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France - 2009 / 2010 Pasteur - Paris University International Doctoral Program in Life Sciences and Biomedicine

The Pasteur - Paris University International Doctoral Program
An international PhD program in Life Sciences and Biomedicine

Academic year 2009-2010

In 2009, the Institut Pasteur, the leading biomedical research institute founded by Louis Pasteur in 1888 and located in central Paris (France), will inaugurate a new international PhD program in collaboration with several major Paris universities for students holding a Master degree (or equivalent) in Science, Medicine or related fields from a university outside of France.

The Pasteur – Paris University Doctoral Program offers cutting edge training in a large variety of topics including Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Structural Biology, Enzymology and Metabolism, Biological Chemistry, Virology, Parasitology, Medical Mycology, Epidemiology, Infectiology, Imaging, Neurosciences, Developmental Biology and Systems Biology.

Continue Reading October 13th, 2008

France - FINSysB Network PhD Positions for ‘Pathogenomics and Systems Biology of Fungal Infections’ Research Program

12 PhD positions available in FINSysB

Applications are being sought for twelve PhD positions in the FINSysB Network, starting around the beginning of 2009. This Marie Curie Initial Training Network is about to be funded by the European Commission under Framework Program 7. The PhD’s will study with internationally renowned experts on a range of state-of-the-art projects involving genomics, molecular biology, bioinformatics and mathematical modeling (below). These projects will contribute to the overall FINSysB research program on the ‘Pathogenomics and systems biology of fungal infections – an integrative approach’. The successful applicants will be ambitious, conscientious and hard working team players. They will become integral members of the FINSysB Network where they will receive a thorough training in multidisciplinary research and complementary transferable skills, including career progression.

Applicants should send their CV with a covering letter to the relevant laboratory, specifying the PhD position of interest (e.g. FINSysB-PhD5). Applicants must meet the European Commission’s eligibility criteria. [For example: applicants must be in the first four years of their research careers; they can be nationals of any country other than the country where they will study for their PhD; and they must not have resided in the country of their PhD host for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment.] Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by the host institution and will be reviewed centrally to ensure an appropriate gender balance across the Network. The successful applicants will hold contracts of employment with their host institution, and will be subject to the regulations of the European Commission.

Continue Reading October 13th, 2008

France - Institut TELECOM PhD Fellowship in Medical Image Analysis

Three-Year Ph.D. Fellowship in Medical Image Analysis at Institut TELECOM / TELECOM & Management SudParis, France (www.institut-telecom.fr / www.it-sudparis.eu)

LABORATORY: ARTEMIS Department (www-artemis.int-evry.fr)

RESEARCH SUBJECT: Spatio-temporal statistical variational models for the quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion in MRI.

DESCRIPTION: This doctoral research aims at elaborating non supervised computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tools for the quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

First-pass perfusion MRI is widely used for diagnosing cardiovascular pathologies and evaluating their physiological impact on heart tissues.

Myocardial perfusion is assessed by monitoring the MR signal enhancement during the first-pass transit of a vascular contrast agent through the cardiac chambers and muscle. To this end, the heart is partitioned into a set of anatomical segments according to a standardized subdivision model of the myocardium. For each segment, a so-called first-pass curve, defined
as the regional average MR signal value as a function of time, is then computed from which a set of clinically-relevant parameters are finally derived. Quantitative perfusion assessment is achieved by comparing the estimated parameters to normative values.

Automated perfusion assessment is faced with the complex problem of segmenting the myocardium in image sequences with high nonlinear contrast variations (with possible pathology-induced alterations) and non rigid motion artefacts originating from respiration and cardiac deformations.

Continue Reading September 24th, 2008

France - 2009 / 2010 Eiffel Scholarships Programme for Master and PhD Students

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launched the Eiffel excellence scholarship programme in January 1999 to support French centres of higher education in their international outreach initiatives, in a context of mounting competition among developed countries to attract elite students from overseas. In 2005, the scheme was extended with the Eiffel Doctorate programme, addressing high-calibre PhD students.

For greater clarity, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is now introducing a single application procedure for its Eiffel Scholarship and Eiffel Doctorate Scholarship programmes.

The new Eiffel programme thus covers two types of course:

• Master’s postgraduate degree course
• Ten-month co-tutored or co-managed component (preferably second or third year) of PhD course

The objectives of the Eiffel excellence programme run by the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs remain unchanged, the first being to offer French higher-education opportunities for future public- and private-sector decision-makers in three priority areas: science; economics & management; and law & political science.

Continue Reading September 21st, 2008

France - INRA Postdoc Position in Statistical Genetics

18 months postdoc position at The Biometry and Artificial Intelligence Unit of INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) in Toulouse, France.

The project, funded by the French Research Agency, aims at incorporating linkage disequilibrium into linkage mapping analysis, in order to fine map QTL. It consists in developing statistical methods using linkage disequilibrium for predicting similarity of genitor alleles in a multiple families design, and developing the necessary software tools.

The aim is to attribute, at every locus of the genome, for the alleles of the genitors in the design, (i) a measurement that accurately reflects the identity by descent probability with the ancestral alleles, or (ii) a probable coalescence tree to enable ancestral alleles to be tracked.

Continue Reading September 18th, 2008

France - INSA Lyon PhD Studentship in Applied Mathematics

PhD vacancy at INSA de Lyon LaMCoS
Multi physics & multi phase modeling in lubrication

Host laboratory
LaMCoS - Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures, TMI group
INSA-Lyon, CNRS UMR5259, http://lamcos.insa-lyon.fr

Context
Lubrication of machine elements represents nowadays important environmental, economical and technical issues. Minimization of friction losses (environmental and economical aspects) and film thickness reduction (technical aspect) in lubricated devices lead to new operating conditions and among them the early lubricating film breakdown or the presence of multi phase flow. The work conducted in our group so far showed the interest in developing multi physic models[1]. However the initial numerical approach should be left and a new modeling strategy is to be developed. SKF - Engineering & Research Centre (based in the Netherlands) supports this research activity since the early phase in 2005. In addition of its financial contribution, the company also provides a part time visiting professor.

Continue Reading September 15th, 2008

France - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) Postdoc Position in Statistical Genetics

18 months postdoc position at The Biometry and Artificial Intelligence Unit of INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) in Toulouse, France.

The project, funded by the French Research Agency, aims at incorporating linkage disequilibrium into linkage mapping analysis, in order to fine map QTL. It consists in developing statistical methods using linkage disequilibrium for predicting similarity of genitor alleles in a multiple families design, and developing the necessary software tools.

The aim is to attribute, at every locus of the genome, for the alleles of the genitors in the design,

• a measurement that accurately reflects the identity by descent probability with the ancestral alleles, or
• a probable coalescence tree to enable ancestral alleles to be tracked.

The candidates should have a strong background in statistics and/or genetics. The project will also require a programming skill.

Continue Reading September 11th, 2008

France - University of Franche-Comté PhD Scholarship in Spectral Analysis of Phase Noise and Frequency Stability of Oscillators

Ph.D. Training Opportunity & Stipend – starting fall 2008

Spectral analysis of phase noise and frequency stability of oscillators
proposed byEnrico Rubiola

FEMTO-ST Institute, Dept. of Time and Frequency
CNRS et University of Franche Comte

Subject
Time and frequency have a privileged role in physics and applications because they are the most precisely measured physical quantities. The wrist watch, for example, is the only artifact accurate within 1E-5 - 1E-6 at a cost affordable to all consumers. Atomic clocks exhibit the amazing accuracy of 1E-15, and a stability better by a factor 10. Though the accuracy of 1E-15 relates only to fundamental physics and metrology, short term stability is a major concern in telecommunications, space applications and radars.

Traditionally, frequency stability is measured in the time domain and described using wavelet variances known as the Allan variance sigma_y^2(tau) and its modified versions. The variable tau is the measurement time. The stability depends on the measurement time in the same way of a balance, which is less “precise” when the mass to be measured is very different from 1 kg.

Continue Reading August 27th, 2008

France - University of Limoges PhD Scholarships in Banking and Finance

PhD scholarships in Banking and Finance
University of Limoges, Department of Economics (France)

The University of Limoges is launching a call for PhD scholarships in Banking and Finance. The selected candidate(s) will be recruited for a period of 3 years. Co-tutorship with other institutions encouraged. Research to be conducted on Bank Risk and Regulatory implications (Basel II or III, Bank Supervision, Market Discipline, Ownership and Capital Structure…) with strong econometric and/or theoretical background. Other areas in Banking and Finance are also welcome. The selected candidate(s) will be connected to an international research network. They will be hosted by the LAPE (Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Prospective Economiques, Director: Pr Amine Tarazi).

APPLICATION PACKAGE
Candidates should submit the following:

• Application Form
• PhD Proposal
• Detailed CV
• Support letter(s)
• Transcript of records

Continue Reading June 13th, 2008

France - University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and OFCE PhD Scholarship in Innovation and Market Selection

PhD Scholarship Title
Innovation and Market Selection: an Evolutionary Approach

Supervisor
Jean-Luc Gaffard Professor of Economics, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and CNRS-GREDEG, Head of the Department for Research on Innovation and Competition (OFCE Centre de Recherche en Economie de Sciences-Po)

Research Project
Aggregate productivity growth is the outcome of incumbent firms adopting new and superior techniques and (or) entering firms replacing exiting firms with better technologies. This research project will concern market selection mechanisms by characterising innovation as a process of selection (or acquisition) of more productive technologies within firms and a process of selection of firms itself. It will analyse both what happens inside the firms and what happens between firms on the market when firms are engaged in innovative or imitative processes. The first part of the research will be devoted to making a survey of empirical and theoretical analyses of industrial dynamics, which should focus on the relation between innovation and competition. The second part of the research will build a theoretical model of industrial dynamics in order to analyse rivalry and competition among heterogeneous firms. It will determine the market conditions that allow firms to capture productivity gains from past investments. These market conditions are critical to haracterising the dynamic equilibrium, similar to a so-called natural market structure. The third and last part will consist in developing an empirical analysis of the determinants of firms’ entry and exit, using French census data. In its conclusion, this research will address critical issues concerning the objectives and channels of industrial policies defined as policies that support development of firms and innovation.

Continue Reading May 28th, 2008