The Helmholtz International Research School TransCard offers up to 3 Fully-funded PhD positions in Translational Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine.

Application Closing Date: February 15th 2013

The TransCard program is an attractive PhD program for several good reasons:

     Excellent and challenging research projects ensured by high quality faculty.

Constant mentoring of Ph.D. progress through the implemented Ph.D. Committees.

     A core lecture series to provide necessary background on concepts and methods.

    Guaranteed attendance of an international scientific meeting plus an advanced course.

      Opportunity to develop “Soft skills” through external courses and teaching on site.

      Personal development through interaction with peers, influence on the curriculum, and organization of a retreat / research meeting.

TransCard aims at identifying and training the next generation of talented students in the fields of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. There is an increasing world-wide demand for well-trained researchers within this exciting and medically extremely important research arena.

We are looking for outstanding highly-motivated candidates of any nationality, who hold or expect to obtain a Masters degree or a Diplom in Biology or in a related field. Our International PhD Program is conducted entirely in English. To learn more about the Program and the application process see:

http://www.mdc-berlin.de/TransCard or http://www.mdc-berlin.de/application

The Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) is a leading research institution in the field of Molecular Medicine in Germany. It covers a broad range of research areas including: Function & Dysfunction of the Nervous System, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases, Cancer and Bioinformatics & Systems Biology. In 2009 the MDC and its partners, the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the Charité, have established the Helmholtz International Research School Molecular TransCard to train excellent young researchers in translational medicine.

TransCard is a member of the Helmholtz Graduate School ‘Molecular Cell Biology’- a body of over 300 international PhD students at the MDC that benefit from a structured interdisciplinary PhD training.