proteomics | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans

Postdoctoral Positions at MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg

We seek motivated and ambitious collaborators and provide a well-equipped, interactive environment. The institute operates central facilities for animal work, cell sorting, sequencing, imaging, and proteomics. Candidates should have completed their PhD work with distinction in an area broadly relevant to our work. Expertise in other fields, such as mathematical modelling, biochemistry, etc. is also welcome.

The salary will be a postdoctoral fellowship of the Max Planck Society.

A childcare facility is directly attached to the institute. Handicapped applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential treatment. The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in areas, where they are under-represented, and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Applications in written form. Applications including a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae with names of three references and a list of publications.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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JRF for PhD in Life Sciences at Tata Memorial Centre, India

The Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) is an autonomous Grant-in-aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy. The TMC is comprised of the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) and the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH). The TMC conducts Ph.D. program in Life Sciences and is affiliated to the Homi Bhabha National Institute (Deemed University). On-going research at TMC includes basic and translational work in the field of Cancer Cell Biology. Specific research topics includes study of cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, metastasis, tumor immunology, immunotherapy, virology, chemotherapy and carcinogenesis, gene therapy in animal models, tumor markers, structural biology, proteomics, genomics, genetics and glycobiology.

Qualifications: M.Sc. (Applied Biology/ Biochemistry/ Biophysics/ Biotechnology/ Botany/ Life Sciences/ Microbiology/ Molecular Biology/ Zoology); M.Tech. (Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology); M.B.B.S.; from a recognized University, with ?60% aggregate marks. Those awaiting results may also apply.

Stipend: Rs. 16000/-+ 30% HRA (if hostel facility is not allotted) per month as applicable. Limited hostel facility is available on the ACTREC campus on first come, first served basis.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 04 April 2011

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Predoctoral Researcher Position at the Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, Belgium

Interdisciplinary research project in the field of plant biology and biochemistry, using proteomics and functional genomics approaches to understand the function of plant proteases involved in cell death mechanisms regulating growth and development of plants.
Eligibility:
You are a Master in Biotechnology, Biology, Bio-engineer, Biochemistry or Biomedical sciences or you have obtained an equivalent degree.
-You read and speak scientific English fluently and you have good communication skills.
-You can work independently, yet you are a good team player.

Scholarship Application Deadline:2011-03-31

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