Manipal University is synonymous with excellence in higher education. Over 28,000 students from 57 different nations live, learn and play in the sprawling University town, nestled on a plateau in Karnataka’s Udupi district. It also has nearly 2500 faculty and almost 10000 other support and service staff, who cater to the various professional institutions in health sciences, engineering, management, communication and humanities which dot the Wi-Fi-enabled campus.
Position 1
Job Title: Junior Research Fellow
Number of Vacancies: One
Project Title: Generation of airway progenitors from pluripotent stem cells by simulating milestones of in vivo lung development and their applicability for treatment of experimental pulmonary fibrosis
Funding Agency: DBT Govt. of India
Tenure: Initially One year; performance based extension
Eligibility: M. Sc. in Biotechnology / Life Sciences with exposure on stem cells
Desirable:
- Hands-on experience in mammalian cell and tissue culture, cell and molecular biology techniques
- Poster presented in international / national conferences or peer-reviewed publication
- Experience working in an Industry as intern / trainee or any capacity
Emolument: 25,000/- + 30% HRA (per month)
Position 2
Job Title: Junior Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow
Number of Vacancies: One
Project Title: De novo generation of retinal pigmental epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptor (PR) cells from induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) for treatment of retinal diseasesFunding Agency: Industry
Tenure: Initially six months; performance based extension
Eligibility: M. Sc. in Biotechnology / Life Sciences with exposure on stem cells
Desirable:
- Hands-on experience in mammalian cell and tissue culture, cell and molecular biology techniques
- Poster presented in international / national conferences or peer-reviewed publication
- Experience working in an Industry as intern / trainee or any capacity
Emolument: 25,000/- (consolidated) (per month)
Position 3
Job Title: Ph.D student
Number of Vacancies: One
Project Title: Proof-of-concept studies to understand the after-effects of ionizing radiations (IR) on human stem cells
Funding Agency: BRNS-DAE Govt. of India
Tenure: 3 – 5 years
Eligibility: M. Sc. in Biotechnology / Life Sciences CSIR-NET qualified; ICMR or DBT fellowship
Desirable:
- Hands-on experience in mammalian cell and tissue culture, cell and molecular biology techniques
- Poster presented in international / national conferences or peer-reviewed publication
- Experience working in an Industry as intern / trainee or any capacity
Emolument: Ph.D scholarship
How To Apply: Candidates possessing requisite qualification may send their detailed CV (including research interests & names of three references) with copies of relevant certificates in support of the qualification and experience to the following address
The Deputy Director – HR Manipal – 576 104 Karnataka
Candidates who have completed Ph.D. recently will also be considered. Candidates selected will be called for the interview at School of Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore. Original certificates in support of educational qualification and experience have to be produced at the time of interview.
Deadline: October 15, 2016.
