[NHCOLL-L:2641] Summer undergrad research in Dublin - deadline 29 May

[Julia Sigwart]

Dear all,

Full funding is available for 8 international students to attend a new 
summer research programme in Dublin (10 week course).  Apologies for 
cross-postings; please circulate widely and note the fast-approaching 
deadline!!

Collections-based Biology in Dublin (CoBiD) provides an exciting 
research environment, with experience both in high quality laboratories 
in the science departments in University College Dublin, and important 
international research centre in the National Museum of Ireland 
(Natural History) collections in Dublin city centre. Diverse research 
projects are offered, with topics ranging from systematic biology— 
including traditional and molecular techniques— to ecology and 
population genetics. Students will work side-by-side with curators and 
senior scientists and will be involved in all aspects of 
collections-based research including collection and curation of 
specimens, experiments and analysis, participation in field 
expeditions, and dissemination of scientific results through oral 
presentation and publication.

The CoBiD summer school programme is funded by Science Foundation 
Ireland

Term dates: July 4th to September 5th 2005

Requirements
*	completion of the third (junior) year of an undergraduate biosciences 
degree 
*	proficiency in English (written and spoken) 
*	willingness to work hard, and ability to work independently 
*	strong interest in the project of choice 
*	career goals in organismal biology 

Your application must include a total of three documents received as 
e-mail attachments in MS-Word format.
Two documents (CV and letter of interest) in an email received from the 
applicant, and a separate letter of recommendation in an e-mail 
received directly from your reference.

All materials must be received by: Sunday 29 May

Research Projects
feather histology of galliforms  |  evolution of fossil crocodiles  |  
mayflies and climate change  |  evolution of cation-independent 
receptors  |  carboniferous coral "reefs"  |  evolution in mammalian 
sensory perception  |  resource partitioning in inshore fish  |  
distribution and metapopulation structure of cockles

For more information, including project descriptions see 
http://www.ucd.ie/ureka/

or e-mail 
ureka at ucd.ie


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Collections-based Biology in Dublin
The UREKA Summer Research programme is 
funded by Science Foundation Ireland
(w) http://www.ucd.ie/ureka/
(e) ureka at ucd.ie