Skoltech invites MSc students to apply for program in Biomedical Science and Technology
Skoltech M.Sc. fellowship program in Biomedical Science and Technology begins August 2015. Applications are due on or before June 1, 2015 (international students) or June 15, 2015 (Russian citizens).
We are looking for up to 15 highly motivated individuals who have obtained a BSc by the time of enrolment. Our broad English-language curriculum includes lectures and seminars in the life sciences and extensive hands-on training in brand new molecular biology and bioinformatics teaching laboratories. In the first year we offer a curriculum of advanced lecture courses and seminars while students identify their research topics. During the second year of the program, students complete individual research projects leading to a master thesis under the supervision of Skoltech faculty from the Skoltech Center of Research, Education and Innovation in Data-Intensive Biomedicine and Biotechnology.
Graduates of the program will obtain a unique skill set that will enable them to excel in research and innovation in academia or industry. Exceptional students have the opportunity to enter the Skoltech Ph.D. program. Visit our website for more information - http://www.skoltech.ru/en/admissions/msc-p...and-technology/
Skoltech invites MSc students to apply for program in Biomedical Science and Technology Skoltech M.Sc. fellowship program in Biomedical Science and Technology begins August 2015.
We are looking for up to 15 highly motivated individuals who will have obtained a BSc by the time of enrolment. Our broad English-language curriculum includes lectures and seminars in the life sciences and extensive hands-on training in brand new molecular biology and bioinformatics teaching laboratories. In the first year we offer courses and seminars while students identify their research topics. During the second year of the program, students complete individual research projects leading to a master thesis under the supervision of Skoltech faculty in our Centers of Research, Education, and Innovation, including the Skoltech Center for Infectious Diseases and Functional Genomics, and the Skoltech Systems Biology Center.
Graduates of the program will obtain a unique skill set that will enable them to excel in research and innovation in academia or industry. Exceptional students have the opportunity to enter the Skoltech Ph.D. program.
We are proud to invite you to Skoltech Colloquium!
Guest Speaker: Anton Berns, Ph.D Professor, Skoltech Centre for Stem Cell Research, Moscow & The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
When: October 31; 4:00pm
Where: Institute of Gene Biology RAS, ul. Vavilova 34/5, Conference room, 1st floor.
What: Mouse models of cancer: cells-of-origin of small cell and non-small cell lung cancer.
Abstract: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most lethal human malignancies, due to its high metastatic potential and chemo-resistance upon relapse. Using the Rbf/f;p53f/f mouse model for SCLC, we found that the tumors are often composed of phenotypically different cells, characterized by mesenchymal and neuroendocrine markers. These cells often share a common origin. Crosstalk between these cells can endow the neuroendocrine component with metastatic capacity, illustrating the potential relevance of tumor cell heterogeneity in dictating functional tumor properties. Also specific genetic lesions appear to be associated with metastatic potential. Interestingly, the two cell types can also interconvert raising the question of their cell-of-origin. To investigate this in more detail, we inactivated Trp53 and Rb1 in distinct cell types in the adult lung by targeting Cre-recombinase expression to Clara, neuroendocrine, and alveolar type II cells using adenoviral vectors. We could show that neuroendocrine cells serve as the predominant although not the exclusive cell of origin of SCLC.
In contrast, mutant Kras-driven adenocarcinomas (one of the NSCLC subtypes) originates primarily from alveolar type II cells. However, in LSL-mutant-Kras;p53flox/flox mice also other cell types gave effectively rise to adenomas and adenocarcinomas. Our data indicate that both cell type specific features and the nature of the oncogenic lesion(s) are critical factors in determining the tumor initiating capacity of lung (progenitor) cells. Furthermore, the cell-of-origin appears to influence the properties of the resulting tumors.
Further Information:
If you would like to participate and for further information or questions, please e-mail Alesya Garifullina - garifullina@skolkovotech.ru
We are proud to invite you to Skoltech Colloquium!
Guest Speaker: Alexander B. Chetverin.
He received his Master, Ph.D., and D.Sc. degrees in molecular biology from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. From 1990 to 1992, he has been a Visiting Investigator at the Public Health Research Institute, New York. In 1997, he was elected Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He invented the method of molecular colonies in collaboration with his wife Helena V. Chetverina in late eighties.
When: October 17; 4:00pm
Where: Moscow, Institute of Gene Biology RAS, ul. Vavilova 34/5, Conference room, 1st floor.
What: Early and reliable diagnosis of deadly diseases with molecular colonies
Abstract: Many deadly diseases, such as AIDS, cancer, and tuberculosis, are accompanied by the appearance in the patient’s body of particular nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) molecules that can serve as molecular diagnostic markers. The earlier a marker is revealed, the higher are the patient’s chances for survival and the easier can the disease be prevented from spreading. Detecting small amounts of DNA or RNA molecules is only possible after amplifying them, usually by PCR (polymerase chain reaction). However, due to limited amplification specificity, the sensitivity of even the most advanced assays is still insufficient for timely diagnosis, with the rate of false-positive and false-negative results being too high. The problem can be overcome by carrying out the amplification reaction in a gel film, rather than in a test tube. In this format, the amplification products become entrapped in the gel matrix and accumulate around the progenitor molecule, resulting in a 2-D pattern of molecular colonies. Each colony comprises a molecular clone, the progeny of a single starting DNA or RNA template. This provides for the detection, enumeration, and analysis of single molecules present in the analyzed sample. The molecular colony format eliminates the competition from concurrently amplifying non-target nucleic acids and makes the assay digital, as the signal from a colony only needs to be detected without measuring its intensity. This greatly increases the reliability of diagnostics and permits the titer of a molecular marker to be directly determined by counting the number of specific colonies.
Further Information If you would like to participate and for further information or questions, please e-mail Alesya Garifullina - garifullina@skolkovotech.ru
Dear colleagues! IVM Symposium is the world’s only event dedicated solely to in vivo two-photon (multiphoton) imaging, a revolutionary technique that combines high resolution (in the nanometer scale) with high relevance that comes from imaging inside the living organisms. Last year’s event received raving reviews. We shall keep the old format combining lectures, practical training and a small exhibition. This year’s impressive line-up of new speakers includes: Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology/University of Genoa Olga Garaschuk University of Tuebengen, Germany Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University, New York, USA Mark Huebener Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany Chester Mathis University of Pittsburgh, USA
A practical training workshop on in vivo microscopy for a limited number of students will be organized after the symposium, on May 29, 2013 at the University of Helsinki.
Main program will be preceded by a half-day module on human skin imaging (27.5.) and followed by a half-day module on data analysis (29.5.)
Registration deadline - 1th of May
For additional information – ivmsymposium2013@gmail.com The event sponsors and organizers
Apply now for the 2013 Summer Institute on Aging Research
February 4, 2013 Applications are now open to participate in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) 2013 Summer Institute on Aging Research. This 6-day workshop for investigators new to the field is focused on current issues, research methodologies, and funding opportunities. The Summer Institute, one of the premier short-term training opportunities for new investigators, is scheduled to be held July 14-19, 2013 in Bethesda, Maryland, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. Support is available for travel and living expenses. Applications are due March 22, 2013.
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Offered through the NIA Office of Special Populations, investigators focusing on health disparities research are encouraged to apply. As with all NIH programs, investigators of diverse backgrounds are also encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or permanent residents. For additional information, contact Andrea Griffin-Mann at griffinmanna@nia.nih.gov.
The world's largest data set on human genetic variation, the 1000 Genomes Project, is now available for free through Amazon Web Services. The arrangement with Amazon, spearheaded through the US National Institutes of Health, makes data from sequencing the genomes of more than 1,700 people accessible through Amazon's cloud. Any scientist with an internet connection will be able to access all 200 terabytes of the data set in the cloud, avoiding the need to acquire additional bandwidth or data storage capacity. “It's a very large amount of data,” says William Spooner, chief technology officer at Cambridge, UK–based Eagle Genomics, which provides bioinformatics services for mining genomics data. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n5/f...c_id=NBT-201205
Science Careers is conducting a survey of postdoc supervisors to learn more about what makes for a successful postdoc experience and to explore industry trends. The overall results of this survey will be published in the 26 August 2011 issue of Science.
If you supervise postdocs, would you please help us by taking our survey, which takes about 20 to 25 minutes to complete? In return, we'll enter your name in a drawing for one of 10 $50 Amazon gift certificates. All individual survey responses will be kept strictly confidential.
JoVE, the first PubMed-indexed visualized methods journal, has published its 450th video article. We invite you to publish your experimental methods in our journal to join your colleagues from Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, NIH and other leading institutions that previously published in JoVE. Our film professionals are ready to come to your lab and film your procedures - please reply to this email or visit instructions to authors if you are interested.
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Developmental Biology: Lens Transplantation in Zebrafish and its Application in the Analysis of Eye Mutants Yan Zhang, Kyle McCulloch, Jarema Malicki Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Neuroscience: Live Imaging of Glial Cell Migration in the Drosophila Eye Imaginal Disc Patrick Cafferty, Xiaojun Xie, Kristen Browne, Vanessa Auld Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Psychology: Exploring Cognitive Functions in Babies, Children & Adults with Near Infrared Spectroscopy Mark Shalinsky, Iouila Kovelman, Melody Berens, Laura-Ann Petitto Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Plant Biology: Mating and Tetrad Separation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for Genetic Analysis Xingshan Jiang, David Stern Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University
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Invitation to: NATO ASI 10th Summer School, Erice, Sicily; June 22-July 2, 2010
ERICE-SICILY: 22 June – 2 July 2010 URL: http://smrl.stanford.edu/erice2010/ NATO Advanced Study Institute PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: The course will provide an overview of physical and structural methods in biology and will present technologies related to pathogen detection and treatment. Both basic principles and concrete examples will be presented in a long course format. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Jody Puglisi; Alexander Arseniev; Angela Gronenborn; Gian Luigi Rossi; Elisabetta Viani LECTURERS: A. ARSENIEV, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU; A. BRUNGER, Stanford University School of Medicine, US; M. DELEPIERRE, Institute Pasteur, Paris, FR; R. EFREMOV, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU; M. EHRENBERG, University of Uppsala, SE; A. GRONENBORN, University of Pittsburgh, US; D. LILLEY, University of Dundee, UK; A. McPHERSON, UC Irvine, US; H. OSCHKINAT, Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, GE; J.D. PUGLISI, Stanford University School of Medicine, US; G.L. ROSSI, University of Parma, IT; P. SELENKO, Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, GE; A. SHIVANYUK, National University of Kiev, UA; B. SYKES, University of Alberta, CA; A. YONATH, Weizmann Institute of Science, IL. FEE: 1,100 Euro. Fee includes full board and lodging at the Ettore Majorana Centre. INQUIRIES & APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Ms. Manolia Margaris – Administrative Director, manolia@stanford.edu Tel: (1) 650/723-9151 ♦ Fax: (1) 650/723-8464 http://www.stanford.edu/~manolia/erice2010app.fb
I would like to draw your attention to the 2009 calls for the International Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Programmes at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO).
The CNIO offers excellent training and research opportunities in cutting edge basic and applied cancer research. The programmes are open to outstanding young graduates from all over the world who want to pursue ambitious research projects.
The deadline for applications is March 15th, 2009.
The CNIO International Postdoctoral Programme offers up to 6 very competitively funded two-year postdoc positions to outstanding junior scientists. Applications are considered at regular intervals, the 2008 call closes on December 31st, 2008.
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) invites entries for its 6th Award for Communication in the Life Sciences.
The EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences is presented annually to a practising life scientist in Europe who has made significant contributions to public understanding of science. Launched in 2002, the award highlights the exceptional efforts made by many scientists to combine science communication activities with a full-time research career. The prize consists of a personal award of 5, 000 Euro and a silver and gold medal. Winners of the EMBO Communication Award are also nominated by EMBO for the European Commission's Descartes Prize for Science Communication.
We would like to invite interested scientists to apply or to inform other scientists who might be potential candidates for the award. Candidates should apply using the official entry form by 30 JUNE 2007. The conditions and application forms are available on the EMBO website at: http://www.embo.org/awards/entries.html
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