kingdom affairs: Can microRNAs of host plants
regulate genes of their insect herbivores?”
Funding Agency Department of Biotechnology under Ramalingaswamy
Fellowship award
Project Code 31317299
HOW TO APPLY:
Research Associate and Project Assistant: Interested candidates should fill online
application available on https://goo.gl/kJ5gHG on or before September 18, 2018.
Field Assistant: Interested candidates should fill online application available on
https://tinyurl.com/y9vbcyay on or before September 18, 2018.
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