PhD positions

We have two open positions for the August 2026 intake. We are looking for one candidate with a strong interest in either computational biology or bioinformatics and another candidate with an interest in mouse work and molecular biology. Candidates will be working with gene KO, overexpression, siRNA, primary cell culture, live cell imaging, bioinformatics, omics-data analysis, machine learning-based image analysis techniques. Interested students are welcome to write to us for preliminary inquiries. 

Essential qualifications—

1. Candidates who hold CSIR/DBT/ICMR-JRF. 

2. Students with a good rank in GATE are also eligible.

3. Students from any of the IISERs or IITs with a CGPA above 8 are eligible even without the JRF qualification.

We welcome students with any one of these essential qualifications. Further details about the PhD program can be seen here: http://iisertvm.ac.in/pages/phd_programme. 

Postdoc positions

Candidates interested in applying for independent post-doctoral grants (DBT-RA, BioCare, IA-ECF, WOS etc) are welcome to get in touch.  

Major Project for Master's Students

IISER-TVM BS-MS students interested in carrying out their major projects in the lab are welcome to apply. Students interested in carrying out Msc/MTech dissertation (minimum 6 months) may also apply. Students from other institutes cannot currently be provided a hostel accommodation. Only those who are willing to make alternative stay arrangements may write to us.

We are currently interested in students with strong molecular biology, bioinformatics, machine learning, and coding interests. 

Summer Training/ Short Projects/Internships 

IISER-TVM students are preferred for internships. We are actively looking for students with an interest in molecular biology, bioinformatics, and machine learning for data analysis.