Senior Research Fellow (SRF) — DBT-Funded Research Project

Job Description

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, invites applications from eligible candidates for the position of Senior Research Fellow (SRF) for a Department of Biotechnology (DBT) funded project titled "Study to Evaluate the Disease-modifying Potential of Intranasal Administration of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Exosomes in an Animal Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy." The position is based at the Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), Bengaluru — a unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, MAHE, Manipal, an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a DBT-funded project evaluating the disease-modifying potential of intranasally administered dental pulp stem cell exosomes in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
• Apply expertise in exosome isolation and characterisation.
• Carry out rodent handling, animal surgery, and electrode implantation.
• Conduct animal electroencephalography (EEG), work with the animal model of epilepsy, and perform animal behaviour and seizure analysis.

Eligibility

• M.Sc. in Life Science.
• Two years' research experience in Neuroscience and seizure data analysis.
• Sound knowledge and experience in exosome isolation, characterisation of exosomes, rodent handling, animal surgery and electrode implantation, animal electroencephalography (EEG), animal model of epilepsy, and animal behaviour and seizure analysis.
• Publication in international peer-reviewed journals as first or co-author in a project-related field.

Mode of Engagement

Full-time · For six months, extendable on a performance/need basis.

Remuneration: Consolidated pay of ₹35,000, plus HRA at 24% on consolidated pay, per month.