PhD in Biology with specialisation in Ecology, SLU

Are you looking for a PhD project where you can study how to improve crop production and ecosystem functioning for smallholder farmers in Africa? Are you interested in agroecology, and would like to explore the links between biodiversity, food webs and resilience? Would you like to collaborate internationally and communicate with stakeholders? Then this PhD position at the Department of Ecology, SLU should be of interest to you.

PhD: "Mixed cropping, ecosystem functioning and ecological resilience in African small-holder systems"

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala (with field work in various African countries)
Start: No later than February 1, 2021
Application: Deadline November 15, 2020

Two different master thesis projects at IEG, EBC

Plant Ecology & Evolution, a part of IEG, has a couple of very interesting opportunities for doing your master degree project. Read further about the details of the two projects in the appended pdfs!

Testing the Abundant Center Hypothesis for Neotropical Palms

Investigating Swedish Lake Temperatures Over Time

Department: Plant Ecology & Evolution, IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Degree project on Metabolic modeling of differential drug response in glioblastoma, IGP

Interested in helping find better strategies for personalized treatments of glioblastoma (GBM)? In this master thesis project you will be able to use a systems biology approach, specifically employing genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs), to study the molecular mechanisms underlying the highly differentiated responses to proteasome inhibitors that different GBMs show. The project is suitable as a master thesis project for biotechnology students with a bioinformatics-profile, or similar background, that are comfortable with programming in R, Python or MATLAB. GEMs have traditionally been developed for use in MATLAB, so previous experience working with MATLAB is recommended.

Metabolic modeling of differential drug response in glioblastoma

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Examensarbete på masternivå om pollenallergi och allergenspecifik immunoterapi, KI

Är du intresserad av ett examensarbete våren 2021 som fokuserar på B-cellsimmunologi vid luftvägsallergi (framför allt hösnuva)? Dessutom med goda chanser att doktorera inom området om du även är intresserad av det i förlängningen. Läs vidare i bilagd pdf om vad projektet går ut på mer i detalj!

 Allergenspecifika B-celler som potentiell biomarkör för immunoterapi vid allergi

Institution: CLINTEC/ÖronNäsaHals, KI
Plats: NKS, BioClinicum, Solna
Start: VT 2021
Ansökan: Kontakta PI/handledare!

Research training or master thesis position, Limnology, EBC

Wastewater based epidemiology allows estimating the levels of SARS-CoV-2 infections in an entire population of a town. In this project you will analyse wastewater samples collected from holiday destinations during summer 2020. The project will allow you to learn techniques of environmental microbiology and wastewater based epidemiology as well as participate in a currently highly relevant interdisciplinary project. Further details can be found in the attached pdf.

Wastewater based epidemiology: Coronavirus infections in holiday destinations during summer 2020

Department: IEG/Limnology, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: As soon as possible
Application: Contact the PI!

Webinar: Early Drug Development - Strategy and Solution

Interested in drug development? This webinar will give you updates on such topics as key considerations for transitioning small molecules from preclinical through clinical development, practical approaches to improve bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs, advances in in vivo and ex vivo models used in preclinical studies of drug development, and more.

Early Drug Development: Strategy and Solution

Organisers: Catalent in collaboration with Life Science Sweden
Place: Online webinar
Time: November 26, 2020, kl 10-11:30

Single-molecule tracking of protein synthesis in live E. coli cells, BMC, Uppsala

Here are interesting possibilities to do degree projects on the setting up of new experimental systems to follow the dynamics of bacterial protein synthesis inside living E. coli cells, using super-resolved single-molecule tracking approaches. Further details can be found inside the appended pdf!

Single-molecule tracking of protein synthesis in live E. coli cells

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Uppsala LIFE 2020

STUNS Life Science will for the second year host Uppsala LIFE, as a means to gather, inspire and show the excellence of life science. Uppsala LIFE offers a forum to inspire and be inspired in order to innovate for sustainable growth.

Innovate for sustainable growth

Organiser: STUNS Life Science
When: October 13th 2020, 12:30-18.00 (at 14:45 Coffe/tea & snack and at 17:00 a light dinner will be served at every location)
Where: Uppsala Castle, Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala Business Park, Green Innovation Park and LIVE streamed (link, to all attendees registered for participation through the web, event will be send one day before the event)

Framtidsmässan 2020

Intresserad av jobb i offentlig sektor? Framtidsmässan 2020 är ett sätt att underlätta för arbetsgivare och studenter att få kontakt. I år arrangeras den digitalt.

Framtidsmässan 2020

Arrangör: Framtidverket i samarbete med flera andra organisationer
Tid: 20 oktober, kl 10-15
Plats: On-line

Soon time for the Utnarm Career Fair & Weeks!

The fair will take place on November 5th, from 9 am to 4 pm, and this year it will be virtual. Furthermore, Oktober 26th - November 5th, the Utnarms event weeks will take place with inspiring events. Check the pdf for details on how to register and take part in various events!

Utnarm 2020

Organisers: Uppsala teknolog- och naturvetarkår / Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students
Time: November 5 (fair) / October 26- November 5 (weeks)
Place: Online

PhD (and postdoc) on Global Change Impacts on Northern Animal Communities, University of Oulu, Finland

Declining animal abundance has been repeatedly reported in recent times. This project, conducted at the Research Unit of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, examines if such declines occur also in northern environments by using moths and birds as the study system. Get further details from the pdf!

Global Change Impacts on Northern Animal Communities: From Mechanisms to Ecosystem-Level Implications

Department: Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu
Place: Oulu, Finland
Start: January, 2021
Application: Deadline November 1, 2020

Master thesis project on a rare autoimmune disease, SciLifeLab Stockholm

Are you interested in doing a degree project on studies of a very special and rare subgroup among autoimmune diseases? A subgroup of IIM, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, is called anti-synthetase syndrome and is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies targeting aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (aaRSs). Recent findings have revealed that many aaRSs have non-canonical functions, aside from their well-known housekeeping functions during protein synthesis, and several of the aaRSs have been linked to autoimmune diseases, cancer and neurological disorders. If interested in joining the quest for answers of how anti-synthetase syndrome manifests and how possible treatments with better outcomes can be developed, then here is your chance!

Generation and validation of recombinant antibodies to study autoimmune diseases

Departments: Drug Discovery and Development Platform, SciLifeLab, KTH in collaboration with Structural Genomics Consortium, Department of Medicine, KI
Place: Stockholm
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI! 

Master thesis with Navinci Diagnostics, BMC, Uppsala

Navinci Diagnostics is a Swedish biotechnology startup that is dedicated to pursuing innovative ways for protein analyses in situ. Their goal is to combine the latest technological advances and breakthroughs into kits and services for basic science, translational medicine, and preclinical research applications. The R&D team at Navinci is now seeking one or more master thesis students with a background in protein research. During the time at Navinci, the candidates will develop their degree projects in research and development of tools for in situ analysis of protein interactions.

Master thesis with Navinci Diagnostics

Company: Navinci Diagnostics
Place: Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Degree project in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biotechnology or similar, BMC

In this project you will use large databases containing structures and energies of molecules with the aim to design simple analytical functions of the atomic coordinates that reproduce these energies. Applications of this work may be in materials modeling or drug design.

Master thesis: Chemistry data mining to discover molecular interactions

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Testa Center seminarium, 6 oktober

Testa Center är Sveriges testbädd och innovationscenter inom bioprocessteknologi. Målgrupperna är forskare, studenter och företag som vill testa och industriellt skala upp innovationer i produktionen av biologiska läkemedel. Uppsala universitet identifierade tidigt behovet av att utbilda för morgondagens kompetensbehov. Välkommen att lyssna till hur Testa Center och UU samarbetar inom denna unika innovationsmiljö.

Testa Center seminarium, 6 oktober

Arrangörer: Testa Center i samarbete med Cytiva och UU
Tid: 6 oktober, kl 10-11
Plats: Digitalt online
Registrering: Via länk i pdf:en
 

Master thesis on the use of fertilizers derived from wastewater, SLU/LiU

Balancing nutrient flows between human settlements and the rest of nature within planetary boundaries is essential for life on earth and for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, notably healthy water bodies and soils. Recirculating nutrients in human excreta and other organic residuals to agriculture can make important contributions to more circular nutrient flows and improved food security. The aim of this proposed master thesis is to investigate the attitudes, beliefs and risk perceptions that influence the acceptance of fertilizers derived from wastewater and excreta. In particular, the study will focus on the attitudes of farmers and actors within the food industry.

Investigation of acceptance of agricultural fertilizers derived from wastewater and excreta

Departments: Department of Energy and Technology, SLU or Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University
Places: SLU, Uppsala or LiU, Linköping
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact either of the PIs!

PhD position at University of Cologne, Germany

Phenotypic studies have shown that three Arabis species, Arabis nemorensis, A.
sagittata and A. hirsuta, that occur in floodplain meadows along the Rhine, Danube and
Elb rivers, differ in various traits affecting their ability to cope with abiotic stress and competition. For this project, the PhD candidate will use quantitative genetics and transcriptomics approaches to determine the genetic basis of these differences. The PhD candidate will acquire a broad array of skills ranging from genomics to molecular genetics and ecology, and develop a solid basis in data management and analysis.

PhD: Genetics of Arabis floodplain species

Department: Plant Molecular Ecology, Institute of Botany, University of Cologne
Place: Biozentrum, Cologne, Germany
Start: By agreement
Application: A.s.a.p., applications are continuously evaluated until position has been filled

Master's degree project available at KTH Biotechnology, AlbaNova

Spider silk is a natural polymer combining both strength and elasticity in a very neat way. Among other things, KTH Biotechnology works with the recombinant spider silk protein 4RepCT that can be produced in E. coli. Soluble 4RepCT can be converted into fibers, surface coatings, films, nanomembranes, foams and meshes. In addition, by adding different desired functional properties to the silk it can be equipped with functions such as, electrical conductance, cell-binding ability, growth factor bioactivity, molecular affinity, antimicrobial properties and enzymatic activity. If you are interested in further exploring the versatility of bioactive silk-based materials for applications related to medicine and biotechnology, then here is an ideal master thesis topic for you!

Functionalized spider silk

Department: Department of Protein Science, KTH
Place: AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Degree project on uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and their roles during the menstrual cycle, KI

2020-09-21: An apointee is about to be chosen. No further inquiries or applications are accepted!
Are you interested in helping close the knowledge gap of how uNK cells differentiate in response to physiological changes occurring in the tissue during the different stages of the menstrual cycle? Here is an interesting opening to do a master thesis on this topic at KI!

Dissecting immune-endocrine mechanisms affecting endometrial physiology

Department: Medicine Huddinge, KI
Place: Center for Infectious Medicine, ANA Futura, Huddinge
Start: According to agreements
Application: Via email to the PI/supervisor!

Master thesis project in Glycoscience, KTH

The success of biomaterials transplantation is often compromised by host recognition, eliciting activation of an undesired immune cascade, which can lead to fibrosis and necrosis of encapsulated cells. Biomaterials that are able to modulate the immune response to avoid such adverse effect may pave the way for longer transplants survival and eventually improved therapeutic outcomes. Here is an interesting opportunity to do a degree project on Mucin droplets for cell transplantation. Check it out!

Mucin droplets for cell transplantation

Department: Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, KTH
Place: Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD student in Biology with specialization in Ecology

The Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, is looking for a PhD student working on the project “Seabirds, forage fish and novel research technologies”. The position is fully funded for 4-years.

PhD, "Seabirds, forage fish and novel research technologies"

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Lysekil
Start: January 15, 2021
Application: Deadline November 1, 2020

PhD position on arctic terrestrial ecology, Spain

University of Oviedo is seeking a motivated candidate to apply for a PhD scholarship from the regional call “Severo Ochoa” in Asturias to join the “Effects of community assembly processes for trophic network structures in the high arctic: Implications for understanding the ecological consequences of climate change”. The student will be registered at University of Oviedo, Asturias, and  based at the Mixed Research Unit for Biodiversity (UMIB, https://www.unioviedo.es/UMIB/). The project  will use existing data on vascular plants, arthropods and vertebrates from high arctic Greenland to evaluate the consequences of local and regional community assembly processes on the structure of  trophic interactions, and interpret the results from a climate change perspective.

PhD: "Effects of community assembly in the high arctic"

Department: Mixed Research Unit for Biodiversity, University of Oveido
Place: Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline September 20, 2020

Degree projects in molecular cancer genetics, Rudbecklab.

The Molecular Cancer Genetics group at IGP, Rudbeck Laboratory, is looking for students interested in improving treatment and diagnostics for cancer. Different proposed projects range from studies of initial cancer formation over its development and metastasizing on to improvements of diagnosis and treatment. Here are possibilities for a number of interesting degree projects - read the pdf for specific present proposals!

Molecular cancer genetics, IGP

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala 
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Flexible opportunities in bivalve conservation biology for BSc and MSc-level students

Here are possibilities to do various types of projects (theses/degree projects, research training/internships, project work) at BSc or MSc levels on a host of topics related to bivalves conservation biology in Scandinavian waters. Read further in the pdf and contact the PIs if you are interested in discussing the options further.

Bivalve conservation biology

Departments/organisations: Centre for Coastal Research (CCR), University of Agder or IVL Swedish Environmental Institute
Places: Kristiansand, Norway or Kristineberg Center, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact either of the PIs, initially via email!

Examensarbete: Utvärdering av behandlingsalternativ mot Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotikaresistens är ett ökande problem världen över som får allvarliga konsekvenser inom sjukvården. Enheten för antibiotikaforskning vid Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper har en stark anknytning till Infektionskliniken och mikrobiologilaboratoriet på Akademiska sjukhuset och bedriver forskning inom antibiotikaresistens och behandling av multiresistenta bakterier. De söker nu en masterstudent, gärna från infektionsbiologiprogrammet, till ett examensarbete där olika antibiotikaregimer testas in vitro för förbättrade behandlingsrutiner för patienter drabbade av S. aureus-infektioner.

Behandlingsalternativ mot Staphylococcus aureus

Institution: Medicinska vetenskaper, UU
Plats: SciLifeLab Hubben, BMC, Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta PI/handledare, initial via email! 

ThinkTank2030 - för en mer hållbar värld

Vill du hjälpa till att uppnå en mer hållbar värld? Naturvetarna lanserar i år idétävlingen ThinkTank2030. Tävlingen är öppen för alla studenter och doktorander vid våra svenska lärosäten och som priser delas 30.000 kr ut till de tre bästa bidragen.Genom detta hoppas Naturvetarna att vi kan få se fler hållbara lösningar till nytta för människa, miljö och klimat. Mer detaljer om tävlingen finns i pdf:en (also in English).

ThinkTank2030 (Sve & Eng)

Arrangör: Naturvetarna
Deadline för att lämna bidrag: 30 september, 2020

Degree project or research training on the evolution of sex chromosomes, SLU

Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU, offers an interesting student project on distorted sex ratios in horses, which has been found to occur in the offspring of certain stallions. The aim of the project is to dissect the genetic causes behind this observation and elucidate the potential role of selfish genetic elements (SGEs) for this to occur. Check out the ad for more info!

The evolution of reproduction and the sex chromosomes

Departments: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU
Place: SLU Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the supervisors/PIs!

Degree project on the evolution of eukaryotes, IMBIM, BMC Uppsala

Are you interested in helping shed more light on intricasies of how the first eukaryotes evolved? Here is a chance for you to do just that. Read further in the below project description! As an alternative the project is also open and adaptable for doing a Research training - talk to the PI/supervisor!

The origin of the eukaryotic cell

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree project at EBC on "Epigenetic changes induced by endocrine disrupting chemicals"

This project is open for application for Master candidates with strong motivation on toxicology or environmental epigenetics. The project aims to understand the epigenetic changes (DNA methylation) underlying the long-term impacts of developmental exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs, on brain physiology and behaviour.

Analysis of epigenetic (DNA methylation) changes induced by exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals in mouse brain and a human cell model

Department: Organismal biology, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020/Winter 2020
Application: Contact email can be found in the PDF file

PhD Student Position in Ecology and Evolution, Stockholm University

Here is an opening for a 4-year full time PhD student position, as part of the Swedish Research Council funded project “The role of structural variation for the origin and evolution of a classic supergene”. The project will involve generation of and analyses of comparative genomic and population genetic data sets. The PI is looking for a student with a strong interest in evolution and population genetics who enjoys problem solving and wants to learn more bioinformatics.

PhD, origin and evolution of a classic supergene

Department: Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Flexible
Application: Deadline September 28, 2020

Årets Uppsalastudent / Uppsala student of the year

Nu är anmälan öppen för att nominera pristagare till Årets Uppsalastudent 2020. / You can now nominate a candidate for the Uppsala Student of the Year 2020 award.

Nominera Årets Uppsalastudent / Nominate Uppsala student of the year

Utdelare: Anders Walls stiftelse
Deadline för nomineringar: 21 september, 2020

Two current PhD student positions at Stockholm University

Here are two open positions at SU that may potentially be of interest to some of you.

PhD student in museomics

PhD student Neurochemistry

Departments: Zoology or Biochemistry and Biophysics, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not strictly specified (/by agreements)
Application: September 30 or September 22, 2020, respectively

Two year position as research assistant in biodiversity project, SLU

SLU is currently looking for a research assistant to conduct both field and laboratory work in project LIFEPLAN (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/projects/lifeplan). This is a major, six-year initiative funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Every week, year round, as part of a team of four, the technical assistant will conduct multi-scale sampling (see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/node/83770) and targeted experiments in Sweden. When not in the field, the assistant will process samples of different types in Uppsala.

Research assistant for biodiversity project (Svenska & English)

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: November, 2020 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline September 21, 2020

Two master projects on iPSC disease models, IGP

Here are attractive possibilities for two different but equally interesting master thesis projects at IGP! Both make use of induced pluripotent stem cells and CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

Transcriptional networks in neurodevelopmental disease, using iPSCs and CRISPR/Cas9 technology

Generation of a conditional CRISPR/Cas9 iPSC lines to model early cancer development

Department: IGP, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020 / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

UU söker studentambassadörer och distansvärdar

Universitetet söker som vanligt studentambassadörer som kan representera UU´s utbildningar på mässor och i andra sammanhang. I år söks dock även s.k. "distansvärdar". Distansvärdar är ett initiativ från rektor och deras uppgift är att påminna personer på olika UU-campus om vikten av social distans.

Studentambassadörer / Distansvärdar

Organisatör/arbetsgivare: Kommunikationsavdelningen, UU
Start: Hösten 2020
Ansökan: Lämna din ansökan via länkar i pdf-en! Deadline 11 september för Distansvärd, 21 september för Studentambassadör

Master project, Disturbance Ecology and Statistical Modelling, EBC

This project is open for application for Master candidates with strong motivation on disturbance ecology and statistical modelling. The project aims to determine the impacts of multiple environmental disturbances on ecosystem metabolic rates (gross primary production, ecosystem respiration and net ecosystem production). Get further details from the pdf!

Disturbance ecology and statistical modelling

Department: Limnology, IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Flexible but preferably a.s.a.p./fall 2020
Application: Contact the supervisor/PI!

Strike pharmaceuticals project team is looking for a project student

Strike pharmaceuticals is a new and interesting biotech/pharma startup company. Their project team is now searching for an ambitious student to investigate the market potential, payer structure and willingness for a potential veterinary medicine project. Interested?... Get more info from the pdf and contact the PI for even more details. A long project is prefered and potentially a combination of more than one research training and/or project work courses may be required - ask your course coordinator for possible options.

Market potential, payer structure and willingness for potential veterinary oncology products

Company: Strike pharmaceuticals
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI (see the pdf) pronto!

Research training / degree projects on structure-functions of viruses, BMC Uppsala

The project offers you an opportunity to study one of four critical viruses: 1) Host-specific algae viruses, 2) Coronaviruses including COVID-19 (bio-safe virus-like particle), 3) Giant amoebal viruses, 4) Mosquito negeviruses. The project will afford you learning virology, and molecular and structural biology, for addressing research questions of these viruses. In an attached pdf, you can find the details. If you find it interesting for an internship, a research training or a master degree project, please contact the PI!

Research training / degree projects on structure-functions of viruses

Department: Molecular Biophysics, ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Master or bachelor degree project 2021: "Bats in towns"

Would you be interested in doing a degree project meant to help Tierp municipality know more about their bat populations? So that they may protect them better, for example by planning for parks or patches of nature where they are found in larger densities. This knowledge will also help identify town areas where there is a need to strengthen the green infrastructure in order to make it functional. Talk to your course coordinator about help finding an academic supervisor!

Investigating bat populations in towns, Tierp municipality

Workplace: Tierp municipality
Place: Tierp
Start: Spring/summer 2021
Application: Use the contact email provided in the pdf!

Help develop new cleaning product(s) at HM Group AB

Here is a project offer suitable principally for a long term Research training/Internship or Project work, perhaps ideally in an extended part time format. Talk to supervisor and your course coordinator about possible arrangements! You will be able to follow and help in this initiative, from very early stages with contacts at biotech companies for analyses, with certification processes and potential clients. If work goes well during the fall there will be an opportunity to also work in the project during the Christmas holidays.

HMG AB: New cleaning product

Company: HM Group AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020 (or later) according to agreements
Application: A.s.a.p., initial contact via mail link inside the pdf!

Stipendier // Scholarships, ht 2020

Sök stipendier öppna för ansökan under höstterminen! Ansökan ska ha inkommit senast 10 september kl. 17:00. // Apply for scholarships open for application during the fall semester! Applications must be received by September 10 at 17:00.

Stipendier // Scholarships, ht 2020 (på svenska // info also in English on their web page, linked in the pdf)

Samordnare: Stipendiekansliet, UU
Ansökan: Deadline 10 september, kl 17.00

Master degree project: Biological properties of biomaterials on-chip

The longer life expectancy of the global population has increased the need of repairing bone injuries caused by fractures and local diseases. An appealing approach to restore this loss of function involves the use of biomaterials. However, it is widely known that the current models to assess novel biomaterials do not translate well to the situation in vivo. The aim of this master degree project is to develop microfluidic systems in which the biological properties of biomaterials can be studied. Strong focus will be put on the biological characterization of the systems, particularly in the context of bone regeneration.

Assessment of the biological properties of biomaterials on-chip

Department: Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD: "Co-evolution of social relationships and cognition: a theoretical investigation", University of Exeter, UK

In this PhD, part of the Leverhulme-funded project “The role of social relationships in cognitive evolution” you will develop a novel theoretical framework to analyse whether and under what circumstances social relationships generate cognitive demands and how those demands in turn influence social evolution. Does this sound interesting? Then read on!...

Co-evolution of social relationships and cognition: a theoretical investigation

Department: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Place: Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK
Start: April 2021
Application: January 8, 2021

Three student projects in bioinformatics within the "Gigacow" network, SLU Uppsala

Here are three interesting and flexible project offers, suitable for degree projects (working as an individual or in a team format), research training or potential other project formats. Read further about the different projects in the pdf´s and contact the PI for possible additional info about the project(s) that may suit you!

Dairy farmers dashboard

Building a graph genome of Swedish dairy cattle

Evaluating locally measured weather and weathers services

Department: Department of animal breeding and genetics, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala (/partly distance work)
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI via email

Degree project / research training in bacterial gene regulation and infection

Are you interested in how bacteria control gene expression to optimize the success of an infection? Do you want to get experience of hands-on work in a research laboratory? In our research group we study regulatory molecules such as RNA-binding proteins and non-coding RNA. The primary focus is to understand how such molecules are used by pathogenic bacteria to control gene expression in response to the harsh environments encountered in the infected human host. What are the factors involved in gene regulation? What are the molecular mechanisms used? What are the physiological consequences of a regulatory event? If you find this interesting, do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Degree project / research training in bacterial gene regulation and infection

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI via email

PhD position in ecogenomics, Akureyri, Iceland

University of Akureyri is seeking a highly motivated Ph.D. student to work on a fully funded project on evolutionary genomics and ecology of rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Iceland. The project is funded for 36 months, starting in autumn 2020.

Ph.D. studentship in rock ptarmigan ecological genomics

Department: Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri
Place: Akureyri, Iceland
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Deadline September 15, 2020

Degree project / research training on microfluidic reprogramming of human cells, KTH

Human induced pluripotent cells hold an enormous potential for clinical applications, particularly in the areas of precision and regenerative medicine. The goal of this project (suitable for a master´s thesis or an internship/research training) is to develop capability for microfluidic reprogramming of human somatic cells for regenerative medicine, starting out with studies of cell proliferation and growth in microfluidic channels and then potentially developing a pipeline for reprogramming of cells from patient biopsies.

Microfluidic reprogramming and isolation of human cells

Department: Division of Micro and Nano Systems, KTH
Place: KTH Campus, Stockholm
Start: Fall 2020 or according to agreements
Application: Contact the supervisors!

Riding grants / Ridstipendier

UU announces riding grants open for application from UU students / UU annonserar ridstipendier öppna för ansökan från UU-studenter.

Ridstipendier / riding grants

Administrator: Stipendiekansliet / Scholarships Office, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Deadline September 2, 2020

Degree project on an in vitro breast cancer model, KTH

Are you interested in doing a master thesis work on a spider silk based in vitro 3D breast cancer model, meant for drug discovery and the study of cancer biology? Here is a great chance to get into this field and help develop it further.

3D-BioSilk Breast Cancer Model

Department: Protein Technology, Biotechnology, KTH
Place: AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm
Start: Fall semester 2020 / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Marketing internship at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Are you interested in Allergy? Have attention for detail? Skilled in Microsoft office? Then don’t hesitate to apply for this interesting internship!

Internship Thermo Fisher Scientific

Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Place: Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / August 2020
Application: Take a contact pronto!

Three master thesis projects in Environmental Toxicology, SciLifeLab/EBC

Here are three interesting degree projects, offered at SciLifeLab/Organismal Biology, EBC, that you may want to consider. Get all the details about the specific projects and contact info from the attached pdf´s!

Determining chemical stress effects in single phytoplankton cells

The biophotonic behavior of coral symbionts

Does light mediate bacteria-phytoplankton interactions?

Department: Department of Environmental Toxicology, IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Examensarbete om den invasiva arten sjögull, Köping

Är du intresserad av att, i form av ett examensarbete, vara med och förbättra förståelsen av och förutsättningarna för bekämpning av den aggresivt invasiva arten sjögull (Nymphoides peltata) i Mälaren? Här finns möjlighet till ett intressant examensarbete som kan bidra till viktiga praktiska tillämpningar.

Exjobb om sjögull i Mälaren

Organisation: Mälarens vattenvårdsförbund, Köpings kommun (& IEG, UU)
Plats: Köping (& EBC, Uppsala)
Start: Så snart som möjligt
Ansökan: Så snart som möjligt! Kontakta projektledare (& akademisk handledare/ämnesexpert)!
 

PhD student position in microbial community ecology, EBC

During this PhD on "Climate change and trophic cascade effects on community assembly processes and ecosystem functioning in plankton", you will conduct a number of experimental studies using natural microbial communities, including both laboratory and field mesocosm experiments. Get further details from the appended pdf!

Climate change and trophic cascade effects in plankton

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: January 2021
Application: Deadline September 15, 2020

Project assistant at Erken field station

Department of Ecology and Genetics is looking for a project assistant to work at their field station, Erken Laboratory. You will work with the analysis of samples in the certified laboratory of the field station, in particular analyses of water and sediment chemistry of freshwater and brackish samples. In addition, you will also assist in outreach activities at the station, in particular related to ‘Water days’ for school children, as well as perform field samplings, measurements and other work tasks. The position is a temporary full time position for 2 months. More information, including a link to the application system can be found in the pdf.

Project assistant at Erken field station

Department: Department of Ecology and Genetics (IEG), Uppsala University
Place: Erken Laboratory, Norr Malma (10 km North of Norrtälje)
Start: August 24, 2020
Application: Deadline July 24, 2020

MolTools, IGP, is looking for thesis students!

Are you interested in the further development of innovative, ultra-sensitive and precise nucleic acid and protein detection methods and how to apply these in various medical and biological research settings? The MolTools group at IGP are able to offer interesting projects for several degree project students during the coming autumn semester.

MolTools degree projects

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbecklab., Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Vikariat: Forskare/Miljöanalysspecialist i akvatisk ekologi, SLU

Institutionen för akvatiska resurser vid SLU (SLU Aqua) bedriver miljöanalys, rådgivning, forskning och utbildning i akvatisk ekologi med fokus på fisk och skaldjur. Institutionen har drygt 180 anställda vid tre huvudorter: Lysekil, Öregrund och Stockholm (Drottningholm), samt fyra fältstationer. Här utlyser de ett ettårigt vikariat (med möjlighet till förlängning) för en tjänst om hållbart fiske och hållbart nyttjande av kust- och havsekosystem.

Vikariat: Forskare/Miljöanalysspecialist i akvatisk ekologi

Arbetsplats: SLU Aqua Kustlaboratoriet
Plats: Öregrund
Start: 2020-10-01 eller enl. överenskommelse
Ansökan: Senast 2020-08-09