Zurich Ph.D. Program in Microbiology and Immunology

The Zurich Ph.D. Program in Microbiology and Immunology is a joint program of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, two highly prestigious Swiss universities with excellent research facilities. The program offers research and education opportunities in a stimulating international environment for ambitious students who wish to work towards a Ph.D. Microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, cell, developmental, molecular, systems and structural biology are covered by the program.

Accepted students perform their research project in one of the participating research groups of their choice, according to their scientific interest. Advanced teaching and training courses are offered throughout the curriculum. Students will obtain their Ph.D. from either the University of Zurich or ETH Zurich and receive a graded certificate from the program.

The program language is English throughout.

• Browse the participating research groups
• Check infos on applications & deadlines

Sir RATAN TATA Scholarships for Studies in the UK-Deadline July 2

The British Council invites applications for Sir Ratan Tata
Scholarships for Indian students planning to study in the UK.The Sir
Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) has set up this new scholarship scheme in
Development Studies and will offer three scholarships of up to £20,000
each.

The programme is aimed at students interested in studying for a full
time Masters degree in the disciplines of Developmental Economics and
Science and Technology. Students can take advantage of this
scholarship to study courses that are inter-disciplinary like the
following and more.
* Development studies
* Development Economics;
* Studies in Science, Society and Development;
* Economic Development;
* Science, Technology, Medicine and Society;
* Social Informatics and Management;
* Public Health;
* Environment, Science and Society

Eligibility criteria, application form with the guidance can be
downloaded from http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-scholarships-sirratantata.htm

To find research opportunities in France

Mant research students in France invariably need the help of Association Bernard Gregory. This association has a website that posts opportunities for research (PhD, postdoc, technicians etc). To search for research opportunities in France, click on the link below.
http://www.abg.asso.fr/offre_rechercher.php?nature=1&mz=1&lg=en


About ABG:

Founded in 1980, the Association Bernard Gregory promotes the value of training through research to the non-academic world and helps the entry of young PhDs from any discipline into business.

Mission

The mission of the ABG is to promote the placement of PhDs into companies through:

• information, professionalisation initiatives and individual support programmes for job seekers,
• promoting training through research within the business world,
• matching the skills of new and recent PhDs to job offers in companies.

Initiatives

The actions of the ABG are complentary to research institutions' and doctoral schools'. They include:

• Continuous information for PhD students, new and recent PhDs and postdocs on the job market and opportunities for professional contact, through a website that receives 400,000 visits per month, 'Docteurs&Co' quarterly newsletter, around a hundred interventions at PhD student forums and a European guide 'From PhD to Employment' (170,000 copies downloaded in 2004) available in French and in English.
• Professionalisation initiatives: Doctoriales and the 'Adding value to skills – a new chapter in the thesis' programme (170 PhD students involved in 2004).
• A network of 300 correspondents who provide individual support to new PhDs in structuring their career plans, in writing a CV aimed at the non-academic sector, and who follow them through to recruitment.
• An online CVs database validated by ABG correspondents (1,000 CVs) and a database of company job offers (750 in 2004).
• Coordinating a network of companies and partner research organizations: offering arenas (web and press) to communicate their initiatives and their actions in support of jobs for new and recent PhDs; organizing regular meetings of the Business Club that deal with new and recent PhDs and with companies.

EMBO Lifesciences Mobility Portal

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) is a prominent body involved in molecular biology research. It funds research in molecular biology that involves chemistry, physics, bioinformatics that support molecular biology. One of the initiatives of EMBO is the "EMBO Lifesciences Mobility Portal". It can be accessed here
http://mobility.embo.org/

PhD fellowships from Wellcome trust

Visit the following website for the PhD student fellowships from Wellcome trust.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/PhD-programmes-and-studentships/WTD004384.htm

Support is provided for four years and includes:

• a stipend
• PhD registration fees at UK/EU student rate
• contribution towards laboratory rotation expenses in the first year
• research expenses for years two to four
• contribution towards travel
• contribution towards transferable-skills training.

Students are recruited annually by the individual Programmes for uptake in October each year. Recruitment begins in the preceding December. If you are interested in applying you should contact the relevant Programme. Currently 27 Programmes based in centres of excellence throughout the UK with specialised training provided in a range of important biomedical research areas are supported:

• developmental biology and cell biology
• genetics, statistics and epidemiology
• immunology and infectious disease
• molecular and cellular biology
• neuroscience
• physiological sciences
• structural biology and bioinformatics.

Interactive PLoS website for scientific community

I just came across PLoS (Public Library of Science) website http://www.plos.org/index.php
It's an amazing site whose objective is to make the scientific literature available for free to the scientific community. Of course, you will have to pay if your article is accepted in their journals. The following are the core principles of PLoS: (Modified from their website)

1. Open access.
2. Excellence.
   
3. Scientific integrity.
4. Breadth.
5. Cooperation.
   
6. Financial fairness.
7. Community engagement.
8. Internationalism.
   
9. Science as a public resource.
   

They have seven journals that have good citation index. They are
1. PLoS One
2. PLoS Biology
3. PLoS Medicine
4. PLoS Computational Biology
5. PLoS Genetics
6. PLoS Pathogens
7. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Their web site is user friendly and have various features such as news, journal information etc. Visit the website and browse through the different subject areas. The users can go to this webpage for more friendly version http://www.plosone.org/static/users.action
If you need more help in using the site follow this link
http://www.plosone.org/static/help.action