Denmark – Technical University of Denmark PhD Scholarship in Systems Biology of Salmonella Infection
A 3-year scholarship for graduate study leading to a PhD in engineering is available in a collaborative project between 1) the Center for Systems Microbiology, Dept. of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, 2) University of Copenhagen and 3) Oxford Brookes University.
Supervisors: Professor Peter Ruhdal Jensen and professor Mogens Kilstrup (DTU-Systems Biology)
The project is financed by the Research Council for Technology and production and aims to perform a systems biology analysis of the infection machinery of Salmonella, and the student will be constructing mutants and characterising these by DNA microarray and other analyses. Student will also be involved in computer modelling, part of which will be carried out at Oxford Brookes University.
Applicants are expected to have a Master’s degree and a good background in Molecular Biology/Microbiology. Fluency in English is also required.
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. Information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies is included in the general rules of DTU, which may be obtained by application to the PhD programme office at tel: +45 4525 1176 or +45 4525 1177.
The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students.
Further information may be obtained from professor Peter Ruhdal Jensen, prj@bio.dtu.dk, tel: +45 4525 2510, or professor Mogens Kilstrup, mki@bio.dtu.dk, tel.: +45 4525 2528.
We need your online application no later than October 27th 2008 at 12.00 noon.
Apply online on www.dtu.dk/vacancy – Open the link “apply for this job online,” fill out the form and attach application, your CV, list of publications, if you have any, documentation of a completed master’s degree, grade transcript, and names of two reference persons, who should send us their letters of recommendation under separate cover (email is OK).
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