Designation/Position- Project scientist-I Position at NII
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India invites applications for Project scientist-I Position at NII from eligible and interested candidates
About- The National Institute of Immunology (NII) is committed to advanced research addressing the basic mechanisms involved in body’s defence to identify modalities for manipulation of the immune system to provide protection against diseases and understand mechanisms that can be used to target disease processes for intervention.
Research/Job Area- Biotechnology or Biological sciences
Location- National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
Eligibility/Qualification–
Essential: Ph.D. (Biotechnology or Biological sciences) (Degree must have been awarded).
Desirable: The candidate must have very good understanding of various experimental techniques in molecular biology, biochemistry, proteomics and metabolomics relevant for identification of secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways and research programs in chemical & synthetic biology. The candidate should also have experience in bioinformatics techniques like sequence analysis, protein structure prediction and analysis of NGS data. Very good publication record in areas relevant to the project and post doctoral work experience in interdisciplinary research environment are highly desirable.
Job/Position Description-
Applications are invited for the positions of Project Scientist-I & Senior Research Fellow (Project) for the following time-bound sponsored projects as per the details given below:
| Name of the project & Duration of the Project | Position details & No. of positions | Name of the Project Investigator and Email ID |
| “Establishment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center at NII, New Delhi with the theme of Structural Bioinformatics & Genome Mining (Applications in Biomedical Sciences)” funded by DBT Tenable till – 25.11.2025 | Senior Research Fellow (One position only ) & Project Scientist-I (One position only) | Dr. Debasisa Mohanty Staff Scientist-VII mompcoe@nii.ac.in Applicants must write “Application for BICB Project” in the subject of the E-mail. |
The candidate will be domain expert for development of a database of secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways based on literature curation for applications in synthetic biology & natural product discovery. Coordination with database/software developers. Organization of training programs in bioinformatics & NGS data analysis.
EMOLUMENTS: Rs. 56,000/- per month consolidated plus 24% HRA as per DST OM dated 10.07.2020.
- The candidates selected for the above posts will be on contract for one year or duration of the project whichever is shorter, at a time.
- Hostel/ housing facility will be provided for female candidates.
- Applicants may clearly mention the category they belong to i.e. SC/ST/OBC/PH and attach documentary proof of the same.
- No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview, if called for.
- Apart from sending application in the prescribed format given below, candidates should send complete Curriculum Vitae along with the names of three referees. Curriculum Vitae should contain details of the experimental expertise and list of publications.
- Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
How to Apply-
Interested candidates may apply directly, STRICTLY IN THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT GIVEN BELOW, through e-mail, to the Investigator of the project, clearly indicating the name of the project along with their complete CV, contact details and three recommendation letters.
All the necessary documents should be sending as one PDF file. The PDF file should be named as – ‘Name of applicant Position applied’. Only Short listed candidates will be called for interview and they required to submit, attested copies of all their certificates and a Demand Draft of Rs 100/- drawn on Canara Bank or Indian Bank payable at Delhi/New Delhi in favour of the Director, NII (SC/ST/PH and Women candidates are exempted from payment of fees, subject to submission of documentary proof), at the time of interview.
Last Date for Apply– 24 June 2022
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