Position Description
We invite applications for a Ph.D position in the junior research group ‘Emerging Zoonoses’ hosted at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, the central German federal institution responsible for disease control and prevention. The applicant will be part of an interdisciplinary project that integrates expertise from different human and veterinary medical disciplines for diagnostics, virology, epidemiology and disease modeling, and from ethnological disciplines for the assessment of human behavior leading to disease emergence. Specifically, the applicant will investigate potential pathogen transmission routes between humans and non-human hosts and identify pathogens present in different animal species that are in close contact to humans.
Field work will be conducted over the course of several months in a rural area within Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The Ph.D candidate will work alongside a physician of the host country, and will survey and collect samples from possible non-human pathogen sources like livestock and bush meat. Laboratory work and subsequent analysis will be conducted at the RKI in Berlin, but also at the Ivorian partner institutions in Abidjan. This project provides interdisciplinary training and research opportunities for a veterinary surgeon who wishes to work towards a Ph.D (or similar).
Qualifications/Experience We invite applications from all countries. Applicants hold a degree in veterinary sciences and must have some experience in laboratory diagnostics and sample collection from domestic animals (e.g. blood, swabs). Work experience in the tropics is advantageous but not mandatory. It is not necessary to hold the degree at the point of application. However, you must have been awarded your degree prior to the start of the program in February/March.
Candidates should have the ability to live and work under remote conditions during field work, physical fitness, strong social skills, a high degree of self-motivation and responsibility, and show respect to local customs. Candidates have to be fluent in written and spoken English and must have good communication skills in French.
Salary/funding The Ph.D. student is supported by a 50% E13 position for 3 years (approx. 1000€/month after deductions).
Term of Appointment up to 3 years starting February/March 2011
Application Deadline
posted until position is taken
Comments Berlin is a highly livable city in the center of Europe (www.berlin.de).
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24 January 2011
ofrecimiento de beca postdoctoral para trabajar en Bélgica y en Africa (Congo)
A
possibility for post-doc fellowships is a call from BELSPO in the framework of
international collaboration, targeting non-EU scientists (except those
associated to the EU 7th FP).
Duration : 6-18 months.
The research
topics are those of projects supported by BELSPO, hence it applies to EAGLES (www.eagles.be).
Deadline for application: Feb 28, 2011.
More information here: http://www.belspo.be/belspo/
14 November 2010
Graduate Assistant Position turtle conservation in western Africa
Title: M.S. Graduate Research Assistant
Agency: Florida
Gulf Coast
University , Department of
Biological Sciences
Location: Florida Gulf Coast University , Fort
Myers , Florida
Description: A Master’s research assistantship is available starting fall 2011
at Florida Gulf
Coast University
to study the population structure of hingeback tortoises (Kinixys spp) in Kakum
National Park in western Ghana .
The student selected for this position will spend 6-7 months in Ghana to work
with the Ghana Wildlife Division and the local community to explore the impact
of poaching on tortoise populations in the park. The student will also be
expected to conduct education programs in the community. Responsibilities
include completing the academic requirements for a master’s degree, writing a
research proposal, coordinating the tortoise research and education programs in
Ghana ,
and disseminating the findings to professional conferences.
Qualifications: The successful applicant will have a B/S degree in biology,
ecology, wildlife biology, or a closely related field and will meet the minimum
requirements for admission into the graduate program at Florida Gulf
Coast University .
Preference will be given to the applicant with a strong background in
population ecology, biogeography, spatial ecology, or wildlife
management. Good interpersonal skills are required as well as the ability
to work with a team under little supervision. The applicant must be able
to work in hot and humid conditions in a tropical rainforest that is home to
potentially dangerous wildlife such as scorpions, mambas, vipers, and forest
elephants. Students with travel experience, especially to the tropics or Africa , are encouraged to apply.
Compensation: $10,000 for one year. Tuition waiver cannot be guaranteed at
this time but historically has always been given to RA positions (decided each
year in the spring). Tuition waiver will be requested and secured before
student must commit.
Last Date to Apply: November 30, 2010
Contact:
Phil Allman
Florida Gulf Coast University
Dept of Biological Sciences
email: pallman@fgcu.edu
phone: 239-590-7974
To Apply: Please send (via email) 1) a current CV; 2) unofficial transcripts;
3) GRE scores (if available); and 4) the names, addresses, phone numbers, and
email addresses of at least three individuals who have first-hand knowledge of
your research experience and professional abilities to Dr. Phil Allman:
pallman@fgcu.edu
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