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Tuesday, 30 April 2013

BIOTECH INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME (BITP) 2013-14

BITP is a programme of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, managed by Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL). The objective of BITP is to provide practical industrial exposure for six months to students to imMe job prospects and to help biotech industry to identify prospective manpower. During the training stipend @ 8000/- per month is paid to trainees and bench fee is paid to companies to cover expenses towards training. DBT invites applications from the biotech students and requisitions from the biotech companies. Attn: Biotechnology Industry Biotech companies interested to provide practical training to the students of Biotechnology under BITP may apply online. The companies would have no obligation towards any payments to trainees. For "Requisition Form" please visit www.bcil.nic.in/bitp2013/index.asp from 1st May, 2013. Trainees would be provided to companies subject to availabky. In case of any query, please send email to bitp.dbt@nic.in. Attn: Biotechnology Students Biotech students interested in practical training in biotech companies may apply online. B.E./B.Tech./M.ScIM.Tech./M.V.Sc. in Biotechnology from Indian recognized universities with minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade completed in the year 2012 or 2013 are eligible to apply. Candidates will be selected based on online test followed by interview. Online test would be conducted at centers across the country. Applications will be accepted online only along with the non-refundable application fee of 500/- to be paid online by Debit/Credit card or internet banking. For details about the programme and to fill the application form, please visit www.bcil.nic.in...

St Xavier’s College DBT Training Program (STTP) in Bionanomaterials for Pest and Disease Management

St Xavier’s College DBT Training Program (STTP) in Bionanomaterials for Pest and Disease Management | 14 to 30 May 2013 DBT Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) in ‘Bionanomaterials for Pest and Disease Management’ We invite applications from faculty members working in colleges for STTP in ‘Bionanomaterials for Pest and Disease Management’ to be held at St Xavier’s College, from 14 to 30 May 2013. This STTP is aimed to provide hands on training. Interested faculty members should submit their CV, no objection certificate from Head of the Institution and Research write-up about the proposed programme to Dr K. Sahayaraj, on or before 5 May 2013. There is no course fee or registration fee for this STTP. The candidates will be selected based on their qualification, subjects teaching and trust area of research. Address for correspondence: Dr K. Sahayaraj, DST Short Term Training Programme (STTP), Crop Protection Research Centre, Department of Zoology, St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, Mobile: 094434 97192; e-mail: ksraj42@gmail.com ...

"SwarnaJayanti Fellowships 2012-13" for PhD candidates sponsored by DST, New Delhi

"SwarnaJayanti Fellowships 2012-13" for PhD candidates sponsored by DST, New DelhiMinistry of Science & TechnologyDepartment of Science & TechnologySwarnaJayanti Fellowships 2012-13Government of India had instituted a scheme titled “SwarnaJayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence. Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with excellent track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue research in frontier areas of science and technology. The fellowship is scientist specific and not institution specific, very selective and has close academic monitoring.NATURE OF SUPPORT : The support will cover all the requirements for performing the research and will include a fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- per month for five years. The fellowship will be provided in addition to the salary they draw from their parent Institution. In addition to fellowship, grants for equipments, computational facilities, consumables, contingencies, national and international travel and other special requirements, if any, will be covered based on merit. Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan. The project should contain innovative research idea and it should have a potential of making impact on R&D in the discipline.DURATION : The duration of the fellowship will be for a period not exceeding five years.ELIGIBILITY :• The applicant should possess Ph.D in Science/ Engineering/ Medicine.• Scientists should be active in the frontier area of science and engineering with outstanding contributions in...

New Revised Date for DBT JRF Examination

New Revised Date for DBT JRF ExaminationGovernment of IndiaMinistry of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Biotechnology DBT-JRF ProgramApplication form for the Biotechnology Eligibility Test - 2013 (BET)Coordinated by NCCSTHE NEW DATE AND TIME FOR BET-2013 DBT-JRF EXAMINATION WILL BE 5th MAY 2013 FROM 10 AM to 12.30 PM. NEW HALL TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON SIFY WEBSITE ON 30th APRIL 2013. ALL THE STUDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO DOWNLOAD NEW HALL TICKET ON 30th APRIL 2013.STUDENTS, WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR CITY OF EXAM CHANGED SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND A REQUEST UP TO 5 PM OF 26th APRIL 2013 BY E-MAIL TO rajesh.balasubramanian@sifycorp.com WITH A COPY TO dbt_jrf@nccs.res.in NO REQUEST FOR CENTRE CHANGE WILL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER 26th APRIL 2013. RESULTS WILL BE DECLARED ON 10th MAY 2013. ...

Center For DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Hyderabad RESEARCH SEMINAR

Center For DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) HyderabadCDFD RESEARCH SEMINAR"Signatures of natural selection onhuman immunity genes and its importance in disease association across populations"ByDr. Souvik MukherjeeNational Institute of Biomedical GenomicsKalyani, IndiaUSAFriday, 10th May, 20134.15 pmAt CDFD Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor,Tuljaguda Lab Building.http://www.cdfd.org.in/ ...

CSIR-CDRI LUCKNOW Invites Applications for Ph.D. Programme

CSIR-CDRI invites applications for PhD Programme of August 2013 sessionCSIR-CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LUCKNOWInvites Applications for Ph.D. Programme ofAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) August 2013 SessionThe CSIR-CDRI, a premier research institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), invites applications for Ph.D. Programme under Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) from eligible candidates.Eligibility : Ph.D. (Science): M.Sc. / M.Pharm / M.S. (Pharm.) in Life sciences / Biotechnology / Organic Chemistry / Pharmaceutical sciences and qualified in CSIR-UGC-NET, ICMR, DBT examination for Junior Research Fellowship. The fellowship should be valid as on date of joining the institute (12th -13th August, 2013).How to Apply : Interested candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria can apply online from April 18, 2013 at http://acsir.res.in/. Online application will close on May 23, 2013. For more details about application and admission procedures, candidates are requested to visit the website http://acsir.res.in/.Selection Process at CSIR-CDRI : All applications received through AcSIR will be screened at CSIR-CDRI by a committee and only those candidates who are found suitable will be called for a written test and/or interview/counselling at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow. The committee will set their own criteria as per AcSIR guidelines for short listing the candidates. Candidates are advised to visit the AcSIR and CSIR-CDRI websites for dates of written test and/or interview. No TA will be paid by CSIR-CDRI and candidates will have to make their own arrangements for 2-3 days stay at Lucknow. The number of students...

Seminar At National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi

Seminar At National Institute of Immunology, New DelhiTitle: Glutathione and apoptosis Discovering a missing linkSpeaker: Dr Anand BachawatDean, IISER, MohaliDate: April 29th, 2013Time: 12 noonVenue: Seminar Room-Ihttp://www1.nii.res.in/ ...

Application for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and AcSIR Ph.D. Programme August 2013 at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad

CSIR-INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Hyderabad 500 607 Application for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and AcSIR Ph.D. ProgrammeCSIR-IICT-PhD – August 2013CSIR-IICT invites applications from highly talented and research oriented candidates to join as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to pursue AcSIR PhD Program at CSIR-IICT in the following areas, for the Academic Session starting from August 2013.Research Area :Natural ProductsCrop Protection ChemicalsOrganic & Bimolecular ChemistryFluoroorganicsLipids Science and TechnologyMedicinal Chemistry & PharmacologyAnalytical ChemistryMolecular ModellingPolymers & Functional MaterialsInorganic & Physical ChemistryBiology/ Chemical BiologyBioengineering and Environmental SciencesChemical EngineeringEligibility : Candidates must fulfil any one of the following eligibility criteria:1. First class M.Sc. degree or equivalent in Chemistry/ Biology/ Allied sciences Withi) a valid rank in CSIR/UGC-NET JRF Examination, ORii) a valid DST INSPIRE/ICMR/ Fellowship.Note : The candidates who have passed CSIR-UGC-NET examination, under the Lectureship category only are NOT eligible2. First class BE/B.Tech in Chemical Engineering with a valid GATE score / CSIR-UGC-NET rankNote : The candidates who have passed CSIR-UGC-NET examination, under the Lectureship category only are NOT eligibleAcSIR PhD Registration : All JRFs selected for the above Program shall be registered under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) for pursing their PhD. Hence the candidates must necessarily submit on-line application to AcSIR at http://acsir.res.in/on or before May 23,...

ISCA YOUNG SCIENTIST'S PROGRAM 2013

To encourage Young Scientists, The Indian Science Congress Association has instituted a number of awards in different disciplines. These awards carry a sum of Rs.25,000/- besides a Certificate of Merit. Applications are invited from members (Life &Annual) of the Association who have paid their subscription on or before July 15, 2013. The upper age limit of the candidates for the award is 32 years as reckoned on December 31, 2013. Four copies of the abstract (not exceeding 100 words) along with four copies of full length paper must reach the office of the General Secretary (Membership Affairs) not later than August 16, 2013. At the top of each copy of the paper and its abstract, the name of the Section under which the paper is to be considered should be indicated. For details of Sections seehttp://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/html/youngsc.htmlare Along with the Four copies of paper, Four copies of the Application Form (to be downloaded from ISCA websitehttp://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/ ) with brief bio-data of the candidate (not exceeding 2 pages), list of publications , with copies of reprints of already published papers if any and a soft copy of the duly filled application form with scanned copies of enclosures (excluding reprints), full length paper, abstract and bio data in the form of a CD must also be sent simultaneously along with the hard copies. The Paper submitted must be a single author paper and the research work should have been carried out in India and this has to be certified by the Head of the Institution from where the candidate is applying. The candidate should give an undertaking that the paper being submitted has not...

HAPPY DNA DAY

Today is DNA Day, a holiday commemorating the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and various colleagues all published papers on the structure of DNA.This discovery revolutionized biology and was without a doubt one of the most important scientific discoveries of the last 100 years.All of their papers are now freely available for the public to read. Celebrate DNA day by reading the original research articles, and by passing them along for friends to read.Watson, James Dewey; Crick, Francis Harry Compton (1953-04-25). "Molecular structure of nucleic acids; a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid". Nature 171 (4356): 737–738. Read here: http://bit.ly/13asBkFranklin, Rosalind Elsie; Gosling, Raymond (1953-04-25). "Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate". Nature 171 (4356): 740–741. Read it here: http://bit.ly/hf4eazWilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick; Stokes, Alexander Rawson; Wilson, Herbert R. (1953-04-25). "Molecular structure of deoxypentose nucleic acids". Nature 171 (4356): 738–740. Read it here: http://bit.ly/17WK6dI ...

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