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NEW STSM CALL FOR 2012
Applications are sought for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) to be completed in 2012. This is a fantastic opportunity for early stage researchers to travel, learn and connect with other members of the HypoxiaNet community.
Details regarding eligibility and application are found in the thread below dated 19.1.2011.
The closing date for applications is September 1st 2012. Applications will be evaluated as they are received so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Applications to be sent to Dr. Eoin Cummins
eoin.cummins@ucd.ie
New call for STSMs - to be completed in 2011
Fantastic opportunities to travel, learn and gain experience
Closing date October 21st 2011
We need applications to help maintain the HypoxiaNet budget.
For further details see below.
Applications to be sent to Dr. Eoin Cummins eoin.cummins@ucd.ie
New call for STSMs is open with a closing date of June 30th 2011
New STSM news for 2011
STSMs can vary from one week to three months and are restricted to Early Stage Researchers (ESR, i.e. doctoral students and researchers who have fewer than 8 years post-graduation). Applicants must be engaged in a research programme in an institution from a COST country which must have accepted the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the HypoxiaNet COST Action TD0901. Both home and host institution must be participants of the HypoxiaNet COST Action. STSMs within the same country are not possible. The average contribution for a mission is a fixed grant based on the applicant’s budget request and the decision from the relevant assessment committee. It will normally not exceed EUR 1'500.
What is a STSM?
STSM is basically a short visit by an ESR to another lab for the purposes of:
* Carrying out an experiment that can’t be performed in the researcher’s home institution.
* Learning a new technique in a lab with expertise in that area.
* Fostering collaboration between different labs.
How do you apply for funding for a STSM?
There will be a series of calls for applications for funding for STSMs for the duration of the hypoxianet COST action (until November 2013). The current call is open until March 31, 2011. E-mail the applications to eoin.cummins@ucd.ie with “STSM” in the subject box and a .doc/.pdf attachment with the application itself.
Application:
Please submit a cover-page with
Name.
Date of birth.
Nationality.
Qualification (MSc, PhD, MD)
Year and month of MSc and/or PhD award
Postal address at your current institution
Email address.
Also, please submit a brief 1 page (longer applications will disqualify) description of the proposed STSM clearly outlining the nature and location of the research proposed as part of the STSM and how this will help the early stage researcher
The decision of the task- group in awarding STSMs will be final.
What can the funding cover?
Transport, accommodation and subsistence for the duration of the STSM up to a pre-approved amount.
Experimental equipment, reagents and consumables will not normally be covered by the funding and should be covered by the visiting or host institution in the spirit of collaboration.
Mentorship for ESR
Name | Last name | Email address |
| Margaret | Ashcroft | m.ashcroft@ucl.ac.uk |
| Edurne | Berra | eberra@cicbiogune.es |
| Bernhard | Brune | bruene@pathobiochemie1.de |
| Oriol | Casanovas | ocasanovas@iconcologia.net |
| Persio | Dello Sbarba | persio@unifi.it |
| Joachim | Fandrey | joachim.fandrey@uni-due.de |
| Hava | Golan | havag@bgu.ac.il |
| Agnes | Gorlach | goerlach@dhm.mhn.de |
| Ester | Hammond | esterhammond@gmail.com |
| Arvydas | Kanopka | kanopka@ibt.lt |
| Peppi | Karppinen (Koivunen) | peppi.karppinen@oulu.fi |
| Dorthe | Katschinski | katschinski@physiol.med.uni-goettingen.de |
| Bengt | Kayser | bengt.kayser@unige.ch |
| Paul | Kemp | kemp@cf.ac.uk |
| Claudine | Kieda | claudine.kieda@cnrs-orleans.fr |
| Heimo | Mairbaurl | heimo.mairbaeurl@med.uni-heidelberg.de |
| Carine | Michiels | carine.michiels@fundp.ac.be |
| Lisa | Oliver | Lisa.Oliver@univ-nantes.fr |
| Alberto | Pascual | apascual@ibis-sevilla.es |
| Mietek | Pokorski | mieczyslaw.pokorski@gmail.com |
| Peter | Ratcliffe | pjr@well.ox.ac.uk |
| Ian | Stratford | ian.stratford@manchester.ac.uk |
| Cormac | Taylor | cormac.taylor@ucd.ie |
| Roland | Wenger | roland.wenger@access.uzh.ch |
Call for applications for funding of Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs).
STSMs can vary from one week to three months and are restricted to Early Stage Researchers (ESR, i.e. doctoral students and researchers who have fewer than 10 years post-graduation). Applicants must be engaged in a research programme in an institution from a COST country which must have accepted the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the HypoxiaNet COST Action TD0901. Both home and host institution must be participants of the HypoxiaNet COST Action. STSMs within the same country are not possible. The average contribution for a mission is a fixed grant based on the applicant’s budget request and the decision from the relevant assessment committee. It will normally not exceed EUR 2'500.
What is a STSM?
. STSM is basically a short visit by an ESR to another lab for the purposes of:
* Carrying out an experiment that can’t be performed in the researcher’s home institution.
* Learning a new technique in a lab with expertise in that area.
* Fostering collaboration between different labs.
How do you apply for funding for a STSM?
There will be a series of calls for applications for funding for STSMs for the duration of the hypoxianet COST action (until November 2013). The current call is open until May 31, 2010. E-mail the applications to eoin.cummins@ucd.ie with “STSM” in the subject box and a .doc/.pdf attachment with the application itself.
Application:
Please submit a cover-page with
Name.
Date of birth.
Nationality.
Qualification (MSc, PhD, MD)
Year of MSc and/or PhD award
Postal address at your current institution
Email address.
Also, please submit a brief 1 page (longer applications will disqualify) description of the proposed STSM clearly outlining the nature and location of the research proposed as part of the STSM and how this will help the early stage researcher
The decision of the task- group in awarding STSMs will be final.
What can the funding cover?
.
Transport, accommodation and subsistence for the duration of the STSM up to a pre-approved amount.
Jobs
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Hypoxia day in Nantes
Open Postdoc position at University of Zurich
Hypoxia and Cellular Interactions at the Blood-Brain Barrier
A postdoctoral position is currently available in the area of neurovascular biology. The selected individual will join a young, dynamic team investigating cell-specific interactions at the blood-brain barrier and their modulation during pathological insult (with a focus on hypoxia) using in vitro and in vivo methods. In particular, the position will involve the generation of new inducible transgenic lines to facilitate the study of hypoxic responses at the BBB and continued development of new in vitro methods. The ultimate goal of this work is obtain better understanding of the importance of cell-specific responses to facilitate the identification and refinement of new therapeutic targets and protective strategies to selectively regulate barrier integrity. The project involves a substantial amount of mouse work, cell culture, FACs analysis, microscopy and molecular/biochemical techniques. Motivated individuals with a good PhD and solid background in transgenic mouse models, molecular biology and biochemistry are encouraged to apply. Previous experience in neuro- or vascular biology will be considered a significant advantage.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Lara Ogunshola, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
Switzerland. Email: Larao@access.uzh.ch Website: www.vetphys.uzh.ch
Post-doctoral and PhD student positions are available in the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research
Post description
The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Research in 2012-2017 is an integrated consortium of six research groups led by professors Taina Pihlajaniemi, Johanna Myllyharju, Seppo Vainio, Robert Winqvist, docent Aki Manninen, and Dr. Lauri Eklund. The consortium aims to understand how cell-ECM interplay and the ECM microenvironments contribute to tissue development and homeostasis as well as how disruption of these essential conditions and interactions influence the integrity of tissues and malignancy development. The consortium integrates expertise in research on collagens, ECM synthesis and hypoxia response, embryonic induction and organogenesis, cancer genetics and tumour biology, epithelial cell polarity, and vascular morphogenesis. The laboratories of the CoE operate at the Medical Campus of the University of Oulu, Finland, and the groups are part of Biocenter Oulu. For more information about the groups, please see the Biocenter Oulu web-site (www.biocenter.oulu.fi).
Conditions
4-5 post–doctoral and PhD student positions are open starting from the first of January 2012 and will be filled for 2-4 years, including a trial period of up to 4 months. The salary for a post-doctoral researcher will be based on the job demand level 5 of the salary system for teaching and research staff in use at the University of Oulu. In addition, on the basis of personal work performance up to 46.3% of the job demands level can be paid, the overall salary range being 2714,54 - 3971,37 € per month. The salary for a PhD student will be based on levels 1-4 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities, supplemented by personal work performance up to 46.3% of the job demands level (range from 1716,53 to 3451,58 € per month.
Requirements
We are looking for enthusiastic and skilful post-doctoral candidates with a PhD degree in life sciences or an MD-PhD degree. For the PhD student positions an MSc degree in life sciences or an MD degree is required. The experimental work in the CoE projects utilises various human genetics, biochemical, cell biological and tissue culturing methods, virus-mediated approaches, microscopic imaging, and tumour models. Experience relevant to the projects is required.
Applications
Applications should be sent by e-mail to kirjaamo(at)oulu.fi. All the documents should be enclosed as pdf files. In the subject field of the e-mail, please, write “CoE of ECM Application”. Closing date for applications is December 2, 2011. The following documents must be attached to the application:
1) A brief curriculum vitae.
2) The list of publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
3) Names and addresses of two referees.
4) A brief description of research interests.
For further information, please contact Taina Pihlajaniemi (tel. 358-(0)400-586 920, e-mail:
taina.pihlajaniemi(at)oulu.fi).
Post-Doc and Ph.D Positions: Molecular mechanism for disturbed neurons migration in the fetus cerebellum following prenatal hypoxia.
Postdoctoral and Ph.D positions are available starting October 2011 to study the mechanism by which prenatal hypoxia disturbs neurons migration in the fetus brain. We are looking for a skilled scientist experiences in molecular biology techniques and the use of rodent models. The position is for 3 years at the Department of Virology and Developmental Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Contact: Hava M. Golan, Email: havag@bgu.ac.il
Website: http://fohs.bgu.ac.il/golanlab
Post-Doc wanted: Study of the role of miRNA in the hypoxia-induced chemoresistance in cancer cells
A post-doctoral position is available starting May or June 2011 to study newly identified miRNA in the hypoxia-induced chemoresistance in cancer cells. We are looking for a skilled cell biology scientist, ideally experienced in cellular, molecular biological and biochemical techniques. Post-doctoral research experience in the field is an asset. The position is for 2 years, at the Cellular and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Namur, Belgium. For further information, please contact: carine.michiels@fundp.ac.be