PHD POSITION IN SPAIN 2012 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF BARCELONA

PhD scholarship program in Spain at IBMB, Spain for Graduate Students in Molecular Biology.

Deadline for applying December 2011.

Requirements for student:
Candidates should possess B.Sc./M.Sc. in Life Sciences (biology, biomedicine, biochemistry or similar) obtained after January 1st 2008. The minimal academic requirement is an average mark of 1.6 according to the Spanish rating system. Candidates from EU-member states can also apply. In these cases, they should check the conversion of their academic marks as indicated by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).

Note:
There is an opening for a graduate student to develop a PhD thesis project under the supervision of Joaquim Roca at the DNA Topology Lab of the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMBCSIC). The research project will examine the implication of DNA topoisomerase II in the formation and resolution of DNA knots in yeast cells. Topoisomerase II is an essential and highly conserved enzyme since it resolves the topological problems of DNA arising during transcription, replication and chromosome segregation. The plausible role of topoisomerase II to modulate the degree of DNA knotting in vivo had not been so far investigated, and it might have deep implications for local chromatin architecture and global chromosome structure of eukaryotes.

For more information please visit the following link:
http://www.ibmb.csic.es/filesusers/PhD%20position%202012-2016.pdf

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