PhD Position in Theoretical Biophysics

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student with a strong background in theoretical physics and/or mathematics, an affinity for biophysics and an interest in working in close collaboration with experimentalists. The project involves developing and applying excitable media models to study signalling processes in developing early embryonic systems under changing mechanical conditions. We are a dynamic, multidisciplinary and growing research group that uses both analytical and numerical techniques to implement these and similar models and compare them to experimental data.

Requirements

The candidate should have a Master degree in theoretical physics, engineering, mathematics or a related field, with an interest in biophysics. The position will be for a fixed term of four years and is expected to result in a PhD. Good communication skills in English are required.

Conditions of employment

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home (with a contract of two years or longer), and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Delft University of Technology strives to increase the number of women in higher academic positions; women are therefore especially encouraged to apply.


For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Timon Idema, phone: +31 (0)15-2782867, e-mail: t.idema@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV, including a list of grades and any scientific publications, as well as the names and contact details of one or two references and a letter of application by 15 December 2012 to Dr. Idema, t.idema@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number TNWBN12-049.

Contract type: Temporary, 4 years

Organisation

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

Department

Applied Sciences

A new Department of Bionanoscience has been established at TU Delft, dedicated to research at the interface between nanoscience, synthetic biology, and cell biology. It studies single cells in all their complexity down to the molecular level, from both fundamental scientific and application points of view. The new department operates as part of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in the Faculty of Applied Sciences and aims at a leading international position.

Additional information

Timon Idema
+31 (0)15-2782867
t.idema@tudelft.nl

Technische Universiteit Delft

Phd position - Live Cell Imaging (Finland)

A position is now available for a highly motivated cell and/or molecular biologist at either recently-graduated postdoctoral or graduate student level to join an international team investigating cellular signalling mechanisms in disease and degeneration. Our lab is particularly interested in upstream mechanisms regulating stress-activated MAP kinases in degenerative processes. The task of the successful applicant is to optimise and apply light-regulatable scaffolds we have developed to manipulate intracellular signalling.

Live-cell imaging and automation platforms including HCA, TIRF and laser scanning confocal microscopes (www.uef.fi/aivi/muic) will be used in the project, which will be carried out at the A.I. Virtanen Institute, Biocentre Kuopio, set in the Finnish lake district. Applicants with experience in at least some of the following areas will be considered until the position is filled: cell signalling, plasmid manipulation, neuronal cell and tissue culture systems, live-cell imaging, laboratory automation platforms. Further details about the lab can be found via http://www.uef.fi/aivi/neuro/signalling and about associated facilities at www.uef.fi/aivi/muic

The position is available immediately until 31 December 2013. Post-doctoral and early stage researcher salaries are placed on levels 5 and 2 of the job requirement level chart for teachers and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. 

For further information, please contact Professor Michael Courtney (mjczmjc@gmail.com).
Please send applications with CV, names of 3 referees and brief description of research interests to the Registry Office of the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O.B. 1627, 70211 Kuopio (street address: Yliopistonranta 1 E, Snellmania) or Joensuu Campus, P.O.B. 111, 80101 Joensuu (street address: Yliopistokatu 2, Aurora). 

Applications should also be sent by email: mjczmjc@gmail.com

PhD position High-Resolution Molecular Tumour Imaging

Job description

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) can discover tumours and characterise cell properties using specific radio-labeled molecules (‘tracers’). In a new project, our group will realise a novel SPECT scanner for imaging breast tumours with unprecedented spatial resolution. Such a scanner can image tumours in much more detail than is currently possible and may therefore improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The new scanner is expected to reach very high resolutions because it will be based on novel focusing multi-pinhole collimators and advanced reconstruction scanning modes. The candidate is expected to develop models, simulators and reconstruction methods to predict the performance of different system geometries. He/she will also deal with sampling problems that may occur in these new geometries and will participate in experimentally testing systems that result from this project.

Requirements

The applicant should have a master’s degree in physics, mathematics or engineering. An affinity for computer simulations and modelling is highly preferred. The candidate will work in a highly multi-disciplinary team. Good communication skills and an excellent command of English, both written and spoken, are important.

Conditions of employment

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home (with a contract of two years or longer), and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Delft University of Technology strives to increase the number of women in higher academic positions; women are therefore especially encouraged to apply.


For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Marlies Goorden, phone: +31 (0)15-2786007, e-mail: m.c.goorden@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV along with a letter of application by 10 December 2012 to Thea Miedema, T.Miedema@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number TNWRRR12-052.

Contract type: Temporary, 4 years

Organisation

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

Department

Applied Sciences

Radiation is the unifying research theme of the Department of Radiation, Radionuclides and Reactors (www.rrr.tudelft.nl). The focus of our research is on energy and health. However varied our interests, whether they be materials, sensors and instrumentation, energy and sustainable production or health, all our research is related in some way to radiation.      
The Radiation, Detection and Medical Imaging (RD&M) section conducts research on:
• Biomedical Imaging Systems (e.g. PET, SPECT, CT and hybrid imaging systems).
• Tomographic image reconstruction, modelling and simulation of imaging systems.
• Gamma-ray detectors for biomedical imaging.
• Image-guided radiation therapy.

Additional information

Marlies Goorden
+31 (0)15-2786007
m.c.goorden@tudelft.nl

Technische Universiteit Delft

PhD Position - Visualization for Digital Radiation Therapy

Job description

Research group

The 'DR THERAPAT' project comprises multiple and diverse scientific and technical challenges. Therefore, the project will be developed by a multidisciplinary team from leading academic and research institutions worldwide. The PhD student will be embedded in this team formed by Philips Research (Hamburg) and Healthcare (The Netherlands), Stichting Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis (The Netherlands), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Greece) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e - The Netherlands) where the PhD student will be located.

The PhD student will also be embedded in the Multivalued Image Analysis & Visualization group (bmia.bmt.tue.nl/research/MVIAV/) led by dr. Anna Vilanova.  This group is part of the recently TU/e established Imaging Science and Technology Eindhoven (IST/e, cf. www.iste.nl) High Potential Research Program which has the ambition to become a leading research institute on the crossroads of image acquisition, mathematical modeling, algorithmic, visualization and biomedical applications on the basis of advanced imaging techniques. This ambitious goal is feasible through synergy of perfectly complementary research groups within TU/e and their collaborative partners, such as Philips Healthcare, and regional and academic medical centers.

Project description

This PhD position is part of the FP7 EU-STREP project 'DR THERAPAT'- Digital Radiation Therapy Patient'. This project is based on the past decade advances in radiation therapy technology, offering exceptional flexibility in dose delivery. Image guidance during treatment ensures a reliable targeting of the dose to the tumor. This has created the possibility to irradiate the tumor with a high dose with minimal exposure of surrounding tissue. Thus an improvement in tumor control is no longer invariably associated with an increase in radiation-induced toxicity. Now, the capacity exists to create treatment plans that are tailored to the specific characteristics of the patient. However, an individualized representational model that informs on radiation therapy planning and outcome prediction is still lacking. There are several modeling approaches available that have the potential to fill this gap, among them empirical, but established radiobiological models and more sophisticated multi-scale models.

DR THERAPAT aim is to create the Digital Radiation Therapy Patient, integrating the available knowledge on tumor imaging, image analysis and interpretation, radiobiological models and radiation therapy planning into a reusable, multi-scale digital representation.

The PhD appointed to this position will work in the visualization of the multimodal and multi-value data that plays a role throughout the complete model-based radiotherapy planning pipeline. Prior to the radiotherapy modeling, different imaging modalities will be combined by means of image registration, relevant anatomical structures will be segmented, multiple parameters will be quantified and different tissues will be classified. The resulting multitude of information is the input for the patient-specific radiotherapy modeling. We aim at methods for the visualization and exploration of all relevant information in the radiotherapy planning pipeline; we especially focus on methods that incorporate the uncertainty that is introduced in each step in the pipeline.

The goal is to achieve an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand visualization and exploration of the multimodal, multi-value data involved in cancer radiotherapy planning - including the uncertainty in these data - in each step of the radiotherapy planning pipeline and in the final planning outcome.

Tasks 

Study of data visualization and exploration methods currently used in radiotherapy

Study and modeling using probability theory of the uncertainty (e.g. noise) in the image data acquired with the multimodal imaging modalities involved in radiotherapy planning.

Study and modeling of the propagation and accumulation of uncertainty in the multimodal image registration, segmentation & quantification steps.

Analysis and implementation of methodology for the comprehensive visualization and interactive exploration of the multimodal, multi-value information and its uncertainty: data mining, visual analysis and real-time user interaction will be combined to optimally facilitate the visual representation and exploration of this multidimensional information and its uncertainty.

Analysis, development and implementation of methods for the visualization of the effect of uncertainty in the tissue modeling and therapy planning results.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the developed visualization and exploration methods.

 

Requirements

Requirements

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements: 

You are a talented and enthusiastic researcher.

You have experience with or a strong background in visualization, computer graphics, mathematics, and image processing. Preferably you finished a master in Computer Science, (Applied) Mathematics, (Applied) Physics or Electrical Engineering.

You have excellent programming skills and experience.

You have good communicative skills, and the attitude to partake successfully in the work of a multidisciplinary      research team.

You are creative, ambitious, hard working and persistent.

You have good command of the English language (knowledge of Dutch is not required).

 

Conditions of employment

Appointment and Salary

We offer:

A challenging job at a dynamic and ambitious University and in an enthusiastic team

An appointment for four years

Gross monthly salaries are in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement of the Dutch Universities (CAO NU), increasing from € 2042 per month initially, to € 2612 in the fourth year.

An attractive package of fringe benefits, including excellent work facilities, end of the year allowance and sport facilities.

TU/e offers opportunities for personal development by developing your social and communication skills. We do this by offering every PhD student a series of courses that are part of the PROOF program as an excellent addition to your scientific education.

Additional information

Information and application

More information on the vacancy and project can be obtained from Dr. Anna Vilanova (a.vilanova@tue.nl) or Prof. Marcel Breeuwer (M.Breeuwer@tue.nl)

For terms of employment please take a look at our website www.tue.nl or contact HR Services

PhD position in Biochemistry/Biophysics

Job description

The project involves both the production & purification of proteins and the biophysical characterization. NMR spectroscopy on proteins will be the most important tool for the characterization of the protein complexes. You will write a dissertation and a series of co-authored articles in international, peer-reviewed journals, toward fulfillment of requirements for the PhD degree.

Requirements

We are looking for a PhD candidate with a Master’s degree in Biochemistry or Biophysics (or equivalent) and experience with proteins. Knowledge of NMR on biomolecules is an advantage.

Conditions of employment

The successful applicant is initially appointed for one year and extendible to a total period of four years. Appointment will be under the terms of the CAO (collective labour agreement) of the Dutch Universities. The gross monthly salary is set on € 2.042,- in the first year up to € 2.612,- in year four (PhD scale). This is based upon a fulltime employment and in conformity with current salary scales under the collective employment agreement (CAO) for Dutch Universities. An appointment with Leiden University includes a pension build-up and facilitates other benefits such as an annual holiday premium of 8% and an end-of-year premium of 8,3%. Candidates from outside The Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.

Organisation

Leiden University

Leiden is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in the Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings; University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant atmosphere.
Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia.

Additional information

Description The project in which the PhD candidate will contribute, is aimed at understanding the biophysical nature of weak, short-lived protein complexes. Such complexes are found in many biochemical processes in which a fast flux is essential, like in photosynthesis and respiration. Recent discoveries have shown that these transient complexes exist partly as dynamic ensembles. An important goal of the project is to establish the timescales of the dynamics by using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation experiments. For more information please contact prof. dr. M. Ubbink tel. +31 (0)71 527 4628, e-mail m.ubbink@chem.leidenuniv.nl.

Junior Researcher Position for the Thoraxcenter Biomedical Engineering - Field: 3D Ultrasound imaging

Job description

The Dutch Technology Foundation (STW) has recently granted a project called ‘Miniature ultrasound probe for real-time three-dimensional imaging and monitoring of Cardiac interventions (MICA)’. In this project we will develop the next generation ultrasound probes for real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography. These probes will represent a breakthrough in echocardiography, as they will be ten times smaller than the actual state-of-the-art probes, making them suitable for use in the esophagus of small children and newborns, and allowing them to be introduced in adults via the nose. The probe with integrated electronics will be used before and after complicated reconstructions in newborns for cardiac morphology, leakage of valves and function of the outflow tracts. Further, during the lengthy electrophysiology procedures and valve replacements in adults, this miniature probe inserted via the nose will give adequate visual feedback for the clinician. An integration of a 3D position sensor in the probe will enable a fusion with other 2D/3D imaging modalities (X-ray, electro-anatomical maps, MRI, CT) which is essential for procedure guidance applications.

The MICA-project is a cooperation between Erasmus MC, Delft University of Technology, and industry (Oldelft Ultrasound). The PhD candidate at Thoraxcenter Biomedical Engineering will focus on the 3D scanning procedure both in transmit and in receive, on integration of the whole system and on real-time 3D display of the data. Main issues in this subproject are definition of the transmit beam, the parallel beamforming and focussing in reception, and real-time display.

The PhD candidate at Acoustical Wavefield Imaging at TU-Delft will focus on the acoustical analysis and design of the ultrasound transducer. Main issues in this subproject are the selection of the optimum configuration for the 100+ element send array and the 1000+ element receive array, the optimization of the element sizes, and minimization of the crosstalk between the elements in the large matrix receive array.

Three PhD students and one postdoc will be appointed in total. The third PhD student and the postdoc (TU Delft, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory) will focus on the development of the integrated electronics as well as the interconnect challenges.

Requirements

We are searching for enthusiastic PhD candidates (junior Researchers) with a Master’s degree in Electrotechnical or Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or similar, with preferably experience in medical research. Additional experience in diagnostic ultrasound is highly welcomed. The research project should result in a PhD thesis.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of employment are based on either the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) or the Collective Bargaining Agreement for Dutch University Medical Centers (CAO-UMC).

Organisation

Erasmus MC

Erasmus MC inspires and is challenging. You create your own opportunities in this University Medical Center. Whether it concerns learning and work or work and learning/continued learning. Each and every day our enthusiastic staff devote themselves to excellent, dedicated patient care, pioneering medical research and valued education. A conscious choice for work that matters, both nationally and internationally, at the heart of our multicultural home base ofRotterdam. Where attention to individual staff member comes naturally. Working from the heart. Together with people, for people: ‘patient-centered care’!

Department

Thoraxcenter Biomedical Engineering is a group of 40 researchers performing highly innovative research in cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy. We focus on translational research in ultrasound imaging and image processing, ultrasound contrast agents for molecular imaging and drug delivery, intravascular techniques and hemodynamics. The Laboratory of Acoustical Wavefield Imaging at TU Delft is a group of 20 researchers developing novel imaging methods and devices based on acoustic waves. We focus on physics oriented research for biomedical and geophysical applications. The biomedical branch develops ultrasound imaging methods and devices for cardiovascular diagnosis and cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Additional information

For more information on the position at the Erasmus MC, please contact Prof.Dr.Ir. Nico de Jong, e-mail: n.dejong@erasmusmc.nl, telephone (+31)(0) 10 704 4037 or Dr.Ir. J.G. Bosch, e-mail: j.bosch@erasmusmc.nl, telephone (+31)(0) 10 703 8088. For more information on the position at the TU Delft, please contact Dr.Ir. M.D. Verweij, e-mail: m.d.verweij@tudelft.nl, telephone(+31) (0) 15 278 1761 or Prof.Dr.Ir. Nico de Jong, e-mail: n.dejong@erasmusmc.nl, telephone (+31)(0) 10 704 4037.

PhD Fellowship in Biophysics - New Zealand

The Biophysics and Soft Matter Group at Massey University in New Zealand (http://www.massey.ac.nz/~mwilliam/) has an opportunity for a PhD student with strong computational skills to work on the modelling of biopolymer networks. The positions are funded for three years through the MacDiarmid Institute (http://macdiarmid.ac.nz/). This is an opportunity to be involved in an exciting project aimed at using experimental input from single molecule experiments in order to predict the macroscopic properties of networks. The position will suit a student with strong computational skills who enjoys worked in an interdisciplinary environment. Interested parties should send an email to m.williams@massey.ac.nz. Application deadline: 04 May 2012

Phd positions in University of Ghent, Belgium

With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF), Ghent University wishes to support university research groups or research centres in developing countries in their aim to grow into excellent research centres by upgrading local academic personnel. Therefore Ghent University grants PhD scholarships to promising PhD students from developing countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University and half in a university in a developing country. No restrictions are imposed on the field of research, nevertheless  preference will be given to topics that are relevant for development. Relevance for development measures the degree in which the action of development corresponds with the expectations of the beneficiaries, the needs of the country, global priorities and the policies of partners and donors.

This program is limited to universities and research centers in developing countries  with which Ghent University is already cooperating or has cooperated in the last 5 years. It is the Ghent University promoter who has to present evidence of this previous cooperation.

These grants take the form of a so called “sandwich” scholarship: the candidate obtains a scholarship for 24 months to work within a span of 48 months on an alternating basis on the PhD at Ghent University and at the university or research center in the country of origin of the candidate.

The proposals must be submitted by a promoter at Ghent Universityand a supervisor at the local institution.

Before applying student need to find a professor from Ghent University who is willing to act as the supervisor ('promoter') of their doctoral research and who agrees to support their application. The best way to do this is by browsing the list of faculties and research topics available on the research directory of our website: http://www.ugent.be/en/research/topresearch/researchdirectory.htm.

Duration

The candidate obtains a scholarship for 24 months which must be divided into several periods within a span of 4 years. In principle the scholarship holder starts the PhD scholarship research at Ghent University during a period of 3 to 9 months and ends the scholarship with a stay of at least 3 months at Ghent University to complete and defend the doctoral thesis.

Who can apply?

To be admissible for this call, all of the following requirements must be met:

• Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see list);
• There must be a guarantee that the candidate will be able to work on the PhD project at the partner university. This implies that there must be a local PhD supervisor at the partner university or research center. Also a written  statement is requested from that supervisor or the university authorities stating that the candidate is either a student or a staff member of this university and will be sufficiently exempted from teaching or other assignments as to be able to fully concentrate on the PhD research.
• This statement should also mention that the candidate receives/received a local scholarship or salary when working on the PhD in the home institute.

Application Process

The candidate applies to Ghent University jointly with a promoter of Ghent University and a supervisor at the local institution.

The promoter at Ghent University has to fill in a separate document ('promoter's advice'- only available in Dutch) with advice on the candidate, stating the promoter's opinion on the potential of the candidate as a future researcher.

The Research Council makes a selection of the applications based in part on the recommendations obtained from members of the Council for Development Cooperation. The recommendation is based on:

• the doctoral project;
• the relevance of the research topic for development;
• the qualifications of the applicant for the doctoral grant;
• the scientific/scholarly potential of the promoter’s research group(s);
• the partnership between Ghent University and the local institute;
• the scientific/scholarly potential of the local institute.

Funding

The candidate receives a "sandwich"type scholarship for a total of 24 months. Within a span of 48 months, the candidate needs to work on the PhD project both at Ghent University and the partner university. Only for the periods the scholarship holder works at Ghent University the scholarship holder will receive a monthly income. The rest of the PhD research is done in the partner university for which no funding is provided through this scholarship. The partner university has to provide a salary or local scholarship for the period the candidate works there.

The value of the scholarship at Ghent University depends on, a.o., the researcher’s family situation and is approximately €1,700.

The Ghent University promoter also receives a bench fee of €15.440 to cover (part of) the operational costs, as well as the travelling costs of the student and both the Ghent University and the local promoter.

Deadline

Deadline 8 March 2012

Further information

BOF@UGent.be

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Phd Biomedical Engineering - Denmark

Position No.
21-11093

At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology a PhD stipend is available within the general study programme “Biomedical Science and Engineering”. The stipend is open for appointment from December 1, 2011 or soon hereafter.

The Department of Health Science and Technology carries out multidisciplinary research and teaching in the area of health science and technology. The department has more than 150 scientific employees and has the main responsibility for more than 700 phd, candidate and masters students within Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, Medicine, Medicine with Industrial Specialisation, Clinical Science and Technology and Sports Science. More than 65 PhD students are enrolled in the doctoral school affiliated to the department http://www.hst.aau.dk/

Job description
The PhD stipend is affiliated with the research project ‘Advanced surface treatments for implantable medical devices’ funded by the Advanced Technology Foundation. The objectives of this project are to develop a production platform enabling production of microstructured micromechanical polymer devices, develop an electrode suitable for human implantation and investigate the effect of such an electrode in patients. The following partners participate in this project: Aalborg University, Neurodan, Danish Technical University and Danish Technological Institute.

The focus of the here posted PhD stipend is on the in vitro and in vivo characterization of the various materials that could be suitable for the new electrode. Methods to characterize the electrode will include, among others, cyclic voltammetry, voltage transients and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The work should lead to a recommendation of the most appropriate material to be used as electrode contact.

You may obtain further information from Associate Professor Nico Rijkhoff, Department of Health Science and Technology, phone: +45 9940 8810, e-mail: nr@hst.aau.dk concerning the scientific aspects of the stipend.

PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Masters degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Medicine, in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 18 of January 14, 2008 on the PhD Programme at the Universities. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed every six months. It is a prerequisite for continuation of salary payment that the previous progress is approved at the time of the evaluation.

The qualifications of the applicant will be assessed by an assessment committee. On the basis of the recommendation of the assessment committee, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine will make a decision for allocating the stipend.

For further information about stipends and salary as well as practical issues concerning the application procedure contact Ms. Tine Lützhøft, The Faculty of Medicine, email: tl@adm.aau.dk, phone: +45 9940 7380.

The faculty have a research school, The Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology: www.phd.medicine.aau.dk and a Network for all PhD students: www.pau.aau.dk

Agreement
Appointment and salary as a PhD fellow are according to the Ministry of Finance Circular of October 1, 2008 on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the Ministry of Finance Circular of June 13, 2007 on the employment structure at Danish Universities.

Deadline
21/11/2011


Apply online
 

PhD positions in Italy

Positions available and subjects
The Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) is accepting applications for PhD positions in the Faculty of Sciences. Spring and autumn selections will be held for the 2011/2012 academic year as follows:

• 4 positions in Molecular Biophysics (in partnership with IIT-Italian Institute of Technology)
• 4 positions in Chemistry
• 8 positions in Physics
• 3 positions in Condensed Matter Physics (in partnership with the Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation and with the IIT-Italian Institute of Technology)
• 3 positions in Neurobiology

 Admission requirements
The following are application requisites:

• MS, MSc or equivalent. Candidates may apply prior to completing their MS/MSc, but must present their diploma by 31 October 2011
• less than 30 years of age as of 31 October 2011
• knowledge of English or Italian
• never to have been expelled from the SNS
• not to have applied more than once for a PhD at the SNS
• never to have been definitively sentenced to prison  
• results from the ETS - GRE – General Test and the GRE-Subject Test (http://www.ets.org/gre/) if the MS/MSc was not completed in a nation member of the European Higher Education Area (http://www.ehea.info/members.aspx). See Further Information pages for subject test details.

Application deadline and process
Application for admission to the competition must arrive at the SNS:

• by Thursday 31 March 2011 for the spring session;
• by Monday 12 September 2011 for the autumn session.

The application must be made on plain paper, in either Italian or English, using the format provided in the Application Form, accompanied by all required attachments listed on the Further Information pages, and signed by the candidate.

These complete application materials may be delivered by hand or sent by mail to:

Scuola Normale Superiore,
Servizio Segreteria Allievi, piazza dei Cavalieri 7,
56126 Pisa, ITALY.

or sent, exclusively in .pdf format, by electronic mail to the address: concorso.ammissione@sns.it

PhD Position on the subject Model Systems for Membrane Fusion (Leiden University)

Phd title : Model Systems for Membrane Fusion

University : Leiden University, Leiden - Netherlands

Duration : 4 Years

Project Description
The aim of the project is to develop model systems containing simplified versions of SNARE proteins, which induce liposome fusion displaying the key characteristics of native membrane fusion.

Requirements
Master degree in organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology or biochemistry.

Deadline : 1st October 2011

Salary : € 2042 per month in the first year up to € 2612 per month in 4th year.

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PhD Position on the subject Model Systems for Membrane Fusion (Leiden University)

PhD Position - Visualizing Odorant Receptor Activation (Amsterdam)

Phd title :  Visualizing Odorant Receptor Activation

University : University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam - Netherlands 


Duration :  4 Years

Project Description 
The aim of the project is to produce an array of heterologously expressed mammalian odorant receptors for the detection of food products.

Requirements
Master degree in Biochemistry, Cell biology, Medical biology or equivalent

Salary :  €2042 in the first year to €2612 in the final year

Deadline : August 1, 2011


For more details :
Contact
Prof. T.W.J. Gadella Jr., Th.W.J.Gadella@uva.nl, +31 (0)20 525 6259 and Dr J.Goedhart, j.goedhart@uva.nl, +31 (0)20 525 7774.

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Phd Position - Visualizing Odorant Receptor Activation (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

PhD Studentship - Targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress in mesothelioma (UK)

Project Title :
Targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress in mesothelioma  (UK)

Place :
University of Cambridge (UK)

Funding Agency & Project Duration :
British Lung Foundation - 3 years (Maintenance grant of student and college fees at UK student rate)

Project Description:
The goal of the PhD project is to determine the effect of endoplasmic reticulum stress on malignant mesothelioma growth in vitro in order to identify potential therapeutic targets.

Application :
Send CV and cover letter with details of 3 referees to :
Miss Alison Warrington, 
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, 
Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, 
Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
Email: acw39@cam.ac.uk

PhD - Non-invasive vaccination - Leiden University (Netherlands)

Project Title : 
Non-invasive vaccination via the skin surface by means of microneedles and microjets 

Place :
University of Leiden, Netherlands


Salary :
€ 2042 per month in the first year to € 2612 per month in fourth year.


Requirements: 
Master degree in biomedical sciences, biology or (bio) pharmaceutical sciences


Deadline:
19th July 2011

 Project Description :
The PhD Researcher will generate and characterize particulate polymer based antigen delivery systems and he/she will design coatings of microneedles with the antigen. To characterize the formulations and coatings you will use several analytical techniques, including dynamic light scattering, spectroscopic methods and protein assay. With his/her colleague PhD student at the Eindhoven University of Technology, he/she will study the interactions of microneedles and microjets with the skin using confocal laser scanning microscopy. He/she will investigate the effect of the delivery method and formulation on antigen presentation and induction/maintenance of specific immunity, using in-vitro and animal models. He/she will select the optimal combination of antigen-containing delivery system and delivery method to perform studies with relevant antigens.

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Phd Non invasive Vaccination - Leiden University

Phd - Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) Technologies in Birmingham university (UK)

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in University of Birmingham within a dynamic multidisciplinary and integrative research programme with unique opportunities for studying the clinical translation of novel stem cell-based therapies. 

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Technologies PhD

PhD position Biophysics of microparticle-cell binding dynamics and cell activation

Group : Molecular Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics
Department : Applied Physics
University: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) - Netherlands


Project :
In this project, the doctoral researcher will investigate cell-surface interactions by measuring the dynamics of binding between small microparticles and living cells and by measuring the subsequent cellular response. The microparticles will be coated with supramolecular polymers with incorporated polypeptides to address specifically triggered cell activation processes. He/She will use and develop advanced optical micromanipulation techniques such as single-beam and holographic optical tweezers to induce particle-cell binding. In combination with live-cell microscopy, he/shewill measure the binding dynamics and the subsequent cellular response.

Salary : 28,498 € in the first year and 36,453 € in final year

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PhD position Biophysics of microparticle-cell binding dynamics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) - Netherlands

PhD position Inferring the dimensional of cognitive processing (1,0 fte) Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences - Groningen (Netherlands)

The goal of the project is develop Bayesian inferential methods for state-trace plots, especially ones which allow inferences across participants. At present, only inferences for single participants are possible, due to uncertainty about how to combine information across participants. Solving this problem in state-trace analysis would drastically increase the applicability of the method by enabling the accumulation of evidence across participants, and by enabling individual differences in processing to be studied.

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PhD position Inferring the dimensional of cognitive processing (1,0 fte) Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences

PhD Programmes in Biology - University of Zurich - Switzerland

Requirements

The applicants must hold a Master's degree or equivalent from a university in the field of  Natural Sciences. It is also possible to apply when the master's degree is received within six month after the application deadline. In this case please upload a copy of your Bachelor's degree or an academic transcript.

The program language is English throughout. Proficiency in English is therefore required. A formal proof of competence in English (IELTS, CPE or TOEFL) is recommended but not mandatory.

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PhD Programmes in Biology - University of Zurich - Switzerland

PhD Position for behavioural and molecular studies regarding cognitive aspects of the brain

University : Uppsala University, Sweden
Department : Organism Biology
Employment will start 2011-09-01 or according to agreement.

Project description and qualifications:
Uppsala university is looking for a student with a master degree or equivalent in molecular biology, biology, medicine or similar. Experience in neurobiology, molecular biology, mouse or zebrafish genetics and behavioural analysis are specially qualifying for the position. Knowledge in bioinformatics, embryology and epigenetics are also desirable. The research group concentrates on questions related to molecular and cellular aspects of brain cognition, with focus on neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. Teaching and administrative work at the department can be included as part of employment (max 20%).



The application must contain:
1) CV
2) Study documents; reference letters and other material that can be relevant are welcomed.

Local rules apply for salaries.
Information: more information can be obtained from Lina Emilsson, ph. +4618-471 2678 e-mail: lina.emilsson@ebc.uu.se.

Welcome to submit your application not later than the 1st August, 2011, UFV-PA 2011/1888. 

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Ph.D. fellowship in probiotic attributes of yeast - Denmark

The Health & Nutrition Division of Chr. Hansen in Hørsholm wishes to appoint a Ph.D. fellow to a project involving in-depth evaluation and characterization of yeast strains for properties consistent with functional probiotic attributes and product development, with a focus on non-Saccharomyces yeast strains. The project is part of a larger consortium called Cornucopia, which is an EU Marie Curie initial training network entitled “Yeast biodiversity as a source of innovations in food and health”. Identification of desired probiotic traits will be guided by strain characterization involving assays for measuring adherence properties, yeast gene expression, cell culture gene expression, and/or detection of proteins or metabolites.

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Ph.D. fellowship in probiotic attributes of yeast