FACULTY POSITIONS OPEN

IBAB is seeking applications from outstanding candidates to fill three faculty positions. Candidates should have an impressive academic record, as evident in high quality publications in peer reviewed journals.

Two positions are in the broad areas of bioinformatics, cheminformatics, computational or systems biology, protein structure or drug discovery. Candidates with physical or chemical science background are preferred.

The third position is for a new initiative to build a synthetic chemistry /medicinal chemistry program in association with the BIOCON group. The candidate will play a leading role in developing an integrated teaching program of organic chemistry/medicinal chemistry that promotes chemical biology approaches for drug discovery.

Interested candidates should send their updated resume along with names and contact information of three referees to Ms.N.Smitha (nsmitha@ibab.ac.in). There is no last date and appointments will be made as and when candidates are found suitable.

Details about the institute are available at www.ibab.ac.in.  In brief:

• IBAB currently offers courses in bioinformatics, cheminformatics and laboratory techniques and will shortly be offering a course in organic synthesis in co-operation with BIOCON group. 
• The institute has received funding from DBT, DIT (Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India), DST, from industry and other sources.
• IBAB is a DIT Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Bioinformatics
• Faculty members of the institute have been publishing in Nature Biotechnology, BMC Genomics, Nucleic Acid Research, Bioinformatics etc.
• The institute has received recognition from Manipal University for the PhD programme and will be initiating this program by the end of the year. 
• IBAB provides other support for Faculty members to collaborate with both industry and academia, and have good scope for career advancement.
• IBAB will be soon moving to its own premises at the Biotech Park (Bangalore Helix) near Electronic City close to Infosys and IIITB. The two-floor academic block will have several large classrooms, many new wet laboratory facilities, library, incubation facilities for start-ups and so on. A students' hostel and a cafeteria are the other additional facilities at the new premises