AIIMS New Delhi Senior Project Associate Recruitment 2026

AIIMS New Delhi Senior Project Associate Recruitment 2026 — 1 post, Gastroenterology

The Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, has invited applications by email for 1 post of Senior Project Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Vineet Ahuja, Professor (MD, DM). This is a project position in a named Principal Investigator's laboratory, not a regular AIIMS faculty or staff recruitment. Resumes must reach icmrcare23@gmail.com by 21 November 2026.

The project

The project works on patient-derived 3D intestinal organoid (colonoid) models for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC), developing an autologous organoid co-culture system incorporating Lamina Propria Mononuclear Cells (LPMCs) and Fibroblasts.

Who can apply — three routes

You qualify through any one of these routes:

(i) A four-year Bachelor's degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences, or a Master's degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences, BVSc, B.Pharma, or a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognised University or equivalent — plus 4 years of experience in research and development in industrial and academic institutions or science and technology organisations and scientific activities and services; or

(ii) A Master's degree in Engineering or Technology from a recognised University or equivalent — plus 2 years of research and development experience as above; or

(iii) A Doctoral degree in Science, Engineering, Technology or Pharma, or an MD or Master of Surgery, from a recognised University or equivalent — with no experience required.

Practical experience in at least two of the following is an added advantage: (a) organoid and cell culture — adult stem cell-derived human intestinal organoid culture, maintenance and optimisation; primary cell culture including fibroblast and LPMC isolation and characterisation; co-culture model development; (b) characterisation and assessment — flow cytometry/FACS, immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry, live-cell imaging and confocal microscopy, functional cell-based assays; (c) molecular and genomic analysis — RT-qPCR, Western blotting and multiplex protein assay, single-cell RNA sequencing sample preparation and library preparation, and transcriptomics data interpretation.

The age limit is 40 years. No cut-off date is stated in the notice. No minimum age is stated in the advertisement.

Pay and duration

The salary is Rs. 59,790 per month. The duration of the engagement is 2 years.

Fee

No application fee is mentioned anywhere in the notice. Do not assume any fee.

A note on the advertisement number and date

No advertisement number and no notice date are printed anywhere in the notice — this was verified by reading the notice as an image as well as from the text. The only date signal is the PDF file name, which suggests 7 November 2026; no date or advertisement number is presented in this post as if it came from the notice. Pages 2 and 3 of the PDF are the Hindi version of the same notice.

How to apply

Send your resume or CV to icmrcare23@gmail.com by 21 November 2026. No application form or email subject line is given in the notice. Read the official notice PDF linked below in full before applying.