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Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a limited number of bursaries will be available for the academic year 2006-7 for Birkbeck College's acclaimed Internet-based courses in structural biology. Bursaries of 1000 pounds / year for one or two years will be available to students who are otherwise well qualified but unable to take the courses for financial reasons only. They are mainly aimed at, but not necessarily restricted to, students from emerging economic regions. Applications wiill be judged on both academic merit and economic need. Three one-year courses and one M.Sc. are available: * Principles of Protein Structure: An introduction to the structure and function of proteins suitable for graduates in relevant sciences http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pps.html * Techniques in Structural Molecular Biology: An introduction to the main structural biology techniques (crystallography, NMR and electron microscopy), plus relevant molecular biology and bioinformatics http://tsmb.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/ * Protein Crystallography: A course that focuses on the underlying principles of protein crystallography (from diffraction to structure validation) aimed at students from a biological background http://px.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/ * M.Sc. Structural Molecular Biology: Students who pass Principles of Protein Structure and then one of the other two courses become eligible for the M.Sc. These bursaries have been established to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Principles of Protein Structure course and part-funded in memory of Dr Alan Mills (1945-2003) who developed the first version of that course with Professor Peter Murray-Rust. Candidates for bursaries must first follow the application instructions given on the course websites (above). This will involve completing the Birkbeck postgraduate application form either online or on paper. They should then contact the course administrator, Maureen Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a CV, covering letter explaining why they are applying, and details of two academic or professional referees. The deadline for applications is Monday, 9 October 2006. Further information can be obtained from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please circulate this announcement widely. Thank you! Best regards, Dr. Clare Sansom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teaching Fellow, Birkbeck College, London, UK Freelance bioinformatics consultant and science writer
