Apply for International Ph.D Programme in various Research units @ EMBL

The EMBL International PhD Programme is Europe’s ‘best in class’ PhD programme for the life sciences. 200 students from over 40 countries are carrying out PhD research at EMBL at any time. Every year we admit an average of 50 new students, who belong to the top science graduates in their countries. They are carefully selected from a large multi-national pool of applicants that reached over 1700 applications in 2012.

The EMBL International PhD Programme provides comprehensive training that promotes scientific excellence, independence and creativity. We try to maintain a careful balance between theory and practice, between close mentoring and creative freedom, between collaborative teamwork and independence. A concept that works! More than 95% of our students successfully complete their PhD degree and on average they publish two first author papers based on their PhD work. These successes make the EMBL International PhD Programme a role model, which has inspired many similar programmes at science institutions throughout Europe and the world.

Research Units:
EMBL operates from five European sites. Heidelberg is home to the headquarters and the main laboratory with five Units. The Outstations are specialised units that combine scientific services, research and training activities.

• Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit
• Developmental Biology Unit
• Genome Biology Unit
• Structural and Computational Biology Unit
• Structural and Molecular Cell Biology
• Structural Biology
• European Bioinformatics Institute
• Mouse Biology

Research Topics:
Identifying your own true research interests for becoming a PhD student is a crucial step towards your future life as a scientist. When applying for the EMBL International PhD Programme you select the two research units you are most interested in to work with. In addition, feel free to indicate a maximum of four of the research areas you are most interested in.

• Cell Signalling and Cell Differentiation
• Cellular Organisation and Dynamics (nucleus, cytoskeleton, membranes, intracellular trafficking); Cell division
• Computational Genomics (Genome analysis and annotation) and Metagenomics
• Computational Modelling of Biological Systems and Processes
• Disease Mechanisms and Models, Pathogens, Molecular Medicine, Drug Design, Stem Cells
• Evolution
• Functional Genomics, Genetics, Gene Networks
• Gene regulation, Transcription, Chromatin and Epigenetics
• Macromolecular Complexes, Interaction Networks
• Neurobiology (from brain development to physiology and behaviour)
• Plant Biology
• Proteomics
• RNA metabolism, transport and processing, ncRNAs and miRNAs
• Tissue Morphogenesis, Cell Polarity and Migration

Admission:
Academic requirements and application procedure
PhD work at EMBL is challenging, intense and intellectually demanding. We welcome applications from highly qualified students of all nationalities. Applicants must hold, or anticipate receiving before enrolment, a university degree that would formally qualify them to enter a PhD or equivalent programme in the country where the degree was obtained. All applications are evaluated solely on the basis of qualification and scientific potential.

Registration Deadline: 12 November 2012, 23:59 CET (GMT +1) via the Online Application Form.
Submission Deadline: 19 November 2012, 23:59 CET (GMT +1)
Reference Deadline: 21 November 2012, 23:59 CET (GMT +1)
Interview Dates:

• 04-05 February 2013, EMBL Hamburg and Grenoble
• 06-08 February 2013, EMBL-EBI Hinxton
• 07-08 February 2013, EMBL Monterotondo
• 11 -15 February 2013, EMBL Heidelberg

Full details about the interview procedure will be sent to invited candidates only.
 

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