PhD position at University of Cologne, Germany

Phenotypic studies have shown that three Arabis species, Arabis nemorensis, A.
sagittata and A. hirsuta, that occur in floodplain meadows along the Rhine, Danube and
Elb rivers, differ in various traits affecting their ability to cope with abiotic stress and competition. For this project, the PhD candidate will use quantitative genetics and transcriptomics approaches to determine the genetic basis of these differences. The PhD candidate will acquire a broad array of skills ranging from genomics to molecular genetics and ecology, and develop a solid basis in data management and analysis.

PhD: Genetics of Arabis floodplain species

Department: Plant Molecular Ecology, Institute of Botany, University of Cologne
Place: Biozentrum, Cologne, Germany
Start: By agreement
Application: A.s.a.p., applications are continuously evaluated until position has been filled

Master's degree project available at KTH Biotechnology, AlbaNova

Spider silk is a natural polymer combining both strength and elasticity in a very neat way. Among other things, KTH Biotechnology works with the recombinant spider silk protein 4RepCT that can be produced in E. coli. Soluble 4RepCT can be converted into fibers, surface coatings, films, nanomembranes, foams and meshes. In addition, by adding different desired functional properties to the silk it can be equipped with functions such as, electrical conductance, cell-binding ability, growth factor bioactivity, molecular affinity, antimicrobial properties and enzymatic activity. If you are interested in further exploring the versatility of bioactive silk-based materials for applications related to medicine and biotechnology, then here is an ideal master thesis topic for you!

Functionalized spider silk

Department: Department of Protein Science, KTH
Place: AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Degree project on uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and their roles during the menstrual cycle, KI

2020-09-21: An apointee is about to be chosen. No further inquiries or applications are accepted!
Are you interested in helping close the knowledge gap of how uNK cells differentiate in response to physiological changes occurring in the tissue during the different stages of the menstrual cycle? Here is an interesting opening to do a master thesis on this topic at KI!

Dissecting immune-endocrine mechanisms affecting endometrial physiology

Department: Medicine Huddinge, KI
Place: Center for Infectious Medicine, ANA Futura, Huddinge
Start: According to agreements
Application: Via email to the PI/supervisor!

Master thesis project in Glycoscience, KTH

The success of biomaterials transplantation is often compromised by host recognition, eliciting activation of an undesired immune cascade, which can lead to fibrosis and necrosis of encapsulated cells. Biomaterials that are able to modulate the immune response to avoid such adverse effect may pave the way for longer transplants survival and eventually improved therapeutic outcomes. Here is an interesting opportunity to do a degree project on Mucin droplets for cell transplantation. Check it out!

Mucin droplets for cell transplantation

Department: Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, KTH
Place: Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD student in Biology with specialization in Ecology

The Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, is looking for a PhD student working on the project “Seabirds, forage fish and novel research technologies”. The position is fully funded for 4-years.

PhD, "Seabirds, forage fish and novel research technologies"

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Lysekil
Start: January 15, 2021
Application: Deadline November 1, 2020

PhD position on arctic terrestrial ecology, Spain

University of Oviedo is seeking a motivated candidate to apply for a PhD scholarship from the regional call “Severo Ochoa” in Asturias to join the “Effects of community assembly processes for trophic network structures in the high arctic: Implications for understanding the ecological consequences of climate change”. The student will be registered at University of Oviedo, Asturias, and  based at the Mixed Research Unit for Biodiversity (UMIB, https://www.unioviedo.es/UMIB/). The project  will use existing data on vascular plants, arthropods and vertebrates from high arctic Greenland to evaluate the consequences of local and regional community assembly processes on the structure of  trophic interactions, and interpret the results from a climate change perspective.

PhD: "Effects of community assembly in the high arctic"

Department: Mixed Research Unit for Biodiversity, University of Oveido
Place: Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline September 20, 2020

Degree projects in molecular cancer genetics, Rudbecklab.

The Molecular Cancer Genetics group at IGP, Rudbeck Laboratory, is looking for students interested in improving treatment and diagnostics for 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 for specific present proposals!

Molecular cancer genetics, IGP

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

Flexible opportunities in bivalve conservation biology for BSc and MSc-level students

Here are possibilities to do various types of projects (theses/degree projects, research training/internships, project work) at BSc or MSc levels on a host of topics related to bivalves conservation biology in Scandinavian waters. Read further in the pdf and contact the PIs if you are interested in discussing the options further.

Bivalve conservation biology

Departments/organisations: Centre for Coastal Research (CCR), University of Agder or IVL Swedish Environmental Institute
Places: Kristiansand, Norway or Kristineberg Center, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact either of the PIs, initially via email!

Examensarbete: Utvärdering av behandlingsalternativ mot Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotikaresistens är ett ökande problem världen över som får allvarliga konsekvenser inom sjukvården. Enheten för antibiotikaforskning vid Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper har en stark anknytning till Infektionskliniken och mikrobiologilaboratoriet på Akademiska sjukhuset och bedriver forskning inom antibiotikaresistens och behandling av multiresistenta bakterier. De söker nu en masterstudent, gärna från infektionsbiologiprogrammet, till ett examensarbete där olika antibiotikaregimer testas in vitro för förbättrade behandlingsrutiner för patienter drabbade av S. aureus-infektioner.

Behandlingsalternativ mot Staphylococcus aureus

Institution: Medicinska vetenskaper, UU
Plats: SciLifeLab Hubben, BMC, Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta PI/handledare, initial via email! 

ThinkTank2030 - för en mer hållbar värld

Vill du hjälpa till att uppnå en mer hållbar värld? Naturvetarna lanserar i år idétävlingen ThinkTank2030. Tävlingen är öppen för alla studenter och doktorander vid våra svenska lärosäten och som priser delas 30.000 kr ut till de tre bästa bidragen.Genom detta hoppas Naturvetarna att vi kan få se fler hållbara lösningar till nytta för människa, miljö och klimat. Mer detaljer om tävlingen finns i pdf:en (also in English).

ThinkTank2030 (Sve & Eng)

Arrangör: Naturvetarna
Deadline för att lämna bidrag: 30 september, 2020

Degree project or research training on the evolution of sex chromosomes, SLU

Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU, offers an interesting student project on distorted sex ratios in horses, which has been found to occur in the offspring of certain stallions. The aim of the project is to dissect the genetic causes behind this observation and elucidate the potential role of selfish genetic elements (SGEs) for this to occur. Check out the ad for more info!

The evolution of reproduction and the sex chromosomes

Departments: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU
Place: SLU Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the supervisors/PIs!

Degree project on the evolution of eukaryotes, IMBIM, BMC Uppsala

Are you interested in helping shed more light on intricasies of how the first eukaryotes evolved? Here is a chance for you to do just that. Read further in the below project description! As an alternative the project is also open and adaptable for doing a Research training - talk to the PI/supervisor!

The origin of the eukaryotic cell

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree project at EBC on "Epigenetic changes induced by endocrine disrupting chemicals"

This project is open for application for Master candidates with strong motivation on toxicology or environmental epigenetics. The project aims to understand the epigenetic changes (DNA methylation) underlying the long-term impacts of developmental exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs, on brain physiology and behaviour.

Analysis of epigenetic (DNA methylation) changes induced by exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals in mouse brain and a human cell model

Department: Organismal biology, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020/Winter 2020
Application: Contact email can be found in the PDF file

PhD Student Position in Ecology and Evolution, Stockholm University

Here is an opening for a 4-year full time PhD student position, as part of the Swedish Research Council funded project “The role of structural variation for the origin and evolution of a classic supergene”. The project will involve generation of and analyses of comparative genomic and population genetic data sets. The PI is looking for a student with a strong interest in evolution and population genetics who enjoys problem solving and wants to learn more bioinformatics.

PhD, origin and evolution of a classic supergene

Department: Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Flexible
Application: Deadline September 28, 2020

Årets Uppsalastudent / Uppsala student of the year

Nu är anmälan öppen för att nominera pristagare till Årets Uppsalastudent 2020. / You can now nominate a candidate for the Uppsala Student of the Year 2020 award.

Nominera Årets Uppsalastudent / Nominate Uppsala student of the year

Utdelare: Anders Walls stiftelse
Deadline för nomineringar: 21 september, 2020

Two current PhD student positions at Stockholm University

Here are two open positions at SU that may potentially be of interest to some of you.

PhD student in museomics

PhD student Neurochemistry

Departments: Zoology or Biochemistry and Biophysics, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not strictly specified (/by agreements)
Application: September 30 or September 22, 2020, respectively

Two year position as research assistant in biodiversity project, SLU

SLU is currently looking for a research assistant to conduct both field and laboratory work in project LIFEPLAN (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/projects/lifeplan). This is a major, six-year initiative funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Every week, year round, as part of a team of four, the technical assistant will conduct multi-scale sampling (see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/node/83770) and targeted experiments in Sweden. When not in the field, the assistant will process samples of different types in Uppsala.

Research assistant for biodiversity project (Svenska & English)

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: November, 2020 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline September 21, 2020

Two master projects on iPSC disease models, IGP

Here are attractive possibilities for two different but equally interesting master thesis projects at IGP! Both make use of induced pluripotent stem cells and CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

Transcriptional networks in neurodevelopmental disease, using iPSCs and CRISPR/Cas9 technology

Generation of a conditional CRISPR/Cas9 iPSC lines to model early cancer development

Department: IGP, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020 / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

UU söker studentambassadörer och distansvärdar

Universitetet söker som vanligt studentambassadörer som kan representera UU´s utbildningar på mässor och i andra sammanhang. I år söks dock även s.k. "distansvärdar". Distansvärdar är ett initiativ från rektor och deras uppgift är att påminna personer på olika UU-campus om vikten av social distans.

Studentambassadörer / Distansvärdar

Organisatör/arbetsgivare: Kommunikationsavdelningen, UU
Start: Hösten 2020
Ansökan: Lämna din ansökan via länkar i pdf-en! Deadline 11 september för Distansvärd, 21 september för Studentambassadör

Master project, Disturbance Ecology and Statistical Modelling, EBC

This project is open for application for Master candidates with strong motivation on disturbance ecology and statistical modelling. The project aims to determine the impacts of multiple environmental disturbances on ecosystem metabolic rates (gross primary production, ecosystem respiration and net ecosystem production). Get further details from the pdf!

Disturbance ecology and statistical modelling

Department: Limnology, IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Flexible but preferably a.s.a.p./fall 2020
Application: Contact the supervisor/PI!

Strike pharmaceuticals project team is looking for a project student

Strike pharmaceuticals is a new and interesting biotech/pharma startup company. Their project team is now searching for an ambitious student to investigate the market potential, payer structure and willingness for a potential veterinary medicine project. Interested?... Get more info from the pdf and contact the PI for even more details. A long project is prefered and potentially a combination of more than one research training and/or project work courses may be required - ask your course coordinator for possible options.

Market potential, payer structure and willingness for potential veterinary oncology products

Company: Strike pharmaceuticals
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI (see the pdf) pronto!

Research training / degree projects on structure-functions of viruses, BMC Uppsala

The project offers you an opportunity to study one of four critical viruses: 1) Host-specific algae viruses, 2) Coronaviruses including COVID-19 (bio-safe virus-like particle), 3) Giant amoebal viruses, 4) Mosquito negeviruses. The project will afford you learning virology, and molecular and structural biology, for addressing research questions of these viruses. In an attached pdf, you can find the details. If you find it interesting for an internship, a research training or a master degree project, please contact the PI!

Research training / degree projects on structure-functions of viruses

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

Master or bachelor degree project 2021: "Bats in towns"

Would you be interested in doing a degree project meant to help Tierp municipality know more about their bat populations? So that they may protect them better, for example by planning for parks or patches of nature where they are found in larger densities. This knowledge will also help identify town areas where there is a need to strengthen the green infrastructure in order to make it functional. Talk to your course coordinator about help finding an academic supervisor!

Investigating bat populations in towns, Tierp municipality

Workplace: Tierp municipality
Place: Tierp
Start: Spring/summer 2021
Application: Use the contact email provided in the pdf!

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

Here is a project offer suitable principally for a long term Research training/Internship or Project work, perhaps ideally in an extended part time format. Talk to supervisor and your course coordinator about possible arrangements! You will be able to follow and help in this initiative, from very early stages with contacts at biotech companies for analyses, with certification processes and potential clients. If work goes well during the fall there will be an opportunity to also work in the project during the Christmas holidays.

HMG AB: New cleaning product

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

Stipendier // Scholarships, ht 2020

Sök stipendier öppna för ansökan under höstterminen! Ansökan ska ha inkommit senast 10 september kl. 17:00. // Apply for scholarships open for application during the fall semester! Applications must be received by September 10 at 17:00.

Stipendier // Scholarships, ht 2020 (på svenska // info also in English on their web page, linked in the pdf)

Samordnare: Stipendiekansliet, UU
Ansökan: Deadline 10 september, kl 17.00

Master degree project: Biological properties of biomaterials on-chip

The longer life expectancy of the global population has increased the need of repairing bone injuries caused by fractures and local diseases. An appealing approach to restore this loss of function involves the use of biomaterials. However, it is widely known that the current models to assess novel biomaterials do not translate well to the situation in vivo. The aim of this master degree project is to develop microfluidic systems in which the biological properties of biomaterials can be studied. Strong focus will be put on the biological characterization of the systems, particularly in the context of bone regeneration.

Assessment of the biological properties of biomaterials on-chip

Department: Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD: "Co-evolution of social relationships and cognition: a theoretical investigation", University of Exeter, UK

In this PhD, part of the Leverhulme-funded project “The role of social relationships in cognitive evolution” you will develop a novel theoretical framework to analyse whether and under what circumstances social relationships generate cognitive demands and how those demands in turn influence social evolution. Does this sound interesting? Then read on!...

Co-evolution of social relationships and cognition: a theoretical investigation

Department: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Place: Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK
Start: April 2021
Application: January 8, 2021

Three student projects in bioinformatics within the "Gigacow" network, SLU Uppsala

Here are three interesting and flexible project offers, suitable for degree projects (working as an individual or in a team format), research training or potential other project formats. Read further about the different projects in the pdf´s and contact the PI for possible additional info about the project(s) that may suit you!

Dairy farmers dashboard

Building a graph genome of Swedish dairy cattle

Evaluating locally measured weather and weathers services

Department: Department of animal breeding and genetics, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala (/partly distance work)
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI via email

Degree project / research training in bacterial gene regulation and infection

Are you interested in how bacteria control gene expression to optimize the success of an infection? Do you want to get experience of hands-on work in a research laboratory? In our research group we study regulatory molecules such as RNA-binding proteins and non-coding RNA. The primary focus is to understand how such molecules are used by pathogenic bacteria to control gene expression in response to the harsh environments encountered in the infected human host. What are the factors involved in gene regulation? What are the molecular mechanisms used? What are the physiological consequences of a regulatory event? If you find this interesting, do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Degree project / research training in bacterial gene regulation and infection

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

PhD position in ecogenomics, Akureyri, Iceland

University of Akureyri is seeking a highly motivated Ph.D. student to work on a fully funded project on evolutionary genomics and ecology of rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Iceland. The project is funded for 36 months, starting in autumn 2020.

Ph.D. studentship in rock ptarmigan ecological genomics

Department: Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri
Place: Akureyri, Iceland
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Deadline September 15, 2020

Degree project / research training on microfluidic reprogramming of human cells, KTH

Human induced pluripotent cells hold an enormous potential for clinical applications, particularly in the areas of precision and regenerative medicine. The goal of this project (suitable for a master´s thesis or an internship/research training) is to develop capability for microfluidic reprogramming of human somatic cells for regenerative medicine, starting out with studies of cell proliferation and growth in microfluidic channels and then potentially developing a pipeline for reprogramming of cells from patient biopsies.

Microfluidic reprogramming and isolation of human cells

Department: Division of Micro and Nano Systems, KTH
Place: KTH Campus, Stockholm
Start: Fall 2020 or according to agreements
Application: Contact the supervisors!

Riding grants / Ridstipendier

UU announces riding grants open for application from UU students / UU annonserar ridstipendier öppna för ansökan från UU-studenter.

Ridstipendier / riding grants

Administrator: Stipendiekansliet / Scholarships Office, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Deadline September 2, 2020

Degree project on an in vitro breast cancer model, KTH

Are you interested in doing a master thesis work on a spider silk based in vitro 3D breast cancer model, meant for drug discovery and the study of cancer biology? Here is a great chance to get into this field and help develop it further.

3D-BioSilk Breast Cancer Model

Department: Protein Technology, Biotechnology, KTH
Place: AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm
Start: Fall semester 2020 / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Marketing internship at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Are you interested in Allergy? Have attention for detail? Skilled in Microsoft office? Then don’t hesitate to apply for this interesting internship!

Internship Thermo Fisher Scientific

Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Place: Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / August 2020
Application: Take a contact pronto!

Three master thesis projects in Environmental Toxicology, SciLifeLab/EBC

Here are three interesting degree projects, offered at SciLifeLab/Organismal Biology, EBC, that you may want to consider. Get all the details about the specific projects and contact info from the attached pdf´s!

Determining chemical stress effects in single phytoplankton cells

The biophotonic behavior of coral symbionts

Does light mediate bacteria-phytoplankton interactions?

Department: Department of Environmental Toxicology, IOB, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Examensarbete om den invasiva arten sjögull, Köping

Är du intresserad av att, i form av ett examensarbete, vara med och förbättra förståelsen av och förutsättningarna för bekämpning av den aggresivt invasiva arten sjögull (Nymphoides peltata) i Mälaren? Här finns möjlighet till ett intressant examensarbete som kan bidra till viktiga praktiska tillämpningar.

Exjobb om sjögull i Mälaren

Organisation: Mälarens vattenvårdsförbund, Köpings kommun (& IEG, UU)
Plats: Köping (& EBC, Uppsala)
Start: Så snart som möjligt
Ansökan: Så snart som möjligt! Kontakta projektledare (& akademisk handledare/ämnesexpert)!
 

PhD student position in microbial community ecology, EBC

During this PhD on "Climate change and trophic cascade effects on community assembly processes and ecosystem functioning in plankton", you will conduct a number of experimental studies using natural microbial communities, including both laboratory and field mesocosm experiments. Get further details from the appended pdf!

Climate change and trophic cascade effects in plankton

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: January 2021
Application: Deadline September 15, 2020

Project assistant at Erken field station

Department of Ecology and Genetics is looking for a project assistant to work at their field station, Erken Laboratory. You will work with the analysis of samples in the certified laboratory of the field station, in particular analyses of water and sediment chemistry of freshwater and brackish samples. In addition, you will also assist in outreach activities at the station, in particular related to ‘Water days’ for school children, as well as perform field samplings, measurements and other work tasks. The position is a temporary full time position for 2 months. More information, including a link to the application system can be found in the pdf.

Project assistant at Erken field station

Department: Department of Ecology and Genetics (IEG), Uppsala University
Place: Erken Laboratory, Norr Malma (10 km North of Norrtälje)
Start: August 24, 2020
Application: Deadline July 24, 2020

MolTools, IGP, is looking for thesis students!

Are you interested in the further development of innovative, ultra-sensitive and precise nucleic acid and protein detection methods and how to apply these in various medical and biological research settings? The MolTools group at IGP are able to offer interesting projects for several degree project students during the coming autumn semester.

MolTools degree projects

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbecklab., Uppsala
Start: Fall 2020
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Vikariat: Forskare/Miljöanalysspecialist i akvatisk ekologi, SLU

Institutionen för akvatiska resurser vid SLU (SLU Aqua) bedriver miljöanalys, rådgivning, forskning och utbildning i akvatisk ekologi med fokus på fisk och skaldjur. Institutionen har drygt 180 anställda vid tre huvudorter: Lysekil, Öregrund och Stockholm (Drottningholm), samt fyra fältstationer. Här utlyser de ett ettårigt vikariat (med möjlighet till förlängning) för en tjänst om hållbart fiske och hållbart nyttjande av kust- och havsekosystem.

Vikariat: Forskare/Miljöanalysspecialist i akvatisk ekologi

Arbetsplats: SLU Aqua Kustlaboratoriet
Plats: Öregrund
Start: 2020-10-01 eller enl. överenskommelse
Ansökan: Senast 2020-08-09

PhD student in biology, SLU

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

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

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

Degree project at Cytiva AB, Uppsala, fall 2020

200903: This position has been filled and is no longer possible to apply for!
Are you interested in developing and optimising the production of biological molecules meant for "improving access to life-changing therapies that transform human health"? Here is a great opportunity, during the fall semester 2020, to do a master thesis on optimising mammalian suspension cell cultures for the production of biological molecules such as monoclonal antibodies.

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

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

Bachelor or master projects in Community Ecology, Zurich, Switzerland

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

BSc/MSc projects in Community Ecology, Zurich

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

Several PhD positions within "iDiv", Germany

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

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

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

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

Master degree project on microRNAs in Dictyostelium discoideum

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

Degree project: MicroRNAs in Dictyostelium discoideum - targets and function

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

Join the 3rd European FreshProject “EuroPonds”

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

EuroPond, 2020, call and flyer

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

Fully funded PhD position on plant evolution, Göttingen, Germany

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

PhD-student project “CarotPhyte” within “MAdLand”

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

Two degree projects in bioinformatics focused on cancer genomics, KI

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

Degree project 1: Tumor mutational burden (TMB)

Degree project 2: Microsatellite instability (MSI)

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

Two master level degree projects in Radiopharmacy, Karolinska

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two degree projects at Ridgeview Instruments AB

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

Two master thesis projects at CMM, KI

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

Optogenetic CRISPR/Cas in immune cells

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

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

Examensarbete eller forskningspraktik om molnskogar i Ecuador

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

Exjobb/fo-praktik, Ecuadors molnskogar

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

PhD position in ecology, Umeå

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

PhD in Ecology, UmU

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