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Information for Applicants
The workshop provides intensive practical experience of a number of microelectrode, patch clamp and optical techniques applied to single cells. It is intended for postgraduate students, post-doctoral workers or established scientists wishing to apply these techniques in their research.
The following core techniques are offered as 3-day experiments:
In addition there are lectures and practicals in:
Electronics, microscopy, data analysis and computing, bilayer recording, flash photolysis, amperometry and capacitance measurements, multi-electrode arrays, in vivo patch clamp recording.
There are 20 places. Daily lectures are given by teachers and visiting lecturers to cover the basic techniques and specialised topics. A copy of the Plymouth Microelectrode Handbook will be provided.
Accommodation (for 14 nights – arrive & depart on Wednesday) is close to the laboratory and includes breakfast, lunch is provided in the lab each day and an allowance is given for an evening meal.
The course fee of £1200 includes accommodation, meals and tuition. Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
The closing date for applications is 30th April 2012
How to Apply
Please use the Application Form, ensuring you:
- provide a concise description of your research, your reasons for wishing to attend and your experience of techniques taught on the workshop. List in order of priority four 3-day techniques that you would like to learn selected from the list on the application form.
- provide a brief CV (2 sides), including list of publications.
- accompany the application with a letter of recommendation from an academic referee, preferably PhD supervisor or Head of Laboratory. This letter should indicate how your research, the laboratory in which you work and the area of research that you intend to pursue will benefit from your participation in the workshop.
- indicate what your likely source of funding is.
Applicants who expect to require visas to attend the course should indicate this on the application.
Funding
UK Research Councils
At present there is no ‘guaranteed fee’ agreed for Research Council students for 2012. Application should be made with MRC, BBSRC or EPSRC through appropriate channels for support from the studentship.
Affiliates of the Physiological Society
Help with funding is usually available for young physiologists working in the UK. If you wish to apply please indicate clearly in your application to the workshop. You will, of course, need to be a Member of the Physiological Society. There is no need to apply for the travel grant directly to the Physiological Society before workshop applications are assessed, please wait until the workshop application outcome is known. We will provide a letter to accompany your application for the travel grant.
Information is on www.physoc.org/grants/
Bursaries
The workshop can provide some half bursaries – if you think you will have difficulty finding the full fee and will need a half bursary, please indicate clearly in your application.
Application submission:
Please submit the application form by email to alexa@mba.ac.uk (Mrs Alexandra Street), attaching your Curriculum Vitae and Research Project (giving a concise description of your research, your reasons for wishing to attend and your experience of techniques taught on the workshop).
Separately, by post, please send in a signed Letter of Recommendation from an academic referee, preferably PhD supervisor or Head of Laboratory. This letter should indicate how your research, the laboratory in which you work and the area of research that you intend to pursue will benefit from your participation in the workshop. Please send the original Letter of Recommendation by post, to arrive no later than 30th April 2012:
Mrs Alex Street, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, U.K.
Applications will be acknowledged on receipt. A meeting to assess applications will occur during May and all applicants will be notified of the outcome.
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