Thermo Fisher Scientific Nominal Scholarship Competition 2024-2025 for Masters

Thermo Fisher Scientific Nominal Scholarship Competition 2024-2025

Nominal scholarship for Masters terms and conditions VMU: CLICK HERE (In English)

Nominal scholarship for Masters terms and conditions VMU: CLICK HERE (In Lithuanian)

“Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics” UAB in cooperation with Vytautas Magnus University invites 1-year masters students from VDU Faculty of Natural Sciences to prepare Master final thesis at the Company.

Favorite students selected to prepare Master final thesis at the Company will receive Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics nominal scholarship of 2000 Eur per single academic year. VDU students who prepare the final thesis at the Company for two academic years and if study results do not worsen, are entitled for a second-year scholarship, therefore total scholarship would amount to 4000 Eur. This nominal scholarship does not impact students’ chances to receive other scholarships from the State, “Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics” or other.

Applicants’ Bachelor final thesis (or exams) and Main study field subjects weighted average grades must be no less than 8 to qualify for the Scholarship competition.

First year Master students must submit applications for the competition by September 15, 2024

Students must submit following documents:

Curriculum vitae (CV);
Motivational letter, also indicating preferred Research groups;
Copy of Bachelor studies diploma and its supplement;
Copy of Secondary school graduation diploma;
Copy of other achievements, such as scientific and/or social activities (e.g. participations in scientific competitions, tournaments and other);
Recommendation from VDU Faculty or Employer would be additional benefit.

Applications should be submitted via VDU AIS address dek@gmf.vdu.lt titled “Thermo Fisher Scientific nominal scholarship”.

Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to “Thermo Fisher Scientific” representative – Edvin Stankevič, edvin.stankevic@thermofisher.com,or VDU representative – Ugnė Medikaitė ugne.medikaite@vdu.lt.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Nominal Scholarship Competition 2024-2025 for Bachelors

Thermo Fisher Scientific Nominal Scholarship Competition 2024-2025

Nominal scholarship for Masters terms and conditions VMU: CLICK HERE (In English)

Nominal scholarship for Masters terms and conditions VMU: CLICK HERE (In Lithuanian)

“Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics” UAB in cooperation with Vytautas Magnus University invites prospective 3- and 4-year Bachelor students from VDU Faculty of Natural Sciences to prepare Bachelor final thesis at the Company.

Favorite students selected to prepare Bachelor final thesis at the Company will receive Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics nominal scholarship of 1100 Eur per single academic year. VDU students who prepare the final thesis at the Company for two academic years and if study results do not worsen, are entitled for a second-year scholarship, therefore total scholarship would amount to 2200 Eur. This nominal scholarship does not impact students’ chances to receive other scholarships from the State, “Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics” or other.

Prospective 3- and 4-year Bachelor students must submit applications for the competition by 15 September 2024

Students must submit following documents:

Curriculum vitae (CV)
Motivational letter, also indicating preferred research areas listed in scholarship terms and conditions document (Link)
Copy of secondary school graduation diploma
Copy of other achievements, such as scientific and/or social activities (e.g. participations in scientific competitions, tournaments and other)
Recommendation from VDU Faculty or Employer would be additional benefit.

Applications should be submitted via VDU AIS address dek@gmf.vdu.lt titled “Thermo Fisher Scientific nominal scholarship”.

Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to “Thermo Fisher Scientific” representative – Edvin Stankevič edvin.stankevic@thermofisher.com or VDU representative – Ugnė Medikaitė ugne.medikaite@vdu.lt.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics nominal competition terms

Training school “Plasma applications for smart and sustainable agriculture” 11-14 June 2024, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus university, Kaunas, Lithuania

By the first announcement we are pleased to invite the PhD students and young researchers to attend the training school with a line of outstanding invited speakers that will provide overview and share their practical experience on the research topics related to the applications of plasma in agriculture and food processing.

EVENT DETAILS:

Main training venue: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus university, Universiteto str. 10, 53361 Akademija

Additional sites for training: Botanical garden, VMU (https ://botanika.vdu.lt /)

Agricultural experiment station of Academy of Agriculture, VMU

Website for further information:

We kindly invite to the lecture “Engineering CRISPR tools and editing strategies for clinical application” given by professor Julian Grünewald

Lecture title: “Engineering CRISPR tools and editing strategies for clinical application”.

Date: November 24, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 14:00-15:00 EET

Venue: VU Life Sciences Center, R401 auditorium

Abstract: There is an unmet clinical need to develop new treatments for many genetic diseases, such as cardiomyopathies. We aim to develop CRISPR technologies specifically for the safe and efficient application in human heart cells. This talk will focus on the engineering of base and prime editors and the current state of clinical translation.

Moreover, I will report on how we use gene editing tools in human cardiomyocytes and heart organoids to model both disease development and new genetic treatments.

Biosketch: Julian Grünewald is a physician-scientist, Emmy Noether group leader, and Assistant Professor of Gene Editing at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

His lab is focused on engineering new CRISPR technologies for research and therapeutic applications in cardiovascular medicine.

After medical school and training as a resident of internal medicine, Julian trained as a postdoc in the laboratory of J. Keith Joung at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Opportunity to finance PhD studies in Switzerland

International PhD Programs in Life Sciences

Life Science Zurich Graduate School offers more than 100 funded PhD positions. With around 500 research groups and more than 1600 Ph.D. students, the Life Science Zurich Graduate School is one of the largest graduate schools in Europe. It has 17 highly competitive PhD programs and is jointly run by the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. To download offer click here

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PhD offer

Opportunity to participate in Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute with Erasmus+

Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute (https://www.cwri.net/), a nonprofit nongovernmental organization established in north Cyprus with a focus on the protection of local species and habitats. In the attachment below, please see the Catalogue of Internship placements that are offered by our conservation organization for the year 2024. These placements are especially suitable for students and graduates of programs related to biology, ecology, environmental protection, animal care, nature management, veterinary medicine, social media, and media production. A full list of our current programs can be reviewed following the link: https://v.cwri.net/

The general information about our current placements, requirements, and other details are summarized in the catalogue below and on our volunteering web pages. We are currently preparing new internship programs (such as monitoring of donkeys, or bird nest boxes) so it may be useful for the students to regularly check our web pages. Our programs are suitable to be considered Erasmus+ placements and the living expenses can be therefore covered by an Erasmus+ scholarship.

For more info CLICK HERE

Invitation to the Common and Little Terns: a seminar coupled with a field visit and a conference

LOD LifeTerns seminar invitation 18-19 10 2023

LOD LifeTerns Final Conference invitation 20 10

We warmly invite you to participate in two upcoming international events organized by the Lithuanian Ornithological Society, focusing on the protection of Common and Little Terns: a seminar coupled with a field visit and a conference. These events will take place on 18-20 October in Vilnius.

Also, we kindly request your assistance in disseminating this information to your network, encouraging others to join us.

About the events

1. The seminar “Conservation of Island Breeding Birds: Challenges and Best Practices”

· Date and location: 18-19 October 2023, Vilnius

· Details: plenary session on 18 October, and field visit on 19 October

· Topics:

Session I: Conservation challenges of island breeding terns and other waterbirds.

Session II: Telemetry methods for effective conservation of the breeding waterbirds.

Session III: Cooperation of the industries and nature sector for better conservation of breeding waterbirds.

· Sharing of experience: We are looking forward for participants to share their insights and experiences related to the seminar topics. We kindly ask to express interest and propose your presentation topic by 20 September when registering to the seminar.

2. The Final Conference of the LIFE TERNS project

· Date and location: 20 October 2023, Vilnius

· Topics:

– Overview of the main results of the LIFE TERNS. Future perspectives and our next steps.

– Maintaining of waterways: benefits for island breeding birds and future possibilities.

– The importance of telemetry method and its advantages in shaping of the protection of Terns and their important habitats.

– Photo exhibition of the LIFE TERNS project.

· We would like to share experiences and lessons we have learned throughout the four-year project. We also plan to invite other organisations to collaborate and become LOD partners in continuing actions for the improvement of the conservation status of the Common and Little tern and shorebirds breeding on islands.

Both events are part of the EU LIFE project “Adjustment of key stakeholders’ capacity for improvement of Common and Little terns conservation status in Lithuania” (LIFE TERNS, LIFE17 NAT/LT/000545).

Registration. To register to the events, please kindly follow this link. The registration deadline is 25 September 2023.

Covering participation costs. The organisers can reimburse travel expenses and provide accommodation for all presenters as well as several other participants. If you are interested in applying for it, please indicate this in the registration form. We will be in touch with you by mid-September.

Attached invitations. For your convenience, we have attached invitations to the seminar and the conference to this email.

If you have any questions on the events, please contact us at inga@birdlife.lt, or lod@birdlife.lt.

We are looking forward to meet you in our events.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Nominal Scholarship Competition 2023-2024

Nominal scholarship for Masters terms and conditions VDU 2023-24

Applicants’ Bachelor final thesis (or exams) and Main study field subjects weighted average grades must be no less than 8 to qualify for the Scholarship competition.

First year Master students must submit applications for the competition by September 26, 2023

Students must submit following documents:

Curriculum vitae (CV);
Motivational letter, also indicating preferred Research groups;
Copy of Bachelor studies diploma and its supplement;
Copy of Secondary school graduation diploma;
Copy of other achievements, such as scientific and/or social activities (e.g. participations in scientific competitions, tournaments and other);
Recommendation from VDU Faculty or Employer would be additional benefit.

Applications should be submitted via VDU AIS address dek@gmf.vdu.lt titled “Thermo Fisher Scientific nominal scholarship”.

Transform4Europe invites the teaching staff from all universities of the alliance to take part in the Innovative Teaching Award contest.

Transform4Europe invites the teaching staff from all universities of the alliance to take part in the Innovative Teaching Award contest.

Eligible practices include good practices in the following categories (more than one can be chosen): the growth of students’ entrepreneurial mindset; inclusive teaching and learning in higher education; digitally enhanced learning and teaching; internationalization of teaching and learning.

There will be 4 awards consisting of 2500 € each for the realization of innovative or creative teaching projects.

Application deadline is 5 June.

More information: https://www.vdu.lt/en/t4eu-announced-innovative-teaching-award-contest/

Competition for Scholarships for Scientific or Artistic Achievements

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) announces a competition for scholarships for the scientific or artistic achievements of VMU students, which aims to encourage students to pursue scientific or artistic activities at the University.

One-off scholarships for scientific or artistic achievements in the amount of EUR 500 (five hundred euros) are awarded to the most productive and/or the students with the highest and most significant achievements (as measured by scientific (artistic) production points) in the relevant group of study fields.

The scholarship is open to candidates who have at least one scientific publication, a conference presentation, or a public presentation of their work. The scholarships are awarded based on an assessment of the scientific or artistic achievements of the previous calendar year (in the period from 1 January to 31 December) in the following relevant groups of study fields:

Humanities;
Arts;
Engineering Sciences and Technological Sciences;
Social Sciences, Law, Business and Public Management;
Educational Sciences;
Mathematical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences;
Agricultural Sciences.

Scholarships for scientific or artistic achievements shall be awarded separately according to the relevant groups of study fields:

jointly for full-time and part-time first cycle students and for first- to fourth-year students of integrated studies;
jointly for full-time and part-time second cycle students, students of vocational studies, and fifth-year students of integrated studies.

Students who are willing to apply for a scholarship for scientific or artistic achievements up to this year, students must submit data on their scientific, artistic, and other activities on the VMU Student Portal until March 31^st under “Science” in accordance with the following procedure:

log in to the VMU Student self-service portal using your personal login provided by the University, select Research in the menu box, and click on the Fill button when the column opens;
select the category of the scientific/artistic activity you want to pursue (publications and patents; other research and organizational activity; other research and artistic activity; significant prizes and awards) and provide all the necessary information and press the Save button.

IMPORTANT: publications and patents must be registered in the University’s Science Management System VMU CRIS, and points for publications shall be awarded according to the classification of scientific and artistic output approved by VMU.

More information:

Description of the procedure for awarding scholarships for scientific or artistic achievements at Vytautas Magnus university