Doctorate opportunity Vacancy Code: 017_PDP_ECME
Title Studentship for ecological modelling, leading to a PhD in European universities

Description
Researches on cataloguing and development of ecological models for the main pathogen and parasites and quality of crops in the project ENVIROCHANGE (Global change and sustainable management of agriculture in highly developed mountain environment). In particular collecting existing models and historical data and integration in the system called ENVIRO.

Duties / Tasks: To develop, manage and represent models

Fellowship details
The Edmund Mach Foundation is funding one research fellowships leading to a PhD degree in collaboration with European Universities. The research projects will be carried out in San Michele all’Adige (TN). The grant is maximum for four years and in any case it will expire after the PhD thesis dissertation. The first year will serve to get the PhD course, if the tutor and the candidate are not able to find it, s/he will not get the fellowship after the first year. Registration costs for the PhD course will be covered by FEM

Keywords: Pathology, entomology, ecology, ecological models, forecasting models
Languages knowledge: Excellent English written and spoken, Good Italian
IT knowledge: Programming and computation, statistic software, DB and GIS
Required title to join the selection: Five-year university degree (bachelor + master)
Type of title: Agronomy, environmental sciences, biology
Required experience: Experience in managing, developing and application of ecological models, forecasting models and GIS
Psychosocial skills: Team work, short scientific missions abroad.
Starting month: December 2008, January 2009
Supervisor: Dr. Ilaria Pertot

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Doctorate opportunity Vacancy Code: 016_PDP_ECPA
Title Studentship for plant pathologist, leading to a PhD in European universities

Description
Researches on plant/pathogen/parasite/antagonists interactions in agriculture, both at physiological and molecular level and on the effect of climate change on them in the project ENVIROCHANGE (Global change and sustainable management of agriculture in highly developed mountain environment).

Duties / Tasks: Experiments in lab (microbiology, molecular biology) and greenhouse

Fellowships details
The Edmund Mach Foundation is funding one research fellowships leading to a PhD degree in collaboration with European Universities. The research projects will be carried out in San Michele all’Adige (TN). The grant is maximum for four years and in any case it will expire after the PhD thesis dissertation. The first year will serve to get the PhD course, if the tutor and the candidate are not able to find it, s/he will not get the fellowship after the first year. Registration costs for the PhD course will be covered by FEM

Keywords: Pathology, entomology, molecular biology, biotechnology, gene expression, side effect
Languages knowledge: Excellent English written and spoken, Good Italian
IT knowledge: Basic statistic and searching molecular DB
Required title to join the selection: Five-year university degree (bachelor + master)
Type of title: Agricultural science, environmental sciences, biology, biotechnology.
Preferred: biotechnology or molecular biology
Required experience: Experience in molecular biology, in particular Real time PCR, DGGE
Psychosocial skills: Team work, short scientific missions abroad
Starting month: December 2008, January 2009
Supervisor: Dr. Ilaria Pertot

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