StarOmics (Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Large Scale Data Analysis Techniques)

Partners:
University of Lausanne - Faculty of Biology and Medicine
University of Geneva - Faculty of Science
University of Neuchâtel - Faculty of Science
University of Fribourg - Faculty of Science
University of Bern

WEB SITE OF THE PROGRAMME: biologie.cuso.ch/staromics

Direction of the programme:
Prof. Nouria Hernandez (UNIL)

Coordinator:
Ms Corinne Dentan
Center for Integrative Genomics
Génopode
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne
Phone: +41 (0)21 692 39 30
Corinne.Dentan@unil.ch

Programme description:
Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Connectomics and all other large scale data generating technologies are putting PhD students in front of a deep challenge. How to analyze large scale data and more importantly how to think in terms of large scale data will become an everyday task for next generation biologists. There is an urgent need for training future researchers to think differently and be prepared for their future challenges.

The StarOmics Doctoral Program is covering quantitative aspects of modern biology and integrating novel biological strategies and reasoning.

Students of this program will be offered training, workshops, and seminars in genome-wide and proteome-wide data analysis, biological modeling, quantitative image analysis, programming and statistics, in addition to a thorough education in experimental biology, through a didactic program that complements both their individual research topic and background. In addition several events will be organized (annual retreat, mini-symposia, soft skills courses) to complement and socialize the students and professors either within this program or jointly with the federation of doctoral programs of the CUSO (Ecology & Evolution, Plant Sciences, and Microbiology).

PhD students of this program will become conversant in both experimental and computational approaches and acquire the ability to integrate quantitative and experimental methods in their own research. Graduates from this program will have unprecedented scientific competence to permit them to become future leaders in biological research and beyond.

The students will not receive ECTS credits from the StarOmics doctoral program but an attestation to get ECTS credits in their own university.

Duration: 3 years

Teaching language: English

Admissions deadline:
Please contact the Admissions Department of the specific university for information.

Registration deadline for the doctoral programme:
According to the procedure on the web site: biologie.cuso.ch/staromics/registration/

Admissions conditions:
Any person who is enrolled as a PhD student in one of the five participating universities is, in principle, eligible to join the program. A doctoral student wishing to join the program must register to participate in the doctoral program. It is advisable that the PhD student discuss this with his/her supervisor before registering for the program. PhD students who have already started their PhD can join the program if they have not completed more than 1 year of their PhD studies.

Subject to changes.
Last update: 20 August 2012

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