11 PhD fellowships from The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen is pleased to announce that 11 PhD fellowships will be available from 1 October 2008. Applications are invited for the three-year fellowships from candidates that hold or expect to hold a master´s degree in a field relevant to the following projects:

1. Nanomedicine and biomacromolecular drug delivery: Modulation of nanoparticle-mediated complement activation by protein surface engineering. Main supervisor: Professor S.M. Moghimi, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6528 (email: momo@farma.ku.dk).

2. Molecular biopharmaceutics: Drug delivery via protein-coupled amino acid transporters. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Carsten Uhd Nielsen, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6472 (email: cun@farma.ku.dk).

3. Drug metabolism - reactive metabolites: Investigations of mitochondrial toxicity induced by drugs and drug metabolites. Main supervisor: Professor Steen Honoré Hansen, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6256 (email: shh@farma.ku.dk).

4. Neuropharmacology: The effect of ketone bodies on cellular energy homeostasis and neuronal excitability. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Trine Meldgaard Lund, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6340 (email: tml@farma.ku.dk).

5. Immunopharmacology/pharmaceutical microbiology: Development and characterization of in-vitro models for immunomodulation. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Erik Wind Hansen, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6137 (email: ewh@farma.ku.dk).

6. Pharmacognosy and natural products: Development of new plant derived antibiotics against resistant bacteria and fungi. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Per Mølgaard, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6335 (email: pm@farma.ku.dk).

7. Chemistry of natural products: Statistical spectroscopy and 2D NMR metabolomics in studies of patterns of secondary metabolites. Main supervisor: Professor Jerzy Jaroszewski, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6372 (email: jj@farma.ku.dk).

8. Analytical chemistry/bioinorganic chemistry: Selenium speciation in cancer cells. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Bente Gammelgaard, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6415 (email: bg@farma.ku.dk).

The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Danish Medical Research Council.

9. Neuropharmacology: GTP cyclohydrolase gen mutations and pain threshold. Main supervisor: Professor Ole J. Bjerrum, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6320 (email: ojb@farma.ku.dk).

The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Lundbeck Foundation, and The Danish Medical Research Council.

10. Medicinal chemistry of glutamate receptors: Human excitatory amino acid transporters: Synthesis of novel subtype selective ligands. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Anders A. Jensen, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6491 (email: aaj@farma.ku.dk).

The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Lundbeck Foundation.

11. Structural biology: The structural basis of histone demethylases as cancer drug targets. Main supervisor: Professor Michael Gajhede, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6407 (email: mig@farma.ku.dk).

The PhD fellowships are to be completed in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities (PhD order) from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Regulations and Guidelines for the Awarding of the PhD Degree by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The terms of employment are stated in the agreement between The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the Ministry of Finance.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences invites applications from all interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion.

Applicants are advised to contact the main supervisor.

Further information on the PhD projects and applicant information form can be found on our web site (www.farma.ku.dk/stillinger).

Applications should be marked 08-323-46. Include in six (6) copies: A letter stating the interest and qualifications for this project (max. one page), Applicant information form, CV, copy of Master of Science diploma (including grade transcripts for bachelor´s and master´s degrees), possible references. Applicants with an MSc degree from abroad should also enclose a short description of the grading scale used.

Applications should be sent to:
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
PhD Administration, att.: Marianne W. Jørgensen
Universitetsparken 2
DK - 2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Deadline for applications: Monday 18 August 2008 at 12 o´clock noon. Please note that only hardcopy applications are accepted.

We expect an answer as to the granting of the PhD fellowships mid September 2008.

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