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Advertisement No. NIBMG/ACAD/PROJECT RECT/2025-26/170 Date: 10-09-2025

Positions available

Project name: Identifying omics-based biomarkers for immunotherapy response in Indian oral cancer: A prospective study

Funding Agency: Lady Tata Memorial Trust

Project tenure: 3 years

Principal Investigator’s name: Dr. Nidhan K Biswas

Project Description: Despite the recent encouraging results in clinical trials, immunotherapy failure is common in oral cancer (only 40-50% of patients respond). In the present project we aim to characterize genomic alterations in Indian OSCC patients receiving immunotherapy coupled with triple-metronomic chemotherapy or platinum and taxane therapy. With the help of omics-based approaches, we aim to differentiate immunotherapy-responder and non-responder patients. Our goal is to identify the immunogenetic changes that are associated with better or worse immunotherapy response, opening opportunities for additional treatment modalities in specific non-responders.

Name of the position: Project Associate – II

No. of position vacant: 1

Consolidated Remuneration [INR] Per Month: (i) INR 35,000 + 27% HRA (consolidated per month)

Essential Qualifications:

1. Post Graduate Degree in Life Sciences from a recognized University or equivalent.
2. At least 2 years of research experience in NGS.
3. Prior publications in peer-reviewed journals in the area of cancer omics.
4. Age should not exceed 32 years on the date of advertisement.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Candidates with proven experience of multi-omics data analysis will be preferred.
2. Candidates with prior experience with next-generation sequencing platform technologies (Exome, Transcriptome, TCR sequencing) will be given preference.
3. Experience in at least one of the following programming languages is desired – Unix, R, Python.

Nature of Duty:

Person hired will be responsible for day-to-day research activities related to multi-omics data generation from the cancer patient samples (DNA and RNA sequencing) as required for the proposed project. He/She will also be responsible for analyzing multi-omics data using standard bioinformatics pipelines and interpreting the results.

Additional Information:

This position is contractual, and appointments will be initially for one year, which is extendable depending upon the performance and requirements of the project.

1. Detail CV, application form and relevant documents of interested candidates in the attached format (next page) (Annexure-I) have to be compulsorily sent to Dr Nidhan K Biswas ([email protected]) in the attached format PI of project.
2. The last date of application is 24-09-2025 (5PM).
3. Date of Interview will be shared with shortlisted candidates only.
4. Please visit our website www.nibmg.ac.in for further information.
5. The decision of NIBMG in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of application, mode of selection, and conduct of interviews will be final and binding on the candidates.

Download the application format here

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