Postdoctoral fellowships for research training in cancer. (Fellowships, Grants & Awards).The International Agency for Research on Cancer The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, or CIRC in its French acronym) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organisation of the United Nations. Its main offices are in Lyon, France. (IARC) invites applications from junior scientists for training fellowships in those aspects of cancer research related to the agency's own program: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental and viral carcinogenesis car·ci·no·gen·e·sis n. The production of cancer. carcinogenesis production of cancer. biological carcinogenesis viruses and some parasites are capable of initiating neoplasia. , cancer prevention, molecular cell biology Cell biology The study of the activities, functions, properties, and structures of cells. Cells were discovered in the middle of the seventeenth century after the microscope was invented. , molecular genetics molecular genetics n. The branch of genetics that deals with hereditary transmission and variation on the molecular level. , biochemistry, immunology, molecular pathology Molecular pathology is an emerging discipline within pathology which is focused on the use of nucleic acid-based techniques such as DNA sequencing, fluorescent in-situ hybridization, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, and nucleic acid microarrays for specialised studies of , and mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Applications are encouraged from epidemiologists and laboratory scientists for interdisciplinary training that will facilitate the conduct of genetic and molecular epidemiologic research. Applicants requiring basic training in cancer epidemiology or laboratory research will also be considered. In general, fellows will be selected from applicants with a recent Ph.D. or M.D. degree in medicine or the natural sciences, or who are in the final phase of completing their doctoral degree and wish to pursue a career in cancer research. Fellowships are awarded for one year and are tenable ten·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory. 2. in any suitable institution abroad. Applicants must have an adequate knowledge of the working language of the host laboratory as well as the ability to write English at a level sufficient for scientific communication. Fellowships must be taken up by 31 December 2002 and cannot be started before the doctoral degree is formally obtained. Applications must be received by 31 December 2001. Stipends will vary according to the cost of living in the country of study. The cost of travel for the applicant, and in certain circumstances that of one dependent, will be met. Contact: IARC, Cancer Research Fellowship Programme, 150 cours Albert-Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France, +33-0-472-73-84-48, fax: +33-0472-73-80-80, e-mail: fel@iarc.fr, Internet: http://www.iarc.fr/ |
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