Education
PhD Programme in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
New high-throughput technologies in biology have opened up exciting opportunities for numerate scientists to work in advanced areas of biological research. Our programme takes students from a variety of backgrounds (statistics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics) and gives them relevant courses during their PhD, tailored to their needs. There are several projects available in different areas such as systems biology, statistics, signalling and infection. Each project is jointly run by two supervisors, one with a background in modelling or computational analysis and one with an experimental research programme. The student is integrated into the research teams of both research groups. Studentships are based primarily in Dublin, and also in Galway.
EU STUDENTS ONLY
Each student receives:
• 4 year stipend of €18,000 per year, plus fees and travel expenses
• Budget for personal laptop/ PC
• lab consumables (up to €3,000 per year)
• Opportunity for work experience abroad
For the application procedure and further details visit our
website: http://bioinformatics.ucd.ie/PhD
Closing date : 31st March 2010
PhD studentship in Cellular Systems Biology
A position exists for a PhD student in the Cambridge Systems Biology Centre (http://www.sysbiol.cam.ac.uk/
PhD studentship Unventional Computing and Cellular Automata
http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk
A fully funded 3-year EPSRC DTA PhD studentship is availabl at the Unconvetional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. The Unconventional Computing Centre (UWE, Bristol) employs complex dynamics in physical, chemical and biological media to design computational techniques, architectures and working prototypes of novel and emerging computers.
The 3-year studentship includes tuition fees and an annual stipend of £13,200 (tax free) and is for UK (home) students only.
See more details and apply at
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/job_details.asp?ref=FET/AA
PhD scholarships in Systems Biology
Structured
PhD Programme in Bioinformatics and Computational Medicine
Applications
are invited for PhD studentships, starting in October 2009 or later within the
Bioinformatics and Computational Medicine Structured PhD Programme (http://bioinformatics.ucd.ie/PhD)
at University College Dublin, to work on
the following research projects focusing on computational and mathematical
modeling of biochemical cellular
pathways:
"Design
principles of metabolic and regulatory pathways" (supervisors: Zoltan Neufeld,
Denis Shields)
"Switches,
oscillations and excitable behavior of signaling pathways" (supervisors: Boris
Kholodenko, Zoltan Neufeld, Walter Kolch)
"High-dimensional
and multiple time scale modeling of signaling networks" (supervisors: Boris
Kholodenko, Walter Kolch)
For
further details about these projects and the PhD program see http://bioinformatics.ucd.ie/PhD/)
The successful candidates will undertake a four-year research
project on computational and mathematical modeling of biochemical cellular
pathways in close collaboration with experimental research groups at Systems Biology
Applicants should hold a degree in a numerate discipline, particularly with experience in mathematical and computational modeling (e.g. mathematics, physics, computational science, computational biology, chemical or bio-engineering or related areas) and have an interest in cell biology.
For
further enquiries please contact: Zoltan Neufeld (zoltan.neufeld@ucd.ie).
The PhD positions are funded by the graduate education
programme (GREP) of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and
Technology (IRCSET) and they are available for EU students only. The 4-year scholarship
includes student stipend, fees, some consumables and travel budget to allow the
student to obtain work experience abroad and industrial work experience in a
company in
Contact Details: (bioinfo@ucd.ie) Closing date: 21st August 2009.
PhD Programme in Bioinformatics and Computational Biomedicine
Are you interested in interdisciplinary research in mathematics, computing and biology?
New high-throughput technologies in biology have opened up exciting opportunities for numerate scientists to work in advanced areas of biological research. Our programme takes students from a variety of backgrounds (statistics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics) and gives them a structured training during their PhD, tailored to their needs. Each project is jointly run by two supervisors, one with a background in modelling or computational analysis and one with an experimental research programme. The student is integrated into the research teams of both research groups.
Applications are invited from EU students
for 4-year PhD positions under the graduate education programme (GREP) of the
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET).
Most studentships commence Oct 2009.
Projects currently available:
- Infection: Comparative genomics of pathogenic yeast
- Networks: Biological patterns in networks of protein and gene interactions
- Signalling: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cell Signalling
- Cancer: Alternative Transcript Expression in Malignant Melanoma
- Infection: Functional genomics of mycobacteria-macrophage interactions in cattle
- Plant Systems Biology: The cis-regulatory code underlying plant development
- Health and disease: The Transcriptomic Phenotype of Human Adipose Tissue
- Statistics: Epigenetic/transcriptional integration from next generation sequencing
- Statistics: detecting alternate splice variants using next generation sequencing
- Modelling evolution: Modelling the evolution of protein interactions and motifs
- Thrombosis/signaling: Discovery of oligopeptides modulating platelet signalling
- Virology/signaling: Short linear protein motifs in HIV signalling in host cells
- Computational chemistry: Structurally constrained peptides as peptide mimetics
- Subcellular location: Determinants of protein localization in mammalian cells
- Systems Biology: Spatiotemporal code of signal specificity and pathway crosstalk
- Systems Biology: Design principles of regulatory
and metabolic networks
Application procedure and further details: http://bioinformatics.ucd.ie/PhD
10 of these studentships are funded by
IRCSET. They fund student stipend (€16,000), fees, some lab consumables ( up to
€5,000 per year), and travel budget to allow the student to get work experience
abroad and industrial work experience in a company in Ireland or abroad. 4
studentships are funded by SFI (Science Foundation Ireland).
Contact Details: (bioinfo@ucd.ie) Closing date: 30th March 2009
Oxford Bioinformatics Programme - Virtual Open Day April 25, 2008
Oxford Bioinformatics Programme
Want to study part-time at the University of Oxford?
Find out more at our Virtual Open Day on Friday 25th April 2008
Visit http://bioinfomsc.stats.ox.ac.uk
Interested in studying bioinformatics on a part-time basis at one of the world's most famous universities? Half of the people studying with the Oxford Bioinformatics Programme do not reside or work in the UK. Our Postgraduate Certificate in Bioinformatics only requires students to be in Oxford for two weeks in a year. We also have a part-time Master's and a selection of online and one-week face-to-face courses.
Our Online Open Day on Friday 25th April will provide you with an invaluable insight into studying bioinformatics at the University of Oxford. Between 9am and 11am (Pacific Daylight Saving Time) / 12 midday and 2pm (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) online discussion forums will take place with the Academic Director, Dr Andrew Dalby, the course administrative team, as well as current and past students.
In addition to these discussion forums, throughout the day you will be able to view and download course content as well as application packs and other student resources.
All participants will be entered in to a prize draw to win a £100 discount on a module. There are five prizes available.
For more information contact mathews@stats.ox.ac.uk .
University of Torino PhD Programme "Complexity in post-genomic Biology"
The Programme is designed to offer scientific training, research projects and perspectives in the area of post-genomic biology by using combined computational, engineering and experimental approaches with theoretical modelling, rooted in theoretical physics and mathematics. The biological interests include cell differentiation and development, cell signalling, cell growth and motility, cancer progression, cancer cell genetics, protein folding, gene-expression.
Further information on the web site or by contacting the Chair, Professor Federico Bussolino: federico.bussolino @ unito.it
http://www.bioinformatica.unito.it/phD.complexity/
Integrative Biology Graduate Program, University of Texas southwestern Medical Center
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/education/integrativebiology/
The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
http://www.genomics.princeton.edu/
Cornell, Rockefeller, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Tri-Institutional Program in Computational Biology and Medicine
http://www.triiprograms.org/cbm/about.html
Plant Systems Biology, Flanders and Ghent University.
are rooted in fundamental research and oriented towards applications for the benefit of society.
http://www.psb.ugent.be/







