Advt No CSIR_IGIB/HR/March_2024_01 Date: 21-03-2024
POSITIONS OPEN FOR TEMPORARY RESEARCH PROJECT POST(S)
CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB), desires to engage
qualified incumbents on a purely temporary basis in various ongoing projects of
the Institute as listed below:
Scientist Dr. Chetana Sachidanandan
Scientist mail Id chetana@igib.res.in
Project Title Understanding neurodevelopmental disorders using
stem cell and animal models
Post Code Post Code – 1
Designation Project Associate-I
Essential Qualification
Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Work Profile
The work will involve creating and handling human
induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs). An interest in
stem cell biology and having taken courses in
developmental biology/stem cell biology would be a
bonus.
Desirables Qualification Experience working with cultured cells
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 31 March 2025
Monthly Emoluments 31,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
25,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not qualified)
Scientist Dr. Chetana Sachidanandan
Scientist mail Id chetana@igib.res.in
Project Title Understanding neurodevelopmental disorders using
stem cell and animal models
Post Code Post Code – 2
Designation Project Associate-II
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Essential Experience 2 years’ experience in Research and Development in
Industrial and Academic Institutions
Work Profile The work will involve sequencing data analysis.
Desirables Qualification The candidate should be thorough with R and Python,
should be well versed with Bulk RNA seq data
handling ( good knowledge on deSEQ2 and EdgeR
pipelines) and know how to handle single-cell RNA data sets using standard Seurat pipeline
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 31 March 2025
Monthly Emoluments 35,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
28,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not
qualified)
Scientist Dr. Chetana Sachidanandan
Scientist mail Id chetana@igib.res.in
Project Title Understanding neurodevelopmental disorders using
stem cell and animal models
Post Code Post Code – 3
Designation Project Scientist -1
Essential Qualification Doctoral Degree in Science or Master’s Degree in
Engineering or Technology from a recognized
University or equivalent.
Work Profile The work will involve project management and
working with clinicians, preparing and obtaining ethical
clearance for human sample collections, developing
and standardizing protocols for generation of human
induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs).
Desirables Qualification Research experience in working with and generating
iPSCs is desirable.
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 31 March 2025
Monthly Emoluments 56,000/- + HRA increment of 5% for every 2 years of
experience subject to performance review.
Scientist Dr. Archana Singh
Scientist mail Id archana@igib.in
Project Title Delineating the role of skin-resident memory T cells in
the pathogenesis of vitiligo
Post Code Post Code- 4
Designation Project Associate-I
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Work Profile This work will involve flow cytometry-based cytokine
analysis of skin-resident immune cells in vitiligo
patients and healthy subjects.
Desirables Qualification Basic knowledge of cell culture and molecular biology
techniques
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 1
st April 2024-12th Sep 2024 (total project tenure till
12th Sep 2026)
Monthly Emoluments 31,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
25,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not qualified)
Scientist Dr. Archana Singh
Scientist mail id archana@igib.in
Project Title Development of a Novel 3D Skin Model to Elucidate
the Mechanisms of Immune Dysregulation and
Melanocyte Dysfunction in vitiligo
Post Code Post Code – 5
Designation Project Associate-II
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Essential Experience 2 years’ experience in Research and Development in
Industrial and Academic Institutions
Work Profile This work will involve establishing primary cultures of
cells from human skin biopsies, and generating 3D
skin from it. The work will also involve flow cytometrybased cytokine analysis of skin-resident immune cells.
Desirables Qualification Experience in handling primary cell cultures.
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 1
st April 2024-31st March 2025 (total project tenure till
31st March 2026)
Monthly Emoluments 35,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
28,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not
qualified)
Scientist Dr. Archana Singh
Scientist mail id archana@igib.in
Project Title
Development of a transglutaminase-1 nanocomplex
as a method for topical enzyme replacement therapy
for autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis-a rare
genetic disorder
Post Code Post Code – 6
Designation Research Associate or Project Scientist-I
Essential Qualification PhD in life sciences
Essential Experience Experience in gene cloning and protein expression
and purification methods
Work Profile
This work involves cloning and expression of human
transglutaminase gene using E coli system, followed
by development of transglutaminase-1 nanocomplex
for testing as a potential therapeutic candidate for
autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis.
Desirables Qualification Proficient knowledge in molecular biology techniques.
Along with knowledge of basic cell culture techniques.
Age Limit UR: 35Years SC/ST: 40Years OBC: 38Years
Tenure 1
st April-19 Feb 2025 (total project tenure till 19 Feb
2026)
Monthly Emoluments 56000/-+HRA
Scientist Dr. Mary K. Ekka
Scientist mail Id mary.ekka@igib.res.in
Project Title Uncovering the molecular basis of nucleolin’s binding
to G-quadruplex structures
Post Code Post Code – 7
Designation Project Associate -II
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Essential Experience 2 years’ experience in Research and Development in
Industrial and Academic Institutions.
Work Profile The work involved is basic molecular biology work, the
candidate would be making protein constructs and
analyzing RNA-protein interactions using biophysical
methods
Desirables Qualification Proficient knowledge in molecular biology techniques
including, but not limited to PCR, protein purification,
qRT-PCR, basic knowledge of bioinformatic tools
Age Limit UR: 35 Years SC/ST:40 Years OBC: 38 Years
Tenure 1
st April 2024- 31st March 2025
Monthly Emoluments 35,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
28,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not
qualified)
Scientist Dr. Sheetal Gandotra
Scientist mail Id sheetal.gandotra@igib.res.in
Project Title Towards identification of regulators of direct lipid
droplet-to-lysosome transfer mediated lipid droplet
turnover
Post Code Post Code – 8
Designation Senior Project Associate
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agriculture Sciences/ MVSc
or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology or
Medicine from a recognized University or equivalent and
Four years’ of experience in Research and Development
OR
Doctoral Degree in Science/Engineering/
Technology/Pharma/MD/MS from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Work Profile Will be generating stable knockdown lines, studying
lipid droplet phenotypes using microscopy, and
performing colocalization and protein-protein
interaction studies
Desirables Qualification Should have authored at least one first author
publication in a peer reviewed SCI indexed journal
Age Limit UR: 40 Years SC/ST:45 Years OBC: 43 Years
Tenure Two years
Monthly Emoluments 42000/-+HRA
Scientist Dr. Lipi Thukral
Scientist mail Id lipi.thukral@igib.in
Project Title HCP47
Post Code Post Code – 9
Designation Project Scientist
Essential Qualification Doctoral Degree in Science or Master’s Degree in
Engineering or Technology from a recognized
University or equivalent; and
Essential Experience Seven years’ experience in Research and
Development in Industrail and Academic Institution or
Science and Technology Organization and Scientific
activities and services.
Work Profile The project involves development of data platforms
that will integrate orthogonal biological datasets,
including clinical and genomics information. The
project will also closely work with cloud computing
resources at the institute to set up data lakes.
Desirables Qualification PhD in science with more than 7 years of experience
with industrial/academic interface. Working with
clinicians on data science projects/product
development with good published record is highly
desirable.
Age Limit UR: 45 Years SC/ST:45 Years OBC: 43 Years
Tenure 1 year
Monthly Emoluments 78,000/- + HRA increment of 5% for every 2 years of
experience
Scientist Dr. Bhavana Prasher
Scientist mail Id bhavana.p@igib.res.in
Project Title Pre-IND enabling studies on Adhatoda vasica
extracts for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis
through hypoxia response modulation
Post Code Post Code – 10
Designation Senior Project Associate
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agriculture Sciences/ MVSc
or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology or
Medicine from a recognized University or equivalent and
Four years’ of experience in Research and Development
OR
Doctoral Degree in Science/Engineering/
Technology/Pharma/MD/MS from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Work Profile Cell line based studies on hypoxia and fibrosis with
molecular phenotyping
Desirables Qualification Experience in cell culture based work, genomic and
molecular analysis
Age Limit UR: 40 Years SC/ST:45 Years OBC: 43 Years
Tenure One year
Monthly Emoluments 42000/-+HRA
Scientist Dr. Aastha Mishra
Scientist mail Id aastha.mishra@igib.res.in
Project Title CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative
Post Code Post Code – 11
Designation Project Associate I
Essential Qualification Master’s Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences/
MVSc or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Technology or Medicine from a recognized University
or equivalent.
Work Profile The work will involve project management and
assistance in training the students in Genomics and
Molecular Technologies. The work will involve
molecular biology techniques including, but not limited
to PCR, qRT-PCR, basic knowledge of bioinformatic
tools, DNA isolation, DNA library preparations and
sequencing data analysis.
Age Limit UR: 40 Years SC/ST:45 Years OBC: 43 Years
Tenure Till 31 March 2025
Monthly Emoluments 31,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests qualified) ;
25,000/- + HRA (National Eligibility Tests not qualified)
Scientist Dr. Shravanti Rampalli
Scientist mail Id shravanti@igib.res.in
Project Title BDMG
Post Code Post Code – 12
Designation Scientific Administrative Assistant
Essential Qualification Graduate degree in any discipline
Work Profile File management, record keeping, data entry, data
management and client communication
Desirables Qualification Experience with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Age Limit UR:50 Years SC/ST:55 Years OBC: 53 Years
Tenure One year
Monthly Emoluments 18,000/- + HRA
Note:
The applicants will be subjected to shortlisting by our scientists according to
the current requirement and the shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.
The duration of the post also depends on the fund available in a particular
project and its validity.
Reservation and Age relaxation as per CSIR/Govt. of India guidelines.
Tenure may be extendable up to project duration. The engagement which is on
contract basis in respect of all above positions will confer no rights on the
candidates, whatsoever, implicitly and/ or explicitly for their continuation beyond
tenure/ absorption/ regularization in CSIR-IGIB. Contract may be terminated at any
time by giving one-month notice by either side.
The candidates who have already served CSIR-IGIB or any other lab/ Institute of
CSIR as any Project Associate/Project Assistant/Project Fellow/JRF (in contract
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R&D projects)/ SRF (in contract R&D projects)/ Research Associate etc. for a total
of 5 years or more are not eligible for these engagements. The candidates who have
served for a period less than 5 years will have tenure upto remaining period till
completion of five years.
Candidates should note that non-fulfillment of the eligibility criterion will result in
cancellation of candidature at any stage.
Those candidates who are still pursuing Masters/Bachelors/PhD or any qualification
for the above post(s) on the last date of application will not be considered and age
will be calculated on the last date of receiving applications.
How to Apply:
Please fill up the proforma by clicking on the following link HR Online Form.
No application would be entertained with “result awaited” status or after due date.
List of shortlisted, selected candidate(s), and candidate(s) kept in the panel will be
put up on the CSIR-IGIB website. Panel student(s) will be considered for six months.
If any PI considers that the panel candidate meets his/her requirement for their
project, they will be called; otherwise, the new advertisement will be put up.
No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates to attend the interview. The engagement
shall be as per guidelines of CSIR/Funding agency. Candidates will have an option
to give reply in Hindi.
"DISCLAIMER: Candidates who are applying please ensure that you fulfill the
essential qualifications. If you apply without fulfilling the essential qualifications then
it will be considered that you are giving wrong/misleading information. The ONUS
OF THIS ACTION WILL BE ON THE CANDIDATE and not on the scientists, HR
Division or the Institute. In case you are found not to fulfill the essential criteria or
that you have provided misleading information, then your candidature for the post
may be rejected at any stage of selection or after selection".
There would be no automatic shifting of project staff from one project to another. On
completion of the tenure in one project, if one wants to apply for engagement in
another project, he/she will have to go through the process of selection by
submitting a fresh application. An appointment under the new project would be
made only after the submission of the No Dues Certificate in the previous project
and the submission of resignation from the previous project.
Note: The shortlisted candidates have to keep ready with them a valid photo ID
card, an updated signed
C. V. (clearly mentioning Date of Birth, Highest Qualification with percentage,
Correspondence Address and Email-ID), Dissertation (if any), PhD thesis (if any)
and original certificates/Self attested photocopies for verification.
Head,
Human Resource Division
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