Institute of Life Sciences (ILS),Bhubaneswar, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science
& Technology, Government of India invites applications from Indian Nationals to join in the following position.
Projects Title: “National Wastewater Surveillance System for COVID-19”.
Position: 1. Project Associate-I: Bioinformatics (01 positions)
2. Project Associate-I: Wet lab (01 positions)
Remuneration: Rs. 31,000/- per month + @16% HRA
Job Specification: Position 1 – The person should be responsible for analyzing next-generation sequencing data.
Position 2 – To carry out nucleic acid extraction from sewage samples, library preparation, and performing next-generation sequencing.
Project duration: The project duration is for one year with a possible extension.
Eligibility & Selection:
Candidates having M.Sc. / M. Tech / M. Pharm. / M.V.Sc. or equivalent qualification in Life Sciences or allied subjects (Biochemistry/
Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology, Microbiology, etc.) with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks (relaxation will be given as
per GOI guideline) are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to national-level entrance test (NET/GATE/GPAT) qualified candidates.
For nonnext/GATE candidates, the fellowship would be applicable as per DST guidelines. For bioinformaticians, the knowledge of programming language,
R-Bioconductor and NGS data analysis will be preferred.
