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Early stage training in mitochondrial medicine

Objectif

Mitochondrial medicine is a growing field that is anticipated to give rise to many future breakthroughs in medicine. We will use an interdisciplinary approach to study the link between mitochondrial dysfunction and human disease. Several rare metabolic diseases are caused my mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in a wide variety of age-associated human diseases, such as heart failure, diabetes mellitus type II and Parkinson's disease and it is even implicated as one of the causes of the normal ageing process.

The Mitochondrial Medicine Center combines a multitude of disciplines to attack a single biological problem mitochondrial disease. This way, we approach the subject from several different angles, many-fold increasing the chances for real breakthroughs. Within the centre, we have collected internationally leading expertise dealing with mitochondrial medicine from molecule to patient. The Mitomed-Train program will provide graduate training of the highest calibre. There is a structured system of mentoring and monitoring of progress, with specific goals and milestones at all stages of the PhD programme. Students are closely supervised and are expected to gain independence over the years. They will learn how to report their findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals, how to design a successful experiments, how to present their research at international conferences etc.

Graduate students in the program will be submerged in an internationally leading scientific environment with access to state-of-the-art techniques, and graduate courses taught by internationally leading scientists. A number of short-term ToK fellowships will also be available. These will allow researchers from all over Europe to come to the Mitochondrial Medicine Centre to obtain training in different aspects of mitochondrial genetics and medicine.

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FP6-2004-MOBILITY-2
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KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
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Nobels Vag 5
STOCKHOLM
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