Last date of application : 29/02/2024
Position: Research Assistant
No. of positions: 1
Appointing Organisation: Tata Translational Cancer Research Centre
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
The Tata Medical Center and the Tata Translational Cancer Research Centre
The Tata Medical Center (TMC) is a multispecialty institution for tertiary cancer care based in
New Town, Kolkata. At TMC, clinical and research activities are integrated to provide state-of-
the-art care for patients with cancer. This integration is enabled by the Tata Translational Cancer
Research Centre (TTCRC), the research arm of TMC. TTCRC is within a dedicated academic
space and spread over 3 floors. At TTCRC, a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists,
academics and industry professionals collaborate to develop a systems medicine approach in
cancer research. This approach is focussed on developing innovative, indigenous, cost-effective
and equitable strategies to improve cancer diagnosis; develop treatments that match disease
characteristics and are adapted to treatment response; and, identify prognostic and predictive
disease biomarkers. These strategies are multi-dimensional and involve an iterative pathway that
include clinical studies, high-throughput laboratory investigations, computational strategies to
integrate, analyse and model data, hypothesis-based pre-clinical studies and evidence-based
translation of findings to clinical practice. For additional information on work at TTCRC, visit
https://tinyurl.com/TTCRC-systems-medicine and https://tinyurl.com/TTCRC-childhood-ALL.
The Position
In this position, the candidate will work as part of the Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) monitoring
group at TTCRC. The group is an internationally accredited centre for the minimal residual
disease detection in childhood ALL. It has a dedicated laboratory facility equipped with Illumina,
Sanger and Nanopore sequencers and it facilitates several national and international collaborative
studies. This group is focussed on translational research, performing MRD monitoring for
childhood ALL patients using both PCR and high-throughput technologies. The group is supported
by a dedicated clinical research unit and biorepository unit. Primary responsibility of the candidate
will be to continue the existing workflow, and to further optimize the high-throughput next
generation platform that includes hands-on experiments, trouble shooting and data analysis. This
will also involve working closely with hospital’s multidisciplinary clinical service, and with research
group at TTCRC. The candidate will need to actively participate in data presentations in group
meetings and journal club. The post holder will have a designated desk and computer.
Minimum required qualifications/experience
(a) M.Sc (with 2-3 years of experience) in Biological Sciences with expertise in Molecular Biology
and Genomics
(b) Hands-on experience in basic laboratory protocols and techniques like DNA extraction, quality
check, qPCR
(c) Soft skills: MS Office, Laboratory and clinical data management
Additional experience
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