Postgraduate Research in Environmental – Chemical Analysis, Dublin City University, Ireland

Ireland Scholarship 2010

Postgraduate Research in Environmental – Chemical Analysis, Dublin City University, Ireland
Chemical analysis of novel contaminants in the Irish aquatic environment and their potential to bioconcentrate and bioaccumulate up the food chain.

Funding Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government.

Description: The project shall concentrate on using established techniques to measure novel environmental contaminants, particularly pharmaceuticals in the Irish aquatic environment and their bioconcentration ability.
The various pharmaceuticals under investigation (including antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, lipid regulators, anti-convulsants and beta-blockers), are known to be present in Irish municipal effluents. Chemical analysis of pharmaceuticals in treated municipal effluent and receiving waters (freshwater and marine) shall be undertaken using solid phase extraction (SPE) followed by analysis by LC/MS/MS to identify and quantify these compounds.

The ability of these compounds to bioconcentrate shall be investigated by chemical analysis on various tissues from bioindicator species, marine and freshwater bivalve mussels (Mytilus edulis and the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha respectively) exposed in vivo and in situ to individual compounds, mixtures and complex effluents. Bioaccumulation through the food chain with the potential for human exposure shall also be investigated using multi-tropic level studies.

The student shall be primarily based in the Irish Separation Science Cluster (ISSC) lab in DCU where the chemical analysis shall be undertaken, but shall be working as part of a team on an EPA funded environmental toxicology project located in the Irish Centre for Environmental Toxicology (ICET) in GMIT, where all in vivo and exposure aspects of the project shall be undertaken. Project supervision shall be from both DCU (Prof Brett Paull) and GMIT (Dr Brian Quinn), with the degree awarded from DCU.

Requirements / Background: Candidates should posses a primary degree (minimum II:I) in a relevant discipline (Chemistry). A good understanding and experience of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry is an advantage. Computer literacy is essential. Candidates must have European driving licence, be willing to travel to various test sites around the country and to visit/work in GMIT on occasion. Studentship is subject to performance that is satisfactory to both DCU/GMIT and the EPA.

Project Start-Date: May 2010
Project Duration: 2 years (with possible transfer to PhD register).
Conditions: €1,333.33 per month plus fees and travel budget.
Closing Date: 5 pm Friday 9th April, 2010.

Application forms (available here or here ) should be completed and submitted with a covering letter and copy of your CV to:
Prof Brett Paull, Irish Separation Science Cluster, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
Email: brett.paull[at]dcu.ie

Further Information on the project may be obtained from: Dr. Brian Quinn at brian.quinn[at]gmit.ie

Postdoctoral position in Epidemiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Postdoctoral position in Epidemiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Postdoctoral position in Epidemiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a leading academic affiliate of Harvard Medical School and has been consistently recognized as one of America’s best hospitals by US News and World Report.

A Post Doctoral position is available to work with Dr. Alexander Turchin in the Division of Endocrinology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. The focus of the group is on using cutting edge information technology tools to study quality of care of chronic endocrine conditions (diabetes, hypertension). We leverage the resources of multi-million patient database at Partners HealthCare (an integrated healthcare delivery system founded by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital) to combine traditional administrative and clinical data from electronic medical records with novel data elements computationally extracted from narrative electronic documents.

Principal duties and essential functions:

The position will involve epidemiologic analysis of large datasets, writing up of manuscripts for publication and preparation of grant proposals. First authorship on manuscripts is encouraged.

Job Requirements:

The successful candidate will have recently completed graduate studies in a Ph.D. program with a strong research record in health services research, health policy, health economics and / or related field. Experience in statistical programming and data management is highly desirable. Excellent technical, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently are necessary.

Salary: The position is compensated according to the NIH post-doctoral stipend scale. This position is until October 2011.

Applicants should submit:
• A letter describing areas of research interest
• A curriculum vitae with bibliography
• Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
• Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references

Please send all inquiries to Alexander Turchin at aturchin@partners.org
Website: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/

Asean-European University Network (ASEA-UNINET) Scholarship - Beasiswa Australia.

DEPARTEMEN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL
DIREKTORAT JENDERAL PENDIDIKAN TINGGI
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Pintu I Senayan, Jakarta 10002
Telp./Fax. (021) 57946052

Nomor : 77/D4.4/2010 12 Januari 2010
Lampiran :
Perihal : Tawaran beasiswa ASEA-UNINET tahun 2010

Kepada Yth. :
1. Pimpinan Perguruan Tinggi Negeri
2. Koordinator dan Kopertis Wilayah I XII

Melalui surat ini Kami sampaikan bahwa pemerintah Austria melalui Asean-European University Network (ASEA-UNINET) pada tahun ini kembali menawarkan beasiswa untuk program Post-Doc, PhD, Sandwich PhD serta short research visit (1 bulan). Beasiswa tersebut adalah untuk bidang teknologi, sains serta ekonomi. Persyaratan untuk setiap program beasiswa adalah sebagai berikut:

1. Beasiswa Post-Doc Scholarship (untuk 2 orang: 3 bulan dan 6 bulan)
a. Sudah memiliki kualifikasi S-3 (yang berusia muda lebih diprioritaskan)
b. Cakap berbahasa Inggris atau German
c. Sudah memiliki Letter of Acceptance dari Professor di Austria
d. Memiliki proposal research
e. Mengisi formulir yang disediakan

2. PhD Technology Grant Scholarship, untuk 2 orang
a. Usia belum genap 31 tahun pada saat wawancara (tanggal 8 Februari 2010)
b. Sudah memiliki kualifikasi S-2
c. Cakap berbahasa Inggris atau German
d. Sudah memiliki Letter of Acceptance dari Professor di Austria
e. Memiliki proposal research
f. Mengisi formulir yang disediakan dan dilengkapi dengan transkrip ijasah S-1 dan S-2

3. Short Research Visit (1bulan), untuk 2 orang
a. Sudah memiliki kualifikasi minimum S-2
b. Cakap berbahasa Inggris atau German
c. Sudah memiliki Letter of Acceptance dari Professor di Austria
d. Memiliki proposal research
e. Mengisi formulir yang disediakan
f. Berasal dari perguruan tinggi anggota Asea-Uninet (ITB, UI, UGM, Undip, ITS dan Unud)
4. Sandwich
a. Sedang mengikuti S3 dalam negeri
b. Usia belum genap 31 tahun pada saat wawancara
c. Sudah memiliki kualifikasi S-2
d. Cakap berbahasa Inggris atau German
e. Mengisi formulir yang disediakan

Wawancara akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 8 Februari 2010 di Jakarta. Untuk itu berkas lamaran mohon disampaikan langsung ke Direktorat Ketenagaan, Gedung DIKTI lantai 5 atau melalui koordinator Asea-Uninet di ITB, UI, UGM, Undip, ITS dan Unud, selambat-lambatnya tanggal 3 Februari 2010. Kepada pelamar yang memenuhi persyaratan di atas akan dipanggil untuk mengikuti wawancara pada tanggal-tanggal tersebut di atas. Keterangan mengenai waktu serta tempat akan disampaikan pada saat pemberitahuan pemangilan.

Demikian informasi yang dapat Kami sampaikan atas perhatiannya disampaikan terimakasih.

Direktur Ketenagaan

Ttd
Muchlas Samani
NIP. 130516386

Tembusan :
1. Dirjen Dikti
2. Kasubdit PK Ditnaga