NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL GENOMICS
(An Autonomous Institution of the Government of India)
P.O.: N.S.S., Kalyani 741251, West Bengal
Advertisement No: ESTB/NIBMG/2018-19/245
A position for a highly motivated person capable of working independently as a Postdoctoral Fellow is
available for an extramurally funded project being conducted at the National lnstitute of Biomedical
Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani. Selected applicants will be appointed for a period of ONE year, to be extended
based on their performance and availability of funds.
Project Name:
Enabling Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer throughout India
The goal of this project is to develop a simple diagnostic test for breast cancer that is cheap, reliable and
efficient for both diagnosis and monitoring. The basis for this test is liquid biopsy - isolating tumor-secreted
vesicles or circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood and assaying their contents for cancer biomarkers that
will inform both diagnosis and treatment.
Project
Code:
20287
Essential Qualifications Ph.D*
in
Molecular
Biology/Biochemistry/
Biotechnology/
Zoology/ Life
Sciences/Biologi
cal Sciences
Atleast ONE
published
research article
in a peer reviewed
journal
Significant
practical
experience in
RNA/DNA based
Molecular
Biology
techniques
Desirable Qualifications
1. Experience in
Tissue
culture
techniques,
2. handling
clinical
samples
3. Handling
NGS data
4. Good Ability
to use
written and
spoken
English
Nature of Duty
1. Collection and
purification of
endocytic vesicles
from serum
samples,
2. Isolation of
RNA/protein
followed by
transcriptome
analysis and
immunoblotting
3. Preparation of
sequencing
libraries
4. Assistance with
data analysis
5. Manuscript
preparation
Monthly Emoluments Rs 50,000/-*
(consolidate
d and fixed)
* Candidates who have submitted their thesis but have not yet received their degree, have peer reviewed
publications are encouraged to apply, however, their remuneration will be fixed at the level of DBT Senior
Research fellow (consolidated amount `36000/-)
Please apply online at http://apply.nibmg.ac.in (no other form of application will be accepted). The last date
of application is 15th September 2018. Please visit our website www.nibmg.ac.in/academic/plp/03_09_2018/Advt_ESTB_NIBMG_2018-192-45.pdf for further information.
Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for Interview/Test.
No TA/DA will be provided for attending the
Interview/Test.
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