Location

Three vacancies for PhDs - deadline 26 June + 15 August

The Centre for Society & Genomics has 3 vacancies for PhD Researchers. We are looking for philosophers / social scientists with a strong interest in the philosophical and societal aspects of life sciences. This concerns the following research projects:

Project 1 (vacancy nr 625008)
Bioinformation and self-understanding: A biographical analysis of the impact of bioinformatics on the human sciences and humanities
Deadline: 15 augustus 2008

Project 2 (vacancy nr 625108)
Between uncertainty and catastrophe: viral genomics as an imaginative science
Deadline: 26 juni 2008

Project 3 (vacancy nr 620708)
Alternatives for animal testing? Assessing the societal prospects of toxicogenomics
Deadline: 15 augustus 2008

More information:

Prof. Dr. Hub Zwart
Hoogleraar Filosofie van de Natuurwetenschappen, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Wetenschappelijk directeur Centre for Society & Genomics
h.zwart (at) science.ru.nl
+ 31 (0)24.3652038

(seen at http://www.society-genomics.nl/index.php?page=601 )