PhD Position in Neuroanatomy/Neuroscience

PhD Position in Neuroanatomy/ Neuroscience (3x2 years) (mandate 090/32/180)

Job description
The successful candidate will do research to get a PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Our projects are focused on neuroimmunological repair strategies after brain and spinal cord injury with special emphasis on the use of anti-inflammatory mediators to enhance functional regeneration. The successful applicant will be working on “the use of stem cells as carriers of pro-regenerative factors after spinal cord injury”. The project includes a rich spectrum of techniques such as cell and brain slice cultures, histology, molecular biology and behavior tests.

Belgium Scholarship Various Programs

Every year, with the support of the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGDC), VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from developing countries to study one of the 15 International Course Programmes (ICPs) or one of the 6 International Training Programmes (ITPs). The ICPs and ITPs target people from the South with a responsible position in civil society (at a university, school, NGO, ministry, etc).

Each year there are a maximum of 180 scholarships available for first-year ICP students and a maximum of 70 scholarships for ITP participants.

Training Programmes (ITP)
ITPs are short-term training programmes whose main focus is transferring skills rather than knowledge. The International Training Programmes are designed for people from developing countries with a certain degree of professional experience.

The ITPs aim at transferring knowledge and skills, and create the possibility for cooperation and networking.

List of International Training Programmes 2009

* AudioVisual Learning Materials (AVLM) – Production and Management (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
* Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation (Universiteit Gent)
* Governing for Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Development Actors under the New Aid Approach (Universiteit Antwerpen)
* International Training Programme in Food Safety,
* Quality Assurance Systems and Risk Analysis (Universiteit Gent)
* Political Economy of the Great Lakes: Towards inclusive Development (Universiteit Antwerpen)
* Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment 9 (Stimulate 9) (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). More Info