Two PhD students, Lund University

Two new PhD students are being recurited at the Department of Biology and Centre of Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University. One in Biology and meant to investigate if management of the landscape surrounding semi-natural grasslands can enhance their conservation value for flower-visiting insects. The other in Environmental Science/Biology, meant for studying the role that roads and road verges play for pollinator populations, with the aim to identify optimal pollinator conservation strategies along roads.

PhD in Biology, Lund University

PhD in Environmental Science/Biology, Lund University

Department/Centre: Department of Biology and Centre of Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: 2020, as agreed
Application: No later than February 16, 2020

Mutagenesis studies by molecular dynamics of the RNA-binding protein ProQ, BMC Uppsala

Here is an opportunity to do a master degree project or research training/internship at ICM, UU, on MD mutation simulations of ProQ, a recently discovered global RNA-binding protein that binds numerous coding and non-coding RNAs in Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Presently, little is known about the details regarding how the protein interacts with RNA and the effect on RNA regulation and phenotypic changes. In this master project molecular dynamics simulations will be performed on wild-type and identified important mutants of ProQ, to gain a structural understanding of the protein-RNA interactions.

MD studies of the RNA-binding protein ProQ

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

Master project, Disturbance Ecology and Statistical Modelling, EBC

This project is open for application of 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 before April 2020
Application: Contact the supervisor/PI!

Degree projects in molecular toxicology, SLU

The Molecular Toxicology group, Department of Biomedicine and Veterinary Public Health, SLU, offers degree projects to interested students, in the fields of toxicology, environmental toxicology and food toxicology. Their research activities are focused on investigations of toxic compounds, ranging from the food chain to the environment, regarding hazard identification and mechanistic understanding of their effects.

Degree projects in molecular toxicology, SLU

Department: Department of Biomedicine and Veterinary Public Health, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: During 2020 (details negotiable)
Application: Contact the PIs/supervisors

PhD student in Primate Speciation and Population Genomics, EBC

If you are interested in understanding how long-term evolutionary and short-term human-mediated processes shape biological diversity this may be a PhD position for you! The advertised project has the goal to study primate evolution from multiple angles and on different evolutionary time scales. Please find more details in the pdf!

PhD - primate speciation and population genomics

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed, 2020
Application: Deadline February 24, 2020

Degree projects (or similar) at Microbial chemistry, UU

Are you interested in helping explore/develop cyanobacteria by genetic engineering for sustainable production of energy and chemicals in photobioreactors? Here are more opportunities in the form of degree projects (or similar) on developing various aspects of this, often in collaborative settings between basic research and private company partners.

Butanol producing cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria for sustainable production of solar fuels and chemicals

Department: Microbial chemistry, Chemistry - Ångström, UU
Place: Ångströmlab., Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD position in conservation genetics, Trondheim, Norway

This PhD project is part of a research project funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) that aims to provide insight into the mechanisms underlying inbreeding depression and loss of genetic variation in nature, and how these processes affect the dynamics and viability of fragmented populations.

PhD, "The importance of inbreeding and genetic drift in conservation of fragmented populations"

Department: Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Place: Trondheim, Norway
Start: 2020
Application: Deadline March 15, 2020

PhD in ecology and evolution, Stockholm University

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU, invites applications for a four-year PhD position which is part of the project "Insect gut microbiomes and plant-host-parasitoid interactions". Read further in the pdf!

PhD, ecology and evolution

Department: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: 2020
Application: No later than February 24, 2020

Greensways Fältprogram inom naturvård, 2020

Nu öppnar ansökan till Greensways Fältprogram år 2020, ett årligen återkommande utvecklingsprogram hos konsultföretaget Greensway. Du får värdefulla erfarenheter samtidigt som du är anställd med lön. De söker dig som är intresserad av naturvård och fortfarande studerar eller just har tagit examen. Fältprogrammet är en unik möjlighet till erfarenhet av tillämpat miljöarbete i ett utvecklingsinriktat företag. Läs vidare i pdf:en och på företagets hemsida, via länkar i pdf:en!

Greensways fältprogram 2020

Företag: Greensway
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Fältsäsongen 2020
Ansökan: Deadline 31 januari, länk till ansökningssidan i pdf:en!

Sustainable bioproduction of fuels for aviation, Ångström lab

Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering have potential to contribute to solving some of the main challenges of 21st century. Biotechnology can be used to mitigate climate change by lowering the use of fossil raw materials for fuels and other products. Here is an interesting opportunity for a thesis work, or possibly a research training/internship, about harnessing and optimizing cyanobacteria for the production of raw materials for jet fuels.

Bioproduction of raw material for jet fuels - Redirecting carbon flow in cyanobacteria

Department: Kemi - Ångström, UU
Place: Ångtröm Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: 2020, as agreed
Application: Contact the PI!

Masters degree project in restoration ecology

This new project will evaluate the effects of rewetting of drained peatlands, on the vegetation and on the greenhouse gases emission. Two rewetted sites will be studied: Anderstorp stormosse (Småland) and Ånsjön (Jämtland). The student will primarily investigate vegetation recovery and link this to ecosystem functions. There is also a possibility to upscale results by using drone images. Field work will be conducted at both sites during summer 2020.

Degree project, peatland restoration ecology

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Summer 2020
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree project on genome evolution and adaptive processes in natural populations

In mammals, DNA methylation is essential for correct development and associated with key processes like aging, transposable element inhibition, the formation of barr bodies and imprinting. However, the prevalence of methylation in regulation of gene activity across taxonomic groups is largely unknown. The specific aim of this degree project is thus to characterize the methylation landscape and investigate how methylation is associated with gene expression levels and genomic features in butterflies.

Methylation patterns in butterflies

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD position, Hólar University, Iceland

Hólar University, Iceland, seeks a PhD student for a Grant of Excellence (RANNIS) project to study the dynamics of Ecological (ECO), Evolutionary (EVO) and Developmental (DEVO) processes in the model threespine stickleback of lake Mývatn, Iceland. Get more details from the pdf!

PhD on ECO-EVO-DEVO dynamics

Department: Dept. of Aquaculture and Fish Biology, Hólar Univ. College
Place: Hólar (Skagafjördur), Iceland
Start: 2020, by agreement
Application: Apply via e-mail, no later than February 24, 2020

PhD on insect evolution, London, UK

Bioinformatics students are particularly encouraged to apply for this PhD position, meant to study how horizontal gene transfer from insect symbiont microbiomes may contribute during insect evolution. It is crucial to better understand the dynamics of horizontal gene transfer in insects as the acquisition of novel traits from microbes is already starting to transform our view of how arthropods evolve. This is of particular importance for insect pests as it may underlie their capacity to colonise new environments and resist efforts to control them.

Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of insects: a genomic approach

Department: Department of Biology, Queen Mary University of London
Place: London, UK
Start: As agreed upon (2020)
Application: No later than January 31, 2020

Internships: wildlife conservation in the Aegean sea

Archipelagos Institute is a Greek non‐profit, non‐governmental organization committed to the biodiversity of the Greek seas and islands. Among other things Archipelagos continually hosts students and young scholars from a wide range of disciplines in their multidisciplinary research projects meant to protect the rare wildlife in the Aegean sea.

Internships at Archipelagos - specific present projects

Internships at Archipelagos - general info

Institute: Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Place: Pythagoria, Samos, Greece
Start: Depends on the project
Application: Direct inquiries to Archipelago (link inside the pdfs above!)

PhD programmes in Germany and Germany/Australia

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology announces two PhD programmes open for application. 1) The "International Max Planck Research School - Primary Metabolism and Plant Growth" ("IMPRS-PMPG"), a collaboration with University of Potsdam, and 2) the "Melbourne-Potsdam PhD Programme", in collaboration with University of Melbourne, Australia. You can apply to one or both jointly with application deadline February 5, 2020.

IMPRS-PMPG and Melbourne-Potsdam PhD Programme

Institutes/universities: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam and University of Melbourne
Places: Golm/Potsdam, Germany and Melbourne, Australia
Start: Summer/autumn 2020
Application: Deadline February 5, 2020

15 PhD positions: CeMM International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine

CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is offering 15 fully funded PhD positions to bachelor/master graduates to join their International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine. They are seeking students from a wide range of backgrounds, who have "a keen interest in interdisciplinary teamwork and science that will nurture the precise, personalized, predictive and preventive medicine of the future".

CeMM International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine

Department: CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: September 2020
Application: Deadline January 31, 2020

PhD, "Biologisk metanisering av syngas", SLU, Uppsala 

SLU och RISE söker en doktorand på 4 år som ska jobba med mikrobiologisk omsättning av syngas (CO, H₂, CO₂ - bildas vid termisk förgasning av biomassa) till metan i laboratorieskala och utvärdera processen med avseende på mikrobiologisk och teknisk prestanda. T.ex. Civilingenjörsprogrammet i Molekylär Bioteknik bedöms ge en mycket passande bakgrund för tjänsten. Läs mer i pdf-filen (also in English inside the pdf)!

Biologisk metanisering av syngas/Biological methanation of syngas

Department: Department of Energy and Technology, SLU (in collaboration with RISE)
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: No later than February 2, 2020

Fluorescent halo tagging and single-molecule tracking for studying ribosomal assembly, BMC, Uppsala

In this project you will perform halo tagging of rRNA modifying enzymes and then use these for single-molecule tracking in living cells to help study and understand the mechanisms that allow the highly coordinated and efficient ribosomal assembly to be completed in less than 2 minutes in vivo. Suitable for degree project and/or research training and adaptable to suit different course lengths; talk to the PI/supervisors!

Genomic fusions of ribosomal modification enzymes with fluorescent halo tags for single-cell imaging

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

Discovering Energy Functions by Machine Learning, BMC, Uppsala

Here is an interesting suggestion for a degree project about improving and simplifying computer simulations meant for deriving molecular formation energies, as an alternative to doing combustion experiments or simulations using presently available quantum chemistry tools. The project aims to discover less demanding, simplified energy functions to manage the simulations in a less time consuming manner. The project can be adapted for other course lengths or formats, such as an even longer degree project, as research training or project work. Talk to the supervisor/PI!

Discovering Energy Functions by Machine Learning

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

Darwin Day (Love evolution) 2020, volunteers

If you are interested, master students are more than welcome to participate at this years Darwin Day(s). Get more details and register via the link in the pdf!

Darwin Day (Love evolution) 2020

Organiser: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Place: Stockholm
When: February 29 and March 1, 2020
Register for participation: No later than January 17, via link in the pdf (NB! Short deadline!)

ÅForsk stipendier, examensarbete utomlands 2020

Visste du att det går att söka stipendium för bl.a. examensarbete utomlands från ÅForsk? Läs vidare om ÅForsk, deras resestipendier och registrera en möjlig ansökan via länkar i pdf:en!

ÅForsk-stipendium, exjobb utomlands 2020

Stipendiestiftelse: ÅForsk
Plats: Beror på exjobbet
Start: Under 2020
Ansökan: Webbansökan öppnar 2020-01-13 och har deadline 2020-02-14; länk till ansökan finns i pdf:en

Vem är din bästa lärare? / Who is your favourite teacher?

Dags att nominera kandidater till Pedagogiska priserna 2020! / Time to nominate candidates for the 2020 Pedagogic Awards!

Ped priset 2020 - Sve/Eng

Organiser: Division for quality enhancement, UU
Deadline for nominations: March 17, 2020

SKB söker ekolog

SKB söker en "nyfiken, drivande och engagerad ekolog som vill vara med och göra en livsviktig skillnad". Läs vidare i pdf:en för detaljer!

SKB, expert inom ekologi

Arbetsgivare: SKB
Plats: Östhammar eller Solna
Start: Våren 2020
Ansökan: Deadline 31 januari 2020

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: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline January 27, 2020

Be part of the life science scene in Uppsala

Uppsala BIO brings together companies, universities, healthcare and society to fuel innovation and stimulate growth in the life science sector. Among many other things they regularly arrange "Efter jobbet"-events where you can get to meet different companies and actors within the life science sector in and around Uppsala. Here is a chance to register for their first spring event where you get info about Clinical Trial Consultants, Immuneed and RegSmart around the topic "Is your drug safe enough to enter the clinic?". Via another link in the pdf you may also register for their newsletter to stay updated about Uppsala BIO future events.

Uppsala BIO, "Is your drug safe enough to enter the clinic?"

Organiser: Uppsala BIO
Place: Innovation Hub, Dag Hammarskjöld väg 38, Uppsala
Time: January 14, 2020, kl. 16:30-18:00
Registration: Via link in the pdf

Vill du bli mentor?

Vet du om att du student, som har läst några terminer, kan vara mentor åt en student som behöver stöd? Det är ett givande, meriterande och avlönat extra arbete. Mentorsstöd finns för studenter med funktionsnedsättning. En mentor hjälper till att planera och strukturera studierna, t.ex. att sortera och prioritera bland uppgifter, att tydliggöra scheman och navigera i Studentportalen, att sätta upp delmål och stämma av hur tidsplaneringen fungerar. Just nu finns ett stort behov av mentorer som kan arbeta kommande termin. Som mentor erbjuds du varje termin utbildningstillfällen på temat funktionsnedsättningar. Mer information om uppdraget samt ett ansökningsformulär hittar du via länken i pdf-en nedan. Du är välkommen med din ansökan!

Mentorer

Samordnare/arrangör: Studentavdelningen, UU
Plats: Uppsala
Start: VT 2020
Ansökan: Snarast, men ingen specificerad deadline

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

Here is a project offer within microbiology/bacteriology 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 Livsmedelsverket and potential clients. If the work goes well during the spring there will be an opportunity to also work for this project during the summer.

HMG AB: New probiotics

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

PhD in Ecology, SLU Uppsala

Rapid climate change across the Arctic affects interactions among species and ecosystem functions driven by these interactions. For this PhD you will apply versatile tools to reconstruct Arctic ecological interaction networks. As focal interactions plant–pollinator, plant–fungus and plant–bacteria networks are used. Among ecosystem functions, focus is on the transport of pollen; the type of association (positive or negative); and plant biomass. Overall, data analysis and lab work will dominate over field work in this PhD project, although obtaining hands-on experience with some of the Arctic focal sites will be required.

Biotic interaction networks in a rapidly warming Arctic

Department: Department of Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline January 15, 2020

CARAMBA söker doktorand i klinisk metabolomik och bioinformatik, med fokus på multipel skleros

CARAMBA (Clinical Analysis & Research Applying Mass spectrometry & Bioinformatics at Akademiska) söker en doktorand för studier av hur storskalig metabolomik data bearbetade med molnbaserade bioinformatiklösningar kan användas för att studera långsiktiga effekter av stamcellstransplantation som behandling av multipel skleros, för förbättrad diagnostik och behandling av MS. Lämplig bakgrund är civilingenjörsexamen eller en masterexamen inom relevant område (t.ex. bioinformatik, bioteknik, datavetenskap, beräkningsbiologi eller biostatistik). Läs mer om tjänsten i pdf:en!

CARAMBA-doktorand (also in English inside)

Institution: Klinisk kemi, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, UU
Plats: Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala
Start: Våren 2020
Ansökan: Senast 13 januari, 2020

EIT Health-kurs: Att möta hälsoutmaningar med medborgarmedverkan och interprofessionell samverkan - teori och praktik (5 HP)

Kursen, nu öppen för sen anmälan, vänder sig till dig som läst minst 4 terminer på ett program med relevans för individers hälsa och välmående. Kursen ges på kvällstid under våren 2020, mars - maj. Kursen går på kvartsfart, påverkar inte din ordinarie utbildning och ska ses som ett komplement för att spetsa din utbildningsprofil. Kursen ges huvudsakligen på svenska och är en del av Uppsala universitets arbete inom EIT Health.

Medborgarmedverkan och interprofessionell samverkan

Arrangör: EIT Health, UU
Plats: Uppsala
Tid: Mars - maj, 2020 (kvartstid, kvällstid)
Kursanmälan: A.s.a.p., sen anmälan är öppen

Time to sharpen your profile?

The course "Health innovation, an interdisciplinary approach", is now open for late registration! This exciting interdisciplinary course will give you the chance to learn how to reach beyond your individual knowledge, skills and ideas by working in cross-disciplinary teams, with the common goal to improve and develop health care and health innovation. The course, which runs as a 25% evening course, February - May during spring 2020, is very suitable to take in parallell with for instance doing a master degree project since it can help you get an edge towards your future worklife. 

Health innovation, an interdisciplinary approach, 5 credits

Organiser: EIT Health, UU
Place: Uppsala
Course duration: February - May, 2020
Registration: A.s.a.p., late application is presently open

Masters Degree Project: Detection of archaic hominin introgression in modern African populations

The present project is a bioinformatics/population genetic investigation into potential sources of archaic admixture into modern day African genomes. African populations have been shown to present patterns suggesting ancient admixture, however, they do not show any trace of introgression from Neanderthals or Denisovans. The objective of the project will be to produce a detailed picture of this introgression, specifically answering the following questions: Do we see concrete evidence of archaic introgression? Is there a single or multiple archaic sources? Do different African population present different levels of introgression? A bioinformatics background and some population genetic knowledge is required. A minimum level of R and bash is required, knowledge of Python will be ideal. See more information in the attached description.

Archaic hominin introgression

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. in 2020
Application: Contact the associated PI’s

Multiple marine projects at IVL, Kristineberg Center, Fiskebäckskil, 2020

Here is a list of possible student projects within 3 IVL comprehensive marine projects. Get more details about the specific projects offered and, if you are interested, take a contact to discuss details and course practicalities!

Student projects at IVL

Organisation: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Place: Sven Lovén Center, Kristineberg, Fiskebäckskil
Start: 2020, details depend on the project
Application: Take a personal contact via the link in the pdf!

PhD in Belgium, within the "Dr. Forest" project

Dr. Forest is an EU network project with eight partners, coordinated by Freiburg University, Germany. Here, they advertise for a PhD candidate to advance knowledge on forest diversity - human health relationships. Main supervison will be at Ghent University but the project will be co-supervised at KU Leuven, so it will end up as a joint PhD between the two universities.

PhD, "Dr. Forest" project

Departments: Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven
Places: Ghent and Leuven, Belgium
Start: Ideally February 17, 2020
Application: January 10, 2020

Master thesis on skin models, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Are you curious about how different skin models perform during studies of topical delivery of biological medicines? In this proposed master thesis/degree project you will be able to compare and evaluate ex-vivo skin samples vs. an in-vitro skin model based on novel 3D cell cultures of living cells. The project is run within the NextBioForm Centre which is constituted by 18 partners ranging from the RISE institute itself, on to academia, hospitals and the industry sector. The NextBioForm Centre provides "cutting edge research on industrially relevant issues for formulation and characterisation of biologically based drug products". Interested?... Explore the pdf and the linked NextBioForm web pages and take a quick contact!

Degree project on skin models for topical delivery of biological medicines

Organisation: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials, Surface, Process and Formulation
Places: KTH campus, Stockholm and RISE, Södertälje
Start: January 20, 2020
Application: A.s.a.p. but no later than January 14, 2020, evaluation of candidates is conducted continuously

Supervisor at Erken summer science camp 2020

Here is an opportunity also for interested master students (recently graduated or close to graduation) to act as supervisors at the 2020 summer science camp in Ecosystem Science. If you are interested in developing your teaching and supervising skills as part of a prospective academic career, please quickly contact the organisers to get more details about how to get involved in the arrangement!

Summer science camp, Erken

Organiser: IEG, UU
Place: Lake Erken Lab., Norrtälje
Dates: June 15 - July 3, 2020
Questions and application: A.s.a.p., contact the organisers!

Many junior scientist positions (PhDs and postdocs) available within "nGICE"

You are welcome to apply for a PhD (or postdoc) positions within the Max Planck Center "next Generation Insect Chemical Ecology" (nGICE) network. In all, seventeen positions within projects aiming to examine different challenging aspects of Insect Chemical Ecology in Anthropocene are announced. Common methodology courses and conferences as well as exchange visits will provide a broad competence base and an extensive professional network for next Generation Insect Chemical Ecologists. Read more in the pdf and on the nGICE web site!

17 positions within nGICE

Collaborating Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Lund University and SLU Alnarp
Places: Jena, Germany, Lund or Alnarp
Start: May-September 2020
Application: Deadline is January 15, 2020

Master thesis on protein aggregation, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Are you curious about biological drugs and want to learn techniques for evaluation of product formulations? Would you like to work in an innovative-driven environment with experts in formulations for pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics and cleaning? RISE Surface, Process and Formulation is seeking a master student with an interest in protein products, to explore methods suitable for stability studies.

Degree project on product formulations of biologicals

Organisation: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials, Surface, Process and Formulation
Place: KTH campus, Stockholm
Start: Spring 2020
Application: A.s.a.p., evaluation of candidates is conducted continuously

Temporary scholarships (Note the short deadline!!)

Uppsala University announces temporary scholarships for fee-paying international students, meant for covering the costs of tuition fees for spring semester 2020 at Uppsala University. The specific aim of these, up to 5, scholarships is to assist students who are being affected by an unforeseen or extraordinary situation caused by political or societal developments in their native countries after starting their studies at Uppsala University, and who consequently have serious financial difficulties continuing their studies. Changes in students’ personal circumstances will not be considered. Please also check your e-mail for additional info from Brita Svensson!

Temporary scholarships, spring semester 2020

Organiser: Uppsala University, Division for Internationalisation & Student Services
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline already this Friday, December 13, 2020 (NB!! SHORT DEADLINE!)

National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics 2020

If you have been or is being accepted as a PhD student in bioinformatics between January, 2019 and April, 2020 you are eligible to apply for the National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics; meant for "advanced education in medical bioinformatics for future leaders in life science research". The programme is limited to 20 students annually.

National Graduate School MedBioInfo, 2020

Organisers: SciLifeLab, many different Swedish Universities, etc.
Place: Uppsala, etc.
Start: 2020
Application: February 28, 2020

PhD at INRA and MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France

Understanding the relationships between wildlife biodiversity and zoonotic infectious diseases when ecosystems are strongly disturbed is a challenging issue that scientists must address to support further policy actions. This PhD project aims at tackling this challenge by focusing on rodent-borne diseases in temperate forests or large urban green spaces. Read further in the pdf, if this sounds interesting!

PhD: wildlife biodiversity and zoonotic infectious diseases

Organisations: DR2 INRA-CBGP and DR2 IRD UMISCO/MIVEGEC
Place: Montpellier, France
Start: February 1, 2020
Application: January 17, 2020

PhD in Forest Ecology, SLU Alnarp

SLU Alnarp is recruiting a PhD student to work with plant and pollinator phenology, under the tentative project title: "Burst, bloom and buzz – Deciphering the interactions between trees and climate on forest ecosystem processes". The emphasis will be on understory plants and their associated pollinators and will contribute towards filling a major knowledge gap regarding the combined implications on ecosystem functionality of two of the most important drivers of global change, climate and land-use.

PhD: "Burst, bloom and buzz"

Department: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU
Place: Alnarp
Start: According to agreements
Application: Deadline January 15, 2020

Master theses/degree projects at Vanadis Diagnostics, spring 2020

Vanadis Diagnostics, part of PerkinElmer, develops a complete system for investigating chromosome abnormalities during pregnancies, based on a blood sample. The system uses advanced DNA technology and is developed by a group of scientists and engineers with competences in biochemistry, optics, image processing, statistics and software development.They are now seeking thesis students for various projects in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Automation or similar. Students from Uppsala, e.g. from the "X-programme", MSc in Applied or Molecular Biotech, MSc in Biology (+ suitable subprogramme), are particularly encouraged to apply!

Degree projects, Vanadis Diagnostics

Company: Vanadis Diagnostics (part of PerkinElmer)
Place: Sollentuna
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Apply a.s.a.p. (applicants are evaluated on a rolling basis)

Two PhD positions in the evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions, Lund

Two PhD positions are currently available in the research group for Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions (EEPII) at Lund University. EEPII strives to understand the evolutionary forces driving diversification and adaptation in species interactions among plants and plant-feeding insects. Both projects focus on the evolution of fragrance-based pollination systems, are focused on well-established empirical systems (Position 1: Arabis alpina + Lithophragma bolanderi, Position 2: Dalechampia), and will combine field and greenhouse work with macroevolutionary analyses. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for both positions (NB!: requires two separate applications)!

PhD position 1

PhD position 2

Department: Department of Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: Ideally February 2020
Application: Deadline January 10, 2020
 

Exjobb: Vidareutveckla nästa generations biofarmaceutika, Affibody AB

200107: Platsen är nu tillsatt och går inte längre att söka!
Affibody fokuserar på att utveckla nästa generations biofarmaceutika, baserade på bolagets egenutvecklade teknologiplattformar: Affibody®-molekyler och Albumod™. Här ges möjlighet till ett examensarbete på företaget under våren 2020. Titeln på projektet är "Screening of hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) for various Affibody® molecules" och det går ut på att olika/många Affibody®-konstrukt ska screenas för att utveckla ett reningssteg baserat på molekylernas hydrofobicitet. Låter det intressant? Läs vidare i pdf:en och ta en kontakt!

HIC-rening av Affibody-molekyler

Företag: Affibody Medical AB
Plats: Solna (KI campus)
Start: Våren 2020
Ansökan: A.s.a.p.! Skicka till handledare via e-mail, senast 10 december 2019

15 PhD positions: ONCORNET2.0 consortium, EU

ONCORNET2.0  (Oncogenic GPCR Network of Excellence and Training), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training network (ETN), is looking for highly motivated and talented scientists (MSc students) to apply for projects in the labs of ONCORNET2.0 network partners (see flyer and website). ONCORNET2.0 wishes the very best young early stage researchers (ESRs/PhD students) to join the network of Europe’s renowned GPCR specialists. The ESR projects will be on the scientific forefront of oncogenic GPCR drug targeting.

15 PhD positions, ONCORNET2.0

Departments/companies: 10 different European university departments and companies at the forefront of the field
Places: Depends on which ones of the 15 positions you are interested in 
Start: April - October 2020
Application: Deadline January 1, 2020

Master thesis: Developing a diagnostic method based on magnetic nanoparticles

The present degree project proposal is a part of a bigger project where the aim is to bring forward a low-cost and easy-to-use diagnostic method, which can serve as an efficient analytical platform for rapid detection and characterization of pathogenic bacteria. The detection method combines analysis of changes in rotation dynamics of biofunctionalized magnetic nanoparticles with a detection approach which applies padlock probe ligation technique and rolling circle amplification (RCA) of the probed bacterial DNA. Read further in the pdf!

Development of a diagnostic method based on magnetic nanoparticles

Department: Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences, UU
Place: Ångström lab, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2020
Application: A.s.a.p., contact the PI/supervisor

PhD position in beautiful New Zealand: "Genomics of rapid adaptation"

A PhD scholarship, funded by a New Zealand Royal Society Marsden Fund Grant, is available with Dr Anna Santure and Dr Annabel Whibley in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. This project is an exciting opportunity to use genomics and evolutionary genetics approaches to understand the evolution of two globally invasive species, the common myna (Acridotheres tristis) and common starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

PhD, University of Auckland, NZ

Department: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Start: April 2020
Application: Closes on December 6, 2019

PhD in tropical ecophysiology, University of Gothenburg

GU announces a PhD position in tropical ecophysiology. The field work in connection with the project will be conducted at multi-species plantations established along an elevation gradient in Rwanda, Africa. Experimental water (irrigation and/or rainout shelters) and nutrient treatments are applied at each site along the gradient.

PhD position, tropical ecophysiology

Department: Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Place: Gothenburg (fieldwork in Rwanda)
Start: During 2020
Application: Deadline is January 20, 2020

Examensarbeten/projekt på Gyros Protein Technologies, Uppsala

Gyros Protein Technologies AB utvecklar och säljer en analysplattform baserad på innovativ mikrofluidik teknik. Gyros teknik är en automatiserad plattform baserad på en mikrofluidisk CD-skiva där kapillär- och centrifugalkraften används för att driva vätskeflöden så att ~100 prover kan analyseras parallellt i nanoliterskala i miniatyriserade kolonner. Resultaten analyseras genom mikroskopi och avancerad bildbehandling. Företaget erbjuder under våren 2020 flexibla möjligheter till exjobb/projekt. Se den uppdaterade pdf:en, nu med ännu fler intressanta alternativa projektförslag!

Var med och vidareutveckla Gyros analysplattform (uppdaterad)

Företag: Gyros Protein Technologies AB
Plats: Uppsala Science Park
Start: Våren 2020
Ansökan: Tag mailkontakt via länk i pdf:en!

Examensarbete på SVA, Uppsala

Här erbjuds ännu en möjlighet till ett spännande examensarbete på Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt, SVA. Det här specifika projektet handla om urinstenar hos olika hundraser och den erhållna kunskapen kan förhoppningsvis bli till stor nytta för veterinärer, Svenska kennelklubben (inkluderande individuella rasklubbar) samt givetvis även för den enskilda hunden och hundägaren.

Examensarbete: Epidemiologisk studie av urinstenar hos svenska hundar

Institution: Avdelningen för kemi, miljö och fodersäkerhet, Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA)
Plats: Uppsala
Start: 2020
Ansökan: Kontakta handledaren via mail

Designing a more efficient CO₂-fixing enzyme, BMC

Nature’s CO₂-fixing enzyme (Rubisco) has a slow catalytic rate and exhibits poor substrate specificity such that its catalysis often limits the growth rate of photosynthetic organisms, including crop plants and cyanobacteria used for biofuel production. Attempts to engineer a more efficient Rubisco have been underwhelming, at best. Here you will interpret brand new Molecular Dynamics (MD) data and use it to design a more efficient CO₂-fixing enzyme. Discuss with the PI whether this, for your purpose, will be suitable to do in the form of a master degree project or possibly as an internship/research training!

Using MD data to design a more efficient Rubisco

Department: Molecular Biophysics, ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / negotiable
Application: Contact the PI!

Temporary position as research engineer in Analytical Environmental Genomics, SLU, Uppsala

Do you love to be in the lab and "play around with DNA/RNA"?... This may be an interesting temporary position worth considering!

Temp. Research Engineer – Analytical Environmental Genomics

Department: Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, SLU
Place: Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: No later than November 22, 2019

PhD (doctoral grant) in Evolutionary Genomics, University of Antwerp

Here is a fully funded PhD position in cichlid fish Evolutionary Genomics in the Svardal lab at the University of Antwerp. Several projects are available that will allow you to combine aquarium experiments and state-of-the-art genomic approaches to study explosive speciation and/or recent adaptation to heavy fishing pressure in Malawi cichlids. Depending on your interest, the project can have more of a bio-informatic or more of an experimental focus, but in either case strong quantitative skills and motivation to delve into computational data analysis are desired.

PhD: Rapid adaptation/diversification/speciation in Lake Malawi cichlids

Department: Biology, University of Antwerp
Place: Antwerp, Belgium
Start: Sometime during March - October 2020, according to agreement
Application: Deadline is November 29, 2019

Doctoral (Ph.D.) student position with doctoral grant in the area of human cell-mediated immunology and vaccine research, Karolinska Institutet

The Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) is a leading research unit within the Department of Medicine at Huddinge campus, with a focus on translational studies of the human immune system and infection-immunity in humans. Here they announce open a PhD position for possible interested applicants. Please get more details about the position from the pdf!

PhD: Human cell-mediated immunology and vaccine research

Department: CIM, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Place: KI, Huddinge
Start: Spring 2020
Application: No later than November 29, 2019

Examensarbeten på SVA, Uppsala

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Är du intresserad av fästingförmedlade infektionssjukdomar och hur klimatförändringar kan komma att påverka dessa? Här finns möjligheter till spännande examensarbeten för en till två studenter under 2020 på dessa teman. Projektet/projekten kommer att ingå i det stora projektet "Climate-change effects on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and the impacts on Northern societies" (CLINF), men i dialog med handledare kommer du att ha goda möjligheter att påverka vad i detalj du vill bidra med inom det övergripande projektupplägget.

Exjobb: Infektionssjukdomar, klimatförändring och påverkan på ekosystem och vektorer

Institution: Avdelningen för kemi, miljö och fodersäkerhet, Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA)
Plats: Uppsala
Start: 2020
Ansökan: Kontakta handledaren via mail

PhD in Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg

Here is an open PhD position with the specific subject title "Structure, function and ecosystem services of filter-feeding bivalves in coastal systems". Please note the short deadline if you are interested and consider applying!

PhD, Bivalves in coastal systems

Department: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Place: Tjärnö laboratory
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline November 10, 2019

PhD and PhD/MSc thesis at Trent University, Canada

Here are openings for a possible PhD in population genomics and a PhD (alt. MSc thesis) in molecular ecology at Trent University.

PhD in population genomics

PhD/MSc in molecular ecology

Department: Forensic Science & Environmental Life Sciences, Trent University
Place: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Start: September 2020
Application: Via e-mail (no specific deadline specified)

PhD in evolutionary conservation biology, Lund

A PhD position on integrating an evolutionary perspective and genomic methods to address how insect diversity and evolutionary potential is affected in human-altered landscapes is available at Lund University. The PhD-student will examine how within-population genetic diversity, evolvability and gene flow are affected in human-altered landscapes. Bioinformatics, ancient DNA from museum samples and field work will be combined to address these questions.

PhD in evolutionary conservation biology

Department: Department of Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: 2020-02-03 or according to agreement
Application: No later than November 17, 2019

Three PhD positions in biogeochemistry, EBC, Uppsala

Limnology at IEG, UU, is seeking three PhD students to undertake projects in the field of biogeochemistry and with focus on the cycling of organic matter. The PhD students will work in a collaborative research group focusing on the persistence and degradation of organic matter in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The overall aim of the research is to understand how the stability and degradation of organic matter is controlled by environmental factors, microbial functional diversity, and the diversity and composition of organic matter.

Three PhD´s in biogeochemistry

Department: IEG, Limnology, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: 2020-02-01 or as otherwise agreed
Application: No later than 2019-12-02

Marketing internship at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

2019-11-05: No more applications are accepted at this point!
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.
Application: Take a contact pronto!

Doctoral (PhD) candidate in Freshwater Ecology, Iceland

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in collaboration with University of Iceland and Imperial College London has a PhD position in Freshwater Ecology from January 2020. The research project will focus on the ecology of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and its riparian ecosystem in Northeast Iceland.

PhD Freshwater Ecology

Collaborating institutions: MFRI, University of Iceland, Imperial College London
Place: Reykjavik, Iceland
Start: January 2020
Application: Deadline October 31, 2019

Degree project at GE Healthcare, Uppsala

Here is an additional attractive chance to do a master level degree project at GE Healthcare, the coming spring semester. This particular one is meant to explore novel techniques to determine the pore structure/properties in chromatography resins.

Novel approaches to the pore structure in materials in downstream bioprocessing

Company: GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline November 15, 2019

Degree project on PARN and telomere related disorders, BMC

Are you interested in helping shed more light on the role of Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) in telomere biology disorders? This may be a degree project, 30 or 45 hp, of interest to you!

PARN in telomere biology disorders

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. or spring 2020
Application: Contact the PI or supervisor!

Studentmedarbetare: Internationell projektassistent

Uppsala universitet söker ett antal engagerade och ansvarsfulla studenter som vill arbeta som timanställda med internationella projekt. Universitetet deltar i ett stort antal internationella projekt. Som projektassistent hjälper du projektledaren med både större och mindre administrativa uppgifter, logistik kring möten och uppföljning av dokumentation. Inom ramen för tjänsten kan även hemsidearbete samt arbete med film och grafisk redigering bli aktuellt.

Studentmedarbetare: Internationell projektassistent

Arbetsgivare: Avdelningen för internationalisering, UU
Plats: Universitetsadministrationen, Uppsala
Start: Höst/vinter/vår, 2019/2020
Ansökan: Deadline 28 oktober, 2019

Master thesis in nanotechnology, Ångström Laboratory

The Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials focuses on the development and investigation of nanostructured materials for use in diverse applications ranging from medical devices to energy storage. The current project builds on previous developments of novel nanocellulose-based materials that function as platforms for further modifications toward advanced wound healing applications. During this degree project you will work with the engineering of these materials, with the specific goal of targeting biological processes that determine the outcome of the oftentimes troublesome healing of chronic wounds.

Degree project: Nanotech for healing of chronic wounds

Department: Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences, UU
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: January 2020
Application: A.s.a.p.! Contact the PI/supervisor! 

PhD scholarship within Forest Soil Ecology

NMBU is looking for a PhD candidate who is eager to explore relationships between soil food-webs, plant-derived chemical compounds and carbon cycling in boreal forests.

PhD, Forest Soil Ecology

Department: Forest Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norges miljø- og biovitenskaplige universitet (NMBU)/Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Place: Ås, Norway
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline November 18, 2019

Two degree projects at GE Healthcare, Uppsala

Here are two attractive openings to do master theses at GE Healthcare during spring 2020. Please check details in the pdf´s and take a quick contact/apply if you are interested!

1. Alternative molecular weight marker used in gel filtration

2. New carbohydrate binding proteins for glycoprotein purification

Company: GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline November 15, 2019

Grants Day 2019

Are you intending a researchers career, want to find out about what funding agencies consider to be a successful application and can fit this event into your course obligations and schedules, then this might be an interesting day worth attending.

Grants Day 2019

Organiser: Akademikonferensen; Academic Conferences - universities in cooperation, Karolinska Institutet, SLU and Uppsala University
When: November 21, 2019
Where: Lecture hall X, University Main Building
Registration: Register right away if interested! Limited number of places

Urban Algae citizens´ survey on urban ponds

Please take part in helping the organisation Urban Algae get a better understanding of citizens’ perception of urban ponds and the ecosystem services they provide, by answering the survey. Also, feel free to freely share the info and link to the survey with others!

Citizens´ survey on urban ponds

Organiser: Urban Algae
Place: Online survey
Time: August 5 - end of September, 2019

PhD position in Cell Biology with focus Intelligent Automation, BMC

Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences is looking for an ambitious, highly motivated PhD student with a good background in cell biology as well as an interest in molecular biology, high-throughput screening, automation and bioinformatics. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team of researchers and participate in a project to build up an intelligent, automated laboratory for cell profiling, with applications in pharmacology and toxicology. Read further in the pdf and the therein linked full position call!

Lab automation in cell biology, PhD

Department: Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2020
Application: Deadline October 25, 2019

The genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity

Are you interested in helping resolve and better understand the genetic basis for phenotypic plasticity? Then here are flexible possibilities to do degree project or possibly research training on the subject. If you are interested in certain aspects of the subject you will be able to influence the exact project according to your own research interest.

Degree project/research training, Phenotypic plasticity

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2019/Spring 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor

SGU söker extrapersonal under hösten 2019

Enheten Samhällsplanering Marin Miljö på SGU söker just nu 1-2 extra personer för att som timanställda under hösten arbeta med att tolka bilder med avseende på flora/fauna från stationer från Norra Midsjöbanken i Östersjön, samt Haparanda skärgård (mer information om projektet finns under seamboth.com). Arbetet kräver god kännedom om Östersjöns flora och fauna, noggrannhet samt intresse för denna typ av arbete. Stöd för svåra bedömningar, tolkningsmetodik och programvaror finns på SGU. Du förväntas kunna jobba ca 10-20 timmar i veckan (men gärna mer om möjlighet finns), och gärna med start omgående. Arbetet betalas per timma och utförs på SGUs kontor i Uppsala. Totalt är det ca 250 timmars arbete som det gäller denna gång + tid för träning.

Extraarbete på SGU, marina arter

Arbetsgivare: Enheten Samhällsplanering Marin Miljö, SGU
Plats: SGU, Uppsala
Start: Omgående / a.s.a.p.
Ansökan: Kontakta någon av kontaktpersonerna omedelbart!

PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands

Here is an opening for a non-dutch student to do a PhD in the Netherlands. The project takes aim at finding out the still unresolved question of what the basic triggers and causes of type 1 diabetes may be.

PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Groningen

Department: The Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Place: Groningen, the Netherlands
Start: Spring 2020
Application: No later than October 28, 2019

Scholarships - Swedish Phytogeographical Society

The Swedish Phytogeographical Society each year offers a number of research scholarships. During the fall 2019 there is an extra call, for the B. Lundman's Fund for Botanical Studies and the B. Lundman's Fund for Anthropological Studies with deadline October 31. The Society promotes, among many other topics, research projects in plant ecology and plant geography. Grants can be used to cover costs for travelling, buying equipment and for publishing results related to the project. Scholarships are awarded to members of the Society, primarily to postgraduate students and students at Uppsala University. See further details inside the pdf and on the linked Society web pages!

Scholarships - Swedish Phytogeographical Society, extra call

Organisation: Swedish Phytogeographical Society
Place: Depends on the project applied for
Start: Depends on the project applied for
Application: See detailed instructions! Deadline October 31, 2019

Health Data Challenge, Grenoble, France

EIT Health is still looking for bioinformatics students keen to join a UU team for the "Health Data Challenge 2019" competition! Contact the UU coordinator for the event!

Health Data Challenge 2019

Organiser: EIT Health
Place: Grenoble, France
Time: November 25-29, 2019
Application: Contact the UU coordinator for the event!

Student workshop on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Lodz, Poland

EIT Health is looking for 3 UU students to go to Lodz Poland for a workshop on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, November 19-20!  All your expenses will be covered.

Workshop: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Organiser: EIT Health
Place: Lodz, Poland
Time: November 19-20, 2019
Application: Contact the coordinator via e-mail link inside the pdf!

Life History Adaptations to Seasonality (10 ECTS)

Here is a joint MSc (and PhD) level course: Life History Adaptations to Seasonality (10 ECTS). It is a five week course at The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Norway, from 13 May to 18 June 2020 (a wonderful time of the year to experience the spring-summer transition in the Arctic). The below pdf is for the MSc level course!

Life History Adaptations to Seasonality (10 ECTS)

Department: Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
Place: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Time: May 13 - June 18, 2020
Application: Deadline October 15, 2019

Examensarbeten/projekt på Gyros Protein Technologies

Gyros Protein Technologies AB utvecklar och säljer en analysplattform baserad på innovativ mikrofluidik teknik. Gyros teknik är en automatiserad plattform baserad på en mikrofluidisk CD-skiva där kapillär och centrifugalkraften används för att driva vätskeflöden så att ~100 prover kan analyseras parallellt i nanoliterskala i miniatyriserade kolonner. Resultaten analyseras genom mikroskopi och avancerad bildbehandling. Företaget erbjuder under våren 2020 flexibla möjligheter till exjobb/projekt. Läs vidare i pdf:en!

Var med och vidareutveckla Gyros analysplattform

Företag: Gyros Protein Technologies AB
Plats: Uppsala Science Park
Start: Våren 2020
Ansökan: Tag mailkontakt via länk i pdf:en!

Join the CEPLAS Graduate School for Plant Sciences, Germany!

Are you a senior bachelor‘s student or recent B.Sc. graduate in plant sciences, biology or related disciplines? Are you curious and passionate about fundamental discoveries and challenges of modern plant sciences? ►Then you may be a perfect fit for the CEPLAS Graduate School for Plant Sciences! A fully funded PhD programme for young scientists with a bachelor’s degree in biology, computational science or related fields.

CEPLAS Graduate School

Departments: A collaboration between several German Universities and Institutes
Place: The CEPLAS main office is in Düsseldorf
Start: October 2020
Application: October 31, 2019

PhD position on gene regulation, Karolinska Institutet

Are you a highly motivated student searching for an excellent opportunity for your PhD education and keen to characterize fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation? Look no further!... Here is an opportunity at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at KI.

PhD, Fundamentals of gene regulation

Department: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI
Place: KI Solna campus
Start: Late 2019 / early 2020, as agreed upon
Application: Deadline October 16, 2019

Improving Protein A based purification of mAb´s/IgG1, KTH

The standard purification method in large scale production of antibodies is Protein A affinity chromatography. A previously engineered variant of Protein A (ZCa) that binds IgG in a calcium-dependent manner and releases when calcium is removed needs some improvements of the molecule also with regard to elution pH. This project will consist of selections against IgG1 using a previously prepared phage display library to find binders that can elute IgG1 in a calcium-dependent manner at pH 7 and subsequent characterizations of the binders. If successful, the new molecule could be a radical improvement for Protein A-based IgG1 purification.

Degree project: Selection of a calcium-dependent IgG1 binder

Department: Department of Protein Science, KTH
Place: KTH, Stockholm
Start: According to agreements
Application: Kontakt the PI/supervisor!

Single molecule tracking in protein synthesis, BMC

The present degree project proposal (may also be adapted for research training) consist of setting up new experimental systems to follow the dynamics of bacterial protein synthesis inside living E. coli cells, by using super-resolved single-molecule tracking approaches. You will be able to help answer fundamental questions, such as: Where and when are specific mRNAs translated inside the living cell?, How fast is translation in vivo, and how much does it vary between different mRNAs or different cells?, What is the timing of events during signaling and export of secretory and/or membrane proteins?

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

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Ideally spring 2020
Application: Contact the PI!