Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum Invites Applications for Admission into PhD Programme

15-Jul-2014

Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission into PhD programme (Only Fellowship Holders of JRF/UGC /CSIR /ICMR /DBT/INSPIRE) for 2014-15.

Available Areas of Specializations

Molecular Genetics in Epilepsy/ Neurology Molecular Neurobiology
Non invasive brain stimulation using Transcranial magnetic stimulation in movement disorders
Stroke
Cellular and molecular cardiology, focusing on the molecular biology of cardiac fibroblasts
Functional neuroimaging, magnetic resonance imaging, Medical image processing
Neurophysiology of sleep and Cognition
Pediatric and preventive cardiology and cardiovascular epidemiology
Sexual and reproductive health, gender and health, health systems and social determinants of health
General epidemiology, health systems and policy, diabetes epidemiology, mental health epidemiology
Gender and Public Health'
Experimental Pathology, Mammalian derived extracellular matrix for tissue engineering applications
Cell -Material interaction, Biocompatibility, stem cells and tissue engineering
Study on microbial genomics and products
Nano/micro particulate oral peptide and gene delivery systems, Nano medicine towards solid tumor therapy.
Biophotonics and Imaging" and specific area "Nano-biophotonics for imaging and therapy.
Processing and testing of polymers for biomedical application, Mechanical and dynamic testing of polymeric materials, Polymer-ceramic/bioglass composites, Sustained drug delivery systems, Radiopaque polymers for medical application, Surface coating on devices, Hydrogel systems, Curcumin solubilization for medical applications
Biomedical materials and polymers for medical applications, Implant and medical devices, Tissue engineering

Eligibility Conditions

Postgraduate degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Polymer chemistry/ Polymer sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Physiology, Zoology or any other branch of life sciences (excluding plant sciences and Bioinformatics).
M.Tech. in Polymer Engineering/Technology, M.Tech. in Materials Science or Post graduate degree in Public Health, Cardiovascular Sciences, Neurosciences and Imaging & Interventional Radiology,Dentistry, Nursing, Veterinary Sciences, Social Sciences and Statistics.

How to Apply

Candidates can download the application form: http://www.sctimst.ac.in/online_application/Online_First.php

Important Dates

Last date of receipt of completed application form by online: 21^st Jul, 2014
Last date of receipt of hard copy of the application with enclosures: 23^rd Jul, 2014
Downloading admit cards: 29^th Jul, 2014
Date of Interview:.31^st Jul, 2014