A PhD position is available to work on the regulation of the 26S
proteasome. The 26S proteasome is a multi-enzyme protease that degrades
most short-lived proteins of the cell, e.g. p53, Mdm2, c-Jun or Rb. How
substrates are brought to the proteasome and how the proteasome is
regulated is only poorly understood. Within this study, we will shed
light on these aspects.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a solid background
in molecular biology or biochemistry, a strong interest in basic and
applied sciences, and the ability to work in a team.
This is a collaborative project, partly financed by the DAAD. Therefore,
the successfull candidate will work in France (Clermont/Ferrand in the
group of Daniel Taillandier and Didier Attaix) during the first half of
the PhD. After that time the PhD work can be continued in France or in
Germany.
Starting date shall be the 1st of January 2008.
Further information is available from PD Dr. Christine Blattner +49
(0)7247-82 2634
Please send your full application including CV and two references to:
PD Dr. Christine Blattner (christine.blattner@itg.fzk.de)
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
ITG
PO-Box 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Germany
Studies and Research in Sustainability - Study and Research Scholarships 2008
Published on: 15.08.2007
Application deadline is: 15.11.2007
With financial support provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a special programme on "Studies and Research in Sustainability" that gives particularly qualified graduates, doctoral students and postdocs from selected countries as well as German doctoral students and postdocs the opportunity to study and research in Germany or abroad.
Objectives
In offering the scholarship programme, the DAAD and BMBF aim to make a specific contribution to strengthening international cooperation in education and research, above all with a view to promoting sustainable development in the field of environmental and climate protection. Besides supporting cultural and professional exchange, the programme particularly provides support to integrate knowledge and to transfer the latest findings produced by sustainability research on selected key funding areas of the BMBF (see annex). The study and research stays aim to give the scholarship holders opportunities for getting to know and to use research sites and their specific infrastructures (e.g. pilot plants, laboratories, test plants) and networks. At the same time, scholarship holders are encouraged and enabled to initiate international research projects and strategic cooperation in research and industry. To develop international cooperation and implementation strategies, close cooperation with companies and partners from fields of practice (multipliers and disseminators, NGOs) is supported by financing internships.
Core Topic Area: Biogenic Resources and Value Chains
The individual study and research projects pursued by the scholarship holders will concentrate on the following topics:
Sustainable use of biogenic resources and value chains, including environmentally-friendly product and system innovation in farming and food products and in forestry and forest products;
Sustainable land use systems (farming, agroforestry systems, forests);
Integrated water resources management in rural areas
Countries
Applications are open to graduates, doctoral students and postdocs from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Mongolia, and to doctoral students and postdocs from Germany.
Scholarships Type A: Master's Programme in Germany
These scholarships are intended for foreign graduates holding a Bachelor's or equivalent degree who aim to gain a Master's degree at a university in Germany. At the time of application, they must be no older than 26 years of age and must be able to prove that they have very good English language skills. The scholarship can be awarded for up to a maximum of 24 months. It includes a home country dependent lump-sum travel allowance, a monthly scholarship payment of 715 euros plus the costs of health insurance and of a two-month German language course. Under certain circumstances, family-dependent allowances may also be paid.
Type B: Doctorate in Germany
These scholarships are intended for foreign applicants who hold a Master's or equivalent degree and would like to gain a doctorate at a university in Germany. At the time of application, they must be no older than 32 years of age and must be able to prove that they have very good English language skills. The scholarships can be awarded for up to 36 months. It includes a home country dependent lump-sum travel allowance, a monthly scholarship payment of 975 euros plus the costs of health insurance and a four-month Germany language course. Under certain circumstances, family-dependent allowances may also be paid.
Type C: Doctorate in the Home Country
Foreign students who have already begun their doctoral or PhD studies in their home country, who are no older than 36 years of age at the time of application, who can prove that they have very good English language skills, and who plan to complete their studies in their home country can receive a scholarship for a research stay at a university in Germany. The scholarship can be awarded for a term of between a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months. It includes a home country dependent lump-sum travel allowance, a monthly scholarship payment of 975 euros plus the costs of health insurance and a two-month German language course. Under certain circumstances, family-dependent allowances may also be paid.
Type D: Postdoctoral Research in Germany
The scholarship can be awarded to foreign postdocs for between a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months. At the time of application, no more than 3 years must have passed since gaining the doctorate/PhD. Applicants must be able to prove that they have very good English language skills. The monthly scholarship payment amounts to 1,840 euros; under certain circumstances, the costs of a two-month German language course may also be paid.
Type E: Research Abroad by German Doctoral Students
These scholarships are awarded to German graduates who are doing their doctorate at a German university and who plan to complete part of their research in one of the above-listed countries. They must also be able to prove that they have very good English language skills. At the time of application, no more than two years must have passed since starting the doctorate. The scholarship can be awarded for between a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months. It includes a monthly, host-country adjusted scholarship payment to cover living and accommodation costs, a monthly lump-sum payment of 102 euros towards research and conference costs, a travel allowance for a trip from home town to host institute and back, plus health, accident and private liability insurance for the stay abroad. Third-party payments (scholarships, continuing salaries, etc.) will be appropriately deducted from the DAAD scholarship.
Type F: Postdoctoral Research Abroad
The scholarship can be awarded to German postdocs for between a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months who wish to do research in one of the above-specified countries. At the time of application, no more than three above-specified countries. At the time of application, no more than three years must have passed since completing the doctorate/PhD. Applicants must be able to prove that they have very good English language skills. The scholarship is calculated on a case-by-case basis. Besides a country-related monthly basic payment, an expatriation allowance, materials and equipment costs and a travel allowance, scholarship holders may also receive married persons and child allowances.
Internships:
On application, all scholarship holders can additionally complete an up to three-month internship in a relevant company in Germany. The scholarship payments will continue during the internship, without this having any effect on the above-specified length of the scholarship.
Application Papers
The application papers must be submitted in duplicate. Incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Foreign applicants should please fill in the "Application for Research Grants and Study Scholarships" form (http://www.daad.de/deutschland/download/03118.de.html).
German applicants should please use the form "Antrag auf ein Auslandsstipendium für deutsche Studierende / Graduierte / Promovierte" (http://www.daad.de/ausland/download/05104.de.html)
The cover sheet for the application papers must specify the desired type of scholarship. The following papers must be submitted along with the respective application form:
All Types:
Curriculum vitae (2 pages max.)
Letters of recommendation by two academic referees of the applicant's own choice
Where appropriate, a German language certificate (e.g. Zertifikat Deutsch, Deutsches Sprachdiplom, TestDaF)
An English language certificate (TOEFL 550/213/80 or IELTS 5.5)
Type A
Bachelor's degree certificate and transcript of records
Reasons for the application (1 page max.)
Letter of admission to a Master's programme in Germany (or application form)
Types B and C
Master's degree certificate and transcript of records
Summary of the Master's thesis (3 pages max.)
Description of the planned PhD/doctoral dissertation (3 pages max.)
Confirmation of supervision by a university teacher in Germany
Workplan and schedule (agreed with the German supervisor, if possible)
Type D
PhD/doctoral degree certificate
Summary of the PhD/doctoral dissertation (3 pages max.)
List of scientific publications and conference papers
Description of the research project (2 pages max.)
Confirmation of supervision by a university teacher in Germany
Workplan and schedule (agreed with the supervisor in Germany, if possible)
Type E
Diplom or Master's degree certificate
Summary of the Diplom or Master's thesis (3 pages max.)
Description of the research project (2 pages max.)
Confirmation of supervision by a university teacher abroad
Workplan and schedule (agreed with the supervisor, if possible)
Type F
PhD/doctoral degree certificate
Summary of the dissertation (3 pages max.)
List of scientific publications and conference papers
Description of the research project (2 pages max.)
Confirmation of supervision by a university teacher abroad
Workplan and schedule (agreed with the supervisor abroad, if possible)
After completing the online application process, applicants from Brazil, Russia and India should please send their papers in duplicate to the DAAD via its Regional Offices in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow or New Delhi.
Applicants from China, South Africa and Mongolia should please send their papers to the DAAD via its Beijing Office, via the DAAD Information Centre in Johannesburg, or via the German Embassy in Ulan Bator.
After completing the online application process, German applicants can send their papers – in duplicate – direct to Referat/Section 421.
Contact
DAAD, Referat/Section 421
Cordula Behrsing
Tel.: +49 (228) 882-781
Fax: +49 (228) 882-448
Email: behrsing@daad.de
Full Details at DAAD website
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The Institute for Integrated Signal Processing Systems of RWTH Aachen University has an immediate opening in the Architecture Design Group:
Research Assistant – PhD Candidate
Our interest is in the analysis and synthesis of algorithms and architectures for future complex wireless communication systems. The focus of the architecture group is on new design methodologies for energy efficient, flexible circuits. Main research topics of this group are architectures for Application Specific Instruction-set Processors (ASIPs), in particular, with reconfigurable extensions, and their synthesis onto modern deep sub-micron technologies. Of special interest is the trade-off between flexibility in software (programmability) and hardware (FPGA-type structures). These investigations are performed in collaboration with the institute's algorithm and tool groups as well as with the interdisciplinary research teams of the research cluster "Ultra high-speed Mobile Information and Communication (UMIC)".
Your tasks:
Research projects in close cooperation with industry
ASIP Architecture Exploration and Implementation in modern Deep Sub-micron Technologies
Energy efficiency vs. flexibility tradeoffs
Teaching assistance (lecture exercises, labs, seminars)
Our requirements:
Master's degree or equivalent in electrical engineering, communications or signal processing with excellent results
Sound knowledge of programming in HDL (VHDL or Verilog) and of gate-level synthesis. Skills in the area of C/C++ are beneficial.
Excellent communication skills, must be a team player
Good proficiency in oral and written English. German is beneficial.
Our team-oriented style of work and a cooperative leadership concept will give you the necessary freedom for your scientific research with a high degree of motivation, personal responsibility and creativity.
Payment is based on TV-L 13 (federal salary rate) and the duration is limited to five years.
RWTH Aachen University aims at increasing the proportion of women among the scientific staff and thus encourages qualified women to apply.
Handicapped applicants with the respective qualifications are favoured.
For further information please contact:
Dipl.-Ing. David Kammler, Tel.: +49 241 8028256
david.kammler@iss.rwth-aachen.de
Please send your complete application, by email or postal mail, to:
ISS 611810
RWTH Aachen
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Ascheid
Templergraben 55
D-52056 Aachen
Germany
bewerbung@iss.rwth-aachen.de
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Dortmund: PhD student (Physics/ Chemistry)
Category: Jobs in Dortmund
Currently, a position is open at the ISAS-Line located at the synchrotron DELTA in Dortmund for a
PhD student (Physics/ Chemistry).
The applicant will help to set up an X-ray fluorescence experiment based on a wavelength dispersive spectrometer. This WD X-ray spectrometer will be applied to characterize biomaterials (tissue, cell culture) transfected by nanoparticles. Possible candidates should have a sound background in the physics or chemistry and a strong disposition to learn new techniques and to improve and develop X-ray methods instrumentally further.
We expect strong motivation and ability to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team. Non-residents who apply for this job will receive help from the institute to find accommodation. Applications from disabled applicants we appreciate. ISAS supports the principle of equal opportunity between men and women, and is therefore interested in applications from women.
The salary will be according to the German TV-L Entgeltgruppe 13 standard. This position is as 60%-employment available for one year with the possibility of extension for two years. The position is immediately available.
Additional Information is available from Dr. R. Hergenröder, Phone +49 (231) 1392-178, Fax +49 (231) 1392-120, hergenroeder@isas.de. Please send your applications with your CV, photo and copies of certificates to
ISAS – Institute for Analytical Sciences PO BOX 10 13 52, 44013 Dortmund
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