Marie Curie Fellowships in Genetics and Stem Cell Studies

Finland. University of Kuopio.

Three Phd Fellowships supported by Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Training Program with special emphasis of studies in field of genetics, stemcell studies and imaging.

Eligible for early stage researchers from EU, associated or third countries, but not permanent residents of Finland. ESRs must have less than 4 years full time research experience since gaining the diploma giving them access to doctoral studies.

The applicants must have good skills in English. Women are encouraged to apply.

Program focus: To increase understanding of neurodegenerative diseases BiND ESR programme focuses on training by research on:

1. identifying novel molecular pathways mediating neurodegeneration and repair
2. developing novel in vitro and in vivo models of human neuro degenerative disease,
3. identifying surrogate markers that predict the neuro degenerative process and its outcome, and
4. searching for novel gene mutations linked to human neuro degenerative diseases and their function in the neurodegenerative process.

We aim at providing first-class training for our PhD fellows, serving as a source of experts for academic research, clinic, and industry, and emphasizing international connections and mobility.

Program includes 2-3 courses, seminar series, summer schools,international conferences annually, as well as weekly laboratorymeetings and day-to-day personal supervising.

Language: English
Degrees offered: PhD
Program duration: 2006-2009
No tuition fee.

Training Program for max 36 months.

For informal discussion, please contact:
Director Hilkka Soininen, Professor,
http://hilkka.soininenuku.fi,

Coordinator Pauliina Korhonen, PhD,
http://pauliina.korhonenuku.fi
Www site: http://www.uku.fi/bind

Application Forms are available at www site: http://www.uku.fi/bind

Application includes
- motivation to apply to the programme
- research interests
- three projects in priority order in which the applicant isinterested in
- plans for future carrier development
- curriculum vitae with list of publications
- certificate of basic degree, masters, MD, or corresponding
- certificate of English skills
- two reference letters

Application Deadline: June 15, 2006

Address applications to: Professor Hilkka Soininen, Director,Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, and send to:Coordinator/EST, University of Kuopio, Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, P.O.Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland