MARMIC EST · Marie Curie Training Site for Marine Microbiology
FP6 — Marie Curie Actions (Human Resources and Mobility)
- Duration
- 2005-09-01 → 2009-08-31
- EU contribution
- €1,429,704
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- EST
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Results in brief
Final Activity Report Summary - MARMIC EST (Marie Curie Training Site for Marine Microbiology)
The Marie Curie Early stage training (EST) site for marine microbiology (MARMIC) provided early stage researchers with a comprehensive training in marine microbiology. The students learned to implement an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiology, focussing on their biodiversity and function, as well as their interactions with physical and chemical processes in marine habitats. They were trained in different, yet interlinking, disciplines essential to the field of marine microbiology, such as physical and chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry, physiology, ecology, evolution, molecular biology, bioinformatics and other related subjects. In addition to the training in these scientific disciplines, the EST provided complementary training in soft skills such as communication and conflict resolution, presentation, self and time management, proposal writing, leadership and other important skills that were needed for a successful career. The MARMIC EST students learned to think globally and choose from both holistic and reductionistic research approaches. The breadth of theoretical and practical experiences was anticipated to enable the students to address questions ranging from biogeochemistry to bioenergetics, from genomic analysis to functional capability, or from single-cell interactions to behaviour in mixed communities. The synergistic and interdisciplinary nature of the research that the EST students produced was visible in the topics and contents of their PhD theses. The topics ranged from molecular biology of pathogenic and symbiotic bacteria to the biogeochemistry of polysaccharides released by marine phytoplankton and bacteria. The composition of the members of the thesis committee of each EST student was well-balanced and chosen to represent a broad range of expertise and training. By encouraging and supporting this synergistic and interdisciplinary research, the EST students produced PhD theses of a richer and more comprehensive scientific quality.
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Project objective
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) of Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany was founded in 2002 through an initiative of the Max Planck Society as a high profile, international graduate school with a clearly defined identity, a world-class teaching and research program. The Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology (MarMic) involves 4 research institutes in or near Bremen with departments at the forefront of research in marine microbiology: the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, the University of Bremen, the International University of Bremen, and the Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research.The students are trained in different but interlinking disciplines within the field of marine microbiology, such as biogeochemistry, physiology, ecology, genetics, and evolution. MarMic is interdisciplinary and synergistic, with an elite structured research training program, providing students with PhD projects of an exceptionally high scientific quality.The students are accompanied during their studies by a thesis committee that is responsible for the supervision and success of their research, and ensures that the students gain their PhD in 3 years, learn diverse scientific techniques as well as soft skills and follow a personalized career development plan. We would now like to extend the European dimension of our school by establishing 8 full host fellowships plus 10 guest PhD fellows for 3 months for a Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training in marine microbiology.The training of these early-stage researchers at an internationally recognized centre for marine microbiology will encourage them to pursue a career in science and strengthen the European Research Area. The proposed EST will create a network of research relationships, which links marine sciences within Europe and to the world.
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Participants
- MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. · MUENCHENCoordinatorGermany
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