[sdpd] PhD fellowships vacancies: training in crystallography

[Armel Le Bail <alb...@cristal.org>]

The Italian National Research Council (CNR), through IC (Institute of 
Crystallography) is offering some fellowships mainly focused onto the study 
and development of crystallographic methods. An opportunity of training in 
this area will be offered to post-graduate fellows in Physics, Chemistry, 
Geological Sciences, Material Science, Biotechnologies to improve their 
knowledge of methods and techniques in crystallography.

Their activities will be focused mainly on crystal structure solution, 
powder diffraction data analysis, properties of policrystalline materials, 
quantitative analysis and study and development of

Techniques for proteins structure determination.

The fellows will be hosted at CNR-IC, an institute of the Italian National 
Research Council, where they will join a group of researchers and PhD 
students. Fellows will be expected to attend and to give seminars and to be 
fully integrated into the scientific activities of the Institute, having 
thus the opportunity of joining one of the major European groups in 
crystallography, with an outstanding research reputation.

Research and training opportunities will be offered in the following areas:

Ø      development of new methods for ab-initio crystal structure solution 
(small- and macro-molecules);
Ø     study and development of MIR (Multiple Isomorphous Replacement) and 
MAD (Multiple Wavelength Anomalous Dispersion) techniques for proteins;
Ø     development of innovative techniques for the treatment of powder 
diffraction data. Methods for crystal structure solution, completion and 
refinement are also developed;
Ø     quantitative analysis in terms of crystalline phases from powder 
diffraction data (Rietveld  Method);
Ø     development of software packages which implement the theoretical results;
Ø     development of crystallographic instruments (hardware and software) 
building the electronic  logic circuits and writing control programs;
Ø     development of WWW interfaces, providing a user-friendly environment 
for the remote control of instruments following the evolution of the 
networking technology and distributed computing;
Ø     the use of synchrotron radiation, in order to:
§       Increase the efficiency of diffraction data collection for protein 
crystallographic studies.
§       Study single crystals and crystal powders for material science and 
minerals using facilities for high pressure and low temperature.
Ø     Protein crystallography

These fellowships will be offered on behalf of the "Marie Curie Development 
Host Fellowships Programme" available under the Fifth Framework Programme 
funded by the European Community.

The fellow must be pursuing studies for a PhD-level degree and the stay 
must be directly relevant to the doctoral studies pursued. The stay at 
CNR-IC or CNR-ISC (Institute for Structural Chemistry) must be recognised 
as an integral part of the  doctoral studies as confirmed in writing by the 
supervisor of the doctoral studies in the home university.

The duration of each fellow's project is between 3 and 12 months and 
fellows must be nationals of a Member or Associated State or able to 
provide proof of having resided in one of the Member States for at least 
the last five years prior to their selection. In case of non EU/Associated 
State national, he/she is not eligible if he/she was residing in Italy for 
more than two years in the last five years immediately prior to the 
selection date.


The training activities are expected to be carried out at CNR-IC (Bari) and 
at CNR ISC (Montelibretti, Rome), under the co-ordination of Prof. Carmelo 
Giacovazzo.

The indicative gross monthly subsistence allowance will be 1200 Euro plus 
some allowance for travel.

For any additional details please write to:

   Maria Grazia Distante 
(<mailto:mariagrazia.distante...@ic.cnr.it>mariagrazia.distante...@ic.cnr.it)

   CNR-IC

   Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O   70126 Bari. Italy.

<http://www.ic.cnr.it/>http://www.ic.cnr.it


Eligibility Criteria for Fellows[1]

  The fellows selected by the hosts must meet the following criteria at the 
time of selection:

1. Nationality or residence

Fellows must be nationals of a Member or Associated State (see lists of 
Member and Associated States in section 3.1), or be able to provide proof 
of having resided in Member States for at least the last five years prior 
to their selection by the host (e.g. national residing permits; employment 
contracts, university registration, etc.). Fellows should ensure that they 
are able to fulfil the immigration and visa requirements for the Member or 
Associated State in which the host institution is located.

2. Mobility

Fellows may not carry out their fellowship in the country of their 
nationality and his/her recent centre of  activity. Hosts cannot appoint 
researchers who have carried out their normal activity  (work, studies 
etc.) in  the country where the research is going to take place for more 
than 12 months in the two years immediately  prior to their selection by 
the host. For Marie Curie Training Sites, fellows may not carry out their 
fellowship in the country where they normally pursue their doctoral 
studies. Additionally, nationals of an Associated State may only carry out 
their fellowship in a Member State.

3. Age limit

The fellow must be of age 35 years or less. However, allowance, in this 
respect, is made for time actually served in compulsory military or civil 
service and for childcare with a maximum of 2 years per child for the 
actual time spent off work.

Member States

There are 15 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, 
Germany,

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, 
Sweden and the

United Kingdom.

Associated States

There are 15 Associated States: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, 
Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, 
Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The negotiation of an agreement with Switzerland has been finalised and is 
expected to enter into force in 2001. Likewise, the negotiation of an 
agreement with Malta is currently underway.

For latest information on entry into force of these agreements, please consult:

http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/src/3rdcountries.htm


[1] (excerpt from Marie Curie fellowships Guide for Proposers and the 
proposal form for Marie Curie Host Fellowships - February 2001 - available 
at: http://www.cordis.lu/improving



 
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