Metabolism; Metabolic Diseases; Diabetes; Inflammation; Cancer; PhD Program
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The new ProDoc ‘The Metabolic Basis of Disease’ is a 3-4 year M.Sc. to Ph.D. program. It focuses on the education of young scientists in Switzerland who wish to pursue a scientific career at the interface of modern biology and medical sciences. A group of leading scientists in this field provide their expertise for this new teaching program and propose several integrated research modules to introduce students to contemporary approaches in metabolism research, specifically highlighting the importance of metabolism, its control and interconnection to inflammatory processes in the context of cellular and organismal physiology and complex human diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes and obesity. The teaching program and research efforts address also how a better mechanistic understanding of metabolism and metabolism-related disorders can lead to improved prevention, diagnosis and therapy for metabolic diseases. The specific aims of the Ph.D. program are:(i) To bring together the best students worldwide interested to pursue a career in biomedical research as it relates to metabolism, inflammation and its role in physiologic and pathophysiologic processes. Through broad advertisement of the program and extensive and competitive assessment procedures, the program assures that students worldwide apply, but only the best will be accepted. (ii) To introduce students to a wide variety of cutting-edge technologies used in modern biological research and to present them contemporary approaches that integrate knowledge from different fields ranging from molecular physiology, hormonal and metabolic signaling and RNA biology to inflammation and disease pathology. In order to achieve this goal, all students will not only follow their own research project, but will also attend 2-3 core teaching modules. (iii) To qualify students for their future careers by offering specialized courses on science ethics, technology and knowledge transfer, scientific writing and presentation and other so-called transferable skill courses. (iv) To guarantee a high quality and efficient progress of the individual research projects by providing a strong mentoring system: shortly after having joined the program, each student chooses a thesis committee, and then writes up and defends a thesis proposal in front of the committee within the next 6 months. The thesis committee subsequently meets regularly with the student to follow his or her progress. (v) To assure that students are part of a vivid network that helps them to get the necessary scientific support, but also fosters social interactions. The new Ph.D. program will become part of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. It will benefit from the common online application procedure and interview process of the Graduate School. Students of the program will also benefit from a number of transferable skill courses offered by other Ph.D. programs in Zurich. The Teaching Module of this ProDoc program will promote the education of young scientists in an emerging area of modern biomedical sciences and hence will add a new quality to our education, networking and mentoring system. The Research Modules are specifically designed to strengthen our profile in contemporary research dedicated to understanding the principles and mechanisms underlying metabolic control and its relationship to inflammation in the context of normal physiology and complex human diseases. Administratively, the new Ph.D. Program with its teaching and research modules will be an integral part of the Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, a joint Center of the ETH and the University of Zurich. Thus participating students will be embedded in a coherent and functional scientific community in Zurich dedicated to world-class research and teaching.