NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL GENOMICS
.O.: N.S.S., Kalyani 741251, West Bengal
Advertisement No. NIBMG/ADMIN/ESTB/2023-24/380 Date: 12-02-2024
Applications are invited for the positions of Research Associate (Project Linked Persons) for
extramural projects funded by ICMR as per details given below.
Project Name: Fast detection of driver mutations and genes from cancer genomics data using an
integrative machine learning-based approach.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nidhan Biswas
Project description: Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Key alterations (known as driver
events) within normal cells provide selective advantage and help tumour to grow. It is also well known
that the profiles of driver alterations vary across intra- and inter-tumour as well as between cancer
types. Identifying such driver alterations is crucial to understand the background biological mechanism
at molecular level as well as determine the success of disease diagnosis and precision treatment in a
clinical setting. This project aims to identify driver alterations that provide uncontrolled growth
advantages resulting in normal cells becoming malignant tumours by applying ensemble machine
learning (ML) algorithms both from patient cohort and single patient level.
We are looking for motivated and bright individuals interested to explore career opportunities in this
project at NIBMG for the position mentioned below:
Essential Qualification
(i) PhD in Computer
Science or bioinformatics
or Genomics with at least
one research paper in
Science Citation Indexed
(SCI) journal.
OR
M. Tech in Computer
Science with at least one
research paper in Science
Citation Indexed (SCI)
journal with minimum
three years of research
experience.
(ii) Good knowledge about
machine learning.
(iii) AGE LIMIT=
maximum 40 years at the
time of interview
(relaxable upto 2 years in
case of women candidate)
Desirable Qualifications
(i) Deep experience
in analysis of
genomics data and
building data
analytics pipelines
for somatic mutation
detection and
building pipeline for
driver gene
detection.
(ii) Strong expertise
in C/C++ or Python
or R
(iii) Good knowledge
of existing cancer
driver gene detection
algorithms.
(iv) Good knowledge
in Linux
Nature of Duty
(i) Curate and filter
somatic mutations
(ii) Building
pipeline for driver
gene detection with
existing tools
(iii) Building
machine learning
models to identify
cancer driver
alterations and
genes.
(iv) NGS data
analysis
(v) Report writing
Rs. 49000-
+ HRA@9%
pm.
a. This position is contractual. The appointment will be initially given for One Year, which is
extendable depending upon performance, requirement of the project and availability of funds.
b. Interested candidates need to send email with a copy of the CV and relevant documents to
nkb1@nibmg.ac.in
c. The last date of application is 26/02/2024 (upto 12 midnight).
Please visit www.nibmg.ac.in
for further information.
d. Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for online interview. The date of the Interview will
be intimated later.
e. All Educational, Professional and Technical qualifications should be from a recognized
Board/University. Fulfillment of essential qualifications and experience does not automatically
entitle a candidate to be shortlisted or called for Interview.
f. Canvassing in any form or bringing influence will lead to disqualification the candidate.
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