CALL FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (JRF) FOR A DST-SERB PROJECT

Date: 14/5/2019

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on the following project sponsored by DST-SERB, under the supervision of Dr. Piyush Khandelia, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.

Title of the project: Probing the functional and regulatory role of m6A reversible RNA

methylation in skeletal myogenesis and muscle wasting

Duration of the project: 3 years

Project position and number: JRF (Number: 1)

Fellowship amount: As per DST-SERB norms

Eligibility requirements: M. Sc/M. E/M. Tech/ M. Pharma in Life Sciences, Microbiology,

Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Zoology, Animal Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Industrial

Biotechnology, Genetics, Bioinformatics. CSIR-UGC NET (including LS); GATE, DBT-BET

(Biotechnology Eligibility Test), JEST, JGEEBILS, NBHM Ph.D. scholarship screening

test/ICMR JRF Entrance Examination/ICAR qualified candidates may be preferred.

Interested candidates with the above mentioned qualification can send the applications on a plain paper giving detailed information about the educational qualifications, research experience and published research papers if any, by 06/06/2019 (last date), to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Piyush Khandelia via email: piyush.khandelia@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in or by post (Dr. Piyush Khandelia, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawaharnagar, Shameerpet, Medchal District, Hyderabad-500078, Telangana). Please note that only qualified and suitable candidates will be called for interview to be held at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus in the 3rd week of June, 2019. No TA/DA will be paid for the interview. Selected candidate may be permitted to register for Ph.D. programme of BITS, Pilani, subject to the fulfillment of the requirements.

Piyush Khandelia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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