Study in Denmark ; PhD Fellow in Plant Epigenetics Denmark

Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship for 4 years (4+4 programme) commencing 1 April 2011 or soon thereafter. The application deadline is 1 March 2011.

Scholarship Details:

The work of the PhD fellow will consist mainly of duties in connection with the research project Epigenetic regulation of plant traits. The project aims at discover new layers of regulation of plant appearance. In biology, and specifically genetics, epigenetics is the study of inherited changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence. These changes may remain through cell divisions for the remainder of the cell´s life and may also last for multiple generations. However, there is no change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism; instead, non-genetic factors cause the organism´s genes to express themselves differently. The project is part of the program in the Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN (http://pumpkin.au.dk).

Application Deadline:
Application Deadline is 1 March 2011

Further Details:
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