Supporting Talented PhD Research Walmart Scholarship Students(STARS) Program at Faculty of Science

From the beginning of the academic year 2011/2012, Faculty of Science launches a new PhD support program for talented students from all over the world. Prospective students can apply to PhD research topics selected by the Research Council of the Faculty and announced on the web pages on February 3, 2011. In addition to standard PhD scholarship obtained from the Ministry of Education (in the first year 6,050 CZK per month), applicants selected for the STARS program will be awarded additional 10,000 CZK or more per month

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Timetable:

February 3, 2011
PhD research topics and application form will be available

March 7, 2011
Deadline for application

March 8 – April 8, 2011
Interviews with candidates organized by research teams and faculty PhD coordinators, more information will be available on this website

October, 2011
Beginning of the PhD Study

Contacts – PhD coordinators for the STARS program:

Dr. Vladimír Hampl – biology and environment studies (vlada@natur.cuni.cz)
Dr. Marian Novotný – biology and life sciences (marian@natur.cuni.cz)
Assoc. Prof. Jan Kotek – chemistry (modrej@natur.cuni.cz)
Dr. Pavel Chromý – geography (chromy@natur.cuni.cz)
Dr. David Mašín – geology (masin@natur.cuni.cz)

Biology and Life Sciences - 13 PhD positions:

• Analysis of Cancer Cell Invasion Plasticity
• Diversity and evolution of anaerobic Heterolobosea
• Comparative evo-devo studies of vertebrate attachment glands
• Effect of Toxoplasmosis on Reaction Times, Startle Reactions and Prepulse Inhibition of Startle Reaction in Human Subjects
• Environmental determinants of geographical variation in functional traits of birds
• Dispersal and anthropogenous invasions of microalgae over time and space. A study based on analyses of siliceous structures of diatomes and chrysomonads in recent and subrecent sediments
• A study of molecular complexes of the opioid receptors
• Yeast colony differentiation: Role of apoptotic and proteolytic processes
• Employing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) as a model for study of the role of 4E translation initiation factor in hematopoesis
• Evolution of cuckoo behaviour in bees
• Affinity purification and the proteomic analysis of the reduced mitochondria from Giardia intestinalis
• Population variability of sand fly vectors in Ethiopia
• Regulatory role of tethering complex exocyst in the formation of plant cell wall

Chemistry - 6 PhD positions:

• New electrode materials for HPLC-ED of genotoxic organic pollutants
• New generation of contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging
• Study of function and molecular architecture of fungal nitrilases applicable in biocatalysis
• Studies on molecular architecture of fungal glycosidases, highly glycosylated multimeric enzymes important in oligosaccharide syntheses and biotechnologies
• Conjugated polymer networks for adsorption applications
• Development of enantioselective allylation catalyzed by Lewis bases and its application in stereoselective synthesis of bioactive compounds

Geography - 6 PhD positions:

• Migration and development - economic and social impacts of remittences (with special respect to Czechia and Ukraine)
• Identification of factors limiting retention potential of landscape in extreme hydrological events using methods of mathematical modeling and experimental monitoring
• Flexibility and localisation of labour in the Czech Republic. an analysis of spatial aspects
• Urban regeneration in the context of political imperative of smart, sustainable and inclusive development
• Extraction of Linear Patterns from Airborne Laser Scanning Data
• Landslide dynamics in relation to landscape evolution in the Holocene

Geology - 3 PhD positions:

• Horizontal in-situ stress in overconsolidated clay
• Thermokinetic model and quantitative description of magmatic textures
• Metamorphism and tectonic position of the Proterozoic Kabul Block: preservation and modification of crustal fragments within an orogenic zone

Environment - 2 PhD positions:

• Ecosystem engineers and its effect on matter and nutrient flow in ecosystem
• Freshwater ecosystems as an indicator of global change