Dear all I'd like to announce that Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science of the University of Padova - Italy opens a call for 5 PhD students with a degree in biology or veterinary medicine. One of the possible projects is focused on marine mammal tissue banking, cell cultures and metagenomic. All these PhD courses are organized within a largest project funded by the Italian Ministry for Research focusing on Aquatic Animal's Health including the implementation of drones for sampling, big data and machine learning, augmented reality and biobanking. General information on: http://www.unipd.it/bandi-graduatorie-dottorati. PhD call http://www.unipd.it/sites/unipd.it/files/2018/Sc%20veter_34.pdf _*Deadline June 26th 13:00 Rome Time *_ Sandro Mazzariol -- Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione (BCA) Università degli Studi di Padova Cetaceans strandings Emergency Response Team (CERT) AGRIPOLIS - Ed. Museo Viale dell'Università 16 35020 - Legnaro (PD) tel.: +39 049 827 2963 fax: +39 049 827 2973 skype: smazzariol