Deadline for Applications: 28 March 2010.

Decisions will be made by 18 April 2010.

There is no registration fee - lodging and meals for the duration of the course are included. 

* Accepted participants must pay for their own travel arrrangments.

Applications for a place on this course should include a Curriculum Vitae, a short description of research interests and one letter of recommendation.

16 students will be selected on the basis of their written applications and supporting references.

Prospective participants will be expected to have some prior experience of using model organisms in their research and should wish to apply their newly acquired skills to problems in understanding mechanisms of disease or physiology.

Students may be senior pre-doctoral as well as post-doctoral.