[SocBiN] Fwd: Call for applications to the National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, Deadline 28 February 2020

[Arne Elofsson]

Dear Colleague,

I would much appreciate it if you could forward the attached message to
Departmental and other relevant email lists. Please print out the attached
flyer and post on your physical bulletin board if applicable.

To all current and prospective 1st year PhD students in Bioinformatics,

You are invited to apply to MedBioInfo, the National Graduate School in
Medical Bioinformatics, established to provide advanced training in
bioinformatics to the next generation of world-class life-science
researchers.  Our 43 affiliated faculty members include most of the leading
bioinformaticians in Sweden, and we also draw on the faculty of NORBIS, our
Norwegian sister school. Alongside your peers, this will form a key part of
your future scientific network. Our courses are short, worth 3 or 5
HP(ECTS). Each course typically requires a one-week at-home pre-assignment,
one week in residence, and (often) a take-home one-week post-assignment.
You would typically take two courses per year, for a total of 3 years. The
courses are more specialised than can be provided by your home university.
You will be matched with a faculty mentor, providing a perspective and
advice complementary to that of your advisor. We also have an annual
meeting where you will attend faculty talks and soft-skills workshops,
present your research, network, and get feedback. You will be granted a
yearly travel budget. Best of all, this should be fun.

You are eligible to apply if you began or will begin your PhD between
January 2019 and April 2020, though there is some flexibility in this.
Target groups include PhD students in Life Science doing primarily
computational research.Selection criteria include your CV, transcript, and
the relevance of your research project. You will also need an endorsement
letter from your advisor and a suitable laptop. We will strive to have a
broad distribution of Swedish home universities as well as a good gender
balance..

By applying, you agree to set aside three days in May to attend our Annual
Meeting, 18-20 May near Göteborg, as well as a week (probably in June) to
attend your first course, "Applied Bioinformatics," as will be announced on
MedBioInfo.se <http://medbioinfo.se/> . Several of our core courses require
programming in Python. If your Python background is weak, you will need to
start strengthening your skills soon after admissions. BILS sometimes
offers python courses (https://www.scilifelab.se/education
<https://www.scilifelab.se/education/courses%26training>), and we also
recommend Shaw's "Python 3 the hard way."  Due to the climate crisis we ask
students (with the possible exception of those from Umeå) to avoid flying
to MedBioInfo events.

The deadline is February 28, 2020. Enrollment is limited to approximately
20 incoming students per year. You should sign upfollowing
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/MedBioInfo-application-2020 , also
linked to from medbioinfo.se. Feel free to email me with any questions. We
look forward to reading your application.

With kind regards,

Sam

Samuel Coulbourn Flores, Docent

*Studierektor för den nationella forskarskolan inom medicinsk bioinformatik
*

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Stockholm University

Visiting:
SciLifeLab A6220 (Alpha Tr. 6)

Deliveries:
Samuel Flores
Stockholms Universitet, Org # 202100-3062
Tomtebodavägen 23a
171 65 Solna
SWEDEN

Mobil: +46.706000464
Mexank: 0816-3949
skype: samuelfloresc
facebook.com/MedBioInfo
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