BITS Pilani – CSIRO Australia Project – Pharma & Medicinal Chemistry Job
Applications are invited from suitable candidates for one fellowship position — as either Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Senior Research Fellow (SRF) depending on the eligibility and experience — to work on the following Indo-Australian project (between BITS Pilani and CSIRO Australia) sponsored by Australian Government, under the supervision of Dr. S. Murugesan (Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani Campus, Pilani-333031, Rajasthan), and co-supervision of Professor S. S. Vasan of Australia’s national science agency CSIRO. Check out all the details on the same below:
Project Title: The ‘sySTEMs’ initiative: systems biology-augmented, stem cell-derived,
multi-tissue panel for rapid screening of approved drugs as potential COVID-19 treatments.
For more details see https://bioinformatics.csiro.au/blog/covid-19-drug-repurposing/
Duration of the project: Up to one year
Job Title: JRF or SRF and 01 No.
Fellowship amount: JRF: 31000 /- pm, SRF: 35000 /- pm. Those with at least two years of relevant work experience will be employed as SRF.
Eligibility requirements:
1. M. Pharm / M.S. Pharm / M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry /
Pharmaco-informatics with a minimum of 70% aggregate in the relevant field of specialization).
2. Knowledge of drug
categories/classes/groups and drug databases will be desirable.3. Experience in database handling, curation and/or molecular modeling techniques is a bonus.
Desirable: Ability to work in an interdisciplinary project. Good written and verbal English
language skills are essential. Candidates with working knowledge of classifying a drug under the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system, or United States Pharmacopeia, or similar. Any knowledge of IT, is a bonus, and GPAT / NET qualification is desirable.
How To Apply:
Interested candidates with the above mentioned qualification can send their applications giving detailed information about educational qualifications, research / industrial project experience, published research papers, and conference presentations if any, by August 15, 2021, via email: [email protected] with the subject line “Application for Indo-Australian Project 2021”. Qualified and shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview (to be conducted in online mode), details of which will be communicated via email after a review of applications.
Last Date To Apply: 15th August 2021
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