Madurai Kamaraj University, established in 1965, was named after the historical city of Madurai. Originally named as Madurai University, it was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honor one of the most illustrious sons of our country Karmaveerar K. Kamaraj, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who brought radical reform in education in the state. The foundation stone for the current campus was laid by Dr.Zakir Hussain, the then President of India. The campus has grown into a beautiful University township with an extensive area of about 750 acres and named as "Palkalainagar".
Madurai Kamaraj University is a statutory University owned and funded by the Government of Tamil Nadu with the recognition of University Grants Commission. Madurai Kamaraj University has 20 Schools, 75 Departments, 14 centres, 77 affiliated Colleges and 19 approved Institutions. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has student strength of about 1.30 lakhs. The University was accorded the status of University with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission and many Centers for Excellence in specialized interdisciplinary areas.
SCHOOL OF Biotechnology
MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY
MADURAI-625 021
File No.BT/PR2061/AGR/36/707/2011
Applications are invited in the prescribed format for a post of Junior Research Fellows (JRF) available in the Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625 021 to work on the DBT sponsored scheme entitled as “Studies on the expression profiles and functions of microRNAs in Geminivirus-infected plants”.
Position is fully temporary and it’s available until project completion
Qualification:JRF : M.Sc. in Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Life Sciences/Genomic Sciences/ Computational Biology/Bioinformatics. Preference will be given those have experience in Next generation sequencing data analysis.NET/GATE qualified candidates will be given preference.
Venue Details:
Dr.P.Gopal
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Plant Biotechnology
School of Biotechnology
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai-625021,
Last Date of Application: October 30, 2015.
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