Walk in Interview at IISER, Mohali for the Post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Mohali was established in 2007 by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), to carry out research in frontier areas of science and to provide quality science education at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The foundation stone was laid on 27^th September 2006 by the Prime Minister of India. The first Director Prof.N Sathyamurthy joined on 18^th June 2007. Classes for the first MS (Int) batch began on 16^th August 2007. The transit campus was inaugurated on 13^th Nov. 2007.

An walk in interview for the post of a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in a research project funded by a Wellcome-Trust/DBT India Alliance Early Career Grant

Post: JRF

Title: Long-term Associative memory in C. elegans: Role of CREB-1 dependent genes

This project is aimed towards understanding the role of CRH-1/CREB-1 in the C. elegans Nervous System. The project requires the selected candidate to be able to perform Behavioural, cell biological and Genetic experiments with C. elegans.

Positions: 1

Duration: 6 months

Emoluments: As per DST rules.

Essential Qualifications: Indian National having an M.Sc.in any branch of Life Sciences with a good academic record (above 70% in the last degree), and having passed the NET (CSIR/UGC/LS) or GATE exams. The candidate should have at least 5-6 months of research experience in C. elegans Neurobiology and Genetics.

Please note that any candidates who has previously attended IISER Mohali for a JRF position in a C. elegans specific project in the last one year can be selected in absentia. Such candidates must meet all the essential qualifications mentioned above and send an email to the contact persons with their CV and NET or GATE results along with the title of the project they had previously applied for and the date of the previous interview

E-mail: kavitababu@iisermohali.ac.inand/or kavita.babu@babulab.org with a cc to yogesh.dahiya@babulab.org