The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, BITS Pilani is an all-India Institute for higher education. The primary motive of BITS is to train young men and women able and eager to create and put into action such ideas, methods, techniques and information. The Institute is a dream come true of its founder late Mr G.D.Birla - an eminent industrialist, a participant in Indian freedom struggle and a close associate of the Father of Indian Nation late Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Post : Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
Applications are invited from suitable candidates for one fellowship position - as either Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Senior Research Fellow (SRF) depending on the eligibility and experience - to work on the following Indo-Australian project (between BITS Pilani and CSIRO Australia) sponsored by Australian Government, under the supervision of Dr. S. Murugesan (Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani Campus, Pilani-333031, Rajasthan), and co-supervision of Professor S. S. Vasan of Australia’s national science agency CSIRO.
Title of the project : The ‘sySTEMs’ initiative : systems biology-augmented, stem cell-derived, multi-tissue panel for rapid screening of approved drugs as potential COVID-19 treatments.
Duration of the project : Up to one year
Fellowship amount : JRF : 31000 /- pm, SRF : 35000 /- pm. Those with at least two years’ relevant work experience will be employed as SRF. Eligibility requirements :
1. M.Pharm / M.S. Pharm / M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry / Pharmaco-informatics with a minimum of 70% aggregate in the relevant field of specialization).
2. Knowledge of drug categories / classes / groups and drug databases will be desirable.
3. Experience in database handling, curation and/or molecular modeling techniques is a bonus.
Desirable : Ability to work in an interdisciplinary project. Good written and verbal English language skills are essential. Candidates with working knowledge of classifying a drug under the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system, or United States Pharmacopeia, or similar. Any knowledge of IT, is a bonus, and GPAT / NET qualification is desirable.
Interested candidates with the above mentioned qualification can send their applications giving detailed information about educational qualifications, research / industrial project experience, published research papers and conference presentations if any, by August 15, 2021 via email: murugesan@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in with subject line “Application for Indo-Australian Project 2021”. Qualified and shortlisted candidates will be called for interview (to be conducted in online mode), details of which will be communicated via email after a review of applications.
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