Job for MSc or MTech Life Sciences as Research Scientist at NII - Salary Rs. 72,800 per month

The National Institute of Immunology 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 : Project Research Scientist -I (Non-Medical) (One position only)

Applications are invited for the one position of Project Research Scientist-I (Non-Medical) for the following time-bound sponsored project as per the details given below.

Name of the project & Duration of the Project : “Repurposing and Validating the FDA- approved UDP-Glucose Ceramide Glucosyltransferase (UGCG) Inhibitor “Eliglustat” as a Potential Intervention for Breast and Oral Cancer Immunotherapy” funded by ICMR. Tenable till -31.01.2027

Name of the Project Investigator and Email ID : Dr. Santiswarup Singha Staff Scientist-IV santiswarup@nii.ac.in

Educational Qualifications :
First-class postgraduate (M.Sc. / M.Tech) degree in any area of Life Sciences / Chemical Sciences with a good academic record. M.Sc. candidates should have qualified for any National Level Eligibility test such as (NET/GATE etc) for applying for the above position. The candidates should have at least two years of research experience.

Job description : Preference will be given to candidates
The Project Research Scientist-I (Non-Medical) will perform experiments involving production of peptide-major histocompatibility complex (peptide-MHC) in bacterial and/or mammalian expression systems, formulation of p-MHC tetramer, T-cell activation assay both in in-vitro/in-vivo set up, cancer cell culture, animal models for different types of tumors, and synthesis of nanoparticles.

Preference will be given to candidates who have minimum 2 years of experience in the following areas: (i) animal (mice) handling (bleeding, tumor inoculation, different routes of injections) and cell culture (ii) immunological experiments including FACS, ELISA, Bone marrow derived professional APC culture, Co- culture with tumor cells or Bone marrow derived professional APC with T-cells for studying T-cell activation, identifying antigen-specific T-cells expansion using p-MHC tetramer, (iii) transfection, production of lentivirus carrying gene of interest, transduction for generating tumor cell capable of producing tumor surrogate antigen, (iv) protein (peptide-MHC) production both in bacterial and/or mammalian systems and FPLC-based protein purification, in-vitro protein folding from bacteria-produced inclusion bodies (v) nanoparticle synthesis, bioconjugation, and characterization.

Emoluments : The selected candidates will draw consolidated emoluments as per Institute Rules, depending upon qualifications & experience
Rs. 56,000/- per month plus 30% HRA (As per norms of the funding agency)

General Terms & Conditions :
1. The candidates selected for the above posts will be on contract for one year or duration of the project whichever is shorter, at a time.
2. No hostel/ housing facility will be provided.
3. Applicants may clearly mention the category they belong to i.e. SC/ST/OBC/PH and attach documentary proof of the same.
4. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview, if called for.
5. Apart from sending application in the prescribed format given below, candidates should send complete Curriculum Vitae along with the names of three referees. Curriculum Vitae should contain details of the experimental expertise and list of publications. 6. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
7. The Interviews will be held in offline/online mode.

HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates may apply directly, STRICTLY IN THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT GIVEN BELOW, through E-mail, to the Investigator of the project, clearly indicating the name of the project along with their complete CV, E-mail-ID, fax numbers, telephone numbers.

Only Short-listed candidates will be called for interview, and they required to submit attested copies of all their certificates. A demand Draft of Rs 100/- drawn on Canara Bank or Indian Bank payable at Delhi/New Delhi in favour of the Director, NII or can make the payment through UPI/Paytm/Phone Pe etc. in the Bank A/c Beneficiary Name: Director, NII/Account No. 1484101001636/IFSC: CNRB0001484) and Women & SC/ST/PH Candidates are exempted from payment of fees, (subject to submission of documentary proof), at the time of interview.

LAST DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 24th March, 2025