Applications are invited for internally funded PhD student fellowships at the FMI in Basel, Switzerland.
The FMI is part of the Novartis Research Foundation. Our research focuses on epigenetics, growth control and neurobiology. We employ state-of-the-art technologies to explore basic molecular mechanisms of cells and organisms in health and disease.
Research group leaders:
Joy Alcedo / Silvia ArberPico Caroni / Ruth Chiquet-EhrismannRafal Ciosk / Witold FilipowiczSusan Gasser / Helge GrosshansBrian Hemmings / Jan HofsteengeNancy Hynes / Andreas LüthiPatrick Matthias / Andrew MatusFrederick Meins / Denis MonardYoshikuni Nagamine / Thomas OertnerAntoine Peters / Botond RoskaDirk Schübeler
Topics include: Synaptic plasticity / Neuronal connectivityFunction of neuronal networks / Cell specificationand differentiation / Cell cycle and cancer /Signal transduction / Biology of aging / DNA and RNAdynamics and function / Cell-cell and cell-matrixinteractions / Epigenetic regulation and chromatinmodification / Gene expression and silencing /Proteomics and genomicsOur international PhD programme has 100 graduate students from more than 25 countries. The working language is English. Most students are registered at the University of Basel.
For application forms and further information,
contact: secretary@fmi.ch
Application deadlines: 15 December 2005/9 May 2006
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research,Maulbeerstrasse 66,4058 Basel, Switzerland