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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

2 PhD fellows schizophrenia project

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http://www.rug.nl/fwn/vacatures/vacaturesfwn/207176

2 PhD fellows schizophrenia project
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Vacancy number: 207176/77

Job description
TOP Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has granted our proposal to set up the mechanism-based PK-PD modeling platform. This platform focuses on the transfer of knowledge from academia to the pharmaceutical industry and is a collaborative effort of 4 academic partners and 6 industrial partners. Unique to this platform is the availability of shared databases.

The aim of the platform is to provide a scientific basis for rational drug discovery and development with a strong focus on priority medicines. Challenges are to predict disease progression, the effects of ageing, combined drug effects and to translate preclinical data to clinical data through the construction of mechanism-based PK/PD models. Existing anonimized (pre-) clinical data will be analyzed with advanced data analysis software tools such as NONMEM and S+ or R.

The translational research working group addresses cardiovascular safety and schizophrenia. Within the schizophrenia project we are looking for 2 PhD fellows.

You will work as a team member of a TI Pharma project. The project team comprises academic and industrial partners. In this case, the partners are: universities of Leiden and Groningen, the University Medical Center of Utrecht, the Erasmus Medical Center and the companies Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Nycomed, Organon and Pfizer. You will attend a unique drug discovery education and training program offered by TI Pharma.

Requirements
* Master degree in Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Science and Technology, Mathematics, Statisticsor Theoretical Biology
* Preferably a background in Model Building and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Profound interest in Model Building
* Ambitious
* Creative
* Interested to perform research in a unique multidisciplinary setting

Organization
The University of Groningen is a university with a high reputation for academic teaching and research and a large international network The vacancy is at the Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery. This department is part of the University Centre for Pharmacy, and participates in the research school Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE).

Conditions of employment
The University of Groningen offers an appointment for a period of four years which period should be finished with a Ph.D. examination. During the first year the gross salary is ¤ 1956,= per month. This amount will increase to ¤ 2502= during the fourth year. After one year, the performance of the candidate will be evaluated to decide whether there is sufficient progress to expect a successful completion of the Ph.D. thesis within the remaining three years. A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines your teaching activities.

Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained from dr. J.H. Proost Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery, University of Groningen ( j.h.proost@rug.nl ), tel +31 50 363 3292 (secretariat tel. +31 50 363 3272).

Application
Applications with curriculum vitae and the names of 3 persons that can be contacted as references should be sent before November 1, 2007, to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Department
P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen, The Netherlands
email: vmp@bureau.rug.nl

Please indicate vacancy number 207176/77 on the letter and the envelope.

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American Indonesian Exchange Foundation
Balai Pustaka Building, 6th. Floor
Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4
Jakarta 10720, Indonesia

1. The buses which goes to Senen Bus Station all of them pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. Especially which route is through Pasar Baru .

2. Bus Transjakarta, from Blok M you have to change the bus 2-3 times.
Way 1 : from Blok M change the bus in Dukuh Atas bus stop to the bus towards Pulogadung, then take a bus in Pramuka bus stop towards Ancol, this bus pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. The closest bus stop (Budi Utomo) is about 800 meters from Gedung Balai .
Way 2 : From Blok M take the bus in the Harmoni Bus Stop, the bus towards Pulogadung, get down in Senen Bus Stop and walk about 800 meters, or from this bus stop take the bus towards Ancol and get down as mentioned in way 1. About the distance, this two bus stops is about the same. (It is better if you take ojek or bajaj from this bus stop to Gedung Balai Pustaka)

3. If you take taxi with old tariff (TL=Tarif Lama) from blok M with no traffic jam is about Rp. 30.000,00.

4. From Blok M use bus Patas AC 76. Gedung Balai Pustaka is in the right side, after you pass through Depag, and say to conductor "Balai Pustaka"

5. Use a busway from Blok M towards Kota, get down in Sawah Besar bus stop. From here take a Mikrolet M12 towards Senen. After cross road Wahidin and before senen get down and cross the street.

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