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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>Within the international Open
University PhD programme at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples (Italy)
a series of PhD fellowships are available from November 2008. <BR><BR>Details
can be found at <A href="http://www.szn.it" eudora="autourl">www.szn.it</A>
-> New on Site -> PhD Programme Call for Applications 2008.
<BR> <BR>One of these projects ‘Factors regulating the sexual phase in
marine planktonic diatoms’ aims to investigate the role of endogenous and
exogenous factors in inducing the onset of sexual phase in marine planktonic
diatoms. The project will be largely experimental, and might include genomic or
modeling approaches. <BR><BR>Applications are invited from qualified
postgraduate candidates. Applicants should have sufficient command of the
English language to prepare and defend a thesis in English. <B>The closing
deadline is 22 September 2008</B>.<BR><BR><BR><X-SIGSEP>
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