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!

Isolating new and mysterious viruses at BMC

This project will give you the opportunity to isolate new viruses in our environment. Our environment has many mysterious viruses, such as algal viruses and giant amoebal viruses, yet we know little about what they look like and how they operate. The project will afford you learning basic virology and molecular biology for characterizing viruses. In an attached pdf, you can find additional details. If you find these themes interesting for an internship, a research training or a master degree project, please contact the PI!

Isolating new and mysterious viruses

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

Caribou recovery ecologist, University of Alberta, Canada

University of Alberta is looking for a Caribou recovery ecologist for a one year appointment (with possibility for renewal).

Caribou recovery ecologist

Department: Caribou Monitoring Unit, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, University of Alberta
Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Start: Late 2019/Early 2020
Application: Closes October 7

EIT Health: Innovation Day 2019

Rise to the challenge and participate in this 4^th annual Innovation Day! Students from Uppsala University with different backgrounds gather in truly innovative and collaborative spririt to suggest creative solutions to important contemporary health related challenges. Boost your innovational spirit, work with fellow students across faculty boundaries and create solutions to real health challenges. Learn practical tools as design thinking and pitching skills and put them to practice.

Innovation Day 2019

Organiser: EIT Health, UU
Where: Tiseliussalen (B10), BMC
When: November 8, 2018, 9am to 5pm (Mingle and winner announcement 5pm–7pm)
For whom: All students (but priority will be given to students achieving their bachelor/master degree 2020).
Registration: Register NOW! (the sooner the better - limited number of places)

Development of biopharmaceuticals and bioprocessing solutions, BMC / TESTA Center

Projektstart för dessa intressanta och attraktiva projekt har blivit framflyttad till november 2019 och PI/handledare ser gärna sökande från Civilingenjörsprogrammet i molekylär bioteknik. Det går dessutom bra att söka/arbeta i grupp(er) om 2-4 studenter med projekten, om ni föredrar det.

Here are offered several interesting opportunities to help develop different aspects of large scale production of biopharmaceuticals in a cross-sectional context, between academia and biotech industry. The projects may be suitable/adaptable for thesis work/research training/internships and will all be started soon, so take a quick contact with the PI/supervisor to "get onboard"!

Bioprocess projects

Department / company: Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, UU / GE Healthcare TESTA Center
Place: BMC and TESTA Center, Uppsala
Start: November 2019
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor pronto!!

"Learn how to pitch!" - Free Webinar, EIT Health

Do you want to develop your skills in oral presentation in short format? EIT Health is hosting a free webinar/workshop on pitching. You can participate from your own computer or meet in a UU lecture hall. More info via links in the pdf!

Learn how to pitch

Organiser: EIT Health, UU
Place: Lecture hall yet to be specified, or of your own choice/via online computer
Date and time: October 8, kl 17:30-19:30
Registration: Via the link in the pdf!

Degree project at CARTANA

CARTANA, an exciting new biotech start-up situated right next to KI, is looking for a motivated master student for a degree project aimed at developing and optimizing new molecular techniques for ISS, in situ-sequencing. The successful candidate will need creativity as well as understanding of and laboratory experience in common DNA/RNA techniques, fluorescence microscopy, image analysis, etc., in addition to a strong interest in problem solving. Read more in the appended pdf!

Degree project at CARTANA

Company: CARTANA
Place: Next to KI, SciLifeLab, etc., Solna
Start: January 2020, or as otherwise agreed upon
Application: Via the contact address in the pdf

Internships on 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/research trainings at Archipelagos (general info)

Specific projects running presently

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

PhD at Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Here is an opening for a PhD candidate in Quaternary Sciences / Aquatic Biogeochemistry, meant for investigating the microbial methane (CH₄) cycling in Arctic lake sediments, the net contribution of this process to Arctic lake CH₄ emissions and potential decadal-to-millennial lag effects of the biogeochemical cycling of carbon stored during different climatic periods of the Holocene. Read more in the pdf!

PhD Candidate in Quaternary sciences / Aquatic Biogeochemistry

Department: Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Place: Tromsø, Norway
Start: Spring, 2020
Application: Deadline October 8, 2019

How is Rubisco built "in real life"?, BMC

Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-carboxylase/oxygenase) is the major entrypoint for carbon into the biosphere. It is built up of a large complex of 8 large subunits (LSu), encoded by a single plastid gene, and 8 small subunits (SSu), encoded by a nuclear multigene family. Although Rubisco has been extensively studied it is still not known whether different SSu isoforms can bind the same L8 core, and what the functional significance of potential differential SSu expression for Rubisco assembly might be. Here you may take part in helping shed light on this fundamental issue, in the form of a master degree project or internship/research training!

Can Arabidopsis thaliana Rubisco incorporate distinct SSu isoforms?

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

Degree project on the development of a radiopharmaceutical for molecular imaging, KI

CD44v6 is an antigen overexpressed in squamous cell carcinomas. In this degree project you will be able to help evaluate and optimize two scFv’s (single chain fragments) towards CD44v6 for their potential in molecular imaging of squamous cell carcinoma. Read further in the pdf!

Assessing CD44v6-targeting molecules for molecular imaging

Department: Department of Radiopharmacy, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet
Place: Karolinska Institutetet, Solna
Start: Flexible/a.s.a.p.
Application: Contact the PI directly

Internship at Whitehead Institute, MIT

Here is a great opportunity you may not want to miss, for doing an internship at the prestigious Whitehead Institute at MIT. The project will revolve around cell signaling, biochemistry, structural biology and drug discovery, and it is broad enough that it will be of interest both to students who want to pursue a basic science career (structural biology, biochemistry) as well as for those that go for a more applied early drug discovery trajectory (protein-protein interactions, protein engineering, high-throughput screening, in vitro and in-cell validation experiments), or even both - this can be tuned to the interests of a particular student.

Internship, "Cutting off the amino-acid supply lines of Ras-transformed aggressive cancer cells"

Department: Sabatini Lab, Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Start: During 2020, ideally starting March
Application: Contact your prospective supervisor

MSc degree project at SciLifeLab, Solna/Stockholm

Here is a great chance to do a master thesis on Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of Calmodulin, with particular focus on understanding its intriguing binding of the anti-psychotic drug trifluoperazine, regarding both structural and functional aspects.

Calmodulin/trifluoperazine MD simulations

Department: Molecular Biophysics, KTH / SciLifeLab, Solna/Stockholm
Place: SciLifeLab, Solna
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI via e-mail
 

Degree projects in molecular cancer genetics, Rudbecklab.

The Molecular Cancer Genetics group at IGP, Rudbeck Laboratory, is looking for students with an interest in functional or genetics studies of various aspects of 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!

Molecular cancer genetics, IGP

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

Degree project in structural molecular biology, BMC

If you join this project you will study a peroxide sensor which reacts to peroxide when it has iron bound to it, but which can also bind manganese. The iron- and manganese-bound forms regulate different genes. The project aims to establish the molecular basis for this intriguing dual function. The specific goals of the project are to optimize the purification procedure for the protein, then characterize its structure and its metal-dependent DNA binding activity. To achieve this you will have to learn and use a plethora of biochemical and biophysical methods, useful also in other contexts of course.

Structural molecular biology of a peroxide sensor

Department: Cell and Molecular Biology (ICM), Uppsala University
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Master degree project at Reindeer husbandry unit, SLU

A master thesis project is available at the Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. The title of the project is “Exploring the connection between human land use, reindeer, bears, and lichens”. For more information, please read the attached file!

Connections between human land use, reindeer, bears, and lichens

Department: Reindeer husbandry unit, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2019 preferably, possibly spring 2020
Application: Deadline September 30, via e-mail to the PI 

Short course on radiation protection fundamentals, 1,5 credits

If you plan to work with radioactive substances as part of a project of any kind or will work in an environment where radioactive substances are handled, you should join this one day course in radiation protection fundamentals. At completion, the lectures and a given assignment yield registered students 1.5 credit points.

Radiation protection fundamentals

Organiser: BMC-intendenturen
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Course date/time: October 29, 09:15-17:00
Registration: Via e-mail to the course organiser, a.s.a.p.

Degree projects in forest paleogenetics, EBC

If you are interested in palaeogenetics (the study of the genetics of ancient organisms) and want to develop your skills in ancient DNA analyses, then here are degree projects for you (masters or bachelors level)! Special focus is on palaeogenetics of plants and in particular the ecology and evolution of forest plant populations - their abundance and how types and ranges of forests have changed during the climatic events of the last thousands of years.

Forest paleogenetics

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala (possible fieldwork also elsewhere)
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Internship/research training on antibiotics as environmental pollutants, EBC

The main question to be answered within this project relates to the adverse effects that excessive amounts of antibiotics in the environment may have: do environmental anthropogenic antibiotics affect the intestinal microbiota of aquatic animals, e.g. freshwater crayfish, and thereby their susceptibility to different diseases? The factors driving the high risk of extinction among organisms in freshwater ecosystems are diverse and in great need of further scrutiny.

Antibiotic-polluted environments as threats to biodiversity

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Ideally fall 2019
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree projects on genome evolution or adaptive potential in natural populations

If you are interested in the effects of molecular mechanisms and population genetic processes on genome evolution or adaptive potential in natural populations, one of these project may be perfect for you!

Alternative splicing and diapause in butterflies

Chromosome changes and recombination rate evolution in butterflies

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

Examensarbete om energiinnehållet i sillgrisslors föda

Sillgrisslor är marina, fiskätande topp-predatorer som finns runt hela norra halvklotet. De kan vara viktiga indikatorer på förändringar i ekosystem som exempelvis utsläpp av miljögifter och förändringar i fiskebestånd. Exjobbet handlar om att analysera energiinnehållet i ett antal skarpsillar och strömmingar som utgör sillgrisslans huvudsakliga föda. Kunskapen är viktig för att utvärdera sillgrisslans bevarandestatus i Östersjön och hur mycket fisk som behöver sparas i havet för att säkerställa dess överlevnad. Exjobbet är primärt tänkt för kandidatnivå, men kan även expanderas till ett arbete på master-nivå.

Energiinnehåll i sillgrisslans föda (also in English inside!)

Institution: Institutionen för akvatiska resurser, SLU
Plats: Ultunacampus, Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta handledaren!

Developing new forms of artificial saliva

A large part of the population suffers from oral dryness. This is quite a debilitating condition which impedes many aspects of homeostasis and proper functioning of the oral cavity, which in turn has serious implications for a patient’s quality of life. Although there are "artificial saliva" products already available, there is a clinical need to develop better, more long-lasting saliva mimics. Here is opportunity for you to take part in this interesting and important work in the form of an internship/research training or a degree project.

Developing new and better artificial saliva

Department: Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, KTH
Place: Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Via e-mail to the PI

Genome Analysis 10/15 credits, SLU

SLU offers a joint PhD/masters course on Genome Analysis later this fall, of 10 or 15 hp/credits respectively. The master course has got a lab part in addition to the course content described in the poster, which is for the PhD course. If you are interested in taking the course as a master student, please contact the course leader for further info!

Genome analysis, 10/15 credits

Department: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Course dates: November 1 - January 17, 2020
Application: Contact the course leader (if you are a master student)  

Flexibla exjobbserbjudanden, SLU Aqua

SLU Aqua erbjuder examensarbeten på såväl kandidat- som masternivå, i biologi eller miljövetenskap. Deras expertis ligger främst inom fisk, skaldjur, sjöfågel och däggdjur i inlandsvatten och hav. De arbetar nära förvaltningen, men också med frågor inom grundforskning. Examensarbetena kan handla om allt från fiskbiologi, genetik, skonsamma fångstmetoder, ekologi, näringsvävsdynamik, till förvaltning av fisk, skaldjur, sjöfågel och däggdjur. Ta en kontakt för frågor och konkretiserande diskussioner om vad som kan passa just dig!

Examensarbeten SLU Aqua

Institution: Institutionen för akvatiska resurser (SLU Aqua), SLU
Platser: Drottningholm, Öregrund eller Ultuna, Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta SLU Aqua (maillänk i pdf:en)!

Two vacant PhD scholarships at DTU Aqua in Silkeborg, Denmark

Here are openings for two PhD positions at Technical University of Denmark. Get further details in the appended pdf´s!

Applied population genomics in European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis)

Fish migration ecology

Department: National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), Technical University of Denmark
Place: Silkeborg, Denmark
Start: October 15 or November depending on the position
Application: Deadline October 1

Teknologguider söks till IVA-event 16-17 september

Kungliga IngenjörsVetenskapsAkademien söker ingenjörsstudenter att med kort varsel tjänstgöra som teknologguider vid ett IVA arrangerat event för skolelever på Tekniska museet, 16-17 september. Intresserad? Läs vidare i den bifogade pdf:en!

IVA event

Arrangör: Kungliga IngenjörsVetenskapAkademien
Plats: Tekniska museet, Stockholm
Tid: 16-17 september (för exakta tider, se pdf!)
Ansökan: Senast 9 september, via mailadressen i pdf:en!

Degree projects and internships in aquatic toxicology, SLU

The Toxicology group at the Department of Biomedicine and Veterinary Public Health, SLU, has a broad pallette of possibilities for students interested in various environmental aspects of toxic compounds from the food chain, like hazard assessment and mechanistic understanding of their exerted effects. Get more of the interesting details and prospects from the pdf!

Project opportunities, Toxicology group, SLU

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

Universitetet söker studentambassadörer

Uppsala universitet söker dig som vill arbeta som arvoderad studentambassadör och rekrytera studenter till Sveriges första universitet. Det behövs ca 40 studentambassadörer som läser på UUs grundprogram antingen i Uppsala eller på Campus Gotland under läsåret 2019/2020 och framöver.

Studentambassadörer, UU

Organisatör: Kommunikationsavdelningen, UU
Plats: Beror på uppdraget
Start: Olika datum under hösten
Ansökan: Deadline 23 september

Webbsideadministratör, "Ren Åker Ren Mat"

Intresseorganisationen "Ren Åker Ren Mat" söker dig som delar föreningens intresse för hållbar, miljömässigt bra matproduktion och dessutom har kunskaper om slagkraftig webbsideproduktion. Om du är intresserad, ta kontakt för att diskutera detaljer och förutsättningar!

Webbsideadministratör, Ren Åker Ren Mat

Organisation: Ren Åker Ren Mat
Plats: Huvudsakligen distansarbete via nätet (deltid)
Start: Så snart som möjligt
Ansökan: Maila/ring organisationens kontaktperson!

Uppsala LIFE 2019

Provided that you can fit it in with courses and other obligations, here is an interesting event that you may want to attend if you are interested in promoting and shaping the future of life science in the Uppsala region.

Uppsala LIFE 2019 - Creating conditions for healthy growth

Organisers: Uppsala BIO, STUNS
Where: Rikssalen, Uppsala Castle, Uppsala
When: 15 October 2019, 13.00-18.00, followed by mingle, food and music to 20.00

Development of biopharmaceuticals and bioprocessing solutions, BMC / TESTA Center

Here are offered several interesting opportunities to help develop different aspects of large scale production of biopharmaceuticals in a cross-sectional context, between academia and biotech industry. The projects may be suitable/adaptable for thesis work/research training/internships and will all be started soon, so take a quick contact with the PI/supervisor to "get onboard"!

Bioprocess projects

Department / company: Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, UU / GE Healthcare TESTA Center
Place: BMC and TESTA Center, Uppsala
Start: September 2019
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor pronto!!

PhD position in crop production adaptations to climate change, SLU Uppsala

Extreme weather conditions, such as those that hit Northern Europe in summer 2018, are expected to become more common with climate change. They threaten food security by reducing crop yields and increasing their year-to-year variability. We thus need to know how we should grow our crops to reduce risks of weather-induced yield losses. To this aim, the PhD-student is expected to collate and analyze long-term meteorological and yield data drawn from differently managed cropping systems, to identify the most promising cropping strategies and their applicability by farmers.

Crop yield sustainability and climate change

Department: Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU
Place: SLU Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline September 26

Studenthälsan / Student Health Service

Studenthälsan har mottagning för individuella studenter men arrangerar även kurser på olika hälsoteman. Mer info finns på deras webbplats som är länkad i pdf:en nedan. / The Student Health Service counsels individual students but also arranges courses on different health related themes. More info in and via their below pdf.

Studenthälsan/Student Health Service (general and specific course info)

Organiser: Studenthälsan
Place: Övre Slottsgatan 7, Uppsala
Time: Book a time or see their individual courses

Degree project on improving zebrafish rearing conditions

Zebrafish is rapidly becoming one of the most popular model organisms in biomedical research. Yet the fish are usually reared in barren, transparent tanks, often at high densities. This is suboptimal and this degree project (which can possibly be adapted also for research training or project work - discuss this with the supervisors) is meant to help improve on the wellfare of the fish.

Degree project, improving zebrafish rearing conditions

Department: Department of Neuroscience, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p.! - ideally September 2019
Application: Contact the PI/supervisors pronto! 

Degree projects on the evolution of insect wings

If you are interested in how evolution shapes morphological adaptation, this project may be perfect for you. Wings in insects are optimized for foraging, predator avoidance, mating and migration. However, one wing morphology is not optimal for all these purposes: there are trade-offs. The Johansson lab offers two degree projects on the evolution of wing morphology. One on how migration selects for wing morphology (15 ETCS) and one on how wing morphology changes with latitude (30 ETCS).

Degree projects, insect wings

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2019 or later
Application: Contact the PI

Save a forest in Mozambique! // Rädda en skog i Mocambique!

Due to unforseen cirumstances this position is still open for applications! // P.g.a. oförutsedda omständigheter så går det fortfarande att söka detta projekt!

Here is a unique possibility, if you are interested in conservation biology, to help save a forest in Mozambique! The project is mainly suitable for research training ("internship") or project work. // Här är en unik möjlighet, för dig som är intresserad av bevarandebiologi, att hjälpa till att rädda en skog i Mocambique! Projektet lämpar sig i första hand för forskningspraktik eller projektarbete.

Save a forest! // Rädda en skog!

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala as well as field work in Mocambique
Start: As soon as possible
Application: Contact the supervisors immediately!

PhD position in marine biology, Åbo Akademi

Åbo Akademi University invites applications for a fixed term position as a doctoral student at Department of Environmental and Marine Biology for the period 1.10.2019 - 30.9.2022, i.e. for 36 months (with possible extension and starting date negotiable), within the project "Inventories for ecosystem-based management of marine nature around Åland Islands".

PhD, marine biology around Åland Islands

Department: Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University
Place: Åbo/Turku, Finland
Start: Negotiable but desirably October 2019
Application: Apply before September 13!

Vill du bli mentor?

Vet du 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. Just nu finns ett stort behov av mentorer som kan arbeta kommande termin. Du som är intresserad av att vara mentor erbjuds varje termin utbildningstillfällen på temat funktionsnedsättningar. Ansök nu! Mer information via länk i pdf:en.

Mentorer

Samordnare/arrangör: Studentavdelningen, UU
Plats: Uppsala
Start: HT 2019
Ansökan: Snarast, men ingen specificerad deadline

Stem cells, hematopoiesis and neurogenesis, EBC

Here are great opportunities to do degree project or research training on various aspects of the above topics and their intriguing interconnections, using a crustacean model system. The projects are adaptable to suit both bachelor´s and master´s levels. Take a contact to discuss the prospects further!

Stem cells, hematopoiesis and neurogenesis (även på svenska i filen)

Department: IOB (Comparative Physiology), UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2019 (according to agreements)
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD fellowship in terrestrial ecology, UNIS

The department of Arctic Biology at UNIS (University Centre in Svalbard) is seeking candidates for a full-time, 4 year position as a PhD fellow in terrestrial ecology. The PhD project will focus on arctic vegetation, with a special focus on bryophytes, and its links to permafrost in a climate change perspective.

Bryophytes and permafrost

Department: Arctic Biology, UNIS
Place: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Start: Fall 2019 / according to agreements
Application: Deadline August 30

Speciation survey

Based on your research interests, you are invited to take a short survey about key concepts used in the field of speciation research. The survey is open to researchers as well as to students within this particular, related or distinct fields of research. See further info in the pdf!

Speciation survey

Organising department: Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
Place: Anywhere (the online survey is reached via link in the pdf)
Time: A.s.a.p. (but no distinct deadline is specified)

PhD position on plant vascular development

A fully funded Ph.D. position is available (flexible starting date, 04/2020 or after)
in the lab of Prof. Christian Hardtke at the Department of Plant Molecular Biology,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

PhD, Plant vascular development

Department: Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne
Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
Start: April 2020, or possibly later
Application: No later than November 30, 2019

2-3 PhD candidates at Ecosystem Genomics, University Museum, University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø seeks candidates for 2-3 PhD positions within the two projects "IceAGenT" (1-2 positions) and "Taphonomy of sedaDNA (sedimentary ancient DNA)" (1 position). Read further about the project specifics and the PhD openings in the respective pdf!

PhDs, IceAGenT

PhD, Taphonomy of ancient sedaDNA

Department: Ecosystem Genomics, University Museum, University of Tromsø
Place: Tromsø, Norway
Start: October 1, 2019
Application: Deadline August 15, 2019

PhD position in evolutionary ecology, EBC

A PhD student position is available within a project meant to study the ecology and evolution of mutualisms. The studentship is based at Plant Ecology and Evolution, IEG, UU, but extensive fieldwork will also be performed at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

PhD, ecology and evolution of mutualism

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala; fieldwork also in Panama
Start: November 2019 or as otherwise agreed
Application: Apply no later than August 30, 2019!

PhD position in tropical forest ecology, EBC

Would you be keen to contribute to an ongoing project aimed at linking tropical tree physiological strategies, habitat associations, and measured demographic rates (e.g., growth and survival) across broad environmental gradients in Puerto Rico? Here is an interesting PhD position you may want to consider!

PhD in tropical forest ecology

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: January 1, 2020, or as agreed upon
Application: Deadline September 1, 2019

PhD on plant adaptation to climate change, University of Basel

Here is an interesting potential opportunity to do a PhD in Basel, on plant adaptation to spatial and temporal change in climatic conditions. Hopefully this may lead to estimates of the extent to which climate adaptation is possible, what the sources of evolutionary constraints are, and how they will affect future species distribution under scenarios of global warming.

PhD on plant adaptation to climate change

Department: Plant Ecology & Evolution group, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel
Place: Basel, Switzerland
Start: October 2019 (negotiable)
Application: Open until position has been filled (but the reviewing of application starts on July 21, 2019)

PhD in environmental science, Lund

Lund University announces a PhD studentship as part of a new transdisciplinary project aiming to investigate the factors that constrain the expansion of organic farming. Within the broader framework of the project, the PhD student will focus on ecological processes that interact within an arable landscape, to determine how these enhance and/or reduce crop yields in organic farming, and explore methods for facilitating ecological intensification in crop production.

PhD, Factors that constrain the expansion of organic farming

Department: Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC), Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: According to agreements
Application: No later than August 16, 2019

PhD position in population genomics, Poznan, Poland

This fall a new project aiming at quantifying the impact of demographic changes on genetic variation and the hybridization landscape in Trinidadian guppies will be initiated in Poznan, Poland. Large scale population genomics analyses, in silico simulations and sampling on Caribbean islands will be some of the principal parts of the project.

 PhD, Population genomics in Trinidadian guppies

Department: Evolutionary Biology Group, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
Place: Poznan, Poland (and field work in the Caribbeans)
Start: Fall 2019
Application: Via e-mail, no later than August 20, 2019

PhD in Tropical Agroecology, Würzburg/Malawi

Here is an interesting PhD position open for application: "Biodiversity and biological pest control in Malawian farmland systems".

PhD Tropical Agroecology

Department: Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg
Place: Würzburg, Germany; fieldwork in Malawi
Start: September 2019
Application: Deadline July 12, 2019

Research training/internship on explaining MD molecular modeling data of Rubisco, BMC

Edit 190620: A student was already appointed to this project - i.e. no longer possible to apply for!
Here is a great chance to take part in a project ultimately meant to better understand the kinetic properties of Rubisco, its detailed enzymatic mechanisms and what parts of Rubisco that are the most conserved. Hopefully this may lead to better strategies of engineering Rubisco to enhance its capacity to fix CO₂. To achieve this you will (i) perform extensive literature searches and compile a database of published Rubisco mutations as well as how they affect enzyme solubility and kinetic performance, (ii) perform sequence-structure alignments to "normalise" residue numbering between Rubiscos from different species, and (iii) compare your new Rubisco mutagenic database with recently obtained and interesting but yet unexplained MD modeling data.

Paving the way for enhanced Rubisco CO₂-fixation

Department: Molecular Biophysics, ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p., ideally already during summer 2019
Application: Contact the PI immendiately!

Degree project on the development of a radiopharmaceutical for molecular imaging, KI

CD44v6 is an antigen overexpressed in squamous cell carcinomas. In this degree project you will be able to help evaluate and optimize two scFv’s (single chain fragments) towards CD44v6 for their potential in molecular imaging of squamous cell carcinoma. Read further in the pdf!

Assessing CD44v6-targeting molecules for molecular imaging

Department: Department of Radiopharmacy, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet
Place: Karolinska Institutetet, Solna
Start: Fall 2019; September or when possible
Application: Contact the PI directly