2008 Fellowships for Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and
Technology, 03/08
Up that up to 25 fellowships will be awarded to undergraduate students for the Summer
Research Program 2008. The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is organized by the School
of Life Sciences/EPFL in collaboration with the University of Lausanne/UNIL, Switzerland.
Please find below a short description.
May I bring to your attention that within the School of Life Sciences, e.g. the Global
Health Institute has been created to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of infectious diseases. Among others, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are tackled;
within the Bioengineering Institute, an ingenious combination of nanotechnology and
bioengineering was developed to build a vaccine delivery technique that is more effective
and less expensive than current methods (Sept. 16, 2007 Nature Biotechnology).
May I kindly ask your support in sharing this information, which I hope, may be of
interest of your colleagues and readers/students. Deadline for application: March 1st,
2008.
The details are as follows:
SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM 2008 ? School of Life Sciences - Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland:
July 7-September 5, 2008
The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the
University of Lausanne, is offering summer research training opportunities to
undergraduate students interested in research careers in the life sciences. We seek to
attract the best candidates and thus financial compensation will be provided to cover
successful candidates? living and travel expenses. The program will run from July 7th to
September 5th, 2008, although earlier arrivals and later departures can be envisaged
Biomedical research increasingly relies on quantitative approaches and cutting edge technology. Many would agree that the future of the life sciences lies at the crossroads of biology, hard sciences (chemistry, mathematics, computer science) and engineering. The School of Life Sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland - http://sv.epfl.ch/ was created on this premise. Capitalizing on its initial development in neuroscience (under the auspices of the Brain Mind Institute) and biotechnology (led by the Institute of Bioengineering), the School of Life Sciences continues to grow; in 2005 the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) joined EPFL, and the Global Health Institute was launched. In all areas, integrated approaches spanning a range of disciplines from functional genomics to System Biology & high-tech bioengineering are emphasized.
Selection Criteria: Up to 25 summer research fellowships will be awarded on a
competitive basis, taking into consideration several criteria including the student's
academic record, personal statement and letters of recommendation.
Additional information and the application are available online: http://ssv.epfl.ch/summer-research
Deadline for application: March 1st, 2008
Contact Email: summer.sv@epfl.ch
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