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USA - Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowships at Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

About Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health (hsph) is the direct descendent of the first professional public health training program in America. In contrast to medicine, which focuses on specific individuals and their treatment, the basic strategy of public health is to prevent disease in broad populations, an approach that is far reaching, efficient, and equitable.
The school has a celebrated history and global perspective. Working in over forty countries worldwide, members of the hsph faculty perform path-breaking research in such areas as hiv/aids, environmental hazards, reform of health systems, nutrition, genetic markers, health disparities, and the global burden of disease.

Located in the heart of the Harvard University Longwood campus, hsph adjoins Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine, the Countway Library, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals such as Brigham and Women’s, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Children’s Hospital.

About Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public health training institutions. Named for Dr. Alonzo Smythe Yerby, an African-American pioneer in public health, this initiative is geared toward expanding the diversity of those entering academic public health. The program creates a bridge
between academic training in health-related disciplines and entry-level faculty positions at institutions throughout the United States.

The goal of the program is to advance the intellectual and professional development of each Yerby fellow. Under the guidance of a senior hsph faculty member with compatible interests, fellows develop their research agendas, gain experience in publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals and obtaining grant support, participate in a variety of professional development workshops, and increase their teaching expertise.

Yerby fellows receive a competitive salary with benefits for one year, renewable for a second year. Up to five new fellowships are awarded annually.

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September 5th, 2007

USA - Geneva Foundation Postdoctoral in Toxicology

The Geneva Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1993 with the sole purpose to support and promote the advancement of military medicine. Our focus is providing quality service to our medical researchers and excellence in education and training programs nationwide. The Geneva Foundation provides management and administrative expertise in the area of federally funded research grants, privately funded clinical trials, and medical education and training programs.

Multiple full-time Post Doctoral Fellow positions are needed to work with a dynamic research team at Walter Reed Army Institute for Research in Silver Spring, MD.

We seek Post Docs with interest in working toxicology using small lab animals, biochemical
analysis tissue, blood and body fluids cell counting, mechanism of respiratory toxicity/pulmonary injury and developing and evaluating efficacy of targeted therapeutics.

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August 28th, 2007

USA - Cornell University Postdoc in Immunology

Postdoc - Immunology (host-pathogen interactions of Chlamydia)

Located in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University is a bold, innovative and inclusive teaching and research university of academic distinction and public service where staff, faculty, and students alike are challenged to be active citizens of the world.

A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the College of Veterinary Medicine to study host-pathogen interactions of Chlamydia. The position is funded by an NIH grant and will focus on elucidating the roles of Rab GTPases in chlamydia-infected cells.

Qualifications
A PhD in the life sciences and a strong background in microbiology, molecular biology, and/or cell biology is required.

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August 28th, 2007

United Kingdom & USA - NIH funded PhD Studentship in Chemistry / Biomedical Engineering

PhD Studentship funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA
School of Science and Technology

The studentship offers a bursary of £12,000 (tax free) per annum for three years, commencing in October 2007, and Home/ EU student fees.

Post No: S0655

A PhD studentship is available within a collaborative project involving Chemistry at Nottingham Trent University and Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University, Boston, to develop silica based composite materials for dental repair using spider silk-diatom protein fusion proteins. The Kaplan group are preparing genetic constructs based on spider drag-line silk (for strength) and sequences that will promote the formation of a silica mineral phase. The Perry group will be focussing on studies of composite formation in the presence of these fusions utilising a range of silicon precursors and a range of analytical techniques to study chemical processes leading to the formation of the composite materials. The aim is to identify the effect of the precursors and the reaction conditions on the structure, properties and processing of the materials being developed as this will impact on their usability in real life.

The appointed student will work closely with a postdoctoral worker in the Perry team as well as with staff and students at Tufts University in Boston. By the end of the PhD programme, the student will gain an understanding of the principles underpinning the methodologies for analysis of silica formation and will specifically be involved in factorial design studies to optimize the kinetics of silica formation (modelling the various environments that might be encountered in vivo) in relation to morphology and mechanical properties. They will also gain an appreciation of the biochemistry and molecular biology involved in producing the fusion proteins.

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August 27th, 2007

USA - 2008 / 2009 University of Louisville Visiting Fellows in the Center of Asian Democracy

The Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville invites applications for its new Visiting Fellows program for the 2008-2009 academic year. Fellows are expected to be in residence with the Center from 1 August 1, 2008 through 31 May 2009, and will receive a stipend of US$40,000.

Applicants need to demonstrate their competency in Asian studies with a solid record of publications. The fellowship will be ideal for recent PhDs whose work is related to democratization in Asia, and senior scholars on sabbatical leave. Some teaching experience is a plus. Fellows have the option to teach one course per year in their area of expertise and present their research in a public forum.

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August 10th, 2007

USA - DOE Joint Genome Institute Postdoctoral Positions in X-Ray Crystallography and Structural Molecular Biology

Two exciting postdoctoral opportunities are available at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) in Walnut Creek, CA. Research will be conducted at the DOE JGI with access to University of California, Berkeley laboratories and facilities and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory offering a rich and dynamic scholarly environment with the latest in genomics, bioinformatics and structural biology research.

I. Postdoc: X-Ray Crystallography
Study the assembly and the structural basis function of carboxysomes and related bacterial microcompartments as well as other novel proteins of interest to the DOE, using single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques with synchrotron radiation.

Duties:
Design and carry out experiments (from protein preparation to structure analysis) aimed at elucidating the structural basis of bacterial microcompartment function. Conduct X-ray crystallographic structure determination and structure analysis of component proteins of bacterial microcompartments. Evaluate and implement appropriate tools for structural studies. Troubleshoot all stages of experimental process from protein preparation through structure analysis.

II. Postdoc: Structural Molecular Biology
Study the assembly and structural basis function of carboxysomes and related bacterial microcompartments

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August 10th, 2007

USA - University of Iowa Postdoctoral Position in Neuronal Cell Signaling

Post-doctoral position in Iowa City/USA
Starting date: 2008-03-01
Application deadline: n/a
Duration: 2-3 years
Institution: University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
Department: Pharmacology

A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City starting from March, 2008. The laboratory is interested in studying Neuronal Cell Signaling. In particular, projects are aimed at studying the dynamic regulation of expression, trafficking, localization and functions of voltage-gated potassium channels by diverse GPCR signaling pathways in mammalian neurons.

Check Mohapatra & Trimmer, J Neurosci 2006; and Park & Mohapatra et al., Science 2006 to get a broad idea on the future projects. These projects will employ tissue (neuronal) culture, biochemical, proteomic, cell biological, molecular biological, and electrophysiological techniques to answer critical quiestions.

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August 2nd, 2007

USA - 2008 / 2009 Getty Foundation Research Grants for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute’s annual theme. The theme for 2008-2009 is Networks and Boundaries. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.

Read a complete description of the 2008-2009 theme, Networks and Boundaries.

Eligibility
Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Predoctoral fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the time of the fellowship start date and expect to complete their dis-sertations during the fellowship period. (Predoctoral fellows who receive their doctorate while in residence automatically become Postdoctoral fellows.) Postdoctoral fellowship applicants must have received their degree no earlier than 2002.

Terms
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows are in residence for the entire academic year (from September 2008 to June 2009). Predoctoral fellows receive a total stipend of $18,000 for the nine-month residency. Postdoctoral fellows receive a total stipend of $22,000 for the nine-month residency. Both fellowships also provide an office at the Research Institute, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, airfare to Los Angeles, and health benefits. Neither fellowship is renewable.

Application Availability and Deadline
Completed application materials must be received in the Getty Foundation office on or before November 1, 2007. We regret that incomplete or late applications (those received after November 1, 2007, regardless of their postmark date or place of origin), cannot be accepted for consideration. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications hand-delivered to the Getty Center or those sent by e-mail or fax. Application material cannot be returned.

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August 1st, 2007

USA & Japan - Abe Fellowship Program

The Purpose of the Program
The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. Applications are welcome from scholars and non-academic research professionals. Funding for the program is provided by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

The Abe Fellowship Research Agenda
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences or the humanities relevant to any one or combination of the following three themes:

• Global issues
• Problems common to industrial and industrializing societies
• Issues that pertain to US-Japan relations

Policy-Relevant, Contemporary, and Comparative or Transnational Research
Rather than seeking to promote greater understanding of a single country, the Abe Fellowship Program encourages research on the experiences and future challenges of the US and Japan in a comparative or global perspective. The Abe Fellowship Program Committee seeks applications for research focusing explicitly on policy-relevant and contemporary issues that have a comparative or transnational perspective and that draw the study of the US and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates.

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July 31st, 2007

USA - 2008 Community College Summit Initiative Program

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State is pleased to announce the Community College Summit Initiative Program. This new international educational exchange program enables individuals from Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and South Africa to study at a community college in the United States to develop professional skills. Eligible fields are Business Management and Administration; Tourism and Hospitality Management; Health Professions, including Nursing; Media; Information Technology; Agriculture; and Engineering Science.

Eligibility
To apply to the program, candidates must:

• Have completed a secondary school education (High School Diploma);
• Have relevant work experience or be currently working in the field in which they are applying;
• Have English language skills that provide a basis for enrolling in academic coursework following up to 6 months of intensive English language study in the U.S.;
• Submit a complete application; and
• Minimum Institutional TOEFL score 500 or TOEIC score 650 (only scores less than 2 years old are valid).
• Those who are currently enrolled in S1 or S2 Programs or D3, or have completed S1, S2, D3, are not eligible for this program.

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July 24th, 2007