Mainz Research School of Translational Biomedicine (TransMed), International PhD Programme in Life Sciences

["Within the biomedical sciences in Germany, there is a striking discrepancy between internationally competitive basic research and poorly developed patient-oriented and clinical research. Thus, there is a critical need for graduate programmes that train young medical and natural sciences graduates in basic and translational research to enable them to become future leaders in the fields of biomedicine and translational research, in academia as well as in the pharmaceutical industry.Therefore, in 2013, TransMed and its doctoral degree regulation "MD/PhD in Translational Biomedicine" were jointly established by four faculties of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University Medical Centre, Biology, Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences/Geosciences and Social Sciences/Media/Sports.TransMed plays a multifaceted role. It serves as the graduate school of the Research Centre "Translational Medicine" with its three research areas "Immunotherapy", "Translational Neurosciences" and "Translational Vascular Biology". Beyond this, TransMed is the umbrella organisation for all training groups within the area of biomedicine at JGU.TransMed is attractive on the student level (Pre-TransMed phase), and provides a broad supervision and mentoring network during doctoral (Core-TransMed phase) and post-doctoral training (Post-TransMed phase)."]