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

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

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, amphibian evolutionary ecology, EBC

The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) causes the disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians which is a major cause of an observed severe global decline in amphibians. This PhD position is meant to elucidate the relationship between Bd infection and fitness in natural populations of Swedish amphibians. Read further about the interesting details in the pdf!

PhD, the amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon, but no earlier than November 2019
Application: Deadline is August 9, 2019

PhD on plant conservation and population biology, KU Leuven

Here is an interesting possibility to study plant/pollinator networks and interactions within the framework of the interest areas of the Division of Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation of KU Leuven. The major study interests of the group as a whole include the effects of global environmental change (habitat fragmentation, pollution, climate change) on mycorrhizal symbioses and plant-pollinator interactions, the evolution of plant mating systems, and the role of environmental variables contributing to speciation in plants. Get more of the specifics for this particular PhD position from the pdf!

PhD, Plant/pollinator networks

Department: Department of Biology, KU Leuven
Place: Leuven, Belgium (fieldwork also elsewhere)
Start: According to agreements
Application: Closes as soon as a suitable candidate has been appointed

PhD on "Microclimatic impacts on Arctic biodiversity", SLU

Over the next few decades, the climate of the Arctic is predicted to change faster than for any other biome. Thus, there is a need to explore how arctic landscapes are currently warming, and how species distributions are likely to shift with a changing climate. By studying the impact of anthropogenic warming on the most diverse component of Arctic biodiversity, the arthropods, it will be possible to develop more general scenarios of future ecosystem changes.

PhD, Microclimatic impacts on Arctic biodiversity

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: No later than June 30, 2019

PhD in reproductive toxicology at KI, Huddinge

This PhD project is part of the EU-project FREIA, which rises from a concern that environmental factors can affect a woman's chances of becoming pregnant. Hence, the ambition of FREIA is to develop novel identification and screening approaches for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that target female fertility. If this sound interesting to you, please read further in the pdf!

EDCs and female fertility

Department: Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, KI
Place: KI, Huddinge campus
Start: According to agreement 
Application: Deadline is June 20

Master thesis: Finding a possible cure for an intractable cancer form

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a hematological disorder where expansion of mutated HSCs cause impaired hematopoiesis and consequent decrease in peripheral blood cells. MDS frequently progresses to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with poor outcome. Today, the only curative treatment for MDS is bone marrow transplantation. In this degree project you will get the chance to characterize two novel tumor suppressors that hopefully also have the potential of being developed for cancer treatment. As an alternative, you may be able to do a long project course on the same subject.

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

Department: Department of Medicine, KI
Place: KI, Huddinge campus
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI and/or supervisor!
 

Degree project on creating artificial tissue for drug screening, KTH

Here is a very exciting master thesis project offer at KTH for this coming fall semester. The intention is to further develop and study artificial tissue with cells cultured in a scaffold made up of recombinant spider silk. The long term goal is to be able to use it for controlled drug screening. See further details in the pdf and then contact the prospective supervisor with possible further questions and/or your application.

Formation of capillaries and micro-vessels in 3D cultures supported by recombinant spider silk

Department / company: Department of Protein Science, Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH / Spiber
Place: AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm
Start: Fall 2019
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Student project on computer tomography of early vertebrate fossils

Are you interested in helping shed more light on the early steps in evolution of vertebrates? Here is a summer project, ideal for research training or project work, that will aim to 3D model the braincase of fossils of armoured fishes, early forms in the evolution of vertebrates. Get more interesting details from the pdf and then discuss suitable course formats with the supervisor and your course coordinator.

3D modeling the braincase of Nefudina qalibahensis

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Early summer, 2019
Application: Contact the supervisor

Vikariat som bioinformatiker vid SNP&SEQ-plattformen, NGI, SciLifeLab Uppsala

SNP&SEQ-teknologiplattformen vid NGI (National Genomics Infrastructure), SciLifeLab, söker så snart som möjligt en vikarie som bioinformatiker. Vikariatet löper fram till april 2020. Lämplig bakgrund är t.ex. civilingenjörsprogrammet i molekylär bioteknik, spec. bioinformatik. Läs vidare i pdf:en om denna intressanta möjlighet om du tycker att det låter spännande och har lämplig utbildningsbakgrund!

Bioinformatiker, vikariat vid SNP&SEQ

Arbetsplats: SNP&SEQ-plattformen (Med. Sci., UU), NGI, SciLifeLab, BMC, Uppsala
Start: Snarast
Ansökan: Senast 7 juni, 2019
 

Two PhD positions in Botany, Prague, Czech Republic

Here are two interesting opportunities to do PhDs abroad, on different aspects of how sexual selection in plants may impact speciation and the evolution of reproductive traits, respectively. Read further details about the two projects at hand, in the appended pdf files!

PhD 1: Sexual selection and plant speciation: from micro- to macroevolutionary scales

PhD 2: Sexual selection vs conflict: role in plant reproduction microevolution

Department: Botany, Charles University
Place: Prague, Czech Republic
Start: October, 2019 (PhD 1) and September, 2019 (PhD 2)
Application: June 15, 2019 for both PhD positions

PhD project: Microplastics and freshwater foodwebs

Public and scientific concern about the environmental impacts of microplastics (MP) as well as their implications for human wellbeing has never been higher. Unfortunately, growth in the empirical understanding of the dynamics and impacts of MPs lags behind. Research on the behaviour and impacts of MPs in freshwater ecosystems is especially deficient, despite their vulnerability to inputs of plastic waste. Here is a PhD position meant to shed more light on this important issue.

MPs in freshwater ecosystems

Department: Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: According to agreements, ideally before October 2019
Application: No later than June 9, 2019

PhD position in Animal Ecology, UU

A major aim of this PhD project will be to derive a risk analysis for loss of biodiversity in Swedish freshwater lakes. To achieve this, particular focus will be on studying the hybridisation between two closely related species, common bream and white bream (Abramis sp.), that currently hybridize to some extent and in fact run the risk of collapsing into a single unit (gene-pool). The PhD project will contain a range of approaches including genetic studies, field and lab experiments and mathematical modelling.

PhD in Animal Ecology, IEG

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: After September 2019, as agreed upon
Application: Deadline June 12, 2019

PhD in aquatic ecology, Karlstad University

The European eel functions as a flagship species in marine and freshwater conservation, and its population collapse is of major concern for ecologists, fishers and managers. Karlstad University is now looking for a PhD-student in aquatic conservation biology. The project will focus on “Resolving production bottlenecks for the European eel”.

PhD position, European eel conservation

Department: Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University
Place: Karlstad
Start: From September 2019, according to agreements
Application: No later than June 5, 2019