PhD in IISER, Trivanathapuram

Ph. D. Admissions, January 2011

Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph.D. programme beginning in January 2011 at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Thiruvananthapuram.

Eligibility criteria

Biological Sciences

Masters degree in Biological/Chemical/Physical Sciences or MBBS. 60% marks or equivalent is desirable. Qualifying in one of the following national level tests with validity as on 1st of January 2011: CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF/GATE/ICMR JRF. The second requirement (qualifying in a national test) is waived for applicants interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in ecological sciences. They will however be required to appear for a written screening test at IISER -TVM and only those shortlisted based on the screening will be allowed to appear for the interview.

Research Areas:

Microbial Cell Biology, Structural Biology, Cancer Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Plant Biology

Chemical Sciences

Masters degree in Chemistry. 60% marks or equivalent is desirable. Qualifying in one of the following national level tests with validity as on 1st of January 2011: CSIR-UGC-JRF/GATE.

Physical Sciences

Masters degree in Physical Sciences, Engineering or Technology in areas closely related to the interests of the physics faculty at IISER TVM. 60% marks or equivalent is desirable. Qualifying in one of the following national level tests with validity as on 1st of January 2011: JEST/GATE/CSIRUGC-JRF. Applicants with M. Tech need a GATE score valid as of 1st January 2010

Mathematical Sciences

1. Master's degree in Mathematics / Statistics / in a relevant area of science with desired CPI of 6.5 (or 60% of marks) and a valid CSIR UGC-JRF/NBHM/GATE/INSPIRE (PhD) as on 1st January 2011.
2. Master's degree in Engineering / Technology in a relevant area with desired CPI of 6.5 (or 60% of marks) with valid GATE score as on 1st January 2010.
3. Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Technology in a relevant area with a desired CPI of 7.0 (or 65% of marks), an appearance in the Indian National Math Olympiad (INMO) in class XI or XII, and a valid CSIRUGC-JRF/NBHM/GATE/INSPIRE (PhD) as on 1st January 2011.
4. Eligibility criterion will be relaxed by CPI of 0.5 (or 5% of marks) for SC/ST candidates.

Research Areas:

Functional Analysis, Numerical Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Stochastic Process, Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Finance, Financial Engineering, Fluid Dynamics.

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Surgery Can Lead to Long-Term Reduction in Stroke Risk

Mon, 09/27/2010 - 20:42 dilip_pandey

Successful surgery for narrowed arteries in the neck halves the risk of having a stroke over the next 5 years, and benefit persists for at least 10 years, an Oxford-led study has shown.

However, operating on the main arteries that take blood to the brain involves about a 3% risk of causing an immediate stroke.

Otherwise healthy patients who are discovered to have substantial narrowing of either of the main arteries in the neck are at an increased risk of having a stroke in the future. An operation, called a carotid endarterectomy (CEA), can remove the fatty deposits narrowing the artery, but the procedure itself causes some immediate risk of stroke or death.

In this long-running randomised trial, the researchers assessed whether the benefits of successful CEA procedures in reducing the likelihood of a stroke over the next 5 or 10 years balanced out the immediate risks of surgery in these patients.

The researchers conclude that there is likely to be net benefit from operating on those in good health under 75 years old, as long as the surgical risks remain low. Among older patients the immediate risk of surgery may outweigh the long-term benefit, however.

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet and involving researchers from 30 countries, was led by Professor Alison Halliday of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and Professor Sir Richard Peto of the Clinical Trial Service Unit at the University of Oxford.

The study involved 3120 patients with narrowed carotid arteries in the neck where there was uncertainty about whether or not to have the surgery. Half were randomly allocated to have the operation immediately, and half to have indefinite deferral of the procedure until there was a definite need for it.

Among those who had surgery, the risk of stroke or death during or soon after the procedure was 3%.

But those who had surgery had a substantial reduction in their subsequent risk of a stroke. After 5 years, the stroke risk among those who had surgery immediately was 4.1% versus 10% for those who didn't. At 10 years, the risk was 10•8% among those who had the surgery against 16•9% in those who did not.

Professor Halliday said: 'This trial took more than 15 years to complete because we wanted to know about the long-term effects of surgery.

'The definite benefits that we have found will be of practical value to doctors and patients deciding in the future whether to take the immediate risk of having such surgery.'

The study was funded by the Medical Research Council, the BUPA Foundation and the Stroke Association.

Story Source: The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Oxford.

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