Post Doctoral Fellow

Project: Probing the dynamics in the protein RfaH during its functional cycle using bioluminescence.

Profile: Applications are invited for the post of Post Doctoral Fellow at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

Duration: 2 years with possibility of extension.

Qualification: Candidates must have obtained their Ph. D. degree in the last two years or submitted their Ph. D. thesis and are awaiting the defense. Minimum eligibility criterion for candidates to be considered is to have at least three publications in journals with impact factor of 2.0 or more. The candidate must be a first author/joint first author/corresponding author in at least one of these papers. Exceptions may be made for candidates with a paper in a journal of impact factor of more than 5.5.

Experience: The candidate must have demonstrated experience in-vitro transcription methods using E. coli RNA polymerase including running of sequencing (denaturing PAGE) gels, enzyme kinetics, protein purification and biochemistry and molecular biology (cloning). No knowledge of NMR is required for this project.

To Apply: Interested candidates can contact me at ishita@chem.iitb.ac.in with their detailed CVs.