Netherlands | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 6

Postdoctoral Fellowship Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics, Netherlands

You will be part of a growing team of a skilled bioinformatics team led by Dr. Morris Swertz embedded in high impact publishing genetics and bioinformatics research departments of >45 researchers (Prof. dr. CIsca Wijmenga, Prof. dr. Ritsert Jansen, >15 recent publications in Nature journals). We offer you access to a state-of-the-art next generation sequencing (NGS) facility, innovative a broad range of human and model organism labs, and collaboration with major national and international research groups including visits and stays.

We are looking for a postdoc to take the bioinformatics lead in exciting next generation sequencing projects such as to sequence 750 Dutch individuals (“Genome of the Netherlands project, BBMRI-NL) and to contribute to innovative analysis methods, high impact variation publications, dynamic software infrastructures and new diagnostic tools for the next generation of medical care.

What do we need?
The ideal candidate is a motivated PhD graduate with experience and background in bioinformatics, genetics, molecular biology and/or biotechnology, excited as we are to explore next-generation sequencing data, embark on ‘TB scale’ bioinformatics analyses, with excellent track record, good command of the English language, and a growing bioinformatics toolbox with statistical methods, knowledge of public tools, personal scripts, and so on.

What do we offer?
We offer a full-time contract for a period of 3 to 5 years and a starting salary € 3052-3279 gross per month (depending on qualifications/experience, Dutch UMC scale 10, 11).
Fellowship Application Deadline: 11 January 2011
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PhD and Post-Doc Positions – Medical Robotics, Netherlands

MIRA – Institute of Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine at the University of Twente, The Netherlands has an opening for a PhD student and Post-doctoral fellow within the research area of Medical Robotics.
The successful applicant has completed a Master’s or Doctoral degree in mechanical, biomedical, or electrical engineering, or in a closely related discipline. He or she should possess excellent skills and practical experience in one or more of the following research areas: robotics (design, dynamics, and control), finite element modeling (soft tissue mechanics and fluid-structure interactions), and image processing. Experience at the intersection of one or more of these areas is desirable. An interview will be part of the selection procedure.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 January 2011

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Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology

Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology is a new two-year research oriented master programme for talented and motivated students who are interested in understanding evolution in all its facets. MEME is a joint project between four European universities (University of Groningen, Netherlands; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany; Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Montpellier II, France) and Harvard University (USA). Students will start the programme at one of these universities, and will spend at least one semester at a partner university. Upon completion of the program, students will be awarded double or (in some cases) triple degrees from two or three partner universities.
The European Commision will grant a number of scholarships to highly qualified students to participate in the MEME programme. The selection procedure for these scholarships will be carried out by the Admission and Examination Committee of the MEME programme. Each year, a total of 18 – 20 scholarships will be awarded to participating students. There will be 10 scholarships for category A students and 8 scholarships for category B students. Because of an EU initiative named “Western Balkans and Turkey Window”, we will be able to award two additional scholarships to students from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia and Turkey. These scholarships will be awarded as category A scholarships.

Scholarships for both categories of students will cover all participation costs for the MEME programme, including tuition fee, insurance, language courses and summer schools.

Scholarship Application Deadline: January 15th, 2011

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