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Life Science Zurich Graduate School |
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How can a student apply for a position, how is he or she accepted and what does the graduate school offer, besides a job in an outstanding research group? Find out everything about the Life Science Zurich Graduate School in the following overview.
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Our research might help people in Africa |
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Martin Stupak works in the Institute of Plant Science at the ETH Zurich. For him it is important to work in applied research and he hopes that one day, people in Africa will benefit from the results of his research. Read the interview with Martin and find out what exactly he is trying to achieve and why he is doing his PhD in Zurich.
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Video clips with Erica Bogan |
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Erica Bogan grew up in Costa Rica and speaks Spanish fluently. In the interview, however, she answers effortlessly in German and English! Even though at the moment she spends 10 to 12 hours a day in the lab, she is not yet sure about her future in hard-core research. What other possibilities are there? See for yourself in the video clips with Erica.
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Interdisciplinarity in diabetes research |
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Carsten Danzer found his dream position here in Zurich: a medically orientated research project in a city near the mountains. In his doctoral thesis he tries to improve the understanding of the disease course of diabetes type 2 in obese mice. The interdisciplinarity of his project is certainly very exciting.
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An infection of the intestine |
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Cramps in the stomach and the intestine often occur shortly after a vacation in exotic countries. The bacterium Salmonella Typhimurium causes strong inflammatory reactions in the gastrointestinal tract - which if the worst comes to the worst - can even lead to death. In her research project Kathrin Endt examines the mechanisms which are involved in this inflammation.
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One day in the life of a brain researcher |
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Accompany Irin Maier, a PhD student in the Brain Research Institute, during one day and watch her taking care of her rats and training them or preparing tissue sections. At the end of the day after a discussion, the group meeting and a sportive break Irin looks forward to a refreshing beer!
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An enthusiastic cancer biologist |
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Natko Nuber did not only establish a new circle of friends in Zurich he also became acquainted with a completely new research field. At the University Hospital he is working on melanoma.
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