International Scholarships

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]

PhD scholarship in the Netherlands Genetic research on asthmatic symptoms in young children Asthmatic symptoms (wheeze, shortness of breath) are common in the first years of life. Epidemiologic research has shown that in most cases these symptoms have disappeared at school age. At early age, the diagnosis of asthma is complicated since phenotypes with transient … [More Info]

PhD student position in Computer Science – Intelligent Systems – Biologically motivated object recognition Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen Topic of research The objective of the project is to develop an object recognition technique that is motivated by the function of the visual cortex. Major aspects are representation and learning. Type … [More Info]

PhD position (RUG): The objectives of project 1 are to assess the functional and structural prokaryote diversity of soil under potato (baseline) and to establish sensitive bacterial and archaeal bioindicators on the basis of molecular tools. Prokarya interacting with local fungi will also be studied. The effects of the presence of transgenes in potato will … [More Info]

PhD Position University of Groningen Vegetation dynamics, plant population dynamics, sedimentation and grazing (1,0 fte) (Groningen), 38 hours per week Job description Function title: PhD position You will study the relationship between vegetation dynamics and sedimentation, vegetation dynamics and plant population dynamics, and their role for birds and invertebrates on salt marshes. These relationships will … [More Info]

The EIPRS attracts top quality international doctoral and masters students who undertake quality research in areas of research specialisation in individual institutions, and to support Australia’s research effort. The IPRS covers tuition fees for the student and overseas student health cover (OSHC) for the student and dependant(s). No other expenses are paid by this scheme, … [More Info]

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]