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Research opportunities under Influenza Vaccine innovation at National Institute of Immunology

Research opportunities under Influenza Vaccine innovation at National Institute of Immunology

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.

Post : Research Associate-I (One position only)

Duration : Six Months (6 Months)

Name of the Project : “INCENTIVE : Indo-European Consortium for Next Generation Influenza Vaccine innovation” funded by DBT

Educational Qualifications : Candidate should have PhD degree in any field of Biological Sciences with at least 1 research publication in standard refereed journal as listed in Journal Citations Reports (JCR) 

Desirable : Candidate should preferably have experience of working under BSL3 virology laboratory. Candidate should preferably have experience in molecular biology, multi-parameter (at least 7 parameters) flow cytometery. Candidates having experience in Influenza biology and viral assays are encouraged to apply. Candidates having experience in OMICS technique would be given preference. Qualifications can be relaxed at the discretion of the project investigators based on the expertise in any of the above-mentioned techniques and suitability of the candidate for the project.

Job Description : Research Associate will carry out experiments related to the work element of the project such as Immunogenicity and efficacy studies of flu vaccines candidates in NHP-ABSL3 facility and perform viral assays (HAI, MN, ELLA etc.) and host factors by techniques such as multicolor flow cytometry, ELISA, OMICS etc.

Emoluments : Rs. 58,000/- per month plus 27% HRA (As per DST OM dated 26.06.2023)

Name of the In-charge : Dr. Prafullakumar B. Tailor Staff Scientist-VII Lab of Innate Immunity
Email ID of In-charge : incentive@nii.ac.in

NOTE
1. CANDIDATE MAY FILL UP APPLICATION FORM IN THE PRECRIBED FORMAT ALONG WITH NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR VERIFICATION. 
2. APPLICATIONS FORMS CONTAINING INCOMPLETE INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. 
3. DATE OF PASSING THE EXAMINATIONS MUST BE INDICATED CLEARLY. 
4. ONLY REGISTERED CANDIDATES WILL BE INTERVIEWED. 
5. NO TA/DA WILL BE PAID FOR ATTENDING THE INTERVIEW.

Last date for applying the position The last date for applying to the said position would be 04th March, 2026 (Applications will be accepted only through online mode). The walk-in interview will be conducted through online mode and only shortlisted candidates will be communicated through email with the date and online link for attending the interview after the last date of applications.

Date of Walk-In-Interview : 06th March, 2026 (Friday) Online Mode

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