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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – Research in Forest Plots 2011

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The CTFS Grants Program provides opportunities for senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to use existing CTFS plots to conduct research with scientists affiliated with them. Social scientists and natural scientists are encouraged to apply.
Anyone working directly in a CTFS plot, analyzing plot data, identifying plants or animals in a plot, or generating complementary data that strengthens CTFS programs is eligible to apply. Projects can be field-oriented, herbarium- or laboratory-based, or analytical. Research projects can be either basic or applied in nature. Social scientists and natural scientists are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility:The CTFS Grants Program is open to all researchers, from graduate students to senior scientists. In some cases, advanced undergraduates will also be considered. Preference will be given to scientists in the countries with CTFS sites and to all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Applicants of all nationalities are welcome to apply.

Applicants are pre-evaluated by plot directors of proposed study sites and then evaluated by a panel of scientists associated with the CTFS network. Larger grant proposals will also be reviewed by outside scholars. Awards are made on the basis of the proposal’s merit, the applicant’s ability to carry out the proposed research, the likelihood that the research can be carried out in the proposed time frame, and the extent to which CTFS plots contribute to the proposed research.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011
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Two-Year Postdoctoral Scientist Position on the Link between Climate Prediction and Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Region at the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU)-IC3

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IC3 is a climate research institute created in 2008 by the Government of Catalunya. IC3′s main scientific goal is to assess and understand climate variability and change at both global and regional scales to improve both predictions and projections. Linked to this goal, IC3 works on understanding and simulating how global change modulates variability and change in society and ecosystems. IC3′s mandate is to become a leading international centre for climate research in Europe, with a regional focus on the Mediterranean area. IC3 will mainly develop top-quality research on basic and applied climate sciences, while informing society and stakeholders on future climate risks. Working languages of IC3 are English, Catalan and Spanish.

There is growing interest in the implications of climate variability and change from a season to a few decades ahead. Reliable climate information is critical to ensure that adaptation measures to climate variability and change are well justified and efficient. The Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU), which is led by the ICREA Research Professor F. J.
Doblas-Reyes, undertakes research on the development and assessment of dynamical and statistical methods for the prediction of global climate on time scales ranging from months to decades. More information about the activities of the unit is available from the following links:
Fellowship Application Deadline: Until Filled
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Postdoctoral Positions in DNA Synthesis and Regulation at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Sweden

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The research is focused on ribonucleotide reductase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of the DNA building blocks, dNTPs. One aim is to conditionally knock out the ribonucleotide reductase large subunit (R1) in differentiated mammalian cells to study:
i) The need for de novo dNTP synthesis for DNA repair in differentiated cells.
ii) The need for de novo dNTP synthesis for mitochondrial DNA replication and repair.
iii) The composition of the ribonucleotide reductase enzyme in differentiated cells. We also want to identify ribonucleotide reductase-interacting proteins using immunoprecipitations and chromatin immunopreciptations from synchronized mammalian cell extracts.

Methods:
The studies involve standard cell and molecular biology and biochemical techniques. Position description: The position is available for the initial 2 years as a tax-exempt fellowship with a possibility of extension. Location: The Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics consists of 15 independent groups employing around 80 people. The department is located within the Chemical Biological Centre at Umeå University and provides well- equipped common facilities and excellent platforms in a creative, inspiring and highly interactive environment.
Fellowship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011
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Filed Under: Doctorate Degree, Information Technology, Medical Science, Physical Science, Post Doctoral Tags: biochemical techniques, biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, IT, Medical, medical biochemistry, Physics, postdoctoral position, Scholarship, sweden

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