Screening for Covid 19 | BITS Goa SRF/JRF Openings


Department of Biological Sciences 
BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, 
Goa

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) / Senior Research Fellow (SRF) (02 positions) to work on the abovementioned project sponsored by DBT BIRAC and Bill & Mellinda Gates foundation under the supervision of Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa. 

Title of the project: “Wastewater based Epidemiology and Screening for Covid 19" 

The primary aim of the proposal is to connect the analytical data from determining SARS-CoV-2 in multiple wastewaters with the known COVID-19 infection rate of a fixed population in India. Detection of non-infective RNA fragments of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater and/or sludge demonstrated a correlation between wastewater SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations and COVID-19 clinical case reports; the latter two further suggesting that the RNA concentrations could provide a 4- to 7-day advanced notice ahead of COVID-19 confirmed case data (WHO 2020). 

Duration of the project: 01 year 

Fellowship amount: as per DBT norms 

Eligibility requirements: M.Sc / M.Tech./M.E. in Biotechnology/ Life Sciences with first division. CSIR NET / UGC NET candidates are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates with the above mentioned qualification can send their applications and CV by 20th June 2021, to the Principal Investigator, by email srikanth@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be called for online interview in the fourth week of June 2021. 


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