International PhD Fellowships in Neurosciences, NeuroCure, Germany

The NeuroCure Excellence Cluster invites applications for its PhD program starting in 2013 NeuroCure is an inter-institutional research network based at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Freie Universität Berlin, with its partners, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch (MDC), the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and the Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ). With over 45 internationally recognized research groups, NeuroCure offers outstanding interdisciplinary training and research opportunities for national and international scientists from a wide range of academic backgrounds. Fellowships are available in the following subject areas: Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development and function Mechanisms of neural damage and cellular age Endogenous brain protection Nervous system regeneration Crosstalk between nervous and immune system Developmental disturbances Synaptic plasticity For more details go to Medical Neurosciences: http://www.medical-neurosciences.de/en/program/phd/ How to apply: Send a full CV, two academic references and a personal statement of your interest in this program to neurocure-phd@charite.de. Closing date for applications is 7 January 2013. Short-listed applicants will be invited to a Skype interview in February; the final interview will take place in March 2013. Queries should be emailed to benedikt.salmen@charite.de or britta.eickholt@charite.de. For more information, please visit official website: www.neurocure.de