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MyoGRAD - International Research Training Group for Myology

Research Focus

Muscle wasting and weakness are devastating problems in patients with muscular dystrophies, cancer, cachexia, critical illness myopathy, and in aging people. New findings and treatment approaches are becoming increasingly important. The International Research Training Group for Myology – MyoGrad is the first structured PhD training in muscle sciences worldwide. Highly qualified international PhD students complete a bi-nationally supervised thesis in the field of muscle-related cell and molecular biology or clinical aspects of muscle diseases.

Disciplines

Myology, Cell biology, Molecular biology, Neurology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Developmental biology, Cardiology

Program Type and Funding

currently: Université Franco-Allemande (UFA), Saarbrücken, Germany
former: International Research Training Group for Myology - GRK1631, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG, GRK 1631)

Partner Institutions

Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine; Freie Universität Berlin; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI/Ecole doctorale complexité du vivant; UVSQ Versailles; Université Franco-Allemande (UFA), Saarbrücken, Germany; Association Française Contre Les Myopathies (AFM), Evry, France

Admission

see program website

Start of Program

October 1

Application Deadline

see program Website

Language

English

Website

Myograd