[ccp4bb] PhD fellowships, Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland

[Timm Maier]

The international PhD program of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, 
Switzerland, is open for applications until June, 20th.

We encourage highly motivated students looking for an opportunity to carry out 
excellent structural biology research to apply now to the Biozentrum PhD 
program.

The Focal Area Structural Biology & Biophysics at Biozentrum provides a 
collaborative environment and state-of-the-art facilities for cryo electron 
microscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and nanobiology. It 
includes the research teams of Jan Pieter Abrahams, Stephan Grzesiek, Sebastian 
Hiller, Roderick Lim, Timm Maier, Tilman Schirmer, Henning Stahlberg and Camilo 
Perez. Key research topics are membrane proteins, large macromolecular 
assemblies, signalling, host-pathogen interactions, neurodegeneration, 
chaperones, cellular mechanics and methods development. All teams are supported 
by core facilities for biophysical techniques, proteomics, advanced imaging, 
electron microscopy and quantitative genomics. Recent research highlights 
include Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature2234 (2017); Nature 531,598-603 (2016); 
Science 351, 48-52 (2016); Nature 531, 533-537(2016); Nature 530:237-41 (2016); 
Cell 160, 952-962 (2015); Nature 523:236-9 (2015).

For more information about groups and facilities see 
http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch; for specific 
questions feel free to contact me informally 
(timm.ma...@unibas.ch).

Successful candidates in this competitive program will have the opportunity to 
do two lab rotations before selecting a host lab at the Biozentrum for their 
PhD. They are generously supported by a personal fellowship (starting annual 
salary approx. 47.000CHF, plus an extra allowance for study-related expenses). 
All PhD students at the Biozentrum are mentored by PhD advisory committees and 
benefit from an excellent postgraduate teaching program, including specialized 
courses, lectures and seminar series in structural biology.  A PhD association 
organizes retreats, career development lectures and seminars as well as soft 
skills courses and social activities.

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the leading institutes 
worldwide for molecular biology research and teaching. It is home to more than 
30 research groups with scientists from over 40 countries. Research at the 
Biozentrum focuses on the areas of Growth & Development, Infection Biology, 
Neurobiology, Structural Biology & Biophysics and Computational & Systems 
Biology. With its more than 500 employees, the Biozentrum is the largest 
department at the University of Basel’s Faculty of Science. Basel is an 
international city with inhabitants from 150 nations. Located on the border 
where three countries meet – Switzerland, Germany & France -, it is one of 
Europe’s most important life sciences hubs. Basel provides a high standard of 
living and a rich and varied cultural atmosphere.

The application procedure includes requests for letters of reference, so start 
your application as soon as possible.

For further information on the fellowship and online application, please visit: 
 http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/excellence

[ccp4bb] PhD fellowships, Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland

[Timm Maier]

The international PhD program of the Biozentrum, University of  Basel, 
Switzerland, is open for applications until June, 30th.

Successful candidates in this competitive program will have a chance to do two 
lab rotations of two month each before selecting a host lab at the Biozentrum 
for their PhD. They are generously supported by a personal fellowship  
(currently 42000/45000/48000CHF in the 1/2/3 year, plus an extra allowance for 
study-related expenses, such as meetings or laptops). All PhD students at 
Biozentrum are mentored by a PhD advisory committee and benefit from an 
excellent postgraduate teaching program, including specialized lecture and 
seminar series in structural biology.  A PhD club organizes PhD retreats as 
well as lectures and seminars. With around 550 staff members from more than 30 
countries in five major research areas (growth and development, structural 
biology  biophysics, neurobiology, infection biology as well as computational 
 systems biology)  Biozentrum offers an interdisciplinary atmosphere for 
cutting-edge research.

The Focal Area Structural Biology  Biophysics at Biozentrum provides a highly 
collaborative environment and state-of-the-art facilities for X-ray 
crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, electron microscopy and nanobiology. We are 
supported by core facilities for biophysical techniques, proteomics, advanced 
imaging, electron microscopy and quantitative genomics. For more information 
about groups and facilities see http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch; for specific 
questions on the Focal Area Structural Biology  Biophysics, feel free to 
contact me informally (timm.ma...@unibas.chmailto:timm.ma...@unibas.ch). The 
application procedure includes requests for letters of reference, so start your 
application in time.


For all further information on the fellowship and online application, please 
visit:

http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/excellence