Italy International Ph.D. Program in Biological Sciences at the Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' Naples

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Villa Comunale

80121 - Napoli, Italy

International Ph.D. Program

2010-2011

9 Ph.D. fellowships are available to carry out interdisciplinary training in Biological Sciences at the Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' Naples Italy. Applications are invited from suitably qualified postgraduate candidates (see details).

The closing date for applications is 20 September 2010.

1. Role of Variable Chitin Binding Proteins in Ciona Intestinalis in inflammation and development

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Rosaria De Santis

Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Evolution

2. Long Non-coding RNAs in Chordates and Beyond

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Remo Sanges

Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Evolution

3. Evolutionary origin and diversification of pancreatic cell types: the xLOX and BRN regulatory fingerprint in sea urchin larvae

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Maria I. Arnone

Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology

4. Gsx ParaHox gene in Ciona: a search for conserved and/or new roles in central nervous system patterning and evolution

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Antonietta Spagnuolo

Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology

5. Impacts of ocean acidification on plant-animal interactions in Posidonia oceanica ecosystem

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Maria Cristina Buia

Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology

6. Effect of diatom oxylipins on gene expression during development and growth in Ciona intestinalis and Calanus helgolandicus

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Adrianna Ianora

Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology

7. Lipoxygenase gene expression in diatom cells

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Giovanna Romano

Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology

8. Investigating the impact of life strategies on phytoplankton species richness and abundance: a modelling approach

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Daniele Iudicone

Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plankton

9. Functioning and variability of a coastal plankton system: An integrated approach to LTER-MC  (1984-2010)

Duration: 3 years

Director of studies: Dr. Maria Grazia Mazzocchi

Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plankton

Contact

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Villa Comunale
80121 - Napoli, Italy

Tel.: +39 081 5833111
Fax: +39 081 7641355
Secretary Office: +39 081 5833218

e-mail: stazione.zoologica@szn.it

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