HAFFKINE INSTITUTE Research Fellowships at Haffkine Institute

Applications are invited on plain paper from eligible candidates for Junior Research Fellowships and Senior Research Fellowships in various departments of the institute for M.Sc. and Ph.D.Programmes (by Reseach) respectively. The desirous candidates having Post Graduate Degree in Organic Chemistry and Graduated Degree in Zoology / Biological Sciences with minimum 55 % Marks can apply for Senior Research Fellowships and Junior Research Fellowships respectively. The students appearing for M.Sc. Part II can also apply. The above Fellowships are for the period of one year and extendable upto three years. Applications should reach Director, Haffkine Institute, Parel, Mumbai 400012 on or before 15 February, 2010.

Director Haffkine Institute.

Haffkine Institute
Haffkine Institute was established on 10, January, 1899 by Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine,an orthodox Jewish Russian scientist, a member of the Pasteur institute that aasigned him to work in India, that was at the time in the troes of major plague and cholera outpbreaks . It is located in Parel in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The vacine that Dr Haffkine manufactured had remarkable results and the government if India builtfor his work the above institute which it named after him, in recognition for his work and his dedication In 1975, the institute was split into 2 organizations focused on research and vaccine production. The Haffkine Institute for Training [1], Research [2] and Testing [3] continues its works in research, testing and training field whereas the Haffkine Bio-pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd.[4] is involved in production of different medicinal drugs and vaccines. The current research areas include studies of infections occurring in AIDS patients, improvement in the FMD vaccine, surveillance and microbiological analysis of typhoid, prevalence of drug resistance in bacteria, and continuous development of newer chemotherapeutic agents to combat microbial and zoonotic infections. The Institute also serves as a premier teaching institution in the field of biomedical sciences and is affiliated to the University of Bombay for M.Sc (Microbiology, Applied Biology & Organic Chemistry), Ph.D. (Microbiology) and M.D (P.S.M.) degree programs. In addition, the Institute undertakes specialized testing assignments/projects for pharmaceutical and other health-related products.