Christian Medical College: Postgraduate courses for 2010

Highlights:

1. Christian Medical College, Vellore, has invited applications for admission to its postgraduate courses for 2010.

2. The entrance test for the various courses will be held on November 28 at various centres including Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Last date: October 31; web site: www.cmcvellore.ac.in/admissions/admin.htm. Phone: 0416-2283108, 2282445

3. Reference: www.cmcvellore.ac.in/admissions/admin.htm

JEE 2010: Entrance test to admission in IIT-India

Highlights:

1. Candidates interested in appearing for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2010 to be held on April 11, 2010 can apply online from November 1.

2. The last date for applying online is December 7.

3. The notification for the examination will be published in leading newspapers and the Employment News on October 31.

4. Candidates should have passed the Plus Two examination with minimum 60 per cent marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics by the time of admission.

Reference: http://beta.thehindu.com/education/article29772.ece

PhD scholarships in Petroleum Engineering

Highlights:

1. Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology has responsibility for the following disciplines: civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, geology and mineral resources engineering and marine technology. The Faculty has 10 Departments (http://www.ntnu.no/ivt), about 750 employees, 3000 Master students, and about 400 PhD candidates.

2. 2 PhD scholarships in Petroleum Engineering/Applied Geophysics (IVT-117/09)

3. The PhD candidates will do their studies in one of the department´s research areas: Applied Geophysics, Drilling, Production or Drilling.

4. Applicants must normally have a M.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering or Applied Geophysics, but a background in Physics and/or Mathematics may also qualify. Normally the studies will take place in Trondheim.

5. Included in the application should be a brief statement of the applicant´s research interests. More information may be obtained from Professors Jon Kleppe (jon.kleppe@ntnu.no) or Martin Landrø (martin.landro@ntnu.no), tel. +47 73 59 49 25.

6. Conditions of appointment: Applicants must hold a relevant Masters degree. Candidates with other relevant background may be required to take some extra courses.

Postdoctoral position in Life Science

Highlights:

1. Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratoryof Dr. Huang-Ge Zhang to study tumor exosome-mediated immunosuppression and COP9-regulated myeloid cell activation.

2. Highly motivated candidates with a strong background in immunology, cellular biology, or related fields should apply.

3. Expertise in molecular immunology is essential. Expertise in proteomics technology is a plus. Salary is commensurate with experience. International and J-1 visa candidates welcome.

4. Qualified individuals with a recent Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degreeare invited to submit, via e-mail, their curriculum vitae, names and contact information for three (3) references (with e-mail addresses, if possible), and a letter describing your research interests to Huang-GeZhang, M.D, Ph.D.

5. James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville Louisville ,KENTUCKY United States
Contact: h0zhan17@gwise.louisville.edu

Chemistry Nobel Prize 2009: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (indian origin) with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won!!

Highlights:

1. Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, the protein-producing factories within cells, at the atomic level.

2. India-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge.

3. Born in 1952 in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel prize with Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) for their "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".

4. Ramakrishnan earned his B.Sc. in Physics (1971) from Baroda University and his Ph.D. in Physics (1976) from Ohio University.

5. He moved into biology at the University of California, San Diego, where he took a year of classes, then conducted research with Dr Mauricio Montal, a membrane biochemist.

6. "This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level," the Nobel committee said in its citation.

7. All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome, it said.