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

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.

2nd Call for Applications – March 2010:  CLOSED

1st Call for Applications – October 2009: CLOSED

For additional information please contact: neurophd@nencki.gov.pl

List of selected candidates:

2. NEURONAL REGULATION OF PANCREATIC BETA-CELL FUNCTION: SPOTLIGHT ON ENDOCANNABINOIDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION - Katarzyna Maleńczyk

3. DIFFERENTIATION OF NEUROBLASTOMA NB2A CELLS VIA INVOLVEMENT OF THE CACYBP/SIP – ERK1/2 PATHWAY - Agnieszka Topolska

4. ENERGY METABOLISM OF BRAIN MITOCHONDRIA UPON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND IN AGEING - Jan Suski

5. MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF NEURONAL MRNA PROCESSING AND TRANSPORT: STUDIES BY ADVANCED OPTICAL MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES - Kamil Parobczak

6. PARTICIPATION OF ANNEXINS IN CALCIUM-DEPENDENT CATECHOLAMINE SECRETION BY PC12 CELLS - Le Duy Do

7. REGULATION OF FUNCTION AND LOCALIZATION OF CARNITINE TRANSPORTERS IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER - Katarzyna Michalec

8. INTEGRATION OF SYNAPTIC INPUTS AT THE POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEUS IN THE RAT INVESTIGATED IN VITRO - Syune Neasisyan

9. NANOPARTICLES FOR DELIVERY OF TISSUE INHIBITOR OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES TO THE BRAIN AS MEANS TO AMELIORATE CONSEQUENCES OF ISCHEMIC CELL DEATH - Mayank Chaturvedi

10. THE ROLE OF PROTEIN ARGINYLATION IN CYTOSKELETON REMODELLING IN NEURONAL CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Yuliya Pavlyk

11. ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION REGULATORS IN BRAIN INFLAMMATION - Piotr Przanowski

12. DEFINE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT BRAIN NEUROGENESIS IN THE PROGRESS OF AND THE RECOVERY FROM ALZHEIMER`S DISEASE - Ilona Kondratiuk

13. INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOTOMIMETIC COMPOUNDS ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN LIMBIC STRUCTURES - Sailaja A. Goda

 14. MRI PATTERNS AND MOLECULAR MARKERS IN POSTTRAUMATIC EPILEPSY - Diana Miszczuk

15. INTEGRATION OF GRAFTED MOTONEURONS INTO THE HOST SPINAL CORD CIRCUITRY – FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS  - Laszlo Gal

16. NUCLEOTIDE RECEPTORS-RELATED CALCIUM SIGNALLING IN HIPPOCAMPUS OF NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIN-DEPRIVED (DYSTROPHIC) ANIMALS - Elzbieta Krasowska

17. MITOCHONDRIAL DERIVED MECHANISM OF NEURODEGENERATION - Bartłomiej Augustynek