INTERNATIONAL PhD PROGRAM IN NEUROBIOLOGY COLLABORATIVE PhD PROJECTS BETWEEN THE NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, WARSAW, POLAND AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 17 PhD projects are available in all the major areas of neuroscience Extensive visit(s) to foreign partner laboratory (6-24 months) Multidisciplinary training Fellowship 3500-5000 PLN/month (900-1200 Euro/month) Start date Jan 2010 During the first recruitment 9 students were recruited. The recruitment for remaining 8 projects starts soon. Detailed information about individual projects is available here Applicants should hold a Master of Science degree (or equivalent) obtained not later than July 2010, have some relevant laboratory experience and be proficient in English. See individual projects for any additional requirements. Applications may be uploaded at http://neurophd.nencki.gov.pl/register.php between 1st March - 12th April. Candidates may apply for up to 3 different PhD projects. Interviews will be held at the Nencki Institute in May 2010. Deadline: 12 April 2010. For additional information please contact: neurophd@nencki.gov.pl The list of candidates selected the during first recruitment: ENERGY METABOLISM OF BRAIN MITOCHONDRIA UPON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND IN AGEING - Jan Suski MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF NEURONAL MRNA PROCESSING AND TRANSPORT: STUDIES BY ADVANCED OPTICAL MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES - Kamil Parobczak REGULATION OF FUNCTION AND LOCALIZATION OF CARNITINE TRANSPORTERS IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER - Katarzyna Michalec NANOPARTICLES FOR DELIVERY OF TISSUE INHIBITOR OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES TO THE BRAIN AS MEANS TO AMELIORATE CONSEQUENCES OF ISCHEMIC CELL DEATH - Mayank Chaturvedi THE ROLE OF PROTEIN ARGINYLATION IN CYTOSKELETON REMODELLING IN NEURONAL CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Yuliya Pavlyk ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION REGULATORS IN BRAIN INFLAMMATION - Piotr Przanowski DEFINE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT BRAIN NEUROGENESIS IN THE PROGRESS OF AND THE RECOVERY FROM ALZHEIMER`S DISEASE - Ilona Kondratiuk NUCLEOTIDE RECEPTORS-RELATED CALCIUM SIGNALLING IN HIPPOCAMPUS OF NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIN-DEPRIVED (DYSTROPHIC) ANIMALS - Elzbieta Krasowska INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOTOMIMETIC COMPOUNDS ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN LIMBIC STRUCTURES - Sailaja A. Goda We will hold a second call for applications for the remaining projects early-mid 2010.