NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,
BHUBANESWAR
(An autonomous Institution under Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India)
(School of Biological Sciences)
Advertisement for Post-Doctoral Fellow
Applications from Indian/Foreign Citizens are invited for Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) positions
in under the project RIN4002-SBS-Basic Research in the Schools of Biological Sciences,
Bhubaneswar funded by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
PhD degree in the relevant area of Molecular
Biology/Genetics/Genomics/ Bioinformatics/Life Sciences/Zoology/Biotechnology etc.
RESEARCH AREA: Understanding the pathogenesis of Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma and
developing a biomarker for early detection.
DESIRABLE: Prior experience with cell culture, animal handling, cell and molecular biology
techniques: Cloning, Expression studies, Recombinant DNA technology, Genetics, genomics
will be preferred.
LABORATORY DESCRIPTION: With the shifting demographics towards older age, there is a
major concern for age-related disorders. 90% of individuals dying each year are due to agerelated causes. Understanding the genome, epigenome and proteome between healthy and
diseased state of these individuals pave a way for unravelling bio-markers for early diagnosis
and/or therapeutics for various diseases. Our goal is to find these underlying players that
change the micro-environmental niche differently in a diseased state during the developmental
process of aging and hence are responsible for these age related-disorders. We are currently
focusing on understanding the pathomechanism of two neurodegenerative eye disorders
(Glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible World Blindness and Corneal Endothelial
Dystrophies) as well as Cancer using a pleothora of cellular, biochemical, genetics, genomics
and molecular biology techniques involving human samples, animal models as well as in vitro
cell lines. More details can be found at https://www.niser.ac.in/users/debasmita and
https://debasmitau.wixsite.com/debasmitalab
FELLOWSHIP: As per existing rules of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India.
The positions are purely temporary. The appointment is made for a period of One Year at a
time and extendable to a maximum tenure of two years upon satisfactory academic
performance. The selected postdoctoral fellow is expected to work with a specific research
group at NISER depending on mutual research interest. HRA will be paid if accommodation
not available on the campus and Contingency grant will be spent as per rules.
RA-I: Candidates successfully defended their thesis and having less than one year experience
after award of PhD degree, Monthly fellowship: 47,000/- INR
RA-II: Candidates with one or less than two years of experience after award of PhD degree;
Monthly fellowship: 49,000/- INR
RA-III: Candidates with 2-3 years of experience after award of PhD degree; Monthly fellowship:
54,000/-
HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates should send in their applications with the title “Application for Post-Doctoral
Fellow” and arrange for the recommendation letters to reach Dr. Debasmita P. Alone at
debasmita@niser.ac.in with a copy to cpsbs@niser.ac.in by 03.02.2022.
The applications should have the following documents:
1. A covering letter that mentions the specific research area outlined above they would like
to be considered in.
2. A detailed academic CV, list of publications, relevant experience certificate(s), if any, and
names of two academic referees.
3. A statement of research interests and brief project proposal related to ongoing work in
the PI’s lab.
4. Duly filled-in application form given in page 2-3 of this advertisement, along with copies
of all the Educational Certificates.
5. Two letters of reference
The candidates who are short-listed based on their CV, research statement and letters of
reference could be interviewed either in person or through video-conferencing before the final
selection is made. The positions are available and will be filled immediately.
For any clarification, please contact Dr. Debasmita P. Alone on the above-mentioned email
ID.
No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate, for appearing in the interview nor for joining the
position.
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