The ISCB Student Council is pleased to announce a internship at Burkhard Rost lab at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Technical University of Munich - TUM). This internship is exclusively arranged by the Student Council in collaboration with Prof Dr Burkhard Rost for a undergraduate (Bachelors) or graduate (Masters or PhD) student from a developing nation. 

About Rost lab @TUM, Munich

The principal aim of the lab is to predict important aspects of protein structure and function using sequence information, evolutionary information. Their research utilizes modern machine learning techniques such as neural networks, SVMs, tree-algorithms and Bayesian classifiers for in-silico predictions. You can find more information at the lab website. This position will be located at the Technische Universität München, Munich campus. You can find an overview of their activities here. In short, the group is primarily involved in:

• Prediction of coarse-grained aspects of protein function
• Prediction of interaction partners, subcellular localization and of functional effects of point mutations/SNPs
• Prediction of disordered regions, membrane spanning segments and aspects of protein secondary structure
• Identification of domain-like functional and structural subunits in proteins
• Clustering of proteins into families

This internship will be funded at $1000 to $1500 per month depending on experience. The duration of the internship will initially be 3 months and it can be extended to 6 months. After receiving the award notification, the student needs to apply for the visa on his/her own at the local German Consulate. The lab will supply a invitation and support letter for visa application. The travel costs to/from Munich and accommodation during the internship will NOT be covered by the host lab and shall be borne by the student in full.
 
Key Dates:
- Last date for Application Submission : Jun 13, 2010
- Acceptance Notification : Jul 2, 2010
Start date : August, 2010

Eligibility Criteria:

• Student should be a citizen of a developing country and pursuing a degree program in a university located in a developing country. If you are not sure of your countries classification, please check the IMF website here.
• Currently enrolled as a full time student.
• Recommendation letter from Supervisor. The letter on the official University letterhead, should clearly state that the student is enrolled as a full time student in the University and will continue to maintain the same status during the period of internship.
• Statement of Purpose (max 500 words). It is expected that the student briefly talks about his/her past experience in computational biology showcasing the skills he/she has learned.

Prerequisite skills:
- Background in biology
- Programming experience

How to Apply?

1. You will need an account on the ISCB Student Council website if you don't already have one. You can create it for FREE by visiting the membership page.
2. Create a Resume under your user profile.
3. While creating resume please make sure you upload all the following files. We accept files in text, acrobat PDF or Microsoft Word format.
   • Resume or Curriculum vitae (Mention citizenship, programming languages known and programming experience)
   • Statement of Purpose (SOP)
   • Letter of recommendation from adviser on university letterhead
   • Proof of enrollment such as a letter from university or department
4. Your adviser may also email the recommendation letter directly to internships@iscbsc.org before the deadline. Please make sure your name is clearly mentioned in the subject of the email.
5. Please do NOT mail applications directly to internships@iscbsc.org

If you have any questions, please contact us at internships@iscbsc.org

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Organiser The Master's Programme "Medical Biometry/Biostatistics" is assigned to the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. The programme is designed, realized and supported by the Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics (IMBI) (» Contact).

The Importance of Medical Biometry A successful planning and realisation of medical projects is only possible if the responsible biometrician disposes over a broad knowledge of methodical, medical and interdisciplinary skills. Thereby, the ability to integrate medical and statistical research areas is of great importance.

Worldwide, there exists a high demand on scientifically educated biometricians that cannot be covered. This holds true particularly for Germany, as German universities do not  provide a respective fundamental education. Many other countries from the European Union are strugglicng with the same problem. However, most of them have already established educational programmes to overcome this problem.

Currently, the University of Heidelberg is implementing the Bologna Process in order to obtain an international educational system. In this context, the Postgradual Education in Medical Biometry, which had been the only educational programme in Medical Biometry at a German university so far, was reconstructed to realize an extra-occupational Master’s Programme. With its new structure and modular design,  the curriculum meets international standards. The corresponding study degree “Master of Science for Medical Biometry/Biostatistics” is accepted all over Europe. Therefore, the new Master’s Programme can successfully compete with other universities on the European market.

The Master’s Programme covers the theoretical part of the GMDS-certificate “Biometry in Medicine” (German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology), which is accepted by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfARM) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) as proof of a biostatistical qualification for biometrical support in the admission of Phase I-III studies.

Note A full-time Master’s programme “Medical Biometry/Biostatistics” is provided by the University of Bremen. Please contact Dr. Breunig, Tel.: +49 421 / 218-9138, bessie@math.uni-bremen.de. (>> Website)

For more information about Application, Fees, Courses etc. please visit:
www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?id=100254&L=en

For more information, contact:

Andreas Deckert
Phone: 06221-5637235
Fax: 06221-564195
deckert@imbi.uni-heidelberg.de

Andrea Wendel
Phone: 06221-564192
Fax: 06221-564195
wendel@imbi.uni-heidelberg.de

MScIH - Overview

Overall Aim
The focus of our International Health Programme is on poverty-related health problems in low and middle income countries.

In order to make health services accessible to the people who need them most, there is a need in many developing countries to improve health policy, to make organisation, planning and management more efficient at all levels of the delivery system, and to ensure sustainable financing. 

The Master of Science Course in International Health (MSc IH) at Heidelberg University was developed with these factors in mind.

The overall aim of the programme is to provide students with a solid foundation in international public health principles and with competency in using the tools and methods necessary to initiate and run programmes that improve the health of poor populations in an efficient, sustainable and equitable way.

The Structure The MScIH is a modular programme consisting of three parts, each accounting for 20 ECTS (= European Credit Transfer System):

• Core Course - providing a basic overview on essential topics in international health
• Advanced Modules - offering more in-depth learning on selected topics
• Thesis - allowing for individual research guided by a tutor

Full Time and Part Time Study
Full Time
The MScIH programme can be completed in a one-year Residential Track (full time), with a fixed set of Advanced Modules (RT) taken at Heidelberg.

Part Time
It can also be taken in form of the European Track (tropEd: Network for Higher Education in International Health), allowing for part time studies and an individual choice of Advanced Modules (ET) offered within the tropEd network. The Master needs to be completed within 5 years.

Before entering the programme, the candidate must decide which track to follow.

Teaching and Learning Methods The lecturers and course staff are commited to the development of a learning atmosphere that balances input lectures, participatory activities and independent, individual studies. For this, a combination of approaches is used:

• Interactive lectures - to present theoretical and conceptual issues
• Group work, group discussions, plenary session - to enable the participants to share thoughts and ideas and thereby deepen their understanding of theories and concepts
• Workshops and seminars - to facilitate the learning of skills
• Tutorials - to ensure the achievement of individual learning goals and to meet individual learning needs.

Start Date
The MScIH programme starts each year October 1st

Student Assessment Procedures
Assessment of the participants' achievement of the learning objectives take place throughout the course.

In general, students are not asked for mere repetition of facts, but to synthesise knowledge obtained within a given module.

Assessment includes written in-class exams with essay style and short-answer questions, as well as group projects and individual take-home assignments.

Certification
After all three parts have been completed sucessfully, students reeive the Heidelberg MScIH degree.

European Track students, who have followed all tropEd rules, are awarded in addition a tropEd certificate.

For more and contact info, download MScIH Course Description (click here)

The International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) of InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany) announces a two-month training course on "Environmental reporting" for journalists from print and online media from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam. The course will be conducted in Berlin, Germany on June 4 to July 30, 2010. The program aims to help journalist participants to be familiar with the most common and urgent environmental issues, be able to assess and appreciate environmental policy decisions, as well as improve researching and writing competence in the relevant facts of environmental stories.

For more information, please download the attached two documents:

1. For Program Brochure (click here)
2. For an Application Form (click here)

If you have more questions, email to hans.boesel@inwent.org or annette.ehrminger@inwent.org

Application deadline: March 26, 2010

Web link to IIJ website = www.inwent.org/iij/index.php.en

For the Master Course in Photonics two scholarship programs are available.

OpSciTech - Scholarships form the European Union The OpSciTech Master Course is a two-year program offered by five renowned universities - the Imperial College London, the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Delft University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology and Université Paris-Sud (together with Institut d´Optique Graduate School). Students enrolled in the program will study in two different countries, spending one year in each.

The OpSciTech Master Course is sponsored by the Erasmus Mundus framework of the European Commission through which students from non-European Union countries are eligible for two-year grants of 21000 Euro per year , out of which a total amount of 10500 Euro has to paid as tuition.

For details please visit the OpSciTech website . Please note that all application to the OpSciTech program is possible via the OpSciTech website only.

Photonics - Scholarships from the Federal Government of Germany International students wishing to go for a Master at the Abbe School of Photonics can apply for a scholarship, which is granted in cooperation with partners from the German Optics & Photonics industry, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the County of Thuringia.

Scholarships include a stipend of 715 Euro per month, covering of university fees, free local transport and health insurance. In addition, a language course is reimbursed.

Scholarships are restricted to international students. For 2010/2011 a total amount of approx. 33 scholarships  available for these students.

For application please use the online application system. Additionally, please provide the following documents and upload them in .pdf format on the application extranet.

• a (certified) copy of your secondary school leaving certificate
• a (certified) copy of your academic degree
• (certified) copies of your transcripts of records
• a (certified) copy of your official English language test score (TOEFL, IELTS,...)
• a (certificate) of the Academic Evaluation Centre (Chinese, Vietnamese, Mongolian applicants)
• two academic letters of recommendation
• a letter of motivation
• a CV

Further information about required documents can be found on the online application system.

Please note: To apply for a scholarship at the Abbe School of Photonics it is not necessary to submit certified copies (paper) of the above mentioned documents. However, upon acceptance students will be asked to send certified copies via post. For upload of documents only .pdf documents are acceptable.

Application Deadline for Scholarship:  The deadline will be until March, 31st, 2010. Please note that applications are evaluated on a rolling admission basis. Further information can be found here.

For Chinese, Vietnamese and Mongolian applicants: Since the certificate of the Academic Evaluation Centres is not required for the application for the scholarship you can send this document later, i.e. upon acceptance. The certificate is required to get the admission to the Master program.

>Dowload the program flyer here.

Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation

1. Decentralized Management of Regional Development: 9.8.–20.8.2010
2. Management of Development Projects: 23.8.–3.9.2010
3. Conflict Transformation and Peace Building: 6.9.–17.9.2010

The courses are:

• designed to meet the needs of young professionals from all elds and from all over the world in the area of development cooperation
• learner- and practice-oriented
• taught by highly quali ed international trainers with a vast range of practical experience

Mission
The SLE at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin has been training young postgraduates from all fields in international development cooperation and management for over four decades. More than 800 people have graduated from the SLE, and are now working in international development cooperation for private, international, and bilateral agencies. The SLE is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Senate of Berlin.

Target Group
The SLE plus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation is directed at young professionals from all elds working in development cooperation. By selecting participants with different professional and cultural backgrounds from all over the world, the programme follows the intercultural and interdisciplinary approach vital to development cooperation.

Training Philosophy
Learning by doing is the key element of the SLE’s teaching philosophy. Case studies, exercises and / or role plays help to create an environment of common learning where participants can put taught methods into practice. All courses are accompanied by a framework programme that provides participants with the opportunity to become familiar with scholarly discussions in the area of development cooperation, and to meet with representatives of German governmental and non-governmental organisations active in the eld of development cooperation.

Requirements

• A university degree equivalent to an M.A./M.Sc. and a good command of English.
• Costs and Scholarships
• Costs for each course: Euro 500.-
• Foreign alumni of German institutions of higher education and post-graduate holders of a German sur-place scholarship may apply for scholarships.

Further Information:
www.sle-berlin.de
Humboldt-Universität
Hessische Strasse 1–2
10115 Berlin
Germany

Tel.:+49 30 209369-00/12
Fax: +49 30 20936904
E-Mail: sle-plus@agrar.hu-berlin.de

For the German Version of the call please see: http://www.ifsh.de/IFSH/studium/mps_bewerb.htm

Programme aims and objectives
We offer you the possibility to obtain a “Master of Peace and Security Studies” after one year full-time study. The postgraduate programme “Master of Peace and Security Policy Studies” (M.P.S.) is conducted by the University of Hamburg in cooperation with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and other scientific institutions and partners of the “Cooperation Network Peace Research and Security Policy” (KoFrieS).

It is a trans- and interdisciplinary as well as practice orientated programme that combines academic study with fieldwork placements. The programme is designed for highly-qualified graduates and professionals holding a university degree. During the course participants will be introduced to the issues of peace and security policy.

The aim of the programme is to equip students with a range of skills and provide them with expertise in the field of peace and security policy. The degree is particularly designed for those interested in a career in peace and/or security studies research and teaching or to those interested in working for national and international organizations, administrations, associations, and businesses (e. g. in the fields of peace-keeping, monitoring, verification, development aid, mediation, arbitration, conversion, administration).

Entry requirements

• Interest in the field of peace studies or peace- and security-policy
• 240 points ECTS (usually a four-year course in any discipline)
• An honors degree from a German or foreign university
• Professional interest and scientific or practical experience related to issues of peace and/or international security
• Sufficient knowledge of English and German. Proofs needed.

More information about the programme and application procedure
Please find more detailed programme information at: http://www.ifsh.de/IFSH_english/studium/mps.htm and on our website under FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)at http://www.ifsh.de/IFSH_english/studium/mps_bewerb.htm.

Applicants who have already procured a scholarship (e. g. a GAES scholarship, see http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/02055.en.html or from a (political) foundation, see FAQ) may also apply.

Students can apply for a limited number of scholarships of the IFSH Association.

Applications for the academic year 2010/11 must be received between December 15, 2009 and March 15, 2010.

Please direct any inquiries to:
Dr. Patricia Schneider or Naida Mehmedbegović,
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Beim Schlump 83, 20144
Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40-866077-20/-34, Telefax: +49 (0)40-866 36 15, E-mail: naida.m@ifsh.de / schneider@ifsh.de

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