PhD and PDF Positions

Ph.D. Position in Norway and Japan at NTNU

Highlights:

We primary seek candidates with a Master in Materials Science or Solid State Physics, motivated for experimental activities in the fields of aluminum alloys according to a BILAT project between Norway and Japan.
The purpose of the bilateral project, called ‘Norwegian-Japanese Al-Mg-Si Alloy Precipitation Project’, is as follows: ‘The primary objective is to identify impact of selected trace elements on precipitation and study vacancies in relation to trace elements in Al-Mg-Si alloys. This will be done in a bilateral Norwegian/Japanese research collaboration between Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) / SINTEF / Hydro Aluminum) and Japan (University of Toyama /Tokyo institute of Technology). Building up competence to understand these fundamental issues will be of general importance for the light metals community and can assist Hydro in increasing the quality and reduce the energy consumption in their future Aluminum products’.
The PhD project is called ‘Vacancies in aluminum alloys in a context of trace elements and recycling’. Here experiments and calculations will be used to focus on vacancies, how they bind with solute, their effects on diffusion, nucleation of precipitates, in special relation to the trace elements in 6xxx alloys. In this study we aim at detecting vacancies (indirectly or directly) preferably via solute-vacancy pairs. To study some features of the vacancies various advanced microscopy analytical techniques like scanning TEM (STEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) may be used.
The more recent techniques Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) / Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS) are probably most significant, because they are specially suited for the study of vacancies or pores in materials. Here one aim is to find the factors that make it possible to control the strength increase taking place at room temperature just after cooling from extrusion (prior to final ageing). This is believed to be driven solely by vacancies. Studying vacancies is a challenging task. However, with the use of several independent methods, the combination of the two projects, the previous experience in precipitation and precipitate structure for these alloys, and at last, the long industrial research with these materials, it is expected that new insights will be achieved.
Experience in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and other advanced characterization methods is useful. Depending on chosen topics and project needs, and the candidates’ background and qualifications, the position will be allocated either to the Materials Science or the Physics department in NTNU.

Post-doc position in Etiology and Pathogenesis of venous thrombosis at the Portuguese National Institute of Health (INSA)

Highlights:

1. Main research field: Thrombotic disorders

2. Fellowship conditions: The first year of the fellowship is financed by the FCT project entitled “The ethiology and pathogenesis of venous thrombosis in the Portuguese “in risk” population: From clinical manifestations to identification of hereditary risk and protective factors as well as exogenous or ambiental factors”. Further funding of this Postdoctoral fellowship (an additional 2 or 3 years) can be obtained through an individual application of the postdoctoral fellow with the research group to the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) postdoctoral grants (BPD;

http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/posdoutoramento2009.phtml.en).

3. Additional details of the fellowship are available at the same site. The amount of the fellowship is 1.495€/month.

4. Development, transfer and/or implementation of new molecular and/or biochemical tools, including gene expression and genome-wide association studies, to be used in the screening and in-depth characterization of patients affected with thrombotic disorders.

5. Qualifications and Experience: Candidates need to have a PhD degree, and will be selected based on their experience in a field related with the topic of the application, publication record, motivation, interview performance and “abilities assessment” (only for short-listed applicants).

6. Applications should include a CV, a motivation letter, a one-page synopsis of current research, and the names and contacts of at least two senior researchers for reference (optionally including recommendation letters) and can be submitted in Portuguese or English.

Closing date for application: 30^th of March 2010.
Both, unsuccessful and shortlisted applicants will be notified by email.
Applications should be sent by 30^th of March to dezso.david@insa.min-saude.pt

Dezsö David Ph.D.,

Department of Genetics

National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge

Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa

Portugal

Fax: (+351) 217526410

Telephone: (+351) 217519322

PhD positions in Biotechnology

Highlights:

BioToP offers an inter- and multi-disciplinary research-based doctoral education at the interface of basic and applied science in the field of protein biotechnology.
BioToP offers a challenging scientific environment with state-of-the-art facilities and provides comprehensive and thorough up-to-date research training in the fields of:

structure-function analysis, engineering and design of proteins
protein synthesis, targeting and post-translational modifications
expression systems and cell factories
bioinformatics and molecular modeling

The BioToP-specific educational programme comprises lectures, seminars and instructional courses that complement the research work in the participating groups.
Highly qualified and motivated students of any nationality are invited to apply for the 3-year studentships. Funding will be according to the salary scheme of the Austrian Science Fund. Additionally students will receive funding for research stays abroad and for the participation at international conferences.
Further information on research projects as well as application guidelines and forms are available at: http://biotop.boku.ac.at
Application deadline: May 15th, 2010

PDF Positions

PhD position in Economics for Innovation and Technological Change

Highlights:

The Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciencess (IE&IS) has several BSc and MSc programmes. Education and research in the department focus on the development and use of technology in a business and society-oriented context. Research is design and application oriented, based on fundamental scientific insights and methods. Main areas of interest are operations management, innovation management and policy and human-technology interaction.
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciencess (IE&IS) is seeking applications for a PhD position in the field of Economics of Innovation and Technological Change. The research project “Co-Producing Service Innovations: “Fiber Infrastructure and Strategic Use of ICT applications by SMEs” is conducted within the Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies (ECIS, for more information see http://ecis.ieis.tue.nl/ )
Project description

Postdoctoral Positions in Experimental and Computational Biology

Highlights:

We offer four postdoctoral positions in experimental and computational biology for an integrated effort that aims to decipher the transcriptional regulatory circuitry of cellular differentiation in mammals.
In this Systems biology project we seek to understand how chromatin state, epigenetic modifications and transcription factors cooperate to direct cellular differentiation in conditions of health and disease. Postdocs will use functional genomics approaches to analyse genome-wide changes in transcription and epigen-etic states quantitatively in mouse differentiation systems. Data will be analyzed in close collaborations with computational groups to generate and experimentally validate predictive models.
Participating laboratories seeking postdocs are:

Georg Hollaender: regulatory networks governing thymic epithelial cell differentiation and promiscuous gene expression of self-antigens.
Anton Rolink: lymphocyte development and T cell differentiation.
Patrick Matthias: epigenetic control over B-lymphocyte differentiation
Antoine Peters / Juerg Schwaller: mechanisms of aberrant differentiation in conditional models of acute leukemia.

Also participating are: Gerhard Christofori, Mihaela Zavolan, Erik van Nimwegen, Dirk Schuebeler and Susan Gasser. All laboratories are in either the University of Basel or the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research of Basel, Switzerland. Successful applicants will work in a highly stimulating research environment, and be offered training in theoretical and experimental techniques.
For further information visit our website (www.cellplasticity.org). Interested applicants are invited to send CV, statement of motivation indicating the differentiation system(s) of interest and 3 letters of reference to cellplasticity@fmi.ch. For detailed information about the specific projects please contact the laboratory heads directly.
Ref. http://www.fmi.ch/Careers/JobDetails.html?jobID=125