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We are happy to announce the 11th round of the iGE3 PhD Salary Awards. As in the past years these stipends will be given competitively to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 members, for projects with a strong genetics or genomics component.

The graduate students have to be in the 2nd or 3rd year of their studies (on December 1, 2023), and the salary awards will be provided for 2 years, non-renewable. The final selection will be made by an external (non-UNIGE) advisory board. The stipends should be acknowledged in publications as iGE3 PhD Student Awards.

Please note:

• one application per laboratory will be accepted per call;
• students from laboratories with awardees from 2022 are not eligible, i.e. labs of Profs Marguerite Neerman-Arbez, Simone Becattini and Ivan Rodriguez;
• the announcement of the final selection will be made by Wednesday, September 20, 2023;
• the successful applicants will present their project at the 12th iGE3 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at the Louis-Jeantet Foundation in Geneva;
• the contracts will start on Friday, December 1, 2023.

The application must be completed online. Please follow this address.

PhD Awards website

Application deadline: Sunday, August 6, 2023 - Midnight

Further information: Nadia.Fraefel@unige.ch

The iGE3 Executive Board

It is our pleasure to congratulate the winners of the iGE3 PhD salary awards 2022 !

At the end of this 10th round of selection, 3 PhD awards could be given to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 faculty members for the excellence of their application.

The winners are:

• Alexander Couzens - Marguerite Neerman-Arbez Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Aleksander Czauderna - Simone Becattini Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Luis Flores Horgue - Ivan Rodriguez Group, Faculty of Science

The awardees will present their project during the 11th iGE3 Annual Meeting that will be held on Monday, November 7, 2022 at the Louis-Jeantet Foundation in Geneva.

Le Centre Facultaire du Diabète de la Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Genève propose sa 19e journée portes ouvertes, le jeudi 10 novembre 2022, de 9 h 30 à 18 h, au Centre Médical Universitaire (CMU). Cet événement, qui s’inscrit en marge de la Journée mondiale du diabète, est une occasion unique pour le grand public et les écoles d’aller à la rencontre des chercheurs, chercheuses et clinicien-nes, de comprendre les habitudes de vie et les mécanismes biologiques favorisant le diabète, et de découvrir les dernières recherches sur cette maladie.

• Entrée libre pour les individuels
• Inscriptions obligatoires pour les scolaires - Closes
• Organisation: Pierre Maechler

This year's meeting will have a special focus on single cell sequencing. As in previous years, this 11th edition will bring together iGE3 members to meet and discuss the future of basic and applied genetics and genomics in different organisms. The meeting will feature two keynote lectures by invited international experts, presentations by seven iGE3 and UNIGE members, and will also be an opportunity for the three winners of the 10th iGE3 PhD Salary Awards to present their research projects.

• The meeting will be held in the Auditorium of the Louis-Jeantet Foundation in Geneva, as well as transmitted live online via Zoom. The Zoom invitation will be communicated to the registered attendees by email in due time in November.
• Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.
• Registration deadline is Thursday, November 3, 2022 - Midday.
• This meeting will be accredited as a continuing education half-day for animal experimentation.

Program, registration:

Meeting 2022 website

Organization:

Marie Barberon and Serge Nef

We are happy to announce the 10th round of the iGE3 PhD Salary Awards. Similar to the past years, these stipends will be given competitively to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 members, for projects with a strong genetics or genomics component.

The graduate students have to be in the 2nd or 3rd year of their studies (on December 1, 2022), and the salary awards will be provided for 2 years, non-renewable. The final selection will be made by an external (non-UNIGE) advisory board. The stipends should be acknowledged in publications as iGE3 PhD Student Awards.

Please note:

• up to 4 PhD awards should be given in this 10th round of the doctoral training support;
• one application per laboratory will be accepted per call;
• students from laboratories with awardees from 2021 are not eligible, i.e. lab of Profs M. Barberon, P. Castets, C. Jandus, E. Nagoshi, S. Nef and R. Pillai;
• the announcement of the final selection will be made by Monday, October 10, 2022;
• the successful applicants will present their project at the 11th iGE3 Annual Meeting on Monday, November 7, 2022;
• the contracts will start on Thursday, December 1, 2022.

The application must be completed online. Please follow this address.

PhD Awards website

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Application deadline: Sunday, August 28, 2022 - Midnight

Further information: Nadia.Fraefel@unige.ch

The iGE3 Executive Board

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We are proud to announce and congratulate the winners of the iGE3 PhD salary awards 2021 !

At the end of this 9th round of selection, 6 PhD awards could be given to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 faculty members for the excellence of their application. It is interesting to note that all winners are female students, as in 2020.

The winners are:

• Olivia Cattaneo - Perrine Castets Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Mara Cenerenti - Camilla Jandus Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Elena Delfino - Ramesh Pillai Group, Faculty of Science
• Léa Jacquier - Marie Barberon Group, Faculty of Science
• Violaine Regard - Serge Nef Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Eva Valencia Alarcón - Emi Nagoshi Group, Faculty of Science

The awardees will present their project during the 10th iGE3 Annual Meeting that will be held on Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Uni Mail, Geneva.

We are happy to announce the 9th round of the iGE3 PhD Salary Awards. Similar to the past years, these stipends will be given competitively to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 members, for projects with a strong genetics or genomics component.

The graduate students have to be in the 2nd or 3rd year of their studies (on December 1, 2021), and the salary awards will be provided for 2 years, non-renewable. The final selection will be made by an external (non-UNIGE) advisory board. The stipends should be acknowledged in publications as iGE3 PhD Student Awards.

Please note:

• up to 6 PhD awards should be given in this 9th round of the doctoral training support;
• one application per laboratory will be accepted per call;
• students from laboratories with awardees from 2020 are not eligible, i.e. lab of Profs F. Stutz, G. Andrey, L. Lopez-Molina and P. Viollier;
• the announcement of the final selection will be made by Monday, October 4, 2021;
• the successful applicants will present their project at the 10th iGE3 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 11, 2021;
• the contracts will start on Wednesday, December 1, 2021.

The application must be completed online. Please follow this address.

PhD Awards website

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Application deadline: Sunday, August 29, 2021 - Midnight

Further information: Nadia.Fraefel@unige.ch

The iGE3 Executive Board

! Registration is closed !

We are proud to announce and congratulate the winners of the iGE3 PhD salary awards 2020 !

At the end of this 8th round of selection, 4 PhD awards could be given to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 faculty members for the quality of their application.

The winners are:

• Olimpia Bompadre - Guillaume Andrey Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Lena Hyvärinen - Luis Lopez-Molina Group, Faculty of Science
• Audrey Noireterre - Françoise Stutz Group, Faculty of Science
• Emilie Trachsel - Patrick Viollier Group, Faculty of Medicine

The awardees have presented their project during the 9th iGE3 Annual Meeting that was held online on Monday, November 2, 2020.

We are happy to announce the 8th round of the iGE3 PhD Salary Awards. Similar to the past years, these stipends will be given competitively to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 members, for projects with a strong genetics or genomics component.

The graduate students have to be in the 2nd or 3rd year of their studies (on December 1, 2020), and the salary awards will be provided for 2 years, non-renewable. The final selection will be made by an external (non-UNIGE) advisory board. The stipends should be acknowledged in publications as iGE3 PhD Student Awards.

Please note:

• up to 4 PhD awards should be given in this 8th round of the doctoral training support;
• one application per laboratory will be accepted per call;
• students from laboratories with awardees from 2019 are not eligible, i.e. lab of Profs B. Galliot, D. Soldati-Favre, E. Dermitzakis, D. Jabaudon, C. Lüscher and R. Pillai;
• the announcement of the final selection will be made by Monday, September 28, 2020;
• the successful applicants will present their project at the 9th iGE3 Annual Meeting on Monday, November 2, 2020;
• the contracts will start on Sunday, December 1, 2020.

The application must be completed online. Please follow this address.

PhD Awards website

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Application deadline: Sunday, August 30, 2020 - Midnight

Further information: Nadia.Fraefel@unige.ch

The iGE3 Executive Board (D. Shore, E.T. Dermitzakis, D. Duboule, E. Nagoshi, D. Soldati-Favre)

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We are proud to announce and congratulate the winners of the iGE3 PhD salary awards 2019 !

At the end of this 7th round of selection, 6 PhD awards could be given to graduate students working in the laboratories of iGE3 faculty members for the quality of their application.

The winners are:

• Ridouane Achargui - Christian Lüscher Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Laura Iglesias - Brigitte Galliot Group, Faculty of Science
• Lingyun Li - Ramesh Pillai Group, Faculty of Science
• Quentin Lo Giudice - Denis Jabaudon Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Matteo Lunghi - Dominique Soldati-Favre Group, Faculty of Medicine
• Ambra Sartori - Emmanouil Dermitzakis Group, Faculty of Medicine

The awardees have presented their project during the 8th iGE3 Annual Meeting on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the Auditorium HES of the Clinique La Colline in Geneva.