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

PhD student in biology, SLU

Department of Ecology at SLU, Uppsala, is recruiting a new PhD candidate, who will study biodiversity in road verges and other linear infrastructure habitats. In particular, the candidate will investigate whether biodiversity-targeted management of road verges benefits pollinating insects and pollination, and will examine to what extent the biodiversity of plants and insects in road verges and other habitats depend on current management or land use history.

PhD student in Biology: Management of infrastructure habitats to promote biodiversity

Department: Department of Ecology, SLU
Place: Uppsala
Start: By agreement, but not later than 1 December 2020
Application: Deadline August 7, 2020 

Degree project at Cytiva AB, Uppsala, fall 2020

Are you interested in developing and optimising the production of biological molecules meant for "improving access to life-changing therapies that transform human health"? Here is a great opportunity, during the fall semester 2020, to do a master thesis on optimising mammalian suspension cell cultures for the production of biological molecules such as monoclonal antibodies.

Mammalian cell culture process development for biological molecules (e.g. monoclonal antibodies)

Company: Cytiva AB (formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences)
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Bachelor or master projects in Community Ecology, Zurich, Switzerland

Interested in the possibility of doing a bachelor or master project at University of Zurich / Eawag? Here are possible offers for you to consider, in the lab of Prof. Florian Altermatt.

BSc/MSc projects in Community Ecology, Zurich

Department: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich / Department of Aquatic Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Place: Zurich, Switzerland
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Several PhD positions within "iDiv", Germany

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig invites applicants for several PhD positions. The Evolution and Adaptation group at iDiv in Leipzig, Germany has two positions coming up, both of which are fully funded for 3+1 years, starting in October 2020, and there is a budget available for fieldwork, lab work, conference / collaborator / herbarium visits, etc. Position #1 below already has a separate pdf whereas position #2 will be announced via the link to the iDiv website inside pdf #2 very soon. Please also note that Pdf #2 also has additional PhD positions announced within the iDiv framework which you are of course also entiteled to consider/apply for.

#1. Macroecology and macroevolution of plant – frugivore trait matching in the tropics

#2. Adaptive evolution of plant-frugivore interactions on Madagascar (& additional iDiv PhD positions)

Department: Evolution and Adaptation group, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), University of Lepzig
Place: Lepzig, Germany (other positions also in Halle or Jena) 
Start: October 2020
Application: Deadline July 10, 2020

Master degree project on microRNAs in Dictyostelium discoideum

Are you interested in resolving the role of miRNAs in gene regulation in Dictyostelium discoideum? What genes are regulated and how are miRNAs potentially involved in the evolutionary transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms? Here is a great opportunity for you to do a degree project on these topics. Read further in the appended file!

Degree project: MicroRNAs in Dictyostelium discoideum - targets and function

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

Join the 3rd European FreshProject “EuroPonds”

Here is a call for a European cooperation project for young researchers (master students, PhDs and Post-docs within 2 years after their PhD defense). EuroPonds is about aquatic insects in ponds and how their biomass and fatty acid content (=how nutritious they are for their predators) are related to the amount of nutrients in the ponds (=their trophic state). If you are a master student, PhD or Postdoc, you can form a team (of at least 2 people) and be a part of it - preparation starts this summer and the project lasts about 2 years in total (includes sampling, data analysis and publishing data, time input varies depending on what you contribute). See the attached documents for more info.

EuroPond, 2020, call and flyer

Organisers: European Federation of Freshwater Sciences (EFFS), European Fresh and Young Researchers (EFYR), Fresh Blood for Fresh Water (FBFW)
Place: Local selected ponds
Start: Summer 2020
Application: Contact local or general organisers, deadline June 30, 2020

Fully funded PhD position on plant evolution, Göttingen, Germany

Are you interested in the necessary adaptations of streptophyte algae to make the evolutionary transition to become land plants? Here is an open PhD position in Göttingen meant to address this question, with emphasis on the versatile role of carotenoids in various stress responses. The project is part of the DFG-funded priority program "MAdLand", Molecular Adaptation to Land: plant evolution to change. Get more details from the pdf!

PhD-student project “CarotPhyte” within “MAdLand”

Department: Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Place: Göttingen, Germany
Start: August, 2020
Application: "Within three weeks after publication of the ad"

Two degree projects in bioinformatics focused on cancer genomics, KI

Here are two interesting degree projects worth considering if you intend to do your thesis work during the fall 2020 and you are interested in developing your skills in bioinformatics as applied within the field of cancer genomics.

Degree project 1: Tumor mutational burden (TMB)

Degree project 2: Microsatellite instability (MSI)

Department: Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet
Place: Solna/Stockholm
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Two master level degree projects in Radiopharmacy, Karolinska

Here are two interesting degree projects offered at Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, worth considering if you intend to do your thesis work during the fall 2020.

Chiral separation of enantiomers in radiopharmaceuticals utilizing molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)

Evaluation of radiolabelled PD-L1 targeting molecules for PET (Positron Emission Tomography) imaging

Department: Dept of Radiopharmacy, Karolinska University Hospital and Dept of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet
Place: Solna/Stockholm
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Two master thesis projects (data analysis/programming) at Ridgeview Instruments AB

Ridgeview Instruments AB is an Uppsala based life science company which develops instruments and software for medical research and drug development, notably "LigandTracer^®" which can monitor interactions in real-time on living cells and is being used by research teams and pharma companies worldwide. Ridgeview is now looking for two master level students with bioinformatics specialisation, or with similar experience in programming and/or data analysis, with the aim of improving further on the quality of interaction analysis. See the pdf for more information about these exciting thesis project proposals.

Two degree projects at Ridgeview Instruments AB

Company: Ridgeview Instruments AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Mid-august 2020 or later in the fall (open for discussion)
Application: See pdf for contact details!

Two master thesis projects at CMM, KI

Are you interested in furthering the versatitlity and potential of optogenetic regulation of CRISPR/Cas, for increasing the flexibility in what and how things may be regulated by light? If so, here are two very interesting suggestions for master degree projects that may be ideal for you!

Optogenetic CRISPR/Cas in immune cells

Using near-infrared light for optogenetic control of CRISPR/Cas

Department: Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska institutet (KI)
Place: KI, Solna/Stockholm
Start: Fall 2020 or spring 2021
Application: Contact the PI!

Examensarbete eller forskningspraktik om molnskogar i Ecuador

Botaniska data från olika livsformer och taxonomiska grupper insamlades vid ett flertal lokaler på Ecuadors kust under perioden 1995-1998. Genom samarbete med institutioner och studenter i Quito och Quevedo är målsättningen att nu följa upp dessa undersökningar och se förändringar i floran under de senaste 25 åren. De förväntade förändringarna kan vara knutna till skogens egen dynamik (som för tropisk skog fortfarande är mycket dåligt känd) och till klimatförändringar. Projektet omfattar också en stor grad av botanisk utforskning i och med att floran fortfarande är dåligt känd och det finns även stort utrymme för individuellt anpassade projekt, i samarbete med studenter från Ecuador, beroende på eget intresse.

Exjobb/fo-praktik, Ecuadors molnskogar

Institution: IOB, UU Campus Gotland
Plats: Visby och fältarbete i Ecuador
Start: Våren 2021
Ansökan: Kontakta PI!

PhD position in ecology, Umeå

Umeå University is searching for candidates for a PhD student position on the Project "Does reindeer increase the growth of trees?". The candidate will specifically perform inventories of reindeer exclosures in Sweden and Finland and analyse forest growth, structure and function.

PhD in Ecology, UmU

Department: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University
Place: Umeå
Start: September 2020
Application: Deadline July 1, 2020

Exjobb/forskningspraktik vid Utvecklingscentrum för vatten (UCV), Norrtälje

Campus Roslagen AB söker studenter för examensarbete eller forskningspraktik under 2020, inom områden relaterade till olika aspekter av vattenförsörjning, avloppsproblem, m.m., vid UCV i Norrtälje. Läs vidare i bilagd pdf och ta en kontakt för fortsatta diskussioner runt vad som ev. skulle kunna passa dig!

Exjobb / forskningspraktik: Projektförslag vid UCV

Företag: Campus Roslagen AB, UCV i Norrtälje
Plats: Norrtälje
Start: Direkt eller senare under 2020 (enligt överenskommelse)
Ansökan: Kontakta verksamhetsansvarig vid UCV!
 

PhD position at University of Lille, France

Here is an open PhD position entiteled "Grey-zone of speciation in the green world" that may be ideal for those of you interested in further developing your skills in population genetics, evolutionary biology and bioinformatics. Get additional details from the pdf and please also note the short deadline!

PhD at Evo-Eco-Paleo lab, University of Lille

Department: Evolution, Ecology and Paleontology Lab., University of Lille
Place: Lille, France
Start: Later during 2020
Application: Contact the PIs immediately for details as the application deadline is May 22, 2020

Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsens stipendier 2021/2022

Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen delar ut stipendier för master-, doktorand- och postdoc-studier i USA och Kanada. Stipendier kan nu sökas för 6-12 månaders studie-/forskningsvistelse under perioden 1 juli 2021-30 juni 2022. Intresserad? Läs vidare i den bifogade pdf-en och på Stiftelsens hemsida!

Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsens stipendier 2021/2022

Studieplats: Beror på var du tänker bedriva dina studier
Länder: USA eller Kanada
Stipendieperiod: 1 juli 2021 - 30 juni 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 15 september 2020

PhDs in Medical Science at Linköping University

Here are a couple of PhD positions, potentially of interest to those of you who would like to perform in depth studies of medical aspects of ion channels. An updated, more extensive list of presently open PhD positions at LiU can be found here (then choose PhD and appropriate department).

PhD 1, Med Sci at LiU

PhD 2, Med Sci at LiU

Department: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping University
Place: Linköping
Start: By agreement
Application: May 28, 2020 (PhD1) or June 3, 2020 (PhD2)

Master project on itch and pain, Neuroscience, UU (BMC)

Persistent itch is a major symptom in diseases such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. In Sweden, 250 000-300 000 persons suffer from psoriasis. Persistent pain severely affects quality of life and is today a major medical and social problem throughout the world and approximately 20% of the population suffers from persistent/recurrent pain that affects performance of daily tasks and quality of life. Here is a chance for you to do a degree project (or possibly another form of individual project/research training) during fall 2020 or spring 2021, meant to characterize neuronal subpopulations in the spinal cord that relay itch and pain signals. You will use techniques such as immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization (RNAScope) and in vivo analysis of transgenic animals.

Degree project: “Scratching the surface of itch and pain”

Department: Neuroscience, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020 or spring 2021
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Three PhD positions in Environmental Science at Stockholm University

Below are three presently open PhD positions on different aspects of environmetal science. Please note the very tight deadline! Here is also a link to an updated list of all PhD positions presently offered at SU.

Organic matter degradation in Arctic permafrost systems

Isotopic source fingerprinting of greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia

Isotopic fingerprinting of methane emission sources in the Siberian Arctic Ocean

Department: Environmental Science, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Later during 2020 (not explicitly specified)
Deadline: May 15, 2020 - Short deadline!!

PhD positions on biocatalysis, KTH

A couple of exciting PhD positions are open to apply for at KTH (Note the short deadline!), for those with a suitable background and an interest in biocatalysis. An updated list of all open PhD positions at KTH can always be found here.

Doctoral student in wood-based biocatalysis with a polymer focus

Doctoral student in biocatalytic CO₂ fixation

Department: Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology & Health, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Place: Stockholm
Start: According to agreement
Application: Deadline May 15, 2020 for both (NB!... tight deadline!)

Master level degree project at Bryceson lab., KI

Are you interested in helping unravel the roles, mechanisms and potential use within therapy of two recently discovered tumor suppresor genes, essential for cell cycle regulation during hematopoiesis? Here is a chance to do a master thesis (or possibly other forms of long project courses) on this topic, during fall 2020.

SAMD9 and SAMD9L: Understanding the pathophysiology of mutations that cause cancer and potential of these proteins to treat cancer

Department: Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM), Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Place: Huddinge/Stockholm
Start: September 2020
Application: Contact the PI or supervisor!

Many open PhD positions at KI right now

There are presently many interesting PhD positions open for application at Karolinska Institutet that may be worth considering for some of you, if you are interested in a future research career or further studies. Below are a select few, but a more comprehensive updated list can also be found here.

PhD, Mechanisms of cellular redox signalling

PhD, Environmental epidemiology

PhD, Immunology and gene therapy

Departments: Different departments, KI (see the respective ads)
Places: Hudding or Solna
Start: Fall/later during 2020
Application: Different dated deadlines (see the respective ads)

PhD positions at SLU, Uppsala or Alnarp

Here are a few presently open PhD positions at SLU, for your possible consideration. A more complete and continually updated list can be found here (click the "PhD button" to select just the PhD positions). Please note the extremely tight deadline for applying for the first one below!

PhD, Bioinformatik (ad is in Swedish + very short deadline!)

PhD, Climate impact on vector capacity

PhD, Climate impact on mosquito behaviour

Departments: See the respective ads, SLU
Place: Uppsala or Alnarp
Start: August/September, 2020
Applications: See the respective ads!

Several interesting PhD positions at UU

Here are some PhD positions that may be worth considering for some of you. A more comprehensive list of presently open additional PhD positions at UU can be found here.

PhD, bioinformatics / single cell genomics

PhD, biophysics with X-ray lasers

PhD, colorectal cancer (ad is in swedish)

Departments: Three different UU departments, see the respective ads
Place: Uppsala
Start: See the respective ads for possible info
Application: Deadlines differ - see the respective ads!

Two master thesis projects at AstraZeneca, Mölndal, during fall 2020

Here are two highly interesting openings for master degree projects at AstraZeneca, working on different aspects of differentiation, characterisation and use of human induced pruripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) for in vitro assay systems during drug development. Read further for details about these attractive projects in the appended pdf´s!

Proj 1: Derivation and characterization of pacemaker cells from human pluripotent stem cells for investigation of cardiotoxicity

Proj 2: Application of patient centricity to in vitro cardiovascular safety assays

Company: AstraZeneca, R&D | Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences
Place: Mölndal
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor via e-mail!

PhD student in Medical Cell Biology, UU - "Bioprinting of Tissues"

Bioprinting of cells in defined extracellular matrices represents a novel approach to create well-defined 3D tissue models. In the future, 3D bioprinted tissue models will likely replace many existing 2D cell culture models currently used in academia and industry, and 3D bioprinted tissues will also likely be used for transplantation. In this project bioprinted tissue models will be studied by advanced, high-resolution live imaging and characterized with regard to gene and protein expression. The project will be carried out within AddLife, which is a VINNOVA Competence Centre that gathers more than 20 partners in academia, industry and the public sector to support competence development in additive manufacturing for the life sciences. Candidates for this position should have a Master’s degree (MSc) in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering, or an equivalent degree.

PhD - Bioprinting of Tissues

Department: Medical Cell Biology, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: August 1, 2020, or as agreed
Application: Deadline May 25, 2020

Examensarbete/forskningspraktik om celldifferentiering, EBC

Gillar du att arbeta i labbet och är intresserad av celldifferentiering? Här finns spännande möjligheter till exjobb eller forskningspraktik under hösten 2020 på dessa teman, speciellt runt kopplingarna mellan blod- och nervcellsdifferentiering, där man med fördel använder sig av sötvattenkräftan, Pacifastacus leniusculus, som en passande djurmodell.

Blod- och nervcellsdifferentiering i sötvattenkräfta

Institution: IOB, UU
Plats: EBC, Uppsala
Start: HT 2020
Ansökan: Kontakta PI/handledare!

PhD position in Animal Ecology, Stockholm University

A PhD position focused on the evolution of butterfly-plant associations is available at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. It is part of the larger project “Evolving modularity in the adaptations of phytophagous insects to their host plants” which aims to improve our understanding of the causal mechanisms behind the evolutionary patterns observed in insect-plant associations, e.g. the idea that adaptations to specific host plants can best be understood as “modules” of co-expressed genes and the corresponding phenotypes – in particular larval performance on different hosts.

PhD position in Animal Ecology

Department: Zoology, Stockholm University
Place: Stockholm
Start: Mid/Fall 2020
Application: Deadline April 23, 2020