JRF position in the area of big data bioinformatics

About the position: I am looking to hire a JRF for a DBT funded project to develop data centric approaches to drug repurposing. The candidate must have firm programming experience and a high degree of motivation to conduct research. She/ he will work in a multi-disciplinary area and work on integrating, analysing and building UIs for large data sets from x-omic, compound and other bioinformatics datasets. The candidate will be given an opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. degree in the Computer Science department, as she/he parallelly works on cutting edge research to solve problems in life sciences using machine learning/ data analytics.

Key areas: Computer science, bioinformatics, cheminformatics

Title of the project: Drug repurposing hyper-layer: Scalable multi-paradigm ‘omics-enabled drug repositioning (computational) workbench

Project Co-ordinator/ Principal Investigator: Dr. Prashanth Athri, Associate Professor - Dept. of Computer Science & Engg. Personal-Profile: LINK

Eligibility:

This is a DBT funded project, hence all pre-requisite eligibility criteria as per DST guidelines have to be met. This implies all applicants should have a minimum of Masters' level degree (M.Tech/ M.S., similar) [a.k.a 'Post Graduate Degree in a Professional Course']

Last day for application: 27 September, 2017 (If we do not find the right candidate in this round, a fresh call will be published later)

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

1. BTech degree in Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics preferred, or Computer Science (other disciplines with above-average programming skills)
2. Undergradute/ Post Graduate degree in bioinformatics, biotechnology or cheminformatics, will be given strong preference.
3. Proficiency in at least one language like Java, C++ or Python and RDBMS (MySQL,..) is required
4. Experience in R, UI development, HADOOP stack will be considered a plus
5. Co-authors of peer reviewed journal articles (with IF >2.0) are preferred

Salary:

• 1st & 2nd year: 3.9 lakh/year [renewal based on annual appraisals]
• 3rd year: Will be considered for SRF position at a salary of 4.36 lakh/ year [subject to annual performance review]

Duration: Three years

How to apply:

Send cover letter & resume to Dr. Prashanth Athri's e-mail: a_prashanth@blr.amrita.edu OR prashanth.athri@gmail.com