Sholarship Info

PhD Student in the field of Molecular Imaging in Diabates

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Job description

The major objective of the BetaTrain project is to train the next generation of multi-disciplinary researchers that will address the major medical and socio-economic challenges posed by diabetes in the 21th. century. In BetaTrain we aim at improve the imaging technology for detection of live beta cells in vivo and ex vivo and to cross-validate different in vivo imaging modalities with functional and laboratory tests in animal models in order to create a powerful platform for integrated in vivo characterisation of living beta cells and individuals with impaired glucose tolerance.

Additional information

The BetaTrain partners offer 15 PhD positions for a period of three years (fellowships for Early Stage Researchers / ESR), starting from September 2012. Detailed information on these positions and the BetaTrain training programme is available at www.betatrain.eu

Positions are offered at:
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Umea University, Sweden
Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Institut for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic
Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany
University of Geneva, Switzerland
SciVis, Germany
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Germany
Novo Nordisk, Denmark

For more information please contact Prof. Martin Gotthardt, project coördinator, betatrain@umcn.nl, +31 24 3610972 or Dr. Nicoline Geverink, project manager, betatrain@umcn.nl, +31 24 3619618 (Use mail address only for information, for application use apply button).

More information about employer Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC)

Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/14546