8 Scholarships PhD program in Biomolecular Sciences

CIBIO – Centre for Integrative Biology

University of Trento

The University of Trento, Italy, announces the selection of  8 doctoral positions for  2013, 8 scholarships (see below).
Applications are accepted from candidates regardless of gender, age and nationality who have a Master’s degree.

DEADLINE for application: 26 September 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Italian time

The International Doctoral School in Biomolecular Sciences was activated in 2009 by the Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO) at the University of Trento.

This is an unique reality of the Italian post graduate system, thanks to:

-the most advanced lab equipment
-national and international funding (Armenise Harvard Foundation, Telethon, Autonomous Province of Trento)
-interdisciplinary and innovative research activity
-highest quality education offer
-compulsory period abroad
-carrier opportunity in academic, governmental and industrial professions
-enchanting location between Alps and Lake of Garda

The areas of interest of the PhD program include:

- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer Genomics
- Computational Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Lipidomics and Biomembranes
- Metabolomics and metabolic Imaging
- Microbial Genomics
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Molecular Vaccinology
- Molecular Virology
- Nanobiotechnology
- Neurobiology
- Organic Chemistry
- Structural Biology
- Synthetic Biology
- Systems Biology

Length of the PhD program: 3 years
Official language: English

Specific grants are reserved for the following research topics:

• 1 grant funded by Cibio-Centre for Integrative Biology reserved for the research project “Outer Membrane Vesicles from Gram-negative bacteria as a system for vaccine formulation against infectious diseases and tumors”. Further info on the lab at http://www.unitn.it/en/cibio/11881/laboratory-microbial-genomics . Principal Investigator: Olivier Jousson.
• 1 grant funded by The Microsoft Research – University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI) reserved for the research project “Transcriptomic response to acute dietary intervention in a human cohort”; further info on the lab at http://www.cosbi.eu/index.php/people/people-research#systemsnutrition. Principal investigator: Melissa Morine
• 1 grant funded by The Microsoft Research – University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI) reserved for the research project “Genetic basis of response to chronic dietary intervention in a human cohort”; further info on the lab at http://www.cosbi.eu/index.php/people/people-research#systemsnutrition. Principal investigator: Melissa Morine
• 1 grant funded by Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) on the topic “Predictive networks methods for functional metagenomics”. Further info on the lab see http://mpba.fbk.eu/en/home; Principal investigator: Cesare Furlanello.

Please apply exclusively online at http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/3068/announcement-selection

If interested in one of the above reserved scholarships, please remember to express your interest in the online application.
Please note that MORE SCHOLARSHIPS will be available in the next weeks on our website www.unitn.it/en/drbs

Info: phd.bioscie@unitn.it
Website: www.unitn.it/en/drbs

Call for application available at http://www.unitn.it/files/download/3068/bando29biomolecularsciencesengdef_0.pdf