International Scholarships

Full-time PhD Studentship in Microbiology – Discrimination of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Applications are invited for a fully funded three-year PhD studentship starting in October 2008. The studentship includes a bursary of £12,600 per annum (tax-free) for three years and all tuition fees. Candidates should hold a good first degree … [More Info]

4-year PhD studentship on “Exploring the secret metabolism of an antibiotic factory” This project will be a unique collaboration between the Microbial Physiology department and the Groningen Bioinformatics Centre using a newly acquired state-of art ultra-high resolution LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometer in the Medical Biomics Facility to determine the metabolome of Streptomyces coelicolor. Project objectives (1) … [More Info]

Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. Responsible for initiating and carrying out research projects in collaboration with a research team. Assists in designing, developing, executing, and implementing scientific research and/or development. Investigates the feasibility of applying a wide variety of … [More Info]

International Max Planck Research School “Ecological Interactions” Project 7: How do wood-feeding insects digest their diet? Supervisors: Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon, Dr. Axel Schmidt, Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI-CE Wood-feeding insects are sometimes known to use microbial symbionts present in their guts to help in digestion and nutrient mobilization. However, nothing is known about how such insects … [More Info]

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for the “Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques” in Jena, Germany, offers 15 PhD positions in molecular biology, ecology, entomology, microbiology, (bio)-chemistry, neuroethology or bioinformatics beginning in January 2009. The Research School is the first graduate school worldwide where modern chemical and molecular techniques are … [More Info]

Research Schools of Chemistry & Environment wish to appoint 6 PhD fellows in the following themes by research school, for 3 years starting on September 1st, 2008. Successful applicants will enrol at the Faculty of LIFE Sciences, University of Copenhagen, under the auspices of the specific research school. The individual research school administers a special … [More Info]

PhD Research Studentship The influence of baculovirus gene deletions on recombinant protein production (an industrial studentship with Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd) Project Description Baculoviruses have long been used as vectors to produce recombinant proteins in insect cells and recently Oxford Expression Technologies have developed a novel system that enables multiple recombinant viruses to be produced … [More Info]