ACTREC jobs for RA/ Postdoc /SRF Biotechnology in Navi Mumbai. Last Date to apply: 12 Aug 2016
RA/ Postdoc /SRF Biotechnology
Job Description
No. ACTREC/Advt./ 35 /2016
RA/Postdoc /SRF Biotechnology recruitment in ACTREC
RA/Postdoc
Title of the Project: Genome-wide RNAi screen with human pooled tyrosine kinase shRNA libraries in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines
Qualification: The ideal applicant should have a *Ph.D. in a relevant field. He/she should have a strong computational biology background, with demonstrated experience in coding using Perl, Python, Java or C++. He/she should be familiar with working in unix enviromnent, devising computational algorithms for data analysis, statistical data analysis in R and matlab and database programming using MySQL. Hands on experience in analyzing high throughput data would be an added advantage. First author publication in an internationally peer reviewed scientific journal impact factor above 5 will be preferred.
*thesis submitted and viva is awaited candidates are eligible to apply.
SRF
Title of the Project: Defining the cancer genome of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) with SNP arrays and next generation sequencing technology
Qualification:**M.Sc. in Life Sciences or M.Tech in Biotechnology with good academic record (Minimum of 60% aggregate). Valid UGC-CSIR/DBT/ICMR JRF qualification and minimum 2 years laboratory experience in molecular biology as evident with at least one publication. Previous experience in molecular biology and animal tissue culture with high throughput platforms and ability to work with a large team would be desirable.
**M.Sc. degree obtained after a one year course will not be considered.
Pay Scale : Rs. 31,000
Job Particulars
About Company
Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) is the state-of-the-art R&D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), which also includes under its umbrella the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), the largest cancer hospital in Asia. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. TMC is an autonomous grant-in-aid institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860) and the Bombay Public Trust Act (1950). Its Governing Council is headed by the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India.
