International Scholarships

International Ph.D. Programs Life Sciences The Life Science Zurich Graduate School consists of nine highly competitive Ph.D. programs, run jointly by the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. Each program offers research and education opportunities in a stimulating international environment for ambitious students who wish to work towards a Ph.D. degree. Accepted students perform … [More Info]

Mobile DNA is DNA that can change its position within a genome. It is an integral component of most bacterial genomes, and also implicated in the spreading of drug resistance genes among pathogenic bacteria. Why does mobile DNA persist in genomes? On one hand, mobile DNA may be a very effective parasite, replicating itself at … [More Info]

Postdoctoral and PhD Student Positions in Neurochoice, the University of Zurich, Switzerland SystemsX.ch, the Swiss initiative in systems biology, has initiated a new project entitled “Neurochoice: Neural Correlates of Collective Decision Making”, with principal investigators located at the Universi-ties of Zurich, Bern, and Geneva, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. One part … [More Info]

A post-doctoral position in ribosome biochemistry is available for a qualified candidate to work on the development of in-vitro translation assays with purified ribosomes. The assays to be developed will provide an analytical assessment of specific steps in mRNA translation (decoding, peptide-bond formation, translocation) in wild-type and mutant prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes. The ultimate objectives … [More Info]

Studentships available in the Life Sciences Graduate Program of the International University Bremen, “Biological Recognition” (BioRec). The graduate school “Biological Recognition” (BioRec) at the International University Bremen (IUB) has studentships available to begin in September, 2007. Application deadlines are February 1st and May 1st, 2007. IUB (http://www.iu-bremen.de) is a private research and teaching university in … [More Info]

The division Social and Industrial Ecology at the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich is starting an inter- and transdisciplinary research project entitled “Reducing human health and environmental risks from pesticide use: Integrating decision-making with spatial risk assessment models” in Vereda la Hoya, Tunja, Colombia, S.A. The successful PhD candidate will first develop … [More Info]

Full-Time PhD Studentship School of Applied Social Sciences 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 (at least an … [More Info]