International PhD program in Quantitative Biology: 15 Fully-funded positions 2120 views

The University of Lausanne is offering a fully-funded PhD program in quantitative biology at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine.

Study areas:

• Evolution
• Synthetic Biology
• Plant Science
• Cancer Genomics
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Neuroscience
• Biological Imaging
• Computational Biology

Expected start date: 01.03.2020 or to be agreed

Duration: initially for one year and is extendable to a total of 4-5 years.

Qualifications:

• Applications are being accepted from talented and enthusiastic candidates who are interested in a dynamic, well-supported lab at a top research institution.
• Candidates must have finished a Master’s degree in life science or a relevant area before the start date of their doctoral studies.
• Candidate to demonstrate interest in working in an experimental lab, but with a high degree of motivation to learn the fundamentals of computational biology, and to develop quantitative skills to analyze data more effectively
• Students with a life science degree interested in working in a dry computational lab, keen to deepen their quantitative skills and broaden their horizon in terms of experimental and computational techniques
• Students with a non-biological background (e.g. computer science, Maths, physics), who are highly motivated to transition to Life Sciences
• A high level of written and spoken English proficiency is required since most scientific activities are conducted in English,

Applications:

Send full application in Word or PDF via online portal and should contain:

• Motivation letter (max. one page)
• CV including, if available, extracurricular activities, internships, publications, conferences, awards, software contributions, etc.
• Master’s thesis summary (max. one page)
• The names and contact details of 2-3 referees