Project offers

PhD student in Cancer Precision Medicine, IGP, UU

A PhD student position is available for a highly motivated individual with interest in tumor targeting and drug delivery, at Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University. The research will focus on development of targeted agents for "theranostics" of ovarian cancer. The goal of the project is to investigate the feasibility of using scaffold proteins conjugated to cytotoxic drugs for targeting ovarian cancer-associated proteins. Interested? Read further!

PhD student in Cancer Precision Medicine

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline October 5 (Note the very short deadline!)

Master thesis project on the evaluation of ADAPTs for therapeutic applications, KTH, Stockholm

ADAPTs are small alternative scaffold proteins that have been engineered to bind novel disease targets. This project involves characterization and optimization of ADAPTs that target cancer proteins, for potential use in therapeutic or diagnostic applications. A background in biotechnology is expected, as well as an interest in protein engineering and biopharmaceutical development.

Evaluation of ADAPTs against cancer targets for therapeutic applications

Department: Protein Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), KTH
Place: AlbaNova, Stockholm
Start: Spring 2024
Application: Contact the PI!

Short-notice request for field work assistant, IOB, UU

IOB is looking for an assistant for a 6-week fieldwork project (part-time), starting already next Monday (October 2nd)! This project is a great opportunity to collect some eDNA fieldwork experience and to get to travel across large parts of the beautiful Swedish landscape and get to visit natural forest lakes for sampling in the midst of autumn. All travel costs, accommodation, and payment for the time spent in the field are covered. Please note the short deadline!!

Short-notice request for field work assistant

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC / Extensive fieldwork around southern Sweden
Start: Monday October 2
Application: Right away!! (Note the very short notice!)

Several thesis project proposals at Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU

Here are a number of generously shared opportunities for doing master degree projects on various contemporary generic topics within genetics. Please check them out if they are of interest to you!

The adaptive potential of effectively small and shrinking populations

Computational modelling of genomic inbreeding and homozygosity islands in extremely small populations

Short-term and long-term contributions to adaptation and evolutionary constraint

Simulation-based inference of complicated monogenic inheritance patterns

Department: Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU
Place: SLU Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: Flexible
Application: Contact the PI!

iGEM Uppsala - Info meetings

Are you interested in student-driven projects? Do you want to learn more about synthetic biology? Have you heard about iGEM, the world´s biggest student competition in synthetic biology? iGEM Uppsala is looking for you!

iGEM Uppsala information flyer

Organisers: IBG, UU and iGEM Uppsala association
Info meetings: (September 19) and October 3, kl 17:30
Place: Room A7:111a, BMC
IBG Course information day: September 27 

Master degree project on drinking water quality, IEG, UU

Here is an interesting project offer meant to study how to efficiently remove PFAS and dissolved organic matter (DOM) from drinking water. A background in environmental studies, ecology and/or engineering is suitable/expected, as is an interest in societally relevant issues such as drinking water quality. You will help design and build an experimental purification columns set up and analyze water for DOM, as well as help with preparing samples for PFAS analysis. Experiments will be developed in collaboration with partners at Gothenburg University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Ultuna) and drinking water providers with similar set-ups.

Interactions between dissolved organic matter and PFAS during drinking water treatment

Department: Limnology, IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Several potentially interesting PhD positions at Uppsala University

Presently there are several PhD student positions open for application at different departments at Uppsala University, some of which may be of interest to at least some of you IBG students. So do have a closer look if something looks interesting to you! Please note that the requirements and deadlines varies considerably!

PhD student in experimental brain tumor research

PhD position in Genomics

PhD student in limnology with focus on the climate footprint of macrophytes

PhD student in Medicinal Chemistry

PhD position in Translational Autoimmunity

Departments: IGP, IMBIM, Limnology or ILK, at UU (see the respective pdf´s)
Place: Uppsala
Start: See the respective pdf´s
Applications: See the respective pdf´s - the one with the shortest deadline is September 26!
 

PhD Research Fellow in climate change and plant-insect interactions on dwarf shrubs, Sogndal, Norway

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences has a vacancy for a PhD position on dwarf shrub ecology at campus Sogndal.

PhD Research Fellow in climate change and plant-insect interactions on dwarf shrubs

Department: Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Place: Sogndal, Norway
Start: Spring 2024
Application: Deadline October 2, 2023

PhD student position on reptile diversity and conservation, Montpellier, France and Porto, Portugal

Shortfalls of biodiversity knowledge strongly impede effective conservation, for both species- and areabased strategies. Arid habitats are often perceived as having little conservation value due to their impoverished communities. Yet, these communities are made of many endemic, specialized species with unique adaptations. Many populated arid areas are also degraded due to anthropogenic activities. Arid steppes are even amongst the most threatened habitats in North Africa and the Middle East because their fertile soil make them valuable to agriculture. Here is a three year PhD position meant to study reptile diversity and conservation in North Africa and the Middle East.

PhD: Improving conservation of biodiversity in arid habitats using reptile communities as
model

Departments: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, University of Montpellier and Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto
Places: Montpellier, France and Porto, Portugal
Start: January 2024
Application: Deadline October 31

Sci Fest 2023

Lördagen 23:e september bjuds du in till en sprudlande vetenskapsfestival. Ta med dig familj och vänner och gå dit! Det finns många aktiviteter att välja på. // Bring your family and friends to SciFest! Everyone is welcome. There are numerous engaging activities to explore.

SciFest 2023 - Sve & Eng

Organiser: UU & SLU
Place: Fyrishov, Uppsala
Time: September 23, kl 09:00 - 16:00

Master thesis on the expression and purification of the peripheral membrane protein BAR, KTH

Peripheral membrane proteins, like BAR proteins (often intimately involved in conformational changes of membrane topology), are soluble proteins that bind to membranes. BAR proteins change their conformation upon binding to the membrane. Many of the BAR protein’s functions in cells can be tested and investigated in reconstituted systems. The main focus of this project will be to find the appropriate expression system and purification strategy for it, in order to ultimately/later on be able to reconstitute it into artificial membranes and study its structure/structural transitions by cryoEM.

Expression and purification of a BAR protein, as a basis for its reconstitution and structure determination

Department: Protein Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), KTH
Place: AlbaNova, Stockholm
Start: Fall 2023, flexible
Application: Contact the PI!

Extra work at Testa Center, Cytiva

Are you interested in and have competence in layout and design? ... want to earn some money via a part-time, temporary employment (from a.s.a.p. until November) at Testa Center/Cytiva? Then check this ad out, regarding taking part in the production of the Testa Center five-year anniversary book!

Design and layout of the Testa Center five-year anniversary book

Company: Testa Center, Cytiva
Place: Boländerna, Uppsala, but most of the work can also be done remotely
Start: Immediately!
Application: Apply a.s.a.p./immediately to the Testa Center contact (see pdf)!

Multiple project offers at SLU Aqua

Here are several openings for potentially doing degree projects or other forms of projects (ask the PIs what is possible...) at SLU Aqua. The present offers concern studies of the migration of sea trout or various aspects of European eel. Read further in the pdf´s if this sounds interesting to you!

Population-specific distribution of sea trout in the Baltic Sea

Several projects focusing on European eel

Department: Aquatic resources, SLU ("SLU Aqua")
Place: Ultuna, Drottningholm (Stockholm) or Öregrund
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PIs!

Evolution in a nutshell at SciFest - Volunteers wanted!

Here is an opportunity for a master student to participate as a volunteer in helping out with an activity at the upcoming SciFest, meant to highlight how evolution works. Please help bring some science and research to a new generation of school pupils!

Evolution in a nutshell

Organisers: Two present postdocs at UU and SLU (see the pdf!)
Place: SciFest, Fyrishov, Uppsala
Time: September 21-23, 2023
Application: Apply via e-mail to the organisers (see the pdf!)

Degree projects at Biological Mosquito Control

Biological Mosquito Control does research in collaboration with the Zoonosis Science Center (ZSC), Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Uppsala University. They investigate several aspects of mosquito ecology and factors of importance for non-target organisms and mosquito control. There is opportunity for students to conduct your degree project or research training with them. Available projects vary in focus and may include both field-work and laboratory work. Please contact the P.I. if you are interested in project opportunities!

Biological Mosquito Control degree projects

Organization/Department: Biological Mosquito Control/IMBIM, UU 
Place: Uppsala
Start: By agreement 
Application: contact the P.I.

EU training programme "Vulcanus in Japan"

Vulcanus in Japan started in 1997. The programme consists of industrial placements for engineering or science students with EU or associated country nationality. It starts in September and ends in August of the following year to accommodate the academic year in EU Member States. The students follow: a seminar on Japan, a four-month intensive Japanese language course, and then an eight-month traineeship in a Japanese company. Does this sound interesting to you? Then please find further details in the pdf and via the QR link in it!

Vulcanus in Japan

Organiser: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Brussels
Places: Various companies in Japan
Start: September 1, 2024
Application: Deadline January 20, 2024

Tropical Ecology Research Internships in Paraguay

Are you looking for an opportunity to design your own wildlife research project? Fundación Para La Tierra is an international award-winning research and conservation organisation based in Paraguay. They offer professionally supervised internships and placements for your bachelor or master thesis/degree project in a variety of research areas to help boost your career prospects while contributing to long-term conservation in Paraguay. Have a look at the appended pdfs for more information!

Tropical Ecology Research Internship

Museum Taxonomy Internship

Museum Taxidermy Internship

Organisation: Fundación Para La Tierra
Place: Pilar, Ñeembucú Department, Paraguay
Start: As agreed upon
Application: No specified deadline (see instructions in the pdfs!)

Sök examensarbete på Norrvatten, Järfälla

Vill du göra ett examensarbete som bidrar till att utveckla framtidens dricksvattenförsörjning? Välkommen att ansöka om examensarbete på Norrvatten under 2024 (möjligen även senare?)! Norrvatten producerar och distribuerar dricksvatten till 14 kommuner i norra Storstockholm. Omkring 700 000 människor, flera stora sjukhus samt Arlanda flygplats är beroende av att Norrvatten alltid kan leverera ett hälsosamt dricksvatten. Läs vidare i pdf-filen om detta låter intressant för dig! Stor möjlighet till flexibilitet i det mer exakta ämnesvalet för projektet!

Exjobb på Norrvatten

Arbetsgivare: Norrvatten
Plats: Järfälla
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta ansvarig chef!

Master projects on buzz pollinating bees and flower evolution, IEG, UU

During buzz pollination, bees use their powerful thoracic muscles to shake pollen out of flowers, producing an audible sound or “buzz”. Buzz pollination has evolved in 20,000 species of flowering plants, and about half of all bee species. Yet, we still know little about why some bees but not others buzz pollinate, and how evolution has shaped flower and bee characteristics to fine tune buzz pollination. Here are interesting opportunities to do a degree project or possibly a research training or project work (consult with the supervisor!) on the intricacies of buzz pollination and its links to flower evolution. If this sounds interesting to you, please continue reading in the appended pdf!

Buzz pollinating bees and flower evolution

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

PhD student in Molecular Epidemiology, Med Sci, UU

Are you interested in working with a focus on alcohol intake, gut microbiota, metabolomics, and genetics in relation to cardiovascular disease, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? If so you are welcome to apply for this PhD position at Uppsala University.

PhD student in Molecular Epidemiology

Department: Medical Sciences, UU
Place: EpiHubben, MTC-huset, Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline September 27

Höstens stipendieutlysning 2023 / Autumn 2023 scholarships at UU

Terminens stora stipendieutlysning är öppen för ansökan. / The general scholarships are now open for applications.

Stipendier 2023 / Scholarships 2023

Organisatör: Stipendiekansliet, UU
Ansökan: Deadline 13 september

Doktorand i cancerprecisionsmedicin, IGP, UU

Ett träffsäkert och icke-invasivt diagnostiskt verktyg för tidig upptäckt av cancer är viktigt för en effektivare behandling och förbättrad chans till överlevnad. Det här doktorandprojektet kommer bland annat att analysera proteinprofiler från cancerpatienter för att konstruera proteinpaneler, med målet att kunna detektera cancersignaturer i blodplasma och skilja friska individer från de med en tumörsjukdom. Erfarenhet av bioinformatiskt arbete med biomarkörutveckling är meriterande.

Doktorand i cancerprecisionsmedicin

Institution: IGP, UU
Plats: Rudbecklaboratoriet, Uppsala
Start: Tillträde enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 11 september

Lansering av Klimatguide för Uppsala universitet / Launch of Uppsala university Climate Guide

Uppsala universitets Hållbarhetsforum bjuder in prefekter eller motsvarande, miljöombud, medarbetare och studenter till: "Lansering av Klimatguide för Uppsala universitet: strategiskt klimatarbete för institutioner eller motsvarande" // Uppsala university Sustainability Forum invites managers, green reps, members of staff and students to: "Launch of Uppsala university Climate Guide: strategic climate action for departments and equivalent units"

The event is in English!

Program "Lansering av Klimatguide" / Programme "Launch of Climate Guide" - Sve / Eng

Organiser: Uppsala university Sustainability Forum
Place: Segerstedthusets entréhall
Time: September 20, kl. 15:00 – 16:30
Registration: Please use the link in the pdf! 

PhD in cancer immunology and immunotherapy, IGP, UU

A PhD student position is open for a highly motivated candidate interested in cancer immunology and immunotherapy at Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University. If you are interest in the development of cancer immunotherapies based on immunomodulatory adenoviral vectors, please read further in the appended pdf!

PhD in cancer immunology and immunotherapy

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline September 8

Anslag till stipendier, projekt och publicering inom den gröna sektorn, KSLA

Kungliga Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien (KSLA) utlyser totalt nästan 6 miljoner kr till olika former av stipendier, projekt- och forskningsstöd samt publicering, inom den gröna sektorn, med samordnad ansökan från en mängd olika fonder och gemensam deadline för ansökan. Även om merparten av medlen går till unga forskare och doktorander så kan även mindre seniora studenter än så söka t.ex. stipendier/resestipendier. Läs mer i dokumentationen i pdf-filen och på KSLAs webbplats om du är intresserad!

Utlysning:Anslag till stipendier, projekt och publicering inom den gröna sektorn, KSLA

Anslagsgivare/adminstratör: KSLA
Plats: Beror på resp. ansökan
Start: Beror på resp. ansökan
Ansökan: Sök på KSLAs webbplats med deadline 15 september

Master degree project on lymphatic metastasis and its effects on tumor immunity, IMBIM, UU

Lymph nodes are hubs for our adaptive immune response and among other things they are essential for the induction of anti-tumor responses. But lymph nodes are also one of the earliest places where tumors may metastasize. We still do not fully understand which properties in tumor cells facilitate metastasis or how metastasis to the lymph nodes affects their ability to mount anti-tumor responses. Here is a chance for motivated students with interest in experimental cancer models, flow cytometry and imaging to help find answers to some of these intriguing and contradictory observations.

Understanding the pathways driving lymphatic metastasis and its effects on tumor immunity

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023, possibly later
Application: Contact the PI!

Master project in bioprinting of novel bio-inks, MCB, UU

Here is another interesting opportunity if you are keen to contribute towards furthering bioprinting for tissue healing/regenerative medicine purposes. Here you will investigate novel materials/"bio-inks" for bioprinting and then test your 3D constructs of these using cell assays. The project sounds as if it may tentatively be adaptable to suit various course formats, master degree project, research training or project work - discuss your desired and possible options with the PI!

Master project in bioprinting of novel bio-inks

Department: Medical Cell Biology, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023
Application: A.s.a.p.; Contact the PI!

Master thesis project on 3D-printed innovative biomaterials, MCB, UU

Interested in doing a master degree project focused on the development and testing of innovative biomaterials? Here is a chance for you to take part in a collaborative project at the forefront of additive manufacturing, doing a biological characterization of a novel 3D-printed biodegradable metal alloy.

Degree project on 3D-printed innovative biomaterials

Department: Medical Cell Biology, UU, in collaboration with Materials Science and Engineering, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023
Application: A.s.a.p.; Contact the PI!

Research Assistant for the Taï Chimpanzee Project (TCP), Lyon / Ivory Coast

TCP is looking for a 8-10 months temporary research assistant (RA) to conduct data collection on behavior and recordings of vocal communication of the wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. If you have the right interest, motivation and background you are very welcome to apply! Please check the specifics of the project in the pdf!

Research Assistant for TCP

Departments: Institute for Cognitive Sciences, Lyon, France; Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Greifswald, Germany; Evolution of Brain Connectivity, Max Planck Institute EVA, Leipzig, Germany
Places: Lyon (training), Taï National Park, Ivory Coast (field work)
Start: Around October 2023
Application: A.s.a.p.; open-ended application/evaluation until position has been filled

Two PhD positions within the IDPro network, UU

Here are two PhD positions at UU, of a total of eleven positions, within the Horizon Europe-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network "IDPro, Intrinsically disordered proteins in health and disease: mechanisms, molecular context and opportunities for drug discovery". The two positions, as all eleven, aim to address different aspects of how disordered proteins interact, how interactions are affected by disease-related mutations, and how disordered proteins cause aberrant cellular signaling in relevant human disease models.

PhD student in Biochemistry

PhD Position in Protein science

Departments: Chemistry - BMC and IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: November 11 or as agreed (Biochemistry); As soon as possible or as agreed (Protein Science)
Application: Deadline September 21 (for both of them)

PhD student in Zoological Systematics, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Applications are invited for a four-year PhD position based at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. The project is aimed at analysing species diversity within the marine meiofauna group Acoelomorpha, describe new species, reconstruct the phylogeny of select groups, and evaluate the utility of environmental DNA for estimating acoelomorph diversity. Fieldwork conducted at marine laboratories is an essential part of the project. Live specimens will be studied using interference contrast microscopy and then processed for sequencing, histology, and phylogenetic analysis.

PhD student in Zoological Systematics

Employer: Swedish Museum of Natural History
Place: Stockholm
Start: Negotiable
Application: Deadline August 15, 2023

Four PhD positions on various aspects of polygenic adaptation, Vienna, Austria

Another four PhD (& postdoc) positions are available within the Special Research Program (SFB = "Sonderforschungsbereich") "Polygenic adaptation: from single selected loci to the infinitesimal model", in Vienna, Austria. Vienna is on top of the world's most liveable cities and home to one of the largest communities of evolutionary research in Europe. This SFB program is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and brings together eight research groups at four institutions in and around Vienna with the common goal of elucidating the evolutionary genetics of adaptation of complex phenotypes.

SFB Polygenic Adaptation: From single selected loci to the infinitesimal model

Organisation: University of Veterinary Medicine
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: Not specified / by agreement(?)
Application: Deadline September 17, 2023

Två assistenter till zoologiska avdelningen vid Evolutionsmuseet, UU

Edit 230716: OBS! Deadline för att söka tjänsterna är förlängd till 26 juli!
Evolutionsmuseet söker dig som vill ta upp utmaningen att skapa ordning i de delar av samlingen som väntar på att kureras. Anställningen, tidsbegränsad till 4 månader under hösten 2023, kommer huvudsakligen att bestå av arbete i den våta samlingen inom den zoologiska avdelningen med prioritet för organismgrupper av vikt för Svenska artprojektet. Läs vidare om detta låter av intresse för dig!

Assistent vid Evolutionsmuséet, zoologiska avdelning

Arbetsgivare: Evolutionsmuseet, UU musik och museer, UU
Plats: Evolutionsmuseet
Start: Enligt överenskommelse / hösten 2023, tidsbegränsad tjänst
Ansökan: Deadline 26 juli, 2023

Four PhD positions at IGP, UU

There are presently four potentially interesting PhD positions open for application at IGP, UU. Please feel free to check them out further if they seem of interest to you! Please also note that they have different deadlines (see dates within brackets for the respective ad below), should you intend to apply!

PhD student in Cancer Systems Biology (2023-08-11)

PhD student in paediatric brain tumour development (2023-07-14)

PhD student in Vladimir Tolmachev's Laboratory (2023-07-06 - Note the short deadline!!)

PhD student in Brain tumor research and treatment resistance (2023-07-14)

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: See the respective advertisement
Application: Deadlines - see the respective advertisement

PhD scholarship within Forest Soil Ecology, NMBU, Ås, Norway

The Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)) has a vacant 3-year PhD candidate position related to forest soil ecology. The proposed PhD-project aims to combine forest ecology and soil physics and hydrology to better understand the processes behind how tree growth responds to drought.

PhD scholarship within Forest Soil Ecology

Department: Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
Place: Ås, Norway
Start: Not specified / by agreement(?)
Application: Deadline August 1, 2023

PhD position at Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN) is a member of the Leibniz Association and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. SGN conducts natural history research with more than 800 employees and research institutions in seven federal states. The Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) explores the interactions between biodiversity, climate, and society. Here is an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated applicant to join a project involved in evolutionary, population or phylo-genetics to study speciation in mammals (bears, giraffe, kangaroos or allies) at the genomic level. The likely project will involve giraffe genomics.

PhD position in Evolutionary Genomics of Vertebrates

Department: The Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK F), Senckenberg Research Institute
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: Preferably October 1, 2023
Application: Deadline July 24, 2023

Master degree project in biodiversity research (60 ECTS), UU

Are you interested in contributing with your research towards finding solutions for the ongoing biodiversity crisis? And are you curious about using new DNA sequencing technology for a more data-driven approach to this problem? Then this may be an ideal Master thesis project opportunity for you at the Biodiversity Data Lab at UU!

Barcoding biodiversity: Measuring insect diversity using environmental DNA

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: September 2023
Application: Deadline August 28th, 2023, contact the PI!

Project assistant position for Water Days at Erken field station

Erken Laboratory is looking for an assistant for outreach activities at the field station for the autumn season, from mid-August to mid-October. You will work with the Water Days for school classes, which aims to give pupils the possibility to gain knowledge about concepts and methods in biology (focusing on ecology).

Project assistant for Water Days at Erken field station

Department: Department of Ecology and Genetics/Erken Laboratory, Uppsala University
Place: Norr Malma close to Norrtälje
Start: August 21, 2023
Application: Deadline July 10, 2023

Two master thesis projects, PubCare, UU

Are you interested in pushing the boundaries of imaging techniques in the field of molecular neuroscience and neurochemistry, to further our knowledge in this field? Here are two interesting degree project proposals meant to work with different aspects of this.

Development of analytical pipeline for robust phenotyping of highly multiplexed imaging data across different spatial omics modalities

Development of an automated pipeline for study of spatially resolved dynamic metabolic changes in tissue and stem cell derived disease models

Department: Molecular Geriatrics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, UU / SciLifeLab
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Student project: Effects of differential gene expression of an autoimmunity associated gene, Med Sci/IMBIM, UU

230626: Position has been filled and is no longer open for application!
Here is a chance to deepen your knowledge and gain practical experience of cell culture, CRISPR/Cas9 and gene overexpression technologies, quantitative RT-PCR, RNA sequencing and flow cytometry, etc., as part of experimental work on thorough characterization of the BACH2 gene locus, which has been associated with multiple autoimmune disorders. The project is primarilly suitable for a long research training or project work - consult with the PI if you are interested!

Thorough characterization of the effects of differential gene expression of an autoimmunity associated gene

Departments: Departments of Medical Sciences / IMBIM, Uppsala University, and Unit of Rheumatology, Uppsala University Hospital
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Autumn 2023, by agreement
Application: Contact the PI!
 

Two PhD students in evolutionary genomics, ICM, UU

Here are two PhD student positions at ICM, within the Evolutionary Genomics program. One will study evolutionary genomics in microbial eukaryotes (protists) using large-scale sequencing, comparative genomics and phylogenetics., the other how symbiotic interactions between bacteria and animal hosts affect both partners’ genetic material and evolution using large-scale sequencing and bioinformatic analyses. Read more if either of them seem interesting to you!

PhD 1: Evolutionary genomics in microbial eukaryotes

PhD 2: Symbiotic interactions between bacteria and animal hosts

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Starting date as soon as possible or as agreed (for both of them)
Application: Deadline August 14, 2023 (for both of them)

PhD student in Biochemistry, UU

This PhD project will conduct research on proteins, with focus on enzymes, with the aim to establish fundamental relationships between protein structure and function. The research will further include directed enzyme evolution as a route to the generation of new enzymes of tailored functional properties. Such variant enzymes can be both study objects of fundamental structure-activity relationships, and for the generation of biocatalysts for mainly asymmetric synthesis.

PhD student in Biochemistry

Department: Chemistry - BMC, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline July 14, 2023

PhD student in development of molecular tools, IGP, UU

This PhD project will involve several approaches to improve on the opportunities for molecular analyses in medical research and ultimately in clinical routine, such as for instance using dried blood samples for analyses to improve on troughput and minimise the costs, improve on high-throughput, multiplex molecular analyses, further enhance sensitivity for weakly expressed proteins, both in clinical settings and at the point of care, etc. NB! Short deadline for application!

PhD student in development of molecular tools

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline June 12, 2023 (short deadline!)

Doctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki is looking for a PhD student to study biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in boreal forest and tundra. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland. Focus will be on functional trait diversity of plant communities.

Doctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Department: Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Places: Helsinki, Finland + boreal forest sites + Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
Start: September 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: June 30, 2023