PhD Studentships in Chemistry at National University of Ireland

PhD Studentships, Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates to work on the topic `New Biodegradable Hydrogel Materials for the Delivery of Nitrification and Urease Inhibitors` which is a collaborative project between the department of Chemistry at NUI Maynooth and Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

Two positions are available and these are funded by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Dublin, Ireland. The overall objective of this project is the development of new biodegradable hydrogel materials that are capable of releasing, in a slow and sustained manner, nitrification or urease inhibitors to minimize the leaching of nitrates from soils and to limit the loss of nitrogen through gaseous emissions.

Applicants should have a good first or upper class honours degree in Chemistry or a related discipline, such as Environmental Science.
Funding will be provided for a three-year period and this will include a stipend of €16,000 per year, the payment of PhD fees (EU rates only) and funding for travel.

Further information may be obtained by contacting :
Dr. Carmel Breslin (carmel.breslin@nuim.ie).

Details on the department of Chemistry and the focus of its research work can be found at www.chemistry.nuim.ie.

Applications, including a full curriculum vitae and the names, email addresses, fax and telephone numbers of two referees, should be forwarded (by post or email) to :
Dr. Carmel Breslin,
Department of Chemistry,
National University of Ireland,
Maynooth, Co. Kildare,
Ireland,

so as to arrive no later than Friday, December 14th, 2007.

Deadline: December 14th, 2007 

November 7th, 2007 | Posted in Beasiswa Irelandia, Beasiswa Postdoctoral | No Comments

PhD Studentship in Biochemistry at Department of Microbial Physiology, University of Groningen

The University of Groningen as Partner of the Top-Institute Pharma (The Netherlands) offers a PhD position in the Department of Analytical Biochemistry to work on a project entitled:

Acute and chronic inflammatory responses induced by smoking in individuals being susceptible and non-susceptible for development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): from specific disease phenotyping towards novel tailor-made therapy

This PhD position is embedded within a larger collaborative project between academic institutes and the pharmaceutical industry within the framework of a nationally funded centre of excellence the Top Institute Pharma (www.tipharma.nl). The PhD project will focus on developing novel methodologies to study the proteome of human biological samples with relevance to COPD, such as induced sputum, epithelial cells obtained by bronchial brushing and tissue biopsies. Special attention will be paid to sample preparation and the high efficiency separation of proteins and peptides by nano-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) coupled to mass spectrometry using state-of-the-art equipment (e.g. chipLC-Q-TOF-MS, nanoLC-Orbitrap-MS). The project will be executed in close collaboration with the Groningen Research Institute of Asthma and COPD (Prof. Dr. Dirkje Postma; www.graduateschoolguide.nl/html/research/institutes/griac/home.htm).

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November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Beasiswa Belanda, Beasiswa S3 | No Comments