#recruitment
#scicomm
Position:
Temporary Scientific Assistant B - Science Communicator
Minimum Educational Qualification:
B. Sc. degree (any branch of science)
Last date for sharing the CV and cover letter:
July 15, 2023 (Saturday)
Applications are invited for the 2023 Students Research Programme
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Last date to apply: Feb 15, 2023
Application form, eligibility criteria, and details of the application procedure are available here:
We are back with our science cafe, 'Sawaal-Jawaab'! This Friday,
@tamal_das
is going to talk about how the physical properties of cells and their surrounding environment affect cancer progression. Join the discussion to learn about the physics of cancer:
Jagannath Mondal has been selected for the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal 2024. His group utilizes novel computer simulations to obtain insights into topics of biochemical interest such as ligand binding and organization of biomacromolecules inside a cell.
Congratulations to Pallavi Thakur (graduate student, T. N. Narayanan's lab
@TIFRH_buzz
on receiving the K.V. Rao Scientific Society Young Scientist Award (Second Rank). She was awarded this prize for successfully extending the performance of zinc-air batteries.
Abdul Wasim (PhD student,
@Jmondal_tifrh
lab) is a recipient of the Prof. S. Naranan Memorial Research Award,2022 for interdisciplinary research. He incorporated chromosome conformation capture data into a polymer model, giving a clearer picture of the bacterial chromosome in vivo
Applications for the
@TIFRH_buzz
Summer Research Programme - 2024 are now open.
Last date to apply: February 16, 2024, 17:00 Hrs.
Further details available here:
Congratulations to Mrinal Srivastava (
@MrinalS01
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the DBT-Wellcome Trust
@India_Alliance
Intermediate
#Award
for future investigations into mammalian replicative helicase activation.
The nationwide entrance examination for the TIFR Graduate School Admissions will be conducted on December 10, 2023.
Apply here:
Last date to apply: Nov 02, 2023 (Noon)
FAQs:
Congratulations to Rituraj Marwaha (postdoc,
@tamal_das
lab,
@TIFRH_buzz
) on being awarded the
@India_Alliance
Early Career Fellowship. Here, Rituraj talks about her scientific training and the new directions that she would like to explore with the help of this fellowship.
(1/2) We welcome our newest faculty member, Mrinal Srivastava,
@TIFRH_buzz
. Mrinal did her PhD training
@iiscbangalore
, following it up with a post-doc at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston, Texas.
(1/2) Workshop on astrophotography
@TIFRH_buzz
: On June 14-15, Rajan Jain (JRF
@TnnLab
& amateur astrophotographer) introduced TIFRH members to the basics of astrophotography including live demos on how the aperture, shutter speed & ISO affect the quality of a photograph.
Congratulations to Aravind H (graduate student,
@Manishj29
's lab) on receiving the Best Poster Award at the Indian Society of Developmental Biologists Meeting
@InSDB_79
, 2024, organised at the
@BLiSC_India
.
Congratulations to
@tamal_das
on receiving the INSA Medal for Young Scientists, 2022. Das's lab investigates collective cellular dynamics - a process that plays crucial roles in embryonic development, wound healing, and cancer.
@insa_academy
@TIFRScience
@DAEIndia
TIFR Founder's Day awards: Congratulations to Tamal Das (faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the 'TAA BM Udgaonkar: Excellence in Teaching Award in Biology (2021)'.
Congratulations to Aneesh Tazhe Veetil (faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the DBT/Wellcome Trust
@India_Alliance
Intermediate Fellowship. Aneesh's group is studying immune cells in the brain using chemical biology approaches.
(1/n) We deeply mourn the passing away of Prof. K. V. R. Chary, our former faculty member and the Director of IISER Berhampur, on September 30, 2022. Prof. Chary was a well-known NMR spectroscopist with excellent contributions in the field of biophysics.
#ResearchHighlight
: By introducing lithium in the electrolyte, Pallavi Thakur and colleagues have successfully delayed the formation of zinc oxide deposits on the anode, thus extended the life of zinc-air batteries. Read more about this study here:
We are hiring: Applications are invited for the post of a Junior Research Fellow at Ritesh Haldar's lab.
Area of Research: A) Porous materials for membrane filtration and B) heteroepitaxial metal-organic thin films for optoelectronics
Last date to apply: June 30, 2021.
(1/2) We are deeply saddened to inform you all that our beloved colleague, Prof. Surajit Sengupta, passed away in the early hours of March 18, 2021. A researcher in the field of soft matter & theoretical physics, Prof. Sengupta was one of the first faculty members of
@TIFRH_buzz
Congratulations to Saroj K Nandi, faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
, on receiving the Merck Young Scientist Award (2023). He specialises in the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics and soft matter including addressing questions that lie at the interface of physics and biology.
@Jmondal_tifrh
has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship under Experienced Researchers program. His research group
@TIFRH_buzz
uses Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo & Brownian Dynamics simulations to create models providing key insights into topics of biological interest.
We are hiring!
Applications are invited for the positions of Junior Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow at Vipin Agarwal’s lab
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Last date to apply: June 30, 2023
Congratulations to Pabitra K. Nayak (faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2020-2021). Presently, Pabitra is working towards the development of next generation semiconductor materials.
(1/5) How do cells respond to fluctuating levels of insulin? Does this response impact tissue health, beyond regulating blood sugar?
@UllasKolthur
's lab(
@TIFRScience
@TIFRH_buzz
),in collaboration with
@ranjithpa
's group (
@iitbombay
), have come up with some fascinating insights.
(1/n) We are all set for the biggest outreach event of this year: the
@TIFRH_buzz
Science Fair! A carnival celebrating science, today's event commemorates the
@TIFRH_buzz
foundation day. We have invited 12 schools, with more than 270 students and educators visiting us today.
Sawaal-Jawaab goes online! On Aug 7,
@ViditaVaidya
(
@TIFRScience
) will be talking about stress response pathways, how they help us to cope and how, when they go awry, contribute to vulnerability for disease states.
Register here by Aug 6:
#scicomm
TIFR Hyderabad has been sanctioned a grant of Rs. 896.09 crores from the Govt. of India, towards developing infrastructure and research facilities. To discuss this further and announce the future plans of the institute, we are holding a press conference today (Time: 4:00 PM).
An astrophysicist who is also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar talks to us about his research career and other interests.
Here are some excerpts of the conversation with Prof. Narlikar:
@IUCAAScipop
@IUCAApune
@asipoec
G. Rajalakshmi & Pranav Shirhatti receive a grant by i-HUB Quantum Technology Foundation to develop a promising design of a cross fringe Fizeau interferometer into a working prototype, ultimately leading towards a high-performance and cost-effective wavelength measuring device.
(1/n) Today, we celebrate a decade of chemical science research
@TIFRH_buzz
. The day started with a fun flashback of the initial days of
@TIFRH_buzz
, taking the audience through some of the milestones while establishing a robust chemical sciences programme at the institute.
Launch of a pan-institutional, multilingual website
#CovidGyan
() for communicating scientifically accurate information about
#COVID19
.
via
@TelanganaToday
We are
#Hiring
: Applications are invited for faculty appointments at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels from outstanding researchers in emerging areas of experimental and theoretical
#biology
.
Details available here:
A scientist and sitarist rolled into one,
@Debojyoti_C
finds striking similarities in his approach to both science and music.
Join us for a musical Sawaal-Jawaab session at Aaromalé (Film Nagar, Hyderabad) on Aug 19, 2023 (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM). 🙂
(1/n) Congratulations to M. Krishnamurthy (Dean,
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the Kaw Legacy Award 2023 for his contributions to the field of plasma physics. This international award, announced annually, has been constituted in the memory of acclaimed plasma physicist Predhiman Kaw.
(1/n) Tree-planting drive
#TreeIFR
: Today's event began with planting of a banyan sapling and remarks by Prof. Jayaram Chengalur & Prof. Mustansir Barma. The
@TIFRH_buzz
community enthusiastically participated in this exercise, strengthening their connection to the campus.
Independence Day celebrations
@TIFRH_buzz
:
M. Krishnamurthy (Dean
@TIFRH_buzz
) unfurls the National Flag on campus, commemorating the 77th Independence Day.
Applications are invited for the PhD and Integrated MSc-PhD programmes in Chemistry
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Details available here:
Last date to fill up the form: May 10, 2024
(1/n) Ritesh Haldar (PI), Jagannath Mondal and Vipin Agarwal have been awarded the Infosys-TIFR Leading Edge Research Grant for designing porous membranes that can make filtration processes more energy efficient.
Read more about the project in this thread.
Surajit Sengupta Memorial Lecture: We are beginning an annual lecture series in Prof. Sengupta's memory. Prof. T. V. Ramakrishnan, one of his mentors from graduate school, will talk about 'High Linear Resistivity in Metals'.
Join the meeting virtually:
Congratulations to Ayan Das (Graduate Student, Anukul Jana's research group
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving a Dalton Transactions (
@RoySocChem
) Poster Prize at the 'Main-Group Molecules to Materials (MMM III) Conference in Hyderabad.
(1/2) A multi-institute research team led by Pabitra K Nayak from
@tifrh_buzz
is a recipient of the
@IndiaDST
Challenge Award on Solar Energy and has been sanctioned a research grant of Rs. 6.69 crores.
The In-house Symposium begins tomorrow.
@TIFRH_buzz
members would be presenting their work and discussing the latest scientific developments from the institute. With 35 talks and 87 posters spread over 3 days, we are all set for the biggest biennial scientific 'adda' on campus!
Applications are invited for the Ph.D programme in
#biology
-oriented research
@TIFRH_buzz
. CSIR-UGC NET 2023 (JRF) and DBT-BET 2023 (JRF) qualified candidates are eligible to apply.
Last date to apply: Aug 20, 2023
Application procedure:
(1/n) The 46th Indian Biophysical Society Meeting, jointly organised by
@TIFRH_buzz
&
@HydUniv
, began with three plenary talks about
- 'checkpoints' in the cell which prevent D-amino acids from integrating into protein chains (Rajan Sankaranarayanan,
@ccmb_csir
),
Congratulations to Pallavi Thakur & Subhra Patttanayak (mentored by T. N. Narayanan) on securing the 1st runner-up position at the
@TataSteelLtd
open innovation programme MaterialNEXT 4.0. They showcased the ‘Development of high-performance rechargeable Zinc-air batteries’.
Colloquium
@TIFRH_buzz
:
'Towards a Net Zero World: Developing and applying new tools to understand how batteries function and fail'
Speaker: Prof. Clare P. Grey (
@Cambridge_Uni
)
Date: December 01, 2023 (Friday)
Venue:
@TIFRH_buzz
Auditorium
Congratulations to Vishal Malik and Sameer Singh (Kalyaneswar Mandal's lab) on receiving Best Talk Awards at the 4th Student Indian Peptide Symposium held at GBU (Gujarat Biotechnology University), organised by the Indian Peptide Society.
We are glad to be knowledge partners at the 4th edition of
@IndSciFest
.
Missed visiting the
@TIFRH_buzz
booth today? Want to try your hand at some cool science experiments and games? Do visit our booth at
@IndSciFest
tomorrow (Venue:
@HpsBegumpet
)
#ISF2023
is free & open to all
Congratulations to Prof. P. K. Madhu on being elected as a Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR) for his contributions to the field of magnetic resonance.
#NMR
@TIFRScience
Our next Sawaal-Jawaab is here!
'A journey from Hoolock to hornbills to hummingbirds: How do cold warm-blooded animals exist?'
@nushiamme
(Faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
)
Feb 17, 2024 (Sat)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Aaromale Cafe, Hyderabad
Entry free. All are welcome.
(2/2) He played an instrumental role in establishing the foundations of this institute. Prof. Sengupta's demise leaves an irreplaceable void in our hearts.
We are hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of a Junior Research Fellow. Details of the position are available below.
Last date to apply: May 15, 2023
Republic Day celebrations
@TIFRH_buzz
:
V. Chandrasekhar (Centre Director
@TIFRH_buzz
) hoists the National Flag on campus, commemorating the 74th Republic Day.
(1/n)
#NMRMeetsBio
2022 begins at Hampi today! This series creates a space for tutorials and in-depth discussions on how NMR can address questions in biology. Emphasis on teaching as well as talks on recent developments of the field has been a unique feature of these meetings.
Congratulations to Dipak Maity (graduate student
@TnnLab
) on receiving the Best Poster Presentation Award (CHPHI Elsevier Award) at the International Conference on Advanced Materials for Better Tomorrow-II,
@bhupro
.
Interested to explore themes at the intersection of physics and developmental biology? We are
#hiring
!
Applications are invited for two positions: Junior Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow
@TIFRH_buzz
. The positions are available jointly with
@sarojnandi1983
and
@Manishj29
.
Highlights from
#CovidGyan
: 'Will the scorching Indian summer provide respite from COVID-19?' Preethi Ravi (
@catchpreethir
) discusses the recent studies that have been probing the stability of SARS-CoV-2 at higher temperatures.
Link to article:
Congratulations to Aprotim Mazumder on receiving the B. M. Udgaonkar Excellence in Teaching Commendation in Biology 2022 for his strong commitment to research-oriented teaching and for imparting training in essential science communication skill.
@TIFRScience
@tifr_alumni
Karthik V. Raman is a recipient of the 'INSA Medal for Young Scientist'. His lab
@TIFRH_buzz
focuses on molecular spintronics and proximity effect studies at hybrid interfaces.
@TIFRScience
@DAEIndia
We are hiring!
Applications are invited for positions in Karthik V. Raman's lab.
Positions available:
1. Postdoctoral fellow (Focus Area: Experimental Quantum Matter)
2. Research Assistant (Focus Area: Nanofabrication)
Due date: December 15, 2022
We are hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow at the DNA Replication & Genome Maintenance Laboratory
@TIFRH_buzz
.
No. of positions: 2
Last date to apply: August 10, 2023
Congratulations to Harish N S Krishnamoorthy and T N Narayanan on receiving the
@serbonline
Core Grant for 'Electroluminescence Engineering of Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via
#Nanophotonics
Strategies'.
#postdoc
Applications are invited for the position of a post-doctoral fellow in the field of computational chemistry. This position is available in Dr. Soumya Ghosh's research group
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Last date to apply: August 20, 2021
Group webpage:
'Be a scientist for a day' at
@TIFRH_buzz
: At this pre-fest event of
@IndiaScienceFest
2023, more than 100 visitors would be spending a day in various
@TIFRH_buzz
labs - designing and conducting one (maybe more!) experiments - under the mentorship of TIFR Hyd researchers.
TIFR Founder's Day awards: Congratulations to Avijit Maiti on receiving an honourable mention for his thesis on carbene-based Kekule and non-Kekule diradicals. Avijit did his doctoral research in Anukul Jana's group
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Congratulations to T. N. Narayanan (faculty
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the MRSI (Materials Research Society of India) Medal for his scientific contributions to field of Materials Science and Engineering.
@TnnLab
Integrated MSc students (in Systems Biology) from University of Hyderabad visited TIFRH labs and interacted with the researchers. This visit provided a brief overview of some research themes being investigated
@TIFRH_buzz
.
(1/n) Last Sunday was quite an eventful one on campus!
@TIFRH_buzz
members joined efforts to put up a vibrant science fair, welcoming around 250 visitors from schools in & around Hyderabad. Scroll further to take a look at the games, interactive demos, lab-walks & more!
Anshika Mishra (
@Anshikam47
, Karthik V Raman's lab) documents the steps involved in the process of photolithography. Here's a detailed walk-through of how intricate patterns are created on 10X10 mm^2 silicon wafers in the Clean Room Facility
@TIFRH_buzz
.
(1/2) Remembering Prof. Shimon Vega (Nov 14, 1943- Nov 16, 2021):
"Shimon Vega, noted for some of the most insightful research in the area of magnetic resonance, both electron and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR),...
Teacher Orientation Programme in Undergraduate Physics, a five-day programme jointly organised by
@HBCSE_TIFR
,
@TIFRH_buzz
, and
@HydUniv
.
Dates: Feb 19-23, 2024
Register here:
Prof. K. Vijayraghavan,
@PrinSciAdvGoI
, visited TIFR Hyderabad today. He engaged in discussions with faculty members and students. In addition, he visited all our labs and facilities.
(1/n) What a fantastic way to end the week! Two days of musing over zines, translating thoughts to paper.
Science zine-making workshop
@TIFRH_buzz
, conducted by
@ipsawonders
(
@SrishtiArtDes
)
Sandip Trivedi inaugurates the new nonlinear optics lab
@TIFRH_buzz
. This lab shall focus on the development of novel ultrafast mid-infrared sources for a variety of applications such as spectroscopy and imaging.
Congratulations to Pragyan Parimita Parida & Mrudula Nikam (grad students
@TIFRH_buzz
) on receiving the Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster awards at the 29th Annual Meeting of National Magnetic Resonance Society of India (in association with ISMRM, Indian Chapter).
TIFR Hyderabad is hosting a press conference tomorrow (June 4, 2019; Time: 4:00 PM). Venue:
@TIFRH_buzz
auditorium. We have some great news to share! The Govt. of India has sanctioned the development of the TIFR Hyderabad campus and allocated Rs. 896.09 crores.
Applications are invited for the following positions in the field of experimental condensed matter physics:
- Post-doctoral fellow
- Junior Research Fellow
These positions are available in Vishal Ranjan's lab ()
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Apply by May 15, 2024
Graduate School Admissions, 2022:
Applications are invited for admissions to the PhD and Integrated PhD programmes in physics, chemistry and biology
@TIFRH_buzz
.
Apply online:
Last date to apply (for Chemistry and Physics): April 30, 2022
Fine Arts (
@HydUniv
) students spent the past week in TIFR Hyd interacting with the graduate students. Here's a small teaser of the upcoming 'Art and Science Dialogue', giving you sneak peek into the preparations for this unique event!
@TIFRScience
#scicomm
#SciArt
@PrinSciAdvGoI
We welcome our new faculty member, Ritesh Haldar, at
@TIFRH_buzz
. Ritesh (
@Rh8612
) did his PhD training from
@jncasr
. Prior to joining TIFR Hyderabad, Ritesh was a junior group leader at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
(1/n) On Mar 27 (World Theatre Day), the Science Media Centre
@TIFRH_buzz
launched one of its most ambitious public engagement programmes: Science Through Theatre. The initiative began with the first show of ‘The Square Root of a Sonnet’, written Nilanjan P Choudhury.
Webinar announcement:
'75 glorious years and a new beginning for TIFR Hyderabad'
Prof. Mustansir Barma and Prof. V. Chandrasekhar will provide a glimpse into TIFR's history leading onto an in-depth discussion regarding what lies ahead.
To register: