Light in the Intestinal Tract Tunnel 11 - 14 March 2009 Hotel Helka, Helsinki, Finland Organised by The Graduate School ABS, in co-operation with The Graduate School VLAG

Introduction

Background and Target Group
The course Light in the Intestinal Tract Tunnel aims to provide a state of the art description of the intestinal tract microbiota, including its diversity, activity and interaction with the host.
The course is aiming for PhD students and Post-Doctoral scientists while also non-academic participants are welcomed as ample opportunity is provided to interact with the expert speakers.

Brochure
Click here for the brochure in pdf.

Registration VLAG PhD students

Registration
VLAG PhD students should register using the VLAG registration form. Note that you must indicate "VLAG PhD student" on the registration form to apply for a grant.
Other persons (including non-VLAG PhD students) can follow the registration procedure mentioned in the course brochure.

Please register ASAP! Deadline for registration for VLAG PhD students is January 30th 2009. If the number of registrations exceed the 10 grants VLAG will allocate, selection will be necessary.

Grants
VLAG will allocate 10 VLAG grants which include:

• 4 nights at the course hotel (400 euro)
  We would like to ask you to share rooms.
• air ticket (maximum of 400 euro)

The grants do NOT include:

• the course fee (as usual VLAG will charge your department in June 2009 for this fee)
• taxi costs or train tickets
• personal costs in the hotel like telephone, internet, (mini)bar

If a grant is allocated to you, you will receive a reimbursement form. Send the form, including ticket and invoice of the hotel within one week after return to Ingeborg van Leeuwen-Bol, VLAG, Bode 184.

Contact information
Please notify Ingeborg van Leeuwen-Bol (Ingeborg.vanLeeuwen-Bol@wur.nl) if you didn’t receive an e-mail about allocation or refusal on February 3rd.