Arkiverade projekterbjudanden

Master Thesis Project, NorthX Biologics AB

Edit 221007: Note the extended deadline!
NorthX Biologics among other things offers plasmid DNA production at different scales from R&D to GMP grade. The plasmids are used for gene therapy applications but also in advanced vaccines. Here they offer, for the coming spring, a master degree project within upstream processing (fermentation) aimed at developing their plasmid DNA platform.

Master Thesis Project, NorthX Biologics AB

Company: NorthX Biologics AB
Place: Matfors (close to Sundsvall)
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Deadline October 25, 2022

PhD student in evolutionary biology, IEG, UU

IEG is seeking a PhD student interested in combining the power of experimental evolution using Caenorhabditis elegans with genetic and high-throughput genomic approaches to investigate fundamental questions in evolution. The successful candidate will be involved in analyzing both whole-genome sequence and transcriptome datasets of experimentally evolved C. elegans populations but will also have opportunities to design and initiate novel projects of choice that fall within the overall theme of the expertise of the group.

PhD student in evolutionary biology

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: December 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline October 27, 2022

PhD student in Cancer and Vascular Biology, IGP, UU

This PhD project will focus on understanding how tumor microenvironments affect cancer progression and response to therapy in brain tumors. Cell culture models, experimental tumor models and analysis of tumor tissues from patients will be used to identify and explore new targets for cancer therapy. The work includes molecular characterization of the microenvironment in human brain tumors and experimental models through wet lab experiments, and also bioinformatic analysis of internal and external data sets.

PhD student in Cancer and Vascular Biology

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline October 12, 2022

Four tentative degree projects at Gyros Protein Technologies AB, spring 2023

Gyrolab technology offers fully automated miniaturized immunoassays simplifying the workflow with increased performance. Immunoassay techniques are widely used for determination of the concentration of biomolecules in a wide range of applications in life science. It has been used in established areas like drug and vaccine development and in vitro diagnostics for decades, but it is also being used in new emerging fields, including cell and gene therapy. Here are four tentative degree project proposals for the coming spring.

Development of an immunoassay with increased sensitivity

Development of immunoassays useful in the development of a bispecific therapeutic antibody

Development of specific host cell protein assays

Use of microsampling techniques for sample analysis on the Gyrolab platform

Company: Gyros Protein Technologies AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact their Director R&D!

PhD Position in Metagenomics, IMBIM, UU

This PhD project, within the research group in epidemiology and infection biology, will investigate the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and the human host - both how the microbiota is affected by the host and how the host in turn is affected. The focus will be on women at different stages of life, especially during and after pregnancy. In the project, fecal samples collected during and shortly after delivery will be used to predict somatic and psychological pregnancy complications. The studies are based on a combination of DNA sequencing, bioinformatic analyses and machine learning. The PhD project will form a transdisciplinary collaboration between microbiome researchers, biostatistics/bioinformatics and clinical experts from different institutions. The position is funded by the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), a 12-year initiative funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Foundation.

PhD Position in Metagenomics

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. or by agreement
Application: Deadline October 31, 2022

Two PhD positions in Chemistry, Ångström Lab., UU

These PhD projects are both part of an EU funded network (PhotoSynH2), which aims at developing novel methods for the production of green H₂ as a solar fuel. The hydrogenase enzymes are key components in any such technology, as these are central to H₂ metabolism and catalyze the formation and oxidation of H₂ gas. To realize their biotechnological potential, highly efficient hydrogenase enzymes that are well integrated into the metabolic pathways of technologically relevant host organisms are needed. Please note the different deadlines for the two positions!

PhD student in Chemistry – Specializing in Microbial Chemistry

PhD student in Chemistry – Specializing in Molecular Biomimetics

Department: Chemistry - Ångström, UU
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: November 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadlines, PhD 1: October 20; PhD 2: September 30

PhD student in systematic biology, UU

Here is another PhD position within the Systematic Biology program at the Department of Organismal Biology, meant to study one of the most transformative events in eukaryote evolution, namely the origin of plastids. It is related to a previous PhD position announced below (2022-09-19), but in the details it is different.

PhD student in systematic biology

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: January 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline October 20, 2022

Mental Health Week 10-14 oktober, Studenthälsan

Mental Health Week offers lectures, workshops and activities to inform, help, inspire and illuminate mental health and well-being. // Mental Health Week erbjuder föreläsningar, workshops, och aktiviteter med syfte att informera, hjälpa, inspirera och belysa psykisk hälsa och välmående.

Mental Health Week, 10-14 oktober, 2022, Sve

Mental Health Week, 10-14 oktober, 2022, Eng

Organisatör: Studenthälsan
Plats: Uppsala
Tid: Se detaljer i programmet på Studenthälsans hemsida (qr-kod och länk i pdf)

Three degree project offers in Applied Bioinformatics, ICM, UU

Here are three potential master thesis projects on public health applications, comparative genomics and transposable element identification by bioinformatics/machine learning. Please read further and take a contact if this sounds interesting to you!

Anomaly detection from biomedical signals using unsupervised machine learning

Applied machine learning to comparative genomics

Applied machine learning to transposable element identification

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI / supervisor!

Utnarm 2022

Soon it is time for Utnarm, Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students' career fair with lots of exhibitors! This is an excellent opportunity for you to get to know your industry and network!

Utnarm 2022 (Sve & Eng)

Organisers: The Utnarm Committee, Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students
Place: Hus 10, Ångströmlaboratoriet
Time: Main fair November 10, kl 09-16; Events weeks October 31 - November 9

UU CareerGate

Obs att du även kan söka efter projekt för olika ändamål på UU CareerGate! / Note that you can also search for projects for different purposes at UU CareerGate!

UU CareerGate

Organiser: UU i samarbete med Graduateland 

Sustainergies Academy- Företagsbesök med fokus på hållbarhet

Intresserad av att delta i en caseutbildning under hösten, som även innebär 3-5 besök hos spännande arbetsgivare från olika branscher inom såväl privat, offentlig som ideell sektor? Sustainergies erbjuder även möjligheter att söka jobb och studentuppdrag - se deras hemsida.

Sustainergies Academy

Företag: Sustainergies.
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Ht 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 27 september 2022

PhD student in systematic biology, UU

This PhD position within the Systematic Biology program at the Department of Organismal Biology is meant to study one of the most transformative events in eukaryote evolution, namely the origin of the photosynthetic organelles (the primary plastids). The main aims will be to study the roles of genetic transfers in the integration of an endosymbiont into an organelle.

PhD student in systematic biology

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: January 2023
Application: Deadline October 17, 2022

PhD position in Plant Molecular Biology, Lund University

This PhD project will focus on understanding signal transduction pathways and
effectors that regulate responses to changing environmental conditions and stress, with a focus on the role of plant mitochondria. Besides being important for energy conversion and metabolism, mitochondria take part in sensing and signalling that lead to effective defence responses in plants. However, major components of these signalling pathways are unknown, so the goal of this project will be to identify and characterise key regulators and effectors.

Doctoral student in Plant Molecular Biology

Department: Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: December 1, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline September 30, 2022

PhD: Phosphorus biogeochemistry in managed wetlands, Aarhus University

Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in “Phosphorus Biogeochemistry in Managed Wetlands”. The project is part of the research project " Rewetting of organic lowland soils in Denmark: a NIFA project network ". The project is financed by the Environmental Ministry of Denmark and is further closely linked to another peatland restoration project “ReWet-DK” (https://projects.au.dk/rewet) which supports the instrumentation of the NIFA and other project sites to be established as “Living Wetland Labs” or “Wetland Observatories” in order to intensively monitor fluxes of greenhouse gases, water, and nutrients in organic soils.

Phosphorus biogeochemistry in managed wetlands

Department: Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Start: December 1, 2022 (or later)
Application: Deadline September 23, 2022

PhD position at Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University

Here is an interesting PhD position announcement meant for delving deeper into the understudied area of sex-specific selection during the haploid phase. Get all the detailed info you need by way of the pdf ad and links in it!

Re-advertisement: Haploid and sex-specific selection: modelling and detection in deep mutational scanning of sperm samples and trios

Department: Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University (and collaborating partners)
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Start: February 2023 (or later)
Application: Deadline November 1, 2022

Human immunology and inborn errors of immunity, KI Flemingsberg

Here is a great chance for a student to do a research training / internship (or possibly a thesis work - ask the PI/supervisor!) working on inborn errors of immunity. You will be able to choose from two main lines of investigation, natural killer cells or plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and will have the potential opportunity to learn techniques such as flow cytometry, FACS, in vitro differentiation of human iPSC-derived hematopoietic progenitors, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, molecular cloning, single cell RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analyses. Read more in the pdf!

Human immunology and inborn errors of immunity

Department: Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM), Karolinska Institutet
Place: Campus Flemingsberg
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree project for Master of Science at BioLamina, Sundbyberg

BioLamina in Sundbyberg is a Swedish biotech company with global clients within research, biotech and pharma. They produce and develop premium laminins, for use in e.g., stem-cell research and cell therapy development. Here is a thesis project offer meant to compare and improve on QC methods that ensure low levels of endotoxins in biological/biotech products for medical use.

Degree project at BioLamina

Company: BioLamina AB
Place: Sundbyberg
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact recruitment/supervisor at BioLamina!

Help develop a new product at HM Group AB

Here is a project offer suitable principally for long term Research trainings/Internships 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 early stages with contacts at biotech companies for analyses, with certification processes and potential clients. If work goes well during the fall there may potentially be opportunity to work in the project also during the coming summer.

HMG AB: New cleaning product

Company: HM Group AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Fall 2022 (or later) according to agreements
Application: A.s.a.p., initial contact via mail link inside the pdf!

Two degree projects at KTH on Protein Engineering

Here are a couple of exciting project proposals suitable for master level theses or similar. The common theme is protein engineering but the two projects have different scopes - see the two appended project descriptions!

Master thesis project I – Engineering of future protein therapeutics

Master thesis project II – Engineering of calcium-dependent proteins

Department: Department of Protein Science, KTH
Place: Stockholm
Start: According to agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Master thesis on the decomposition of organic matter, IEG, UU

Organic matter (OM) in soils, peat, and sediment are important global carbon sinks. Processes that control its persistence and degradation are critical for the concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane. Hence, it is important to understand how certain mechanisms change along environmental gradients, examining the role of environmental and molecular constraints on OM degradation. In this master’s thesis, you will use elemental analysis in combination with bomb calorimetry to assess the potential for decomposition of organic matter across a broad spectrum of ecosystems. The main aim is to develop and refine methods to measure the oxidation state and bulk energy of soil organic matter.

Master degree project: Using complementary approaches to assess the vulnerability of organic matter to decomposition

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

The Student Conference in Science and Technology

Registration is now open for giving a presentation at the Student Conference in Science and Technology this fall. Take this opportunity to tell others about your project or favorite biology subject, listen to interesting presentations, and improve your CV! The Science Conference is part of DiaNa communication training for students and will take place at EBC, on October 17, 13.15-15. Besides participating in an interesting conference this is an opportunity to give a talk in front of a large audience and receive and give feedback afterwards. In addition, the best presentation will be rewarded a prize! The presentation can be given in English or Swedish, that is up to you. You can also receive feedback when you are planning your presentation. When you have acted as both speaker and feedback provider you will be given a certificate to strengthen your CV. Last day for registration as a speaker is September 29. You are also welcome to participate as audience.

The Student Conference in Science and Technology

Organiser: IBG / DiaNa
Place: EBC Uppsala
Time: October 17, kl 13:15-15
Registration: Deadlines September 29 (speakers), October 9 (audience) 

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 theses 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 pdf for more information!

Tropical Ecology Research Internships

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

Master Degree Project in Vascular Biology, IGP, UU

This thesis project is centered on understanding how endothelial cells integrate signals from multiple sources in a complex tissue environment to coordinate vascular morphogenesis, but also how they actively modulate their environment through intercellular communication between other cell types in health and disease. The research group is looking for a highly motivated and ambitious bioinformatics student to carry out a Master thesis project focused on characterizing the unique molecular features of endothelial cells in different organs using single cell transcriptomics data. More information about the project in the appended pdf.

Single cell transcriptomics on endothelial cells - fundamental mechanisms of tissue
morphogenesis and disease in the vascular system

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Autumn 2022 or as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI

Master thesis in bioinformatics, KI / SciLifeLab - Sto

One of the jobs of the immune system is to destroy tumor cells. Tumor cells use molecular tricks to lure the immune system into allowing them to grow. If we understood these tricks, we could design therapies that counter these tricks and help the immune system destroy tumors. Therapies that counter the tricks of cancer cells are already used in the clinic. But they only help a minority of patients because we know only a few of the tricks that tumor have up their sleeves. How can we discover all the tricks used by tumors to escape the immune system? That's the question you will work on in this project. Read further in the appended file if this sounds interesting to you!

Uncovering the tricks used by tumors to escape the immune system by analyzing spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA sequencing patient data

Department: Department of Medical Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab Stockholm
Place: Solna
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Two master theses project proposals, SLU Aqua, Lysekil

Here are two additional degree projects that you may want to consider. They can be performed either in Lysekil or possibly remotely if you prefer. See further details about the projects in the respective appended files.

Marine Community Ecology MSc Project - Joint species distribution modelling of benthic invertebrate communities

(edit 221018: the following position is filled - not possible to apply for!)
MSc Project - Effects of warming on fish growth and body size

Department: SLU Aqua, SLU
Place: Lysekil or possibly remotely
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Scandinavian coastal bivalves — conservation status and interactions with invasive Pacific oyster

Interested in doing a degree project contributing to the conservation of scandinavian coastal bivalves? Here are multiple opportunities to address various aspects of this.

Scandinavian coastal bivalves — conservation status and interactions with invasive Pacific oyster

Departments/Institutes: Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder (UiA) and IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Kristineberg Center
Places: Kristiansand, Norway, Fiskebäckskil, fieldwork also possible in other areas along the coast and possibly also remotely for some sub-projects
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PIs!

Degree projects on the ecology of seals and cormorants, SLU Aqua

The populations of seals (harbour, grey and ringed seals) and cormorants in Sweden have increased in size and distribution during the last decades. Consequently, requirements and needs of information about the ecological role of seals and cormorants have increased, e.g. for inclusion of top predators in ecological models and for development of ecosystem-based management. In addition, conflicts with fish conservation biology and coastal fisheries have intensified. Here are flexible opportunities to do a master thesis on various aspects of these topics.

Degree projects on the ecology of seals and cormorants

Department: Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), SLU
Place: Lysekil
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor

Two master projects within tropical marine ecology starting fall 2022 on sustainable management of small-scale fisheries

(Edit 221117: Positions have been filled and are no longer possible to apply for)
Would you be interested in taking part in the development of sustainable management of small-scale seagrass fisheries in the Bazaruto archipelago, Mozambique, East Africa? Here is an offer for two thesis students to contribute within this SLU Aqua project, including extensive fieldwork in Mozambique during October - December 2022. Take a prompt contact if interested!!

Sustainable management of small-scale fisheries

Department: Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), SLU
Places: Ultuna campus, Uppsala and Mozambique
Start: Fall 2022
Application: Contact the PI (pronto!)

PhD student in biomedical science, SLU Uppsala

Here is an advert for a PhD position in Toxicology meant to develop new methods to detect hazardous pollutants in water. The aim of this research project is to develop and use analytical methods, based on cultured cells, to detect hazardous compounds and mixtures in the environment, especially in water. Additionally, to investigate how such effect-based methods can be used in early warning systems, for example in drinking water utilities or wastewater treatment plants, for continuous monitoring and rapid detection of hazardous pollutants.

PhD student in biomedical science

Department: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health (BVF), SLU
Place: Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline September 20, 2022

Master degree project at Cytiva Uppsala, spring 2023

Here is an attractive offer for doing a master thesis project at Cytiva the coming spring. The overall aim of the project is to investigate if a superior host CHO cell line for expression can be obtained by adaptation and selection due to epigenetic changes. Cytiva has developed a CHO Cell Platform enabling Site Directed Integration (SDI) of genes meant for expression into a defined genomic location. Read further in the pdf and take a quick contact if you are interested.

Master Thesis Project protein expression: Development of super-CHO

Company: Cytiva
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PIs/supervisors!

Many master degree projects at DEEP, Stockholm University

Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (DEEP) at Stockholm University has a host of degree projects presently on offer, within the subjects Plant Physiology, Plant Systematics, Marine Biology and Ecology. Please see the appended list if something looks interesting to you, and then check out the detailed info via links in the pdf!

List of master theses at DEEP, SU

Department: DEEP, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start. By agreement / see info for individual projects
Application: See info for individual projects! 

Several master projects focusing on European eel, SLU Aqua

Are you looking for a master project? Interested in fish ecology and management? Here are several projects focusing on European eel! The European eel is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN red list as it has declined by some 90-95%. Current management efforts aim to reverse this negative development. There are many knowledge gaps regarding the ecology and behavior of the European eel, the closure of which would aid this work.

Projects focusing on European eel

Department: Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), SLU
Places: Ultuna campus, Uppsala, Drottningholm (Stockholm) or Öregrund
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PIs/supervisors!

Three master theses offers at Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI

Here are three very interesting offers to consider for doing a degree project in the Elsässer group at Karolinska Institutet. Read further in the appended files if this sounds interesting to you!

Proteomics of cell-cell communication

Integrative Epigenomics in mouse ESC system

Engineering proteins with non-canonical amino acids

Department: Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI (/ SciLifeLab Stockholm)
Place: KI Solna campus
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree projects or similar at Microbial chemistry, UU

Here are chances to do your master thesis, or possibly a research training or project work, within one of several different projects using cyanobacteria as biocatalysts for renewable production of solar chemicals and fuels. There is also room for flexibility to suit your possible particular interests. Read further in the two appended files!

Cyanobacteria as biocatalysts - general info / several projects

Cyanobacteria as biocatalysts - butanol producing cyanobacteria

Department: Microbial chemistry, Chemistry Ångström, UU
Place: Ångström Lab., Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Master thesis on wildlife habitat use and potential interactions with domestic animals, SLU

Are you interested in doing a degree project on the possible use of shared pastures of wildlife/domestic animals and the effect that this may have on various aspects of domestic animal performance and wellbeing? For instance with regard to the potential risk of parasite transmission. Here is a degree project proposal that may be of interest to you!

Wildlife habitat use as a potential for interaction with domestic animals

Department: Ecology / Biomedicine and Veterinary Public Health, SLU
Place: SLU Uppsala / Grimsö research station
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact either or both of the PIs!

Open call for 15 PhD positions on "RNA-based medicine", Germany

Four universities/institutes in Germany are about to launch a new graduate programme to train students in the many diverse aspects of RNA-based medicine, from basic research to drug approval and communication with the public. The programme will be coordinated from Würzburg, but has PIs from three additional universities in Munich and Regensburg. The positions are fully funded and it will be a truly international programme, with the aim to recruit at least half of the students from abroad.

RNAmed - Future Leaders in RNA-based Medicine

Departments: Will depend on your particular research interest - see individual PIs/projects within the programme!
Places: Würzburg, Munich and Regensburg, Germany
Start: November 2022
Application: Dealine September 15, 2022 (but to some extent late applications will be accepted until September 30)

Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, ICM, BMC Uppsala

Interested in studying proteins providing resistance to antibiotics? Then check out these master thesis projects proposals and get in contact with the supervisor!

Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

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

Degree project or project work at ICM, UU

Are you interested in structure, function and stability of proteins? This is an opportunity for a master thesis or project work exploring a class of Giant proteins from Lactobacillus kunkeei, a bacterium in the honey gut of bees.

Structure-function studies of Giant proteins from Lactobacillus kunkeei

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

Degree projects on bio-mediated silica weathering and coupled CO₂ sequestration, Geo, UU

To be able to reach global climate goals it is becoming increasingly apparent that there will be need for developing negative emission technologies (NETs). Here is a chance for 2-3 students to take part in a very urgent and interesting project meant to evaluate the potential of biologically enhanced weathering of silica minerals as a sink for CO₂. Read further about the interesting details and context of the project in the pdf! If you are interested in doing a research training within the project rather than a degree project, please consult with the PI/supervisor!

Bio-mediated silica weathering and coupled CO₂ sequestration

Department: Department of Earth Sciences, UU (in collab. with: IEG, UU)
Place: Geo/EBC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2022 / As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI / supervisor!

PhD student in multifunctional landscape governance, UU

This PhD position is part of the LANDPATHS programme: "The multifunctional LANDscapes of the future – barriers and drivers for transformation PATHwayS" (In Swedish: LANDSVÄGAR "Framtidens multifunktionella landskap – hinder och drivkrafter längs omställningens vägar"), funded by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket). The goal of the programme is to develop transformative governance strategies that foster sustainable practices in biodiverse, multifunctional landscapes.

PhD student in multifunctional landscape governance

Department: Department of Earth Sciences, UU
Place: Geocentrum, Uppsala
Start: December 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline August 31, 2022

Studenthälsan informerar om höstens aktiviteter

Här är allmän info om Studenthälsans olika kommande aktiviteter och stödfunktioner under HT 2022 (info also in English via a link in the below pdf, which leads on to their web page).

Studenthälsan HT 2022

Organisation: Studenthälsan, UU
Plats: Uppsala / online (se individuella arrangemang)

Degree projects at SLU Aqua, Institute of Coastal Research

The Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, offers thesis work in Biology or Environmental Science, 15-60 credit points. The round goby is an invasive species with high reproduction speed and it is highly tolerant for environmental stressors. There is a risk that it will compete with other bottom dwelling species and also consume eggs & fry of native species, but it can also be a resource for predatory fish and humans. One concern is that it may invade freshwater systems and knowledge about its migrating capability and potential barriers to stop it from entering rivers is needed. In order to utilize the species and develop efficient fishing gear, knowledge is needed about the behavior of the fish around different fishing gears. The suggested projects (see pdf!) are experimental studies contributing with knowledge in both these important areas.

Degree projects: "Round goby – turning risk to resource"

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU ("SLU Aqua")
Place: Fisheries Research Station, Institute of Coastal Research, Älvkarleby
Start: Fall 2022
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD position at Goethe University / Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The working group Integrative Parasitology and Zoophysiology (IPZ) of the Institute of Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, in cooperation with the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and LOEWE-TBG invites applications for a PhD position on eDNA-based mosquito monitoring. The monitoring of mosquitoes is of great importance for public health due to a large number of potentially transmissible pathogens. Rapid and robust detection of various mosquito species and their associated pathogens allows for quick and appropriate measures to protect human and animal health.

PhD: eDNA-based mosquito monitoring

Department: Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe-University / the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Places: Gelnhausen and Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: Not specified / By agreement (?)
Application: Deadline September 11, 2022

Generic project / extra work: 3D LiDAR scanning of a part of the Linnaeus Garden

Interested in performing 3D LiDAR scans as part of an international climate change-related arts project initiated by the Paul Cullen Archive, Auckland, New Zealand? Please find all the details for this from the appended pdf, and do not hesitate to contact the supervisor if you have further questions or want to apply for doing the work!

LiDAR scanning as part of digital art project

Organisations: World Weather Network / Paul Cullen Archive / University of Auckland
Place: Practical work at Linnaeus Garden, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p./ As agreed upon
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Cryo-EM analysis of pore form of Mitilysin, ICM, BMC Uppsala

Would you be interested in doing a master level degree project at ICM, UU, on a pore forming toxin in Streptococcus mitis? Then please read the appended detailed description and get in touch with the PI/supervisor for the project!

Cryo-EM analysis of pore form of Mitilysin

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

Three PhD positions at SLU - different subjects, departments, places

Here are three PhD positions, presently open for application at SLU, but on different subjects and in different places in Sweden. Check them out if they seem interesting. Note that the deadlines for application also differ!

PhD position in crop production adaptations to climate change

PhD student in forest ecology

PhD student, biology: Future Yields- impacts of browsing on stand structure, forest growth and revenue in forestry

Departments: See the respective ad, SLU
Places: See the respective ad! (Alnarp, Umeå, Uppsala)
Start: See the respective ad!
Application: See the respective ad for exact deadline! (all have deadlines between August 08 and August 22) 

PhD position in Protein Biochemistry and Structural Biology in Neurodegenerative Diseases, KI Huddinge

The Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at KI is looking for a PhD student to join the project “Mechanisms of Amyloid Formation and Inhibition in Parkinson’s disease”.  The PhD project concerns the study of amyloid formation in neurodegenerative disorders and the implication of molecular chaperones, in particular the BRICHOS domain. The PhD project is multidisciplinary and combines protein biochemistry and integrated structural biology in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. For the PhD student this project offers excellent opportunities to perform cutting-edge research in a friendly and inspiring work environment, learn state-of-the-art biochemical and biophysical techniques with the possibility to contribute to the search of new protein-based therapeutics.

PhD: Mechanisms of Amyloid Formation and Inhibition in Parkinson’s disease

Department: BioNut, KI
Place: Campus South, KI, Huddinge
Start: Autumn, 2022
Application: Deadline August 19, 2022

Master Degree Project, BMC, UU

ICM is seeking master degree project students interested in structural and functional aspects of viruses. The focus of these projects are on metazoan totivirus-like viruses, which cause tremendous economic loss in fishery industries worldwide. Studies on elucidating molecular and structural machineries of the totivirus-like viruses are offered, using multidisciplinary approaches of molecular and cellular biology, biophysics, structural biology and virology. More information about the project in the appended pdf!

Master Degree Project in molecular biophysics

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Autumn (~ September 1), 2022 or as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD student position in molecular tumorbiology and tumor pathology, IGP, UU

Would you be interested in doing a PhD, meant to study Non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc)? Here is an open position at IGP meant to do that. See the pdf for more details!

PhD at IGP on nsclc

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline July 18, 2022

MSc in geospatial analyses of plant-herbivore interactions in Iceland

University of Victoria, Canada and Agricultural University of Iceland are jointly seeking applications for a Master's student to conduct geospatial analyses (in the summer of 2023) to document the cumulative impact of wild and domesticated herbivores in the highlands of Iceland and contribute to the development of tools for sustainable land management. The ideal candidate will have experience in geospatial analyses and a willingness to conduct fieldwork in remote sites in Iceland.

MSc in geospatial analyses of plant-herbivore interactions in Iceland

Departments: Geography, University of Victoria and Náttúra og skógur, Agricultural University of Iceland
Places: Victoria, Canada and Hvanneyri, Iceland; Field work in the highlands of Iceland
Start: Spring/Summer 2023
Application: Contact the PI via email! Deadline August 1, 2022

PhD position in diabetes epidemiology, UU

The Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, is now recruiting a PhD student for a project with the title: “Combining epidemiology with artificial intelligence to examine socioeconomic position and longitudinal risk factors trajectories in relation to complications of type 2 diabetes.” The project is based on data from Swedish national health registers, and will combine traditional epidemiological methods (survival analysis) with group-based trajectory modelling, causal mediation analysis, and machine learning based risk prediction modelling. For more information about the project and for access to the application system please see the pdf!

PhD: Combining epidemiology with artificial intelligence to examine socioeconomic position and longitudinal risk factors trajectories in relation to complications of type 2 diabetes

Department: Surgical Sciences, UU
Place: Epihubben, MTC-huset, Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline July 21, 2022

Two PhD positions at IOB, UU

IOB is looking for two motivated and skilled PhD students to join a new research group at EBC, Uppsala University. The positions will be part of the Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) program with unique course and training opportunities. The two positions are advertised in two different calls, but depending on the applicant pool, both positions may be placed in the metabarcoding project (project 1). Potential candidates who have an interest in biodiversity research and have experience with metabarcoding, bioinformatics, biodiversity modelling, and/or with applying AI methods to biological data are encouraged to apply.

Project 1: Biodiversity research using metabarcoding

Project 2: Biodiversity modelling applying artificial intelligence

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: January 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline August 31, 2022

PhD in Biology, Lund University

Here is a vacancy notice for a position as doctoral student in Biology at Lund University. The PhD position is part of the CHRONIC project - “CHronic exposure scenarios driving enviRONmental rIsks of Chemicals”, which is an Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant No. 956009. The work will focus on assessing behavioral effects at individual and population level under chronic, low-dose exposure to pollutants. Aquatic invertebrate model systems (e.g. Asellus aquaticus) will be used in the project.

PhD within the CHRONIC project - “CHronic exposure scenarios driving enviRONmental rIsks of Chemicals”

Department: Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: Preliminary October 1, 2022
Application: Deadline August 1, 2022

Doctoral student in Natural Science, specialising in Biology, University of Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg announces a PhD position on the quantitative genetic paradox of stasis and its relevance to sustainable pest control.

PhD position on quantitative genetics, metapopulation modelling, and sustainable pest control

Department: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (BioEnv), University of Gothenburg
Place: Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline July 4, 2022

PhD student in evolutionary biology, IEG, UU

The Evolutionary Biology program at the Department of Ecology and Genetics is seeking a Ph.D. student interested in combining the power of experimental evolution using Caenorhabditis elegans with genetic and high-throughput genomic approaches to investigate fundamental questions in evolution.

PhD student in evolutionary biology

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: October 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline July 21, 2022

PhD on ecological restoration of wind energy facilities, Trondheim, Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is seeking candidates for a position that will assess life-cycle options for ecological restoration from construction to decommissioning. This will form the basis for evaluating the relationship between biodiversity loss and carbon equivalents from wind-power plants but also include the requirements for ecological restoration of these impacts during operation and after decommissioning. This enables developing best practice restoration methods that most efficiently can minimise the negative impacts of onshore wind turbines on area loss, habitat for biodiversity and carbon sequestration. Speaking Norwegian is considered a bonus.

PhD on ecological restoration of wind energy facilities from construction to decommission

Department: Department of Biology, NTNU
Place: Trondheim, Norway
Start: October 1, 2022
Application: Deadline July 1, 2022

Research Internship, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin

Here is a chance to do a research internship / research training at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), located in Dublin. The team offering the position is working on a commercially-oriented project meant to develop a systems biology platform that will help identify new drug targets in cancer and select patients for oncology clinical trials more effectively. They are looking for a bioinformatics intern, preferably through the Erasmus+ program. They offer an opportunity for you to participate in exciting research with real world applications.

Bioinformatics internship, Dublin

Department: Physiology and Medical Physics, RCSI
Place: Dublin, Ireland (or possibly by remote supervision)
Start: Summer 2022
Application: Contact the PI pronto (mid June)!

22 Doctoral Researchers / PhD positions on Plant Ecological Genetics in Germany

A German research consortium on Plant Ecological Genetics has 22 PhD positions now open for applications at several different collaborating partner institutions. The projects stand at the intersection between multiple fields, including molecular genetics, ecology, population genetics and genomics. Most positions are for a 4-year PhD.

22 PhDs on Plant Ecological Genetics

Departments: University of Cologne and several additional collaborating consortium partner universities
Places: Several different, depending on the specific project
Start: As soon as possible / by agreement
Application: Deadline July 10, 2022

Master thesis on wildlife habitat use and potential interactions with domestic animals, SLU

Are you interested in doing a degree project on the possible use of shared pastures of wildlife/domestic animals and the effect that this may have on various aspects of domestic animal performance and wellbeing? For instance with regard to the potential risk of parasite transmission. Here is a degree project proposal that may be of interest to you!

Wildlife habitat use as a potential for interaction with domestic animals

Department: Ecology / Biomedicine and Veterinary Public Health, SLU
Place: SLU Uppsala / Grimsö research station
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact either or both of the PIs!

Bioinformatics student for summer work, ICM, UU

2022-06-13: This ad is now closed for further applications!
Are you interested in working this summer? Molecular Evolution, ICM, UU is looking for a bioinformatics student who would like to make a deep dive into one of the notorious phylogenetic controversies: evolution of animals. Please check details of the project and available supervision, and contact the PI if you are interested!

Notoriously difficult early animals phylogeny - Dissecting important steps in the analysis

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

Degree project on "Reaction of alder and birch to Frankia", IEG, UU

Alnus trees can enter a root nodule symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing Frankia, while trees of their sister genus Betula cannot. Would you be interested in studying, as your master thesis, which gene alterations between alder and birch can help explain this phenomenon? Here is your chance!

Reaction of alder and birch to Frankia: What was lost in the non-symbiotic genus Betula?

Departments: IEG, UU and collaborating partners
Place: Practical lab work will be performed in Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD in Molecular Systems Biology, ICM, UU

In this PhD project the student will investigate the activity and function of disease-related nucleosome-associated protein complexes. A strong focus will be on developing and applying novel single-molecule FRET-based imaging approaches to record the real-time dynamics with which the protein complexes manipulate nucleosomes. The student will additionally employ a range of biochemical approaches to characterize the nucleosome-interacting protein complexes.

PhD student in Molecular Systems Biology

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline June 27, 2022

PhD (and post-doc) at University of Lausanne, Switzerland

We got an e-mail with info about  a PhD in Bioinformatics open for application at University of Lausanne. Please see the appended pdf for further information about the position and about how to apply if you are interested!

PhD: Selection on gene expression at different time scales and vertebrate EvoDevo

Department: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne
Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
Start: October 1, 2022 or to be determined
Application: Deadline July 22, 2022

PhD student in immunotherapy against melanoma, UU

This PhD position is aimed at dissecting the negative immune regulatory network in immune cells and cancer cells to uncover novel mechanisms that could broaden the clinical benefits of cancer immunotherapy. The hope is to achieve this by combining pre-clinical research expertise in cancer immunology with the pioneering technology platforms at SciLifeLab. A strong technical focus will be on developing experimental tools using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. In particular, for this project there is a special interest in immune resistance mechanisms in melanoma cancer cells.

PhD student in immunotherapy against melanoma

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline June 14, 2022

PhD student in Statistics, UU

This PhD student position is within the interdisciplinary project "Large-Scale Statistical Machine Learning for Type 1 Diabetes Management". The aim is to develop machine learning methods which combines high-dimensional statistical inference with algorithmic thinking for efficient decision-making tools in Type 1 Diabetes therapy.

PhD in Statistics

Department: Statistics, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline June 21, 2022

Letar du praktikplats och har ett intresse för miljöfrågor?

Nu söker Race For The Baltic en praktikant med stort intresse för miljöfrågor, internationellt samarbete och kommunikation. Som praktikant kommer du under hösten 2022 få en bred insyn i arbetet för ett renare Östersjön. // All relevant info also in English, on their web page via the link in the pdf! Fluency in Swedish is required for the internship.

Praktikplats Race for the Baltic

Organisation: Race for the Baltic
Plats: Stockholm
Start: Hösten 2022
Ansökan: A.s.a.p.! (löpande utvärdering av sökande, men absolut sista ansökningsdag 10 juni 2022)

Doktorand / PhD student, SLU Uppsala

SLU söker en person som vill delta i ett multidisciplinärt projekt som tillsammans har kompetens inom ekologi, agronomi, livscykelanalys och dataanalys. Kanske är du civilingenjör eller liknande och vill tillämpa dina kunskaper inom modellering, statistik och databehandling inom fältet biologisk mångfald – det vill säga bevarandet av mångfalden av djur, växter och andra organismer? Eller så är du ekolog/biolog som vill se till att den data som finns över artförekomst i olika landskap och jordbrukssystem kan göras användbar för beslutsfattare inom livsmedelsindustrin för att fatta kloka beslut kring biologisk mångfald? / SLU is looking for a person who wants to participate in a multidisciplinary project with expertise in ecology, agronomy, life cycle assessment and data analysis. Maybe you have an engineering/data science degree and want to apply your knowledge in modeling, statistics and data processing in the field of biodiversity - that is, the conservation of the diversity of animals, plants and other organisms? Or maybe you are an ecologist / biologist who wants to ensure that the data available on species abundance and richness in different landscapes and agricultural systems can be made useful for decision makers in the food industry?

Utveckling av metoder för att räkna på biologisk mångfald i LCA / Assessment of biodiversity in LCA

Department: Department of Energy and Technology, SLU
Place: Soil, Water and Environment Center (MVM), Ultuna Campus, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. or according to agreement
Application: Deadline June 10, 2022

Driftsassistent över sommaren till projektet ReCod på Ar

Torsken i Östersjön är hotad. ReCod projektet ska ta reda på om det går att hjälpa torsken förbi det sårbara äggstadiet och därmed öka antalet småtorskar i havet. Projektet föder upp och sätter ut torsklarver utmed ostkusten för att se om och hur larverna överlever, om de klarar att etablera sig på nya platser och till vilken kostnad det låter sig göras. ReCod söker nu en driftassistent under sommaren till projektet på forskningsstationen Ar på Gotland.

Driftsassistent över sommaren till projektet ReCod

Forskningsstiftelse: BalticWaters2030
Plats: Ar, Gotland
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: A.s.a.p.! (löpande utvärdering av sökande tills lämplig person tillsatts, dock allra senaste ansökningsdag 2022-05-31

Three PhD positions in Biology, to work on rapid breeding of forest trees, Umeå, Uppsala, Ekebo

The Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the forest research institute Skogforsk seeks three doctoral students for the project "Rapid Cycling Breeding". The project builds on a ground-breaking scientific discovery on how spruce regulates cone-setting and aims to develop a breeding program with a shortened generation time. More about the respective positions in the pdf´s!

PhD 1: Molecular mechanisms that regulate flowering time in trees, primary focusing on the model system hybrid aspen

PhD 2: Genetic mechanisms that regulate cone-setting in conifers

PhD 3: Genomic selection methods and develop strategies for the optimal implementation of genomic selection for conifers

Departments: Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology or Plant Biology at SLU or Skogforsk
Places: Umeå, Uppsala or Ekebo
Start: According to agreements
Application: Deadline May 31, 2022

Three PhD positions in Chemistry, UU

Here are three PhD positions that may be of interest to some of you. Please read further in the pdf files if they sound interesting to you!

1: PhD student in Chemistry – Specializing in Molecular Biomimetics

2: Two PhD students in Main Group Chemistry and Organic Photochemistry

Department: Chemistry, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: 1: July 1, 2022 or as agreed; 2: As agreed
Application: Deadlines: 1: June 8, 2022; 2: June 10, 2022 

PhD position in Biology, Lund University

Here is an opening for an ambitious PhD-student within the "HybridExpress" ERC-project. The goal of the PhD project is to address the role of gene expression in hybridization derived novelty, using Mediterranean island populations of the hybrid Italian sparrow (Passer italiae) as a study system. This is a 4 year fully funded position for an evolutionary biology MSc with strong skills in bioinformatics.

Doctoral student in biology

Department: Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: September 1, 2022 (preliminary date)
Application: Deadline June 1, 2022

PhD (and post doc) position in theoretical ecology, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

In this PhD (and post doc) you will develop novel theoretical and computational models to explore the eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbial ecological networks and how they respond to changing environments. Theoretical results will be integrated with experiments. You should have experience in research that combines biology with quantitative fields such as theoretical ecology, applied mathematics or physics.

Open PhD (and Postdoc) positions in theoretical ecology

Department: Ecological Complexity Lab., Ben-Gurion University
Place: Beer-Shiva, the Negev, Israel
Start: By agreement (?)
Application: A.s.a.p. (no specified deadline)

Two positions available with Rewilding Sweden

Rewilding Sweden has two permanent positions available, one for a Team Leader and one for a Rewilding Officer, to be based in Umeå or elsewhere in Västerbotten or Norrbotten. These two positions will lead a new organization for rewilding nature in Lappland / northern Sweden, overseeing ambitious plans for rewilding streams, rivers, wetlands, peatlands and forests. More information in the pdf´s.

Team Leader - Rewilding Sweden

Rewilding Officer - Rewilding Sweden

Organisation: Rewilding Sweden
Place: Umeå (or possibly elsewhere Västerbotten or Norrbotten)
Start: By agreement (?)
Application: Deadline May 30, 2022

Master thesis on the decomposition of organic matter, IEG, UU

Organic matter (OM) in soils, peat, and sediment are important global carbon sinks. Processes that control its persistence and degradation are critical for the concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane. Hence, it is important to understand how certain mechanisms change along environmental gradients, examining the role of environmental and molecular constraints on OM degradation. In this master’s thesis, you will use elemental analysis in combination with bomb calorimetry to assess the potential for decomposition of organic matter across a broad spectrum of ecosystems. The main aim is to develop and refine methods to measure the oxidation state and bulk energy of soil organic matter.

Master degree project: Using complementary approaches to assess the vulnerability of organic matter to decomposition

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

PhD student position on fabrication of organs-on-chip systems, UU

Organ-on-chip is a growing field of research with the ambition to eventually replace traditional animal experiments. Organ-on-chip systems are microfluidic systems that reproduce the microarchitecture of human organs so that cells can be cultured in them and enable functional studies in vitro. This PhD project is focused on developing microfluidic methods with integrated acoustics for organs-on-chip.

PhD student position in biomedical engineering focused on fabrication of organs-on-chip systems - with one year placement abroad in USA

Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UU
Place: Ångström Lab., Uppsala
Start: Autumn 2022 or by agreement
Application: Deadline June 3, 2022

PhD/Research student in protein biochemistry, SLU Uppsala

SLU is looking for a research student for an interesting project in protein engineering, concerning the production of artificial spider silk. The work consists of designing protein, cloning, expressing protein in E.coli, then purifying and characterizing these. In their spinning machine, you will then spin threads that are examined for structure and tensile strength. The applicant should have a great interest in protein biochemistry.

Research student in protein biochemistry (artificial spider silk)

Department: Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: According to agreement
Application: Deadline May 15, 2022

Two PhD positions, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Two PhD position are open in John Pannell’s lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, to study (1) the evolution of plant populations at and beyond species range margins or (2) the evolution of plant sexual systems.

1. Experimental evolution at species range margins

2. Evolution of plant sexual systems

Department: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne
Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
Start: September 2022 (but flexible)
Application: Applications received by May 15, 2022 will receive full consideration

Forskningsingenjör vid Grimsö forskningsstation, SLU

Institutionen för ekologi, SLU, söker forskningsingenjör till DNA-laboratoriet på Grimsö forskningsstation. På DNA-laboratoriet bedrivs forskningsprojekt och DNA-analyser för att bistå förvaltande myndigheter och organisationer. Anställningen är tidsbegränsad till 6 månader, med ev. möjlighet till förlängning.

Forskningsingenjör vid Grimsö forskningsstation

Institution: Ekologi, SLU
Plats: Grimsö forskningsstation
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 15 maj, 2022

PhD position on deep learning models for genetic epidemiology, IT, UU 

The deep learning models that exist for genomics do not readily support training with the large number of genetic variants investigated in most studies, nor the number of individuals that characterize large-scale study cohorts such as the UK Biobank. A deep learning approach holds the promise to truly understand the variability and patterns of human genomes, including the ability to directly find connections between genetic variation and disease risk, at scale. The hope is that this could be the start of a new data-driven era for research in genetic epidemiology.

PhD student in Scientific Computing focusing on Deep Learning for Genetic Epidemiology

Department: Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University
Place: Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline May 16, 2022

Two PhD positions in different areas of Microbiology, open for application at ICM, UU

Here are two PhD positions at ICM (at BMC Uppsala) that may be worth looking at and possibly to apply for, if you consider doing a PhD and you are interested in eukaryotic or prokaryotic microbiology.

PhD student in Microbiology - Evolution of non-coding RNAs and their role in the transition from uni- to multicellularity

PhD student in Microbiology – Functions of small proteins in bacterial physiology and virulence

Department: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (ICM), UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed (for both positions)
Application: Deadline May 25, 2022 (for both positions)

PhD student in Conservation Genomics and Immunogenetics, IEG, UU

This PhD position will investigate how climate warming will impact immunocompetence in the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), a vulnerable, temperate species in Sweden. It will integrate experimental biology with genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics, applying population genetics and genome-wide association approaches.

PhD Conservation Genomics and Immunogenetics

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: August 1, 2022 or as otherwise agreed
Application: Deadline May 20, 2022

Fler sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

En kontakt på Thermo Fisher i Uppsala har hört av sig om att det ev. finns fler/andra erbjudanden om sommarjobb hos dem och inom kort kanske dessutom kan komma ännu flera. Se bilagd fil för att se (för närvarande åtta; flera är ev. identiska med de tidigare omtalade sju - se nedan) sommarjobben och för instruktioner om hur du själv kan söka fram ev ytterligare om fler läggs ut inom kort.

Sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific

Arbetsgivare: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Se resp enskild annons då de ev. kan ha olika deadlines! OBS dock att vissa nu också kan ha mycket kort deadline för ansökan!

Sommarjobb på Naturvårdsverket 2022

Naturvårdsverket har nu, lite senare än vanligt, lagt ut ett par annonser om sommarjobb, på sin sida med lediga jobb. Se resp. annons (via länk i pdf nedan) för ytterligare info om vad de handlar om! Möjligen/förhoppningsvis kommer de att lägga ut fler platser den närmaste tiden (antalet har åtminstone varit betydligt större tidigare år), så gå till jobbsidan, via länk i pdf-filen, så att du när du vill kan söka fram en uppdaterad aktuell lista. OBS den relativt korta deadlinen för att söka, åtminstone de som ligger ute just nu!

Sommarjobb på Naturvårdsverket

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket
Plats: Se resp. erbjudande
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Sista dag för ansökan 5 maj (för de som ligger ute 220427)

Doctoral student in Biology with emphasis on plant ecophysiology, University of Gothenburg

This PhD project aims to explore how climate stress (drought, flooding and/or heat) affects the suitability of tree species for planting in cities under the current and the future climate. The key research goals include: (i) Determining which traits make tree species tolerant to hot, dry and flooded conditions, and ii) Assessing the links between tree traits, and growth and vitality in different urban settings, such as parks and street canyons.

Doctoral student in Natural Science, specializing in Biology with emphasis on plant ecophysiology

Department: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (BioEnv), University of Gothenburg
Place: Gothenburg
Start: June 13, 2022 or by agreement
Application: Deadline May 2, 2022 (Note the short deadline!)

Doctoral position in Regenerative Neurobiology, IGP, UU

A doctoral position is available within the research group of Regenerative Neurobiology at Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. The aim of their research is to make discoveries that can improve conditions for functional recovery after disease or damage in the central nervous system, and to exploit the potential of stem cells to stimulate tissue repair.

PhD, Regenerative Neurobiology

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Deadline April, 29, 2022

Många sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Nu har Thermo Fisher i Uppsala börjat lägga ut sina erbjudanden om sommarjobb i lite större antal. Se bilagd fil för att se (de för närvarande sju) sommarjobben och för instruktioner om hur du själv kan söka fram ev ytterligare om fler läggs ut inom kort.

Sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific

Arbetsgivare: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Se resp enskild annons då de ev kan ha olika deadlines!

PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Environmental Science programme. The position is available from 01 August or later. The PhD student will be part of a large international and vibrant collaboration between Aarhus University, Denmark’s Technical University, University of Copenhagen, North Carolina State University and several others.

PhD, Predator ecology in soil

Department: Environmental Microbiology, Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Start: August 1, 2022 or later
Application: Deadline May 15, 2022

Many PhD positions in Sweden to apply for

If you are interested in continuing your education by doing a PhD, presently there are numerous possibilities for applying to do so (and possibly even more later this spring). In the appended pdf are links to present offers in Stockholm, Linköping and Uppsala that you may find interesting to explore. Other universities in Sweden of course also have their own job sites with additional positions. We also have permanent links to these resources on the below linked page.

PhDs at SU, KI, KTH, LiU, UU, SLU

"MER OM PROJEKT / WANT TO KNOW MORE?"

Departments: Many different, at the above Universities
Places: In and around Stockholm, Linköping and Uppsala
Start: Varies with position
Applications deadlines: Varies with position

PhD position in Population Genomics, IEG, UU

‘TREES FOR ME’ is a centre of excellence on fast growing broadleaves, i.e. poplar, aspen, hybrid aspen and birch, for sustainable forests, materials and energy. Fifty partner organizations representing academic and research institutes, and the enterprise and public sectors will collaborate in TREES FOR ME, working together to find solutions to meet these future demands, and mitigate projected risks to forest health. Within this general framework, Uppsala University, in close collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, will be more specifically responsible for developing genomics tools related to the establishment of genomic selection in birch breeding. This will require a fine-scale understanding of the genetic structure and the pattern of local adaptation in birch across Scandinavia.

PhD student in Population genomics

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: July 1, 2022 or as agreed
Application: Deadline June 1, 2022

Four present PhD positions open for application at Uppsala University

Here are four PhD student positions that are presently open for application and of potential interest to some of you. Please check out their details if they look interesting!

PhD position in brain tumor research

PhD position in Computational image-analysis in Medicine

PhD student in data-driven drug discovery with a focus on streaming microscopy data

PhD position in Medical Microbiology

Departments: Varies with the position, Uppsala University
Place: Uppsala
Start: Check details for those of possible interest to you
Application: Varies some, check the details! (the one with the shortest deadline is April 28, 2022)

PhD position in ecology/physical geography, Umeå University

The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG) at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a PhD position in ecology or physical geography, with a focus on Arctic terrestrial ecosystems.

PhD position in ecology or physical geography, with a focus on Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

Department: Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University
Place: Umeå
Start: July 1, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline April 25, 2022

PhD student position at ICM, UU

Here is an interesting opening, a PhD position at ICM, within a VR-funded project concerning the molecular mechanisms controlling mitochondrial membrane remodeling during cell death. The work will include protein expression and purification, biochemical and biophysical methods to study protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions, cell culture, cell-based apoptosis assays, cryo-EM sample preparation, analysis, image analysis and 3D reconstruction. Read more in the pdf, if interested! Please note the very short deadline for applying!

PhD student in Structural and Molecular Biology

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline April 15, 2022 (NB! Short deadline!)

Summer Job - Customer Order Coordinator, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Another summer job open for application at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Summer Job - Customer Order Coordinator

Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Place: Uppsala
Start: Summer 2022
Application: Deadline April 30

Two PhDs positions available at Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC), Aarhus University, Denmark

Applications are invited for two PhD fellowships/scholarships at BiRC, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Computer Science programme. The position is available from August 2022 or later.

Single cell analysis of spermatogenesis in primates: Drivers of reduced male fertility and speciation

Haploid and sex-specific selection: modelling and detection in deep mutational scanning of sperm samples and trios

Institution: Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Start: August 2022 or later as agreed upon
Application: Deadline May 1, 2022

Doctoral student in Ecology/Fish Ecology, Linnaeus University

The timing of life-history events such as migration and reproduction (i.e. phenology) influences the environmental conditions that organisms experience during these stages, and can affect reproductive success and survival. Timing life-history stages to match whenever conditions are suitable is thus crucial for the success of individuals and populations. With environmental conditions and seasonality currently changing due to climate change, there is an urgent need of improving our understanding of whether and how environmental change, across and within years, may result in phenological mismatches with impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function. This 4-year, fully funded, PhD project investigates the consequences of changing environments on phenology, life-history traits, migration patterns, habitat utilization and species interactions of Baltic Sea coastal predators (e.g. pike, perch and cormorants).

Doctoral student in Ecology/Fish Ecology

Department: Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University
Place: Kalmar
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline April 25, 2022

Three PhD positions, SLU

Here are three potentially interesting PhD positions at SLU presently open for application. Please check all the details in each of the appended pdf´s!

PhD student position in Agricultural and Food Economics

PhD position in ecology

PhD position on biodiversity in life-cycle assessments

Department: Several different, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Varies, please consult the pdf of interest (the one with the shortest deadline is April 20)!

Tre praktikplatser på Naturvårdsverket under hösten 2022

För närvarande har Naturvårdsverket bl.a. tre praktikplatser, för intresserade studenter under hösten 2022, utlysta för ansökan.

Studentpraktik på Naturvårdsverket hösten 2022

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket
Plats: Stockholm med möjlighet till partiellt distansarbete (alt. Östersund för en av platserna)
Start: Hösten 2022
Ansökan: Se listan i pdf-filen!

Sommarjobb - "Material / Detailed planning", Thermo Fisher Scientific Uppsala

Thermo Fisher Scientific söker ännu en sommarjobbare. Denna gång inom den grupp vars huvuduppgifter är att säkerställa leveranser till marknaden och lager för inkommande direktmaterial samt att förse produktionen med kortsiktiga och långsiktiga produktionsplaner.

TFS "Summer worker – Material / Detailed planning"

Företag: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 22 april

Research Internships / student placements in Paraguay

Fundación Para La Tierra, an international award-winning research and conservation organization based in Paraguay, offers professionally supervised internships and placements to help boost your career prospects while contributing to long-term conservation in Paraguay. If you are looking for opportunities to support your academic studies, there are opportunities available during both term-time and the summer months.

Internships/placements at Para La Tierra

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

Sommarjobb - Laboratorieingengör, QC, Thermo Fisher Scientific Uppsala

Thermo Fisher Scientific söker en laboratorieingenjör till gruppen Quality Control, för ett sommarjobb. OBS kort deadline för ansökan!

TFS Laboratorieingengör, QC

Företag: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 4 april! OBS kort deadline!

PhD positions presently open for application at IGP, UU

Here are a few interesting PhD positions at IGP, presently open for application. Please note the varying, and in one case very short, deadlines!

PhD 1: PhD student in computational cancer research

PhD 2: PhD student in the Loskog/Lövgren research group

PhD 3: PhD student in Computational Medicine

Department: IGP, UU
Place Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Not specified / by agreement
Application: Deadlines PhD 1: April 29; PhD 2: April 5; PhD 3: April 13

Two PhD candidate positions, Physical Geography, Stockholm University

The Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, announces two PhD positions open for application.

Skötsel av naturbetesmarker för biologisk mångfald och klimat / Managing grasslands for biodiversity and climate

Havstrandängar – ett rörligt habitat / Coastal meadows - habitats on the move

Department: Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not specified / by agreement
Application: Deadline April 22, 2022

Master thesis project on quantitative phase imaging (QPI), SciLifeLab, UU

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is an ideal method to non-invasively study the optical phase delay (or phase retardation) of samples, such as living cells. In this master degree project, you will develop an analytical pipeline to process existing QPI images. Your tasks will involve: (i) converting existing QPI images into a readable format, (ii) aligning images, (iii) segmentation and detection of bacterial cells and (iv) the mathematical processing necessary to derive from QPI images the dry-mass of individual cells. If time permits, you will also be involved in performing exposure experiments in microfluidic devices in conjunction with automated microscopy.

Development of an analytical image pipeline for quantitative phase imaging

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

Doktorandtjänst lämplig för bioinformatiker / PhD position suitable for bioinformaticians, IGP, UU

IGP söker en mycket motiverad person med intresse för statistisk epidemiologi, bioinformatik och beräkningsmetoder. Projektet är inriktat på studier av sjukdomsrisk kopplad till förlust av kromosom Y (LOY) i immunceller. Forskning har visat att män som drabbas av denna somatiska mutation i blodets immunceller uppvisar en ökad risk att dö av flera vanliga sjukdomar, vilket hjälper till att förklara varför män lever kortare liv. Nu bygger projektet vidare på dessa resultat för att reda ut mekanismerna som kan förklara hur förlust av Y i immunceller är så starkt kopplad till sjukdomsprocesser i andra organ. Project description also in English in the pdf!

Doktorandplats, Lars Forsbergs forskargrupp, IGP (Sve & Eng)

Institution: IGP, UU
Plats: Rudbeck Lab. Uppsala
Start: Ej specificerat / Enl. överenskommelse (?)
Ansökan: Deadline 8 april, 2022

Ecogain AB söker medarbetare

Vill du arbeta med naturbaserade lösningar för klimatanpassning och biologisk mångfald? Ecogain är ett snabbväxande konsultföretag med fokus på biologisk mångfald och omställning till förnyelsebar energi. De hjälper svenska och internationella företag till hållbara affärsmodeller med ett medvetet fokus på biologisk mångfald och ökad klimatnytta, med ökad affärsnytta och stärkt varumärke som följd. De söker nu ny medarbetare.

Junior konsult inom naturbaserade lösningar och ekologisk efterbehandling till Ecogain

Företag: Ecogain AB
Plats: Flexibelt - Flera olika orter möjliga/Placering beror på var du finns
Start: Ej specificerat / Enligt överenskommelse (?)
Ansökan: Senast 9 april, 2022

Master degree project / Research training / Internship on "Structure-functional study of a chloroplast peptidase", ICM, UU

ICM is looking for an ambitious student with an interest in protein purification and structural biology to study a recently discovered chloroplast peptidase. The project will involve expressing, purifying, crystallizing and solving the structure of chloroplast glutamyl endopeptidase (CGEP) and CGEP truncation mutants; does the experimentally obtained crystal structure agree with homology models, and what are the implications for our understanding of CGEP structure-function?

Structure-functional study of a chloroplast peptidase

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Six master thesis projects in the Behrendt lab, EBC/SciLifeLab, Uppsala

Here are six interesting degree project offers, at EBC/SciLifeLab, that you may be interested in considering. Please feel free to get all the details about the specific projects and contact info from the attached pdfs! Students from all walks of life and backgrounds are welcome to apply, but please also check the most suitable backgrounds for each project!

The biophotonic behavior of coral symbionts

Does light mediate bacteria-phytoplankton interactions?

Determining chemical stress effects in single phytoplankton cells

Isolating yeasts from historical artifacts

The effects of hypoxia on single phytoplankton cells

The phenotyping of single microalgae for industry applications

Department: Department of Environmental Toxicology, IOB/SciLifeLab, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022 or later
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

PhD positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Living Matter

The International Max Planck Research School for Living Matter (IMPRS-LM) is looking for talented and motivated PhD candidates of all nationalities with a background in Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Applied and Theoretical Physics, Chemical Biology, Structural Biology, Systems Biology and related fields.

PhDs IMPRS-LM

Departments: Several different, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology & collaborating partners
Place: Dortmund, Germany
Start: Summer 2022
Application: Deadline April 18, 2022

Master degree project at AstraZeneca, Mölndal during the fall 2022

In this thesis project you will be at the forefront of innovative medicines working with experts across global multi-disciplinary teams in the fields of cardiac biology and toxicology, to create, evaluate and utilise novel complex cardiovascular in vitro models. Specifically, you will interrogate the utility of novel cell culture approaches by generating advanced cardiovascular models (healthy or diseased) representative of the key cell types in the heart using both stem cell derived cells and primary cells.

Investigating physiological 3D approaches for advancing in vitro cardiovascular models

Company: AstraZeneca
Place: Mölndal (Gothenburg area)
Start: August/September 2022
Application: Contact the PIs/supervisors!

Two PhD positions in Marine Sciences, Tjärnö laboratory, University of Gothenburg

Tjärnö Marine Lab is currently seeking two PhD students to work on the reproduction of cold water corals. Note the short deadlines (although they may possibly be extended).

PhD 1: In Marine Sciences specializing in cold-water coral and sponge ecology, with a focus on Alaskan deep ecosystems

PhD 2: In Marine Sciences specializing in cold-water coral reproductive ecology

Department: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Place: Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Strömstad
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadlines March 18 (PhD 1) and March 20 (PhD 2)

Generell info Studenthälsan / General info Student Health Service

Studenthälsan vid UU är till för dig under din studietid! Till Studenthälsan är du som student välkommen på samtal och olika gruppaktiviteter som syftar till att främja ditt välmående och dina studier. / Student Health Service at UU is for you during your studies! They offer you as a student individual counselling and various activities aimed at your well-being as a student.

Studenthälsan / Student Health Service

Ansvarig/organisatör: Studenthälsan, UU

Biologisk Myggkontroll söker Fältassistenter sommaren 2022

Biologisk Myggkontroll arbetar med bekämpning av översvämningsmyggor i Nedre Dalälven samt vid Klarälven. De erbjuder nu två sommarjobbsplatser som fältassistent med mycket utevistelser i naturen och i svårslagna våtmarksmiljöer. Läs vidare om du är intresserad!

Fältassistenter sommaren 2022

Företag: Biologisk myggkontroll, Nedre Dalälven Utvecklings AB
Plats: Uppsala / Gysinge (vid fältarbete även Österfärnebo och Forshaga)
Start: Fältsäsongen 2022
Ansökan: A.s.a.p./Löpande rekrytering, men med sista ansökningsdag 20 mars, 2022

Two master thesis students to help find biomarkers for small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors

Despite major efforts to improve prognostic variables for small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs), there is still a lack of reliable biomarkers for clinical use. In order to identify new molecular prognostic factors, gene expression variation studies in SI-NETs has identified differentially expressed genes related to specific copy number alterations. This project, open for two interested master students the coming fall semester, is meant to further validate and functionally characterize the candidate genes found by expression analysis in order to develop potential biomarkers of poor prognosis, and to identify driver genes in SI-NET tumorigenesis.

Experimental validation of RNA sequencing data in small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors

Department: Surgical Sciences, UU
Place: Endocrine Surgery, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2022
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

7 PhD positions at The centre of excellence in tree biology, Helsinki

Please note the very short deadline if you are interested in applying for these positions! 
Several groups at the University of Helsinki have a number of PhD and Post doc positions open for application within plant molecular biology, developmental biology, physiology, population genetics and bioinformatics; employing arabidopsis, poplar and birch as model systems. Read further in the pdf, specifically about the seven PhD positions.

7 Doctoral researchers, The centre of excellence in tree biology

Department: The Centre of Excellence in Tree Biology, University of Helsinki and Natural Resources Institute Finland
Place: Viikki Biocentre, Helsinki, Finland
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline March 11, 2022 (NB! Very short deadline!!)

Master level internship or thesis work in the Rogala Lab at Stanford

Here is a fantastic opportunity to potentially join the newly established Rogala Lab at Stanford University, for a research training / internship or thesis work during 2022 (or possibly later). The team has broad interests in nutrient sensing and nutrient trafficking in cells — from the structural biology / chemical biology perspective, and towards novel therapeutics against cancer and tuberous sclerosis. They have a number of available projects, which can be tailored to the specific interests of the student and they "would be absolutely thrilled if a student from Uppsala was to join in their new adventure"!

From protein mechanisms to targeted therapeutics

Departments: Department of Structural Biology and Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, School of Medicine, Stanford University
Place: Stanford, California, USA
Start: Ideally June 2022, but a later starting date can be discussed
Application: Contact the PI via e-mail!

PhD student in Ecology and Evolution, Stockholm University

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, invites applications for a four-year PhD position part of the project “Interactions and dependencies on the free-living microbial world”. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with SciLife Lab with the main goal to better understand and characterize microbial associations in aquatic environments.

PhD in Ecology and Evolution

Department: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline March 14, 2022

Många sommarjobb på Cytiva!

De årligen återkommande, attraktiva och uppskattade, erbjudandena om sommarjobb på Cytiva har nu börjat läggas ut. Se pdf:en för att få en "ögonblicksbild" tagen 2022-03-03. Använd sedan länken i pdf:en till Cytivas(/Danahers) webbsida för aktuella jobb och följ instruktionerna för att söka fram en uppdaterad lista över alla erbjudanden vid det tillfälle du själv gör sökningen! Troligt är att ytterligare sommarjobbsplatser kan komma att läggas ut den närmaste tiden.

Sommarjobb 2022, Cytiva

Företag: Cytiva (tidigare GE Healthcare)
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 31 mars, 2022 (åtminstone för de flesta tjänster)

PhD position in Ecology, Umeå University

The aim of this PhD project is to study and quantify how reindeer grazing and changes in snow cover influence plant growth and decomposition patterns above and below ground. The holder of this position will investigate plant community composition, seasonal plant (root) growth, decomposition of plant material, root influences on carbon cycling, and how these change with altered winter conditions and reindeer grazing regimes in boreal forests and fens. More information on the position and Umeå University can be found in the pdf.

PhD position in ecology with focus on belowground plant responses to grazing and snow cover changes in boreal ecosystems

Department: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University
Place: Umeå
Start: June 1, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline March 31, 2022

Sommarjobb på Trafikverket 2022

Trafikverket erbjuder som vanligt många intressanta sommarjobb för studenter 2022, bl.a. för tekniker, naturvetare, biologer, ... Klicka på länkar i annons-pdf:en för att komma till Trafikverkets egen webbsida med sommarjobb resp. de aktuella erbjudandelistorna inom resp. ämneskategori! Obs att Trafikverket har två sökomgångar under våren och att detta är den andra och sista!

Sommarjobb 2022, Trafikverket

Arbetsgivare: Trafikverket
Plats: Jobb erbjuds på många olika platser i landet
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Senast 11 mars (denna sista sökomgång)

Degree project in Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI, is looking for a highly motivated master student to join a project for a master thesis that aims at dissecting the effects of inflammatory factors such as reactive oxygen species on the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSC). Background and more details can be found in the pdf!

Effects of oxidative stress on adult neural stem cells

Department: Clinical Neuroscience, KI
Place: Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), KI Solna campus
Start: August 2022 (or later)
Application: Contact the supervisor via e-mail!

20 PhD positions in several research domains, Strasbourg, France

Here are potentially interesting PhD position offers within numerous areas of The Integrative Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMCBio) graduate school at the University of Strasbourg. Please read further for details!

First PhD Call IMCBio 2022 is open!

Departments: Several different, University of Strasbourg
Place: Strasbourg, France
Start: October 2022
Application: Deadline (this/first call): March 21, 2022 (register by March 17, 2022)

PhD at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

In this PhD project the candidate will take part in an international research network, "BugNet", conducting a globally replicated experiment to investigate the effects of aboveground fungi and invertebrate herbivores on plant communities. These project parts will be conducted at Norwegian field sites as set out by the BugNet project. In addition, the PhD candidate will have the opportunity to develop research into the roles of climate, disease, and herbivory in affecting interactions between plants and soil organisms and in plant evolutionary ecology.

PhD on effects of fungi and invertebrate herbivores on plant community ecology and evolution

Department: Biology, NTNU
Place: Trondheim, Norway; fieldwork in the mountain regions of central Norway
Start: Not specified / by agreement(?)
Application: Deadline March 15, 2022

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!

Two more interesting master thesis projects at Department of Medicine, KI

Here are two additional openings for potentially doing exciting degree projects on different aspects of cancer, utilizing CRISPR techniques for addressing different questions of relevance for cancer research and possible treatments. Read further if this sounds of interest to you! 

CRISPR screens to identify genes promoting invasiveness of cancer cells

Spatiotemporal control of T lymphocytes using optogenetic CRISPR

Department: Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Place: KI, campus Solna
Start: Autumn 2022 (or later)
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD position on modeling with interdisciplinary focus, Grimsö Research Station, SLU

Countries are consistently failing to meet agreed targets to reduce the loss of biodiversity. This failure raises the question of whether existing legal instruments, theories and methods are fit for the purpose of protecting species, populations and ecosystems as well as whether and how their effectiveness can be improved. The purpose of this project is therefore to develop a theoretical and applied understanding of the interplay between legal and ecological systems and document, analyze, model and improve our understanding of how law and conservation affect each other, with the goal of improving the ability of the law to conserve species.

PhD Grimsö, SLU

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Grimsö research station, Riddarhyttan
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline April 1, 2022

PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Ecotoxicology at Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG) is a joint venture of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), Goethe-University Frankfurt, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME aiming to intensify biodiversity genomics in basic and applied research. Here is a PhD position aimed at proving the utility of a recently developed metazoan mutation rate test for application on potentially mutagenic substances in ecotoxicology. The goal is to standardise the test for routine application in national and international regulatory frameworks. In addition, the position offers the possibility to explore the evolutionary consequences of stressor exposition over multiple generations.

PhD candidate Evolutionary Ecotoxicology

Department: Molecular Ecology group, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberg Research Institute
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: As soon as possible
Application: Deadline March 10, 2022

Feriejobb - Botanikkunnig fältassistent, Grimsö forskningsstation, SLU

Här är ett intressant erbjudande om ett avlönat feriearbete inom ett projekt kring vildsvinets ekologi och förvaltning. Arbetsuppgifterna innefattar en ca 4 veckor lång vegetationsinventering, under perioden juli-augusti, samt visst efterarbete kring datahantering mm, främst inom Grimsös forskningsområde. Fältarbetet består huvudsakligen av inventeringar av flora.

Feriejobb, Botanikkunnig fältassistent

Institution: Ekologi, SLU
Plats: Grimsö forskningsstation, Riddarhyttan
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Kontakta projektansvarig, a.s.a.p. men senast 30 april, 2022

Master thesis on the role of IL8 in cancer, Karolinska Institutet

IL8 (interleukin 8) plays a complex role in tumor progression. The aim of this degree project is to use a new IL8-humanized mouse model to increase the understanding of how IL8 contributes to tumor progression. The purpose is to elucidate how IL8 blockade could be harnessed for more efficient cancer immunotherapy.

Dissecting the role of IL8 in cancer using a new humanized mouse model

Department: Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Place: KI, campus Solna
Start: Autumn 2022 (or later)
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD on "Interdisciplinary decision support for drained wetlands", SLU Umeå

Millions of hectares of northern peatlands have been drained for forestry, with new estimates of up to 1 million km of ditches in Sweden alone. Drainage has increased forest productivity in some, but not all areas. The future fate of these drainage ditches can be to: 1) clean them to ensure continued drainage, 2) ecologically restore them to a more natural state, or 3) leave them alone. The PhD student should develop a decision support tool to balance varying – and sometimes competing – ecosystem services based on new results from a side-by-side comparison of these three different management options.

PhD, Interdisciplinary decision support for drained wetlands

Department: Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU
Place: Umeå / Trollberget Experimental Area
Start: September 1, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline April1, 2022

Projekt: Analysera täthet av mysider i videomaterial, AquaBiota Water Research

AquaBiota Water Research är ett icke vinstdrivande forskningsföretag som fokuserar på akvatiska miljöer. De deltar bl.a. i ett Formas-finansierat forskningsprojekt om mysidernas roll för kustnära ekosystem och de förändringar man ser i kustfiskbestånden. Inom ramen för det projektet har de nu en mindre uppgift, lämplig för t.ex. en forskningspraktik, alternativt en kandidatuppsats.

Projekt AquaBiota

Företag: AquaBiota Water Research
Plats: Stockholm
Start: Våren 2022 / enl. överenskommelse
Ansökan: Kontakta a.s.a.p. via mailadressen i annonsen

Wanted: Kursamanuenser till IBG-kurser / Teaching assistants for IBG courses

IBG söker kursassistenter/amanuenser till ett antal kurser / IBG is seeking teaching assistants for participation in a number of courses

Kursamanuenser / Teaching assistants, IBG

Institution: IBG, UU
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Beror på kurs (vår, sommar eller höst 2022)
Ansökan: Kontakta kursansvarig på IBG (kontaktinfo i pdf-en)

4 year PhD-position in evolutionary ecology at Lund University

The aim of this PhD project is to investigate how and why wild populations vary in their evolutionary potential. The rate of evolution is determined by the amount of genetic variation and strength of selection. Although fundamental for the understanding of evolutionary dynamics, we still know very little about natural variation in selection and genetic variation in wild populations. This position is meant to help close some of that knowledge gap. More details in the pdf!

Doctoral student in Biology, Lund University

Department: Biology, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: April 1, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline February 25, 2022

Degree project on Capercaillie nest predation, University of Gävle

Here is a thesis project proposal meant to investigate the potential effects of the wild boar and other mammals and birds as predators on Capercaille nests. Read further details about the intended study in the pdf!

Degree project: On the effects of wild boar and other predator species on the breeding success of Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in a boreal forest landscape

Department: Biology, University of Gävle
Place: Gävle (fieldwork Uppland / Gästrikland)
Start: Spring 2022 (fieldwork period end of April - early June)
Application: Contact the PI!

Ledig doktorandtjänst om produktion i renskötseln, SLU Uppsala

SLU Uppsala söker en doktorand med biologibakgrund för att studera variationen i renhjordars produktivitet över tid - i relation till väderhändelser, tillgång till betesmark, konkurrerande markanvändning och strategier i renskötseln. Om detta låter intressant för dig så läs vidare i pdf-filen!

Doktorand: Strategier för att hantera utmaningar i ett pastoralt skötselsystem

Institution: Husdjurens utfodring och vård (HUV), SLU
Plats: Ultuna campus, Uppsala; fältarbete även i norra Sverige
Start: 11 maj 2022 eller enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 1 mars 2022

Master Thesis in Plant breeding / Plant Pathology, SLU Uppsala

Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU Uppsala, is offering a master degree project position this coming summer for studies meant to better understand the genetic basis for the partial resistance against root rot (caused by the oomycete pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches) in the pea landrace PI180693. This will be an essential prerequisit for improved pea breeding and deployment of resistant cultivars in agriculture. Interested? Please read further in the below pdf!

Disease resistance in pea towards the root rot pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches

Department: Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: Summer 2022
Application: Deadline April 30, 2022

UU CareerGate

Obs att du även kan söka efter projekt för olika ändamål på UU CareerGate! / Note that you can also search for projects for different purposes at UU CareerGate!

UU CareerGate

Organiser: UU i samarbete med Graduateland 

AstraZeneca Graduate Programmes 2022

Kickstart your career and create connections that will last a lifetime with AstraZeneca’s Graduate Programme on Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) or Research and Development (R&D). Here’s your chance to be a part of projects that deliver life changing solutions. With emphasis placed on personal and professional development, AstraZeneca truly invest in you, your interests and your potential. Working in a highly fast-paced yet deeply supportive and collaborative environment, you’ll be encouraged to take responsibility so you can put your knowledge into practice, but with all the guidance and support you need.

AstraZeneca Graduate Programmes 2022

Company / Department: AstraZeneca / Depends on the respective project
Place: AstraZeneca, Gothenburg
Start: September 2022

PhD positions in Population genetics, Vienna

The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics invites applications from highly motivated and outstanding students with a love for evolutionary research and a background in one of the following disciplines: evolutionary genetics, functional genetics, theoretical or experimental population genetics, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics. Read further about the specific positions offered in this application round!

The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics

Organising Department: Institut für Populationsgenetik, University of Veterinary Medicine
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: September 2022 (possibly earlier)
Application: Deadline April 21, 2022

Master thesis projects at KU Leuven, Belgium

Here is a list of possible master degree projects at KU Leuven, Faculty of Science. At least a few of them may potentially be of interest to some of you. Have a look and take possible contacts if you want to know more.

Master thesis projects at KU Leuven

Departments: Depends on the respective project, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven
Place: Leuven, Belgium
Start: Depends on the respective project
Application: See the respective project

Nominera Årets alumn vid Uppsala universitet 2022

Nomineringar till Årets alumn kan lämnas av alla med anknytning till Uppsala universitet; studenter, anställda, alumner och vänner. Sista dag för nominering är den 31 mars 2022.

Årets alumn 2022

Organisatör: Development Office, UU
Sista dag för nominering: 31 mars 2022

Vem är din bästa lärare? / Who is your favourite teacher?

Dags att nominera kandidater till Pedagogiska priserna 2022! Se detaljinfo i pdf! / Time to nominate candidates for the 2022 Pedagogic Awards! See detailed info in the pdf!

Ped priset 2022 - Sve/Eng

Organiser: Division for quality enhancement, UU
Deadline for nominations: March 17, 2022

Bioinformatics master thesis project on single cell transcriptomics, IGP, UU

This bioinformatics master thesis project will help uncover the mechanisms of organ-specific lymphatic vessel development and functional specialization by analyzing pre-processed single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data available in the lab. This will assist in identifying new markers of specific endothelial cell subtypes and targets for further functional characterization. The student will use existing computational pipelines and algorithms (e.g. R package Seurat) to analyze data sets and generate reports as well as write codes to fit individual biological questions in collaboration with the lab team. Therefore, the student will need to be able to work with Unix, R or Python and be familiar with the Uppsala University´s UPPMAX service.

Master project on single cell transcriptomics

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / as agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Three presently open PhD student positions at IGP, UU

Here are three PhD student positions worth considering if you are keen on doing a PhD, their topics seem interesting to you and you have a suitable background. The aims of the respective projects are: PhD 1 will study the mechanisms behind activation of the complement system and thrombo-inflammation as well as the development of techniques for complement and thrombo-inflammation diagnostics, PhD 2 will perform analyses aiming to identify novel prognostic as well as predictive biomarkers for Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) patients, and PhD 3 will be geared towards the area of tumor biology, with a focus on hematological tumors and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Read further if any of these topics sound interesting to you!

PhD 1, IGP, UU

PhD 2, IGP, UU

PhD 3, IGP, UU

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Depends on the position; see the respective ad´s!
Application: Deadlines: PhD 1: February 11, PhD 2: February 16, PhD 3: February 15, respectively

Sommarjobb på Trafikverket 2022

Trafikverket erbjuder som vanligt många intressanta sommarjobb för studenter 2022, bl.a. för tekniker, naturvetare, biologer, ... Klicka på länkar i annons-pdf:en för att komma till Trafikverkets egen webbsida med sommarjobb resp. de aktuella erbjudandelistorna inom resp. ämneskategori! Obs att Trafikverket har två sökomgångar under våren och att denna första har väldigt kort deadline!

Sommarjobb 2022, Trafikverket

Arbetsgivare: Trafikverket
Plats: Jobb erbjuds på många olika platser i landet
Start: Sommar 2022
Ansökan: Senast 2 februari (denna sökomgång)

Fler annonser om säsongsarbete på olika naturum

Just nu annonseras många sommarjobb som guide och annat på olika naturum runt landet.

Säsongsarbete på naturum i sommar

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket / olika huvudmän
Platser: Många olika delar av landet
Start: Sommarsäsongen 2022 (se individuella annonser)
Ansökan: Se resp. individuella annonser!

Vill du arbeta som naturumguide i sommar?

Här är sju utlysta tjänster som naturumguide vid naturum Vänerskärgården, vid Läckö slott, Lidköping, och i en av tjänsterna även kombinerat med tjänstgöring vid Vänermuseet, Lidköping.

Naturumguider till naturum Vänerskärgården - sommarjobb för biologistuderande

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket / Stiftelsen Läckö slott / Vänermuseet
Plats: Lidköping
Start: Juni - mitten av augusti 2022
Ansökan: Löpande, sök a.s.a.p. men senast 4 februari!

Algal toxins in the Baltic Sea – effects on fish health?

The eutrophication of the Baltic Sea is driving large blooms of phytoplankton and cyanobacteria and also contributes to the occurrence of filamentous algae. The increased abundance of these primary producers can lead to an elevated production of algal toxins with potentially harmful effects on fish. Within this project, suitable/adaptable for degree project (master), internship or research training, you will have the chance to evaluate how exposure to algal toxins in fish from the Baltic Sea has changed over time, and in addition link levels of these substances to fish health data from ongoing environmental monitoring.

Algal toxins in the Baltic Sea – effects on fish health?

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Stockholm University + Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm – Stockholm
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Continuously, contact the PI/supervisor

Uppsala universitets stipendier 2022 / Uppsala University scholarships and grants 2022

Den stora ansökningsomgången för stipendier från stipendiekansliet äger rum mellan 27 januari och 15 februari. / Application forms for the main part of Uppsala University scholarships and grants will be open between 27 January and 15 February.

Sök stipendier! / Apply for scholarships!

Organisatör: Stipendiekansliet, UU
Ansökan: Deadline 2022-02-15 kl 17.00

Course, "Radiation Protection Fundamentals"

If you are going to do a research training, project course or thesis work that involves using radioactive compounds, this course is considered mandatory. Please consult with your intended supervisor if you are not sure whether this applies to your project!

Radiation Protection Fundamentals

Organiser: BMC-intendenturen
Place: BMC Uppsala
Time: March 15, 2022
Registration: A.s.a.p. via e-mail (link inside the pdf)!

PhD student in Ecology and Evolution, Stockholm University

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU, invites applications for a four-year PhD position that is part of the project: “Climate adaptations for forest biodiversity: identifying refugia for retreating cold-favoured species”. One important challenge is to identify and protect the places within the forest landscape where populations of northern cold-favoured species currently occur and can be maintained. The overarching aim of the project is to understand the premises for such places, denoted “climate refugia”.

Climate adaptations for forest biodiversity: identifying refugia for retreating cold-favoured species

Department: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), SU
Place: Arrhenius Laboratory, Frescati Campus, Stockholm
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline March 7, 2022

PhD student in soil biology focusing on long-term effects of forestry on soil fungi, SLU

Here is a PhD research project that focuses on long-term effects of clear-cutting forestry on forest soils and their capacity to support forest production, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. The PhD project is part of a larger collaborative project and will specifically study how soil fungi and their functional properties are affected by forestry in a long time perspective. The latest molecular techniques will be used to compare fungal traits and roles in soil carbon and nutrient cycling between intensely managed and less impacted forests.

PhD student in soil biology focusing on long-term effects of forestry on soil fungi

Department: Department of Soil & Environment, SLU
Place: Ultuna Campus, Uppsala
Start: April 1, 2022 or as agreed upon
Application: Deadline February 28, 2022

PhD student in diabetes research, UU

Genetic composition and lifestyle are known risk factors for type 2 diabetes but cannot explain all cases. At the time of birth, pancreatic islets undergo neogenesis and functional maturation to become metabolically competent and acquire the ability to fine-tune blood glucose levels. This PhD project aims at identifying mechanisms by which pancreatic macrophages promote islet maturation, and how postnatal infections and diet impair this process and if it may predispose for the development of type 2 diabetes later in life.

PhD student in diabetes research

Department: Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline February 22, 2022

Three PhD positions in Ecology, Umeå University

These three positions are part of a large interdisciplinary project that aims to understand and quantify how processes during the arctic winter may be decisive for overall feedbacks from arctic tundra to the global climate. Arctic ecosystems store large amounts of organic carbon in plants and soil. Uptake of carbon by arctic plants is strongly limited by their access to nutrients, especially nitrogen, due to competition by microbes. Year-round carbon and nitrogen balances thus depend on the activities of plant and microbial communities and their seasonality. More details about the specific positions in the respective appended files.

PhD position in ecology with focus on carbon cycling in arctic terrestrial ecosystems

PhD position in ecology with focus on plant-soil-microbe interactions in arctic ecosystems

PhD position in ecology with focus on remote sensing of arctic terrestrial ecosystems

Department: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University
Place: Umeå
Start: According to agreement
Application: Deadline February 14, 2022

3 students for MSc thesis projects on "Metabolic and bioprocess engineering of gas-fermenting acetogens", TU Vienna

Interested in doing a master degree project at Technical University of Vienna on engineering of microbes to produce value-added chemicals from CO₂, for sustainable biochemicals and biofuels, directly from CO₂? Then please read further in the pdf!

Metabolic and bioprocess engineering of gas-fermenting acetogens

Department: Sustainable Bioprocess Solutions group, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Vienna
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: February, 2022 or later according to agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Doctoral (PhD) student position in microbiome research in women’s health (industrial PhD), KI

The Center for Translational Microbiome Research (CTMR) builds on a deep understanding of translational microbiome research and has established a broad technical, biological, clinical, and epidemiological platform for studying complex microbiological communities in well-defined human materials. This bioinformatics geared PhD position is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research within the framework of the Industrial Doctoral Student program 2021, in collaboration with Gedea Biotech in Lund. More details can be found in the pdf!

Industrial PhD in microbiome research in women’s health

Department / Company: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, KI / Gedea Biotech
Place: Center for Translational Microbiome Research (CTMR), KI Solna
Start: Not specified
Application: Deadline February 20, 2022

PhD research fellowship in Arctic Terrestrial Biology, UNIS, Norway

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is advertising an exciting PhD position on Svalbard. The PhD position is in the field of terrestrial biology, focusing on the effects of a changing Arctic on belowground fungal communities, and their repercussions on ecosystem functioning. For more information and to apply, please see the pdf!

PhD research fellowship in Arctic Terrestrial Biology

Department: Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard
Place: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Start: Spring (or perhaps somewhat later) 2022
Application: Deadline February 7, 2022

Phd in Biology or Animal Science, SLU Uppsala

Pastoral productionsystems, like reindeer husbandry, make use of animals’ natural adaptation to the environment and their ability to transfer otherwise underutilised resources into meat and other products. Rapid and pronounced climate change in the Arctic causes distress, challenges and economic uncertainty in the pastoral reindeer herding system of indigenous Sami. Furthermore, competing anthropogenic activities continuously increases and inhibits the flexibility of the system. In this project you will investigate the possibilities and limitations for herders in a northern pastoral system facing increasing external stress to adapt to the effects of climate change.

PhD: Reinforcing a northern pastoral production system facing increasing external stress

Department: Department of Animal nutrition and management (HUV), SLU
Place: Ultuna Campus, Uppsala
Start: May 1, 2022, or according to agreement
Application: Deadline March 1, 2022

The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2022

Edit 220204: As most of the coronavirus restrictions will be lifted starting February 9, we welcome you all to attend the Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures in person in Siegbahnsalen at the Ångström Laboratory on February 9-10. In contrast to the earlier message, pre-registration for physical participation is not necessary and there will be no limitation in the number of available seats in the lecture hall. The lectures still will be broadcasted via for those who cannot attend in person.
The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures will take place at Siegbahnsalen, Ångström Laboratory, as a hybrid event. A limited number of seats will be available at Siegbahnsalen and those who wish to attend the lectures in person therefore need to pre-register. Those of you who cannot attend the lectures in Siegbahnsalen are most welcome to take part online via the website. No registration is needed to watch the lectures online. Please see the attached file for a schedule and further info!

The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2022

Organiser: Celsius-Linnaeus committee, UU
Place: Siegbahnsalen, Ångström Laboratory or Online
Time: February 9-10, 2022

Greensways Fältprogram inom naturvård, 2022

Nu är ansökan till Greensways Fältprogram år 2022 öppen; ett årligen återkommande utvecklingsprogram hos konsultföretaget Greensway. Du får värdefulla erfarenheter samtidigt som du är anställd med lön. De söker dig som är intresserad av naturvård och fortfarande studerar eller just har tagit examen. Fältprogrammet är en unik möjlighet till erfarenhet av tillämpat miljöarbete i ett utvecklingsinriktat företag. Läs vidare i pdf:en och på företagets hemsida, via länk i pdf:en!

Greensways fältprogram 2022

Företag: Greensway
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Fältsäsongen 2022
Ansökan: Deadline 31 januari!

Degree projects on neuronal disease modeling using iPSCs, IGP, UU

Here are several interesting proposals for master thesis projects, all focusing on different aspects of developing cell-based in vitro models for central nervous system disorders, using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). The long-term objective is to identify disease biomarkers that can be used for rescue-screens in search for candidate compounds during drug development towards a number of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. More detailed info in the pdf!

Neuronal disease modeling using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) for future drug development

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

Degree project on molecular and ontogenetic basis of dietary adaptations in vertebrates, University of Basel

The Laboratory of Regulatory Evolution, Zoological Institute, University of Basel, currently has an open MSc project position (Bachelor students could also be considered) in their lab and are actively looking for students. The student will study Molecular and ontogenetic basis of dietary adaptations in vertebrates at the macro and micro-evolutionary scales. The projects can be purely bioinformatics - or wet lab-based, or a combination of both.

Molecular and ontogenetic basis of dietary adaptations in vertebrates at the macro and micro-evolutionary scales

Department: Zoology, University of Basel
Place: Basel, Switzerland
Start: A.s.a.p. / By agreement
Application: Contact the PI!

KarriärTisdagar i vår / CareerTuesdays this semester

Nu drar vårens KarriärTisdagar igång - kolla schemat! / The spring semester CareerTuesdays are commencing - check the schedule!

KT Schema / CT schedule

Organisatör: UU Karriär/UU Careers, Uppsala universitet
Plats: Online webinars
Tid: Se schemat

Management of the European eel, Institute of Freshwater Research, Stockholm

Here are interesting prospects for degree projects (bachelor or masters) or research training/internships! The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is red listed as critically endangered due to a steep population decline. Within the national data collection framework, there is a great variety of degree projects and research training/internships related to the ecology and management of the European eel.

Management of the European eel

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm – Stockholm (or online)
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Continuously, contact the PI/supervisor

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

Since Senckenberg’s establishment in 1817, the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, has focused on three main goals: Integrative analysis of the importance of biodiversity in the earth system, Preservation and development of natural history collections as archives of life and Promotion of the public’s awareness of nature through a dialog with society. The Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK F) now announces a PhD positions open for application.

PhD: Temperature dependence of point mutation rate: underlying factors and processes

Department: The Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK F), Senckenberg Research Institute
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: Not specified / By agreement (?)
Application: Deadline February 15, 2022

Help develop new products at HM Group AB

Here are project offers suitable principally for long term Research trainings/Internships 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 these initiatives, from early stages with contacts at biotech companies for analyses, with certification processes and potential clients. If work goes well during the spring there may potentially be opportunity to work in the project also during the coming summer.

HMG AB: New cleaning product

HMG AB: New covid testing services

Company: HM Group AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022 (or later) according to agreements
Application: A.s.a.p., initial contact via mail link inside the pdf!

PhD student in Molecular Biosciences, Stockholm University

The purpose of this PhD project is to discover novel microRNAs that are cancer-specific and not found in healthy tissues - by applying advanced computational methods to massively pooled next-generation sequencing data from cohorts of healthy and diseased tissues. In addition, the student will apply various multi-omics approaches to further characterize novel cancer-specific microRNAs. See the appended pdf for further details!

PhD in Molecular Biosciences, SU

Department: Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, SU
Place: SciLifeLab Stockholm
Start: Not specified / By agreement (?)
Application: Deadline February 4, 2022

Stipendier till examensarbeten på mastersnivå

Stiftelsen Oscar och Lili Lamms Minne utlyser stipendier för examensarbeten på mastersnivå. Stiftelsen stödjer projekt inom svensk naturvård, särskilt vad avser landskapsvård, markvård, vattenvård och växtskydd. Stiftelsen har två ansökningsperioder. Den första perioden omfattar mitten på januari till månadsskiftet mars-april. Deadline är 31/3. Sökande inom denna period får besked om beviljande/avslag i slutet av april. Den andra perioden omfattar början på augusti till mitten på oktober. Deadline är 15/10. Sökande inom denna period får besked i slutet av november. Mer detaljer om regler för ansökan finns i pdf-filen!

Utlysning av stipendier för exjobb, O & L Lamms Minne

Stipendiestiftelse: Oscar och Lili Lamms Minne
Ansökan: Deadlines: vår 31 mars, höst 15 oktober

PhD on digital animal welfare monitoring, SLU

Here is an exciting PhD position within a collaborative transdisciplinary project (together with Sony Nordic, RISE, Växa Sverige and Dalarna University) meant to develop and evaluate digital tools to monitor animal welfare in dairy herds. Get further info from the pdf!

PhD on digital animal welfare monitoring

Department: Department of Clinical Sciences, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: According to agreements
Application: Deadline February 4, 2022

Research Internships in Paraguay

Fundación Para La Tierra, an international award-winning research and conservation organization based in Paraguay, offers professionally supervised internships and placements to help boost your career prospects while contributing to long-term conservation in Paraguay. If you are looking for opportunities to support your academic studies, there are opportunities available during both term-time and the summer months.

Internships at Para La Tierra

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

Fältpersonal sökes för inventeringsarbete, Svensk Naturförvaltning AB

Svensk Naturförvaltning AB erbjuder spetskompetens inom förvaltning av biologiska naturresurser. De söker nu, inför fältsäsongen 2022, bl.a. fältpersonal för inventering av viltbetesskador i ungskog i hela landet. Inventeringssäsongen inleds i södra Sverige i slutet av mars och avslutas i Norrland i slutet av juni. Beroende på uppdragsvolymer, även inom andra delar av företagets verksamhet, kan det även bli aktuellt med andra arbetsuppgifter samt förlängning av arbetsperioden. Ta en kontakt för att få mer detaljerad info om vad som ev. kan passa dig!

Fältpersonal för bl.a. älgbetesinventering (Äbin)

Företag: Svensk Naturförvaltning AB
Plats: Fältarbetet bedrivs över hela landet
Start: Slutet av mars i söder, senare under våren/försommaren i norr
Ansökan: Snarast, dock senast 7 mars

Four PhD positions at Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Since Senckenberg’s establishment in 1817, the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, has focused on three main goals: Integrative analysis of the importance of biodiversity in the earth system, Preservation and development of natural history collections as archives of life and Promotion of the public’s awareness of nature through a dialog with society. The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) presently has four PhD positions open for application.

PhD 1: Evolution of molluscan adaptations

PhD 2: Phylogenetic systematics of polyplacophoran molluscs

PhD 3: Genus-level diversity of the deep-sea isopod family Macrostylidae

PhD 4: Diversity of deep-sea holothurians

Department: Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), Senckenberg Research Institute
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: A.s.a.p. after March 2022
Application: Deadline February 27, 2022

Master thesis within the End-of-Wastewater project, SLU/LiU

Balancing nutrient flows between human settlements and the rest of nature within planetary boundaries is essential for life on earth and for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, notably healthy water bodies and soils. Recirculating nutrients from wastewater organic residuals to agriculture can make important contributions to more circular nutrient flows and improved food security. The aim of this thesis is to delve deeper into selected Swedish case studies where communities have already implemented an alternative sanitation technology to facilitate nutrient recovery and to investigate the financial, logistical, and cultural factors that affected the longevity and success of each project.

Investigation of past experiences with alternative sanitation for nutrient recovery across Sweden

Departments: Department of Energy and Technology, SLU or Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University
Places: SLU, Uppsala or LiU, Linköping
Start: A.s.a.p. / As agreed upon
Application: Contact either of the PIs!

PhD-student in Biology, specialisation in Ecology, SLU

Do you want to work in an inspiring environment and contribute to the sustainable use of seas, lakes and watercourses? Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua) are passionate about a vision of "strong fish stocks in healthy waters". They are looking for employees who want to develop and make a difference together with them. Here is a PhD position presently open for application.

Ecosystem effects of reed as feed for husbandry animals

Department: Aquatic resources, SLU ("SLU Aqua")
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: May 1, 2022 (or by agreement)
Application: Deadline January 31, 2022

PhD positions in Plant Science - "IMPRS-PMPG", Germany

The International Max Planck Research School - Primary Metabolism and Plant Growth ("IMPRS-PMPG") at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and the University of Potsdam, Germany, is inviting highly qualified Master's students interested in modern plant biology to apply for doctoral positions to start in 2022. Research in the IMPRS addresses fundamental questions of how plants grow, reproduce and interact with their environment.

PhD programme IMPRS-PMPG

Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology / University of Potsdam
Place: Potsdam, Germany
Start: June - December 2022 (depending on the respective projects and agreements)
Application: Deadline January 23, 2022

Doktorand inom landsskapsutnyttjande av stora växtätare i multifunktionella skogslandskap

Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö vid SLU Umeå söker en doktorand som ska utnyttja en unik, stor databas över hur stora växtätare rör sig i och utnyttjar olika landskapstyper över tid. Målet med doktorandprojektet är att öka förståelsen för hur ett djurs rörelse i landskapet påverkas av abiotiska, biotiska och mänskligt drivna processer sammantaget. Projektet bidrar till SLUs samlade forskning om hur man bäst kan anpassa både viltförvaltning och skogsskötsel i multifunktionella landskap.

Doktorand, Landsskapsutnyttjande av stora växtätare...

Institution: Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, SLU
Plats: Umeå
Start: 15 mars, 2022 eller enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Senast 13 februari, 2022

Two PhD positions in Evolutionary Genetics, IEG, UU

Here are two interesting PhD student positions open for application at IEG. Please see the pdf´s for details on the respective positions!

PhD 1: "Investigating the evolution of Y chromosome within the conceptual framework of sexual antagonism"

PhD 2: "Phenotypic plasticity as a means for adapting to changing environmental conditions"

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: April 1, 2022 or as otherwise agreed
Application: january 31, 2022

Open PhD student position, IOB, UU

The program for Evolution and Developmental Biology at IOB, is looking for a new doctoral student for work within the project "Tetrapod Origin". The PhD student will carry out geochemical analyses of bones and teeth of fossil tetrapods and associated vertebrates from the Devonian period. The purpose of these analyses is to investigate the environmental and palaeobiological aspects of the samples.

PhD on Tetrapod Origin

Department: IOB, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022 / by agreement
Application: Deadline February 1, 2022

PhD student position, SLU Umeå

The goal of this PhD project is to increase our ecological understanding of the effects of different browsing patterns and pressures, and to generate advice for the multispecies management of ungulates and co-management of ungulates and forest ecosystems.

PhD: How do ungulates affect the biodiversity in Swedish forest ecosystems?

Department: Department of wildlife, fish & environmental studies, SLU
Place: Umeå
Start: March 15, 2022 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline January 31, 2022

PhD on "Climate change effects on aquatic food web efficiency", SLU Aqua

Department of Aquatic Resources, SLU is looking for a PhD student in Biology with specialization in Ecology, and meant to work with the above specific topic. Many freshwater and coastal ecosystems are undergoing rapid change in water temperature, nutrient and light conditions due to climate change and other human pressures.  At the same time, climate warming is altering fish and invertebrate body size distributions and ecological interactions in aquatic food webs. This PhD project aims to resolve how such simultaneous changes in abiotic and biotic conditions affect the efficiency of energy transfer from primary producers to fish. Does this sound interesting? Then read further in the pdf!

PhD: Climate change effects on aquatic food web efficiency

Department: Aquatic resources, SLU ("SLU Aqua")
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022, preferably before April
Application: Deadline February 2, 2022

PhD position in conservation biology, Turku, Finland

Here is a PhD position, now open for application, in which you will investigate conservation actions improving bird responses to climate warming in Europe. You will be quantifying past and forecast future population changes with regards to interactions between conservation measures and climate warming, and more... Read further in the appended pdf!

PhD: Investigating conservation actions improving bird responses to climate warming in Europe

Department: Department of Biology, University of Turku
Place: Turku, Finland
Start: Flexible but ideally before July 2022
Application: Deadline January 31, 2022

Courses on working with biorisks, UU

For those who do not have the experience or are not aquainted with the Swedish laws and regulations governing work with infectious substances or GMM, there is a one day course "Working with Biorisks: Infectious Substances and Genetically Modified Microorganisms", held several times each semester. The course is free of charge for those who work at Uppsala University. In some cases it is mandatory - if you are doing an individual project course and you are not sure, ask your supervisor if it is required!

Course: Working with Biorisks: Infectious Substances and Genetically Modified Microorganisms

Organiser: Byggnadsavdelningen - Enheten för miljö och fysisk arbetsmiljö, UU
Places: To be announced, Uppsala
Time: Spring 2022, one day courses on several alternative dates
Registration: Via links in the pdf

Student projects on the role of lymph nodes in immune responses, IGP, UU

Interested in doing a research training or a master level degree project on different aspects of lymph nodes for the regulation and mounting of immune responses, either during their normal functioning or during metastasis or immunotherapy based cancer treatments? Here are interesting openings for you at Rudbeck laboratory, Uppsala!

Research training: New tumor models for evaluation of anti‐tumor immune responses in metastatic cancer

Master thesis: The role of the lymph node lymphatic vasculature in regulation of immunity

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022 / agreements
Application: Contact the PI!

Degree projects on bio-mediated silica weathering and coupled CO₂ sequestration, Geo, UU

To be able to reach global climate goals it is becoming increasingly apparent that there will be need for developing negative emission technologies (NETs). Here is a chance for 2-3 students to take part in a very urgent and interesting project meant to evaluate the potential of biologically enhanced weathering of silica minerals as a sink for CO₂. Read further about the interesting details and context of the project in the pdf! If you are interested in doing a research training within the project rather than a degree project, please consult with the PI/supervisor!

Bio-mediated silica weathering and coupled CO₂ sequestration

Department: Department of Earth Sciences, UU (in collab. with: IEG, UU)
Place: Geo/EBC Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022 / As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI / supervisor!

PhD position: Forestry effects on ecosystem functions, SLU Uppsala

SLU is looking for a doctoral student to investigate how the biological functions of the soil differ between forests that have never been clear-cut and those that have undergone a clear-cutting phase. The doctoral student will carry out detailed measurements of carbon flows and nutrient dynamics with a focus on the long-term effects of on forest growth and carbon storage. The work includes, among other things, field measurements of the soil's carbon and nutrient flows, dendrochronological studies, and some modeling. The doctoral project is part of a larger FORMAS-funded interdisciplinary project addressing the role of the Swedish forest in mitigating climate change. The project includes researchers from several departments at SLU and Uppsala University.

PhD: Forestry effects on ecosystem functions (även på svenska)

Department: Department of Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline December 31, 2021

Thesis and internship opportunities on amphibian biodiversity, EBC Uppsala

Are you interested in working with amphibians? Would you like to know more about one of the worst global threats to ampibian biodiversity? Do you want to develop your skills in setting up experiments and lab work? Here are chances for you to do so as part of different kinds of flexible and adaptable course projects.

Response of Swedish amphibians to the invading chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobaditis

Department: Animal Ecology, IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: Spring/summer/autumn 2022
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Open doctoral student positions, Jyväskylä, Finland

The Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, seeks to recruit 3 doctoral students into their Doctoral Programme in Biological and Environmental Science, starting in August, 2022. Below are two sample projects out of a total of seven projects possible to choose from. Visit their website, linked from the pdf´s, in order to read about and possibly consider additional projects within the doctoral programme!

Using agent-based models to develop spatial theory for community ecology

Ecological assembly processes: a predictive framework for fungal metacommunities

Department: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
Place: Jyväskylä, Finland
Start: August 2022
Application: Deadline January 14, 2022

Degree project: "Turning cancer defects into cures", Karolinska Institutet

Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer which has been therapeutically exploited since the 1950s. The use of antimetabolites targeting cancer metabolism has been shown to effectively kill cancer cells; however, they inhibit enzymes also found in normal tissues, resulting in severe toxicity and limiting their therapeutic potential. It is therefore of great interest to further characterize cancer metabolism to identify better therapeutic strategies. Here is a chance to contribute towards this aim by investigating in detail two key enzymes in the de novo purine synthesis pathway and how these enzymes support DNA replication and repair in cancer cells.

Investigation of interplay between altered cellular metabolism and genome integrity in cancer

Department: Department of Oncology-Pathology, KI
Place: SciLifeLab/KI, Solna
Start: Spring 2022 / by agreement
Application: Contact the supervisor!

15 PhD positions: CeMM International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine, Vienna, Austria

CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is offering 15 fully funded PhD positions to bachelor/master graduates to join their International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine. They are seeking students from a wide range of backgrounds, who have "a keen interest in interdisciplinary teamwork and science that will nurture the precise, personalized, predictive and preventive medicine of the future".

CeMM International PhD Program in Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine

Department: CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: September 2022
Application: Deadline January 26, 2022

PhD announcement in terrestrial arctic biology at UNIS, Svalbard

UNIS is advertising an exciting PhD position on Svalbard. The PhD position is in the field of terrestrial biology, focusing on the effects of a changing Arctic on belowground fungal communities, and their repercussions on ecosystem functioning.

PhD Terrestrial Arctic Biology

Department: Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard
Place: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Deadline January 17, 2022

Two PhD positions, etc., University of Bordeaux, France

Here are openings for a series of new positions (postdocs, PhDs, engineers) at the University of Bordeaux in the frame of the GPR (Grand Programme de Recherche) "Human Past". Feel free to explore them further if this sounds interesting to you!

Two PhDs, etc.: "Human Past" research programme

Institution: University of Bordeaux
Place: Bordeaux, France
Start: January 2022
Application: A.s.a.p. (Open-ended until suitable candidates have been appointed) 

Master’s Degree Project in Biochemistry and Structural Biology, ICM

Here is another interesting degree project offer at ICM concerning how certain protein complexes help induce shape changes in intracellular membranes in order to promote intracellular transport and trafficking phenomena. 

Intracellular Membrane Remodeling Mechanisms Revealed by Cryo-EM

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI!

Doctoral researcher position on grassland restoration, Göttingen, Germany

The focus of this ERA-Net BiodivERsA project will be on the restoration of species interactions and ecosystem functions in European calcareous grasslands.

PhD Grassland restoration

Department: Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University 
Place: Göttingen, Germany
Start: No later than March 1, 2022
Application: Deadline December 19, 2021

PhD position in Biodiversity and Land-Use Change, Trondheim, Norway

A four year PhD position is available at the NTNU Department of Natural History. The PhD is part of a  larger multidisciplinary project "Nature-based solutions for land use transitions towards more sustainable societies". The PhD will focus on understanding how past land-uses and land-use changes have impacted current and past biodiversity.

PhD: Biodiversity and Land-Use Change

Department: Natural History, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Place: Trondheim, Norway
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Deadline January 7, 2022

Projects in bee genomics, IMBIM, UU

Motivated master level students interested in doing a project on bee genomics are encouraged to explore offers at IMBIM, BMC (see the pdf). Different projects suitable for students interested in bioinformatics, lab work, and/or field collections are available. The lab uses next generation sequencing to study evolution, population genetics, functional genomics and conservation of biodiversity in bees.

Interested in a project in bee genomics?

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor

Phd position: The role of plant phenology for the boreal peatland carbon cycle, SLU Umeå

The main goal of this PhD project is to improve our understanding of the peatland net CO₂ and CH₄ exchanges as well as their separate component fluxes (i.e. production, consumption and respiration) in response to climate and vegetation controls.

Exploring boreal peatland greenhouse gas exchanges in response to climate and vegetation controls using an automated chamber system

Department: Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU
Place: SLU Umeå
Start: April - June 2022, with some flexibility
Application: Deadline December 20, 2021

En doktorandplats i neurovetenskap, UU

Fokus för denna doktorandplats kommer att ligga på interaktionerna mellan gener och miljö med fokus på psykisk hälsa. Genom tillgång till omfattande patientmaterial ges möjlighet till bred karakterisering m.a.p. olika parametrar. Läs vidare om detta låter intressant!

Doktorand Neurovetenskap (endast på svenska)

Institution: Neurovetenskap, UU
Plats: BMC Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 1 december 2021

PhD Fellow in Cross-Ecosystem Food-Web Responses to Climate Change, University of Tromsø

A PhD position is available at the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology (AMB), Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics (BFE). The position is within cross-ecosystem food-web responses to climate change, with a focus on freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem linkages in the Arctic and it is associated with the Northern Populations and Ecosystems  and Freshwater Ecology research groups.

PhD Fellow in Cross-Ecosystem Food-Web Responses to Climate Change

Department: Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø
Place: Tromsø, Norway
Start: Within a resonable time after receiving the offer
Application: Deadline January 10, 2022

Master’s degree project/research project/research internship in animal ecology, IEG, UU

Does malaria infection affect cellular metabolic rate in flycatchers? If this sounds like an interesting question to you and you are keen on doing a project with work both in the field and in the lab, this may be an interesting opportunity for you! Read more about the details and prospects in the pdf!

Does malaria infection affect cellular metabolic rate in flycatchers?

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala and fieldwork on Öland
Start: Fieldwork May-June 2022 but parts of the labwork may commence earlier than that
Application: Contact the supervisor

Industrial PhD student position on development of a CRISPR-based antiviral

The start-up Biomedrex and Karolinska Institutet is jointly recruiting an SSF-funded industrial PhD student to an exciting project developing CRISPR-based antivirals. Check it out!

Industrial doctoral (PhD) student position on CRISPR-antiviral

Company / department: Biomedrex / Laboratory Medicine, KI
Place: Ana Futura, KI Huddinge
Start: No later than May 1, 2022
Application: Deadline December 15, 2021

PhD student in physiology, Uppsala University

This PhD project aims to study the mechanisms that regulate the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Specifically there is an interest in looking at fibroblasts, extracellular matrix and the role of liver stiffness. New strategies that could decrease chemoresistance in liver cancer will also be investigated.

PhD student in physiology - Eng - Sve

Department: Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Deadline December 6, 2021 

Master thesis at Gyros Protein Technologies AB

2021-11-25: This position has been filled and further applications are not accepted!
Here is a possibility to do an interesting degree project this coming spring, at Gyros Protein Technologies in Uppsala. The project aims to evaluate and optimize different assay formats for measuring oligonucleotide drugs on the Gyrolab platform. This will be useful for instance during development or manufacturing of oligo-based drugs or for monitoring their pharmakokinetics during therapy, etc.

Master thesis: Oligonucleotide assays on Gyrolab

Company: Gyros Protein Technologies AB
Place: Uppsala Science Park
Start: Spring 2022
Application: A.s.a.p.! Running evaluation of candidates / no specific deadline

Exjobb och/eller forskningspraktik: "Digitalisering av kvalitetskontroll av nästa generations läkemedel"

Terapeutiska oligonukleotider representerar ett av de viktigaste genombrotten inom läkemedelsindustrin idag. Dessutom (inte minst p.g.a. den mycket snabba utvecklingen av covid-19 vaccinerna) ställs allt högre krav på snabbare processer för utveckling av även andra läkemedel. Här erbjuds du goda möjligheter till forskningspraktik eller exjobb inom ett projekt i den verkliga forskningsfronten där man vill använda modern digitaliseringsteknik för snabbare kvalitetssäkring vid utveckling av oligonukleotider som nästa generations läkemedel. Läs vidare i pdf-en och kontakta PI för mer detaljer och vilka alternativa möjligheter som erbjuds! Lämplig studiebakgrund är t.ex. Civilingenjörsprogrammet molekylär bioteknik/bioinformatik (X) men även Masterprogram som bioteknik/bioinformatik eller kemi med inriktning på analytisk kemi/biokemi kan passa.

Digitalisering av kvalitetskontroll av nästa generations läkemedel

Institution: Analytisk kemi, Karlstads universitet, i samarbete med flera viktiga biotek/läkemedelsföretag
Plats: Karlstad (alternativa platser för det praktiska arbetet, som Lund eller Uppsala, kan ev. ordnas)
Start: Omgående/a.s.a.p./enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Omgående/a.s.a.p.; kontakta PI (mail/telefon)!

PhD School of Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Geneva

The University of Geneva Faculties of Medicine and Science have joined forces to offer an outstanding study and research environment in Life Sciences. Highly motivated students with a Master’s degree or equivalent are welcome to apply to its six innovative doctoral programmes. More info can be found via the link in the pdf flyer.

PhD School of Life Sciences, flyer winter call

Institutions: Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Geneva
Place: Geneva, Switzerland
Start: Usually around April/May 2022, but with some additional flexibility
Application: Deadline November 15, 2021

Master’s Degree Project in Biochemistry and Structural Biology, ICM

Interested in doing a degree project on the interplay of Endophilin B1-Bax macromolecular complexes at the mitochondrial membrane and how that causes membrane permeabilization, a crucial step during apoptosis? In this project you will use cryo-electron microscopy and functional biochemical and biophysical methods to elucidate exactly how endophilin B1 and Bax cooperate on mitochondrial membranes to promote cell death.

Molecular Mechanisms of Endophilin B1-Bax Macromolecular Complexes in Membrane Permeabilization and Cell Death

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI!

Utnarm, Virtual Career Fair

Soon it is time for Utnarm, Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students' career fair with about 90 exhibitors! This is an excellent opportunity for you to get to know your industry and network!

Utnarm 2021

Organisers: The Utnarm Committee, Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students
Place: Online / "hybrid"
Time: Main fair November 11, kl 09-16; Fair hybrid events weeks November 1-11
Registration: A.s.a.p. (/required)

Two PhD positions at University of Edinburgh, Scotland

University of Edinburgh is currently seeking candidates for two PhD positions: 1) How does the reproductive mode and population history affect the fitness of an introduced plant species?; 2) New methods for detecting and quantifying genetic adaptation. If either seems interesting to you, please read on in the pdf and contact the PI for further details!

2 PhDs in Edinburgh

Department: Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Start: October 2022
Application: Contact the PI for details!

Educational Opportunities at the Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History

Here is information about the many educational and training opportunities within the Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS) at the American Museum of Natural History, for undergraduate and graduate students (as well as for postdoctoral fellows). Please see for yourself if something may be of interest to you and if you decide to apply please also note that the specific deadlines vary depending on the particular programme!

RGGS at AMNH

Institution: Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History
Place: New York, USA
Start: See the pdf for further details!
Application: See the pdf for application details and deadlines!

Degree project: "Can fungal decomposition of organic matter result in the production of CRAM?", EBC

Fungi are fundamental in the decomposition of soil organic matter, and one important product of this degradation is ’dissolved organic matter’ (DOM) in aquatic systems. DOM goes on to be a critical part of ecosystems, and is an important part of the terrestrial flux of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the deep ocean. Fungi thus play a critical role in Earth’s carbon cycle, but the mechanisms of how they decompose organic matter are quite poorly understood due to the complexity of soil organic matter, DOM and fungal community composition. If you are interested in helping move these knowledge boundaries ahead and shed more light on the intricacies of the carbon cycle, and in particular find out what may be the source of carboxyl rich alicyclic molecules (CRAM), an unusually recalcitrant compound class in DOM that has no known biological function, then this may be a degree project for you!

Can fungal decomposition of organic matter result in the production of CRAM?

Department: IEG (& Chemistry - collab.), UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD positions in Population genetics, Vienna

The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics invites applications from highly motivated and outstanding students with a love for evolutionary research and a background in one of the following disciplines: evolutionary genetics, functional genetics, theoretical or experimental population genetics, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics. Read further about the specific positions offered in this application round!

The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics

Department: Institut für Populationsgenetik, University of Veterinary Medicine
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: February (or later) 2022
Application: Deadline December 12, 2021

Master degree project: Scale-down modelling of the upstream process for production of Affibody^® molecules

Would you be interested in doing a degree project on improving the growth and expression conditions of different Affibody molecules in small scale cultures, to better reflect what may be expected from the subsequent large scale production step in bioreactor cultures? Optimising this will help the company take wise decisions early on in the production of novel Affibody molecules and will be an interesting degree project that you may want to consider!

Scale-down modelling of the upstream process for production of Affibody^® molecules

Company: Affibody Medical AB
Place: Solna
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Deadline November 19, 2021

Master thesis at KI, spring 2022: ”Multi-omics analyses of IBD”

Here is an interesting opportunity for a master degree project student, geared towards bioinformatics with good knowledge of biology. The project will deal with multi-omics analyses of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to help better understand the aetiology of this disease.

Multi-omics analyses of IBD

Department: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska institutet
Place: Centre for Translational Microbiome Research (CTMR), Campus Solna
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI!

National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics 2022

If you have been or is being accepted as a PhD student in bioinformatics between January, 2021 and April, 2022 (with the possibility of some additional flexibility) you are eligible to apply for the National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics; meant for "advanced education in medical bioinformatics for future leaders in life science research". The programme is limited to some 20 students annually.

National Graduate School MedBioInfo, 2022

Organisers: SciLifeLab, many different Swedish Universities, etc.
Place: Uppsala, etc.
Start: 2022
Application: February 28, 2022

Master thesis within the End-of-Wastewater project, SLU/LiU

Balancing nutrient flows between human settlements and the rest of nature within planetary boundaries is essential for life on earth and for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, notably healthy water bodies and soils. Recirculating nutrients from wastewater organic residuals to agriculture can make important contributions to more circular nutrient flows and improved food security. The aim of this thesis is to delve deeper into selected Swedish case studies where communities have already implemented an alternative sanitation technology to facilitate nutrient recovery and to investigate the financial, logistical, and cultural factors that affected the longevity and success of each project.

Investigation of past experiences with alternative sanitation for nutrient recovery across Sweden

Departments: Department of Energy and Technology, SLU or Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University
Places: SLU, Uppsala or LiU, Linköping
Start: A.s.a.p. / As agreed upon
Application: Contact either of the PIs!

PhD in Chemistry specializing in Molecular Biomimetics, UU

Carbon monoxide dehydrogenases are highly active catalysts with regards to the reversible reduction/oxidation of CO₂. Consequently, they are intensely studied due to their biotechnological potential. In this PhD project you will deal with the identification of novel carbon monoxide dehydrogenases, of potential biotechnological relevance, followed by their heterologous expression and characterization. Selected enzymes will then be characterized in depth in order to identify carbon monoxide dehydrogenases with novel properties.

PhD in Chemistry specializing in Molecular Biomimetics

Department: Chemistry, UU
Place: Ångström Lab., Uppsala
Start: February 2022 or as otherwise agreed
Application: Deadline November 22, 2021

PhD-student, Biology with specialization in Ecology, SLU

Do you want to work in an inspiring environment and contribute to the sustainable use of seas, lakes and watercourses? The Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua) are passionate about the vision "strong fish stocks in healthy waters". They are now growing, and looking for employees who want to develop and make a difference together with them.

PhD: How does global warming influence bioaccumulation of radionuclides in fish?

Department: Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Uppsala/Öregrund
Start: Agreements/Ideally January 2022
Application: Deadline November 15, 2021

Degree projects at KTH, spring 2022

2021-12-07: All positions have been filled and are no longer possible to apply for!
Here are openings for some very interesting proposed degree projects in protein engineering, at the department of Protein Science, KTH, this coming spring. Different projects aim at improving protein tools for diagnostics and therapeutics as well as for imaging applications.

Degree projects at KTH

Department: Division of Protein Engineering, Department of Protein Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH
Place: Stockholm
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI! 

Welcome reception for international students

Please join for an evening of information, inspiration and socializing on the 4th of November at Ångström Laboratory, in the Siegbahn Aula, starting at 5.30 pm. See the pdf for the overall programme for the evening and use the link in it for registering for the event!

Welcome reception for international students

Organiser: TekNat student service, UU
Place: Siegbahn Hall, Ångström Lab.
Time: Kl 17:30, November 4, 2021, but do remember to register beforehand!

Several PhD positions in Environmental Biology open for application at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Several additional PhD positions are available at La Sapienza University in Rome. For more info on these specific ones, please read further in the pdf and use the links in it!

PhD positions in Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome

Department: Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome
Place: Rome, Italy
Start: not specified
Application: Deadline October 27, 2021 (kl 14:00 CET)

PhD-position in a cross-disciplinary project, Stockholm University

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences invites applications for a four-year PhD position that is part of the project: “Water use, water quantity/quality and biodiversity across landscapes - synergies and trade-offs in an era of climate change and modernization.”
The project is a cross-disciplinary project linking biodiversity, water quality and water use by small-holder farmers in southwestern Ethiopia.

PhD Student in Ecology and Evolution

Department: Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, SU
Plats: Stockholm
Start: Spring 2022
Application: Deadline November 5, 2021

Two PhD positions in palynology, Rome, Italy

We got an e-mail, with presently very little information in English available, about these two PhD positions in Rome. Please feel free to request further information from the PI if you find them potentially interesting for you!

PhD 1: Vegetational markers of climatic and hydrological impact vs. human resilience in coastal subsiding plains: present pattern and historical trajectories for a future management

PhD 2: The study of past interglacial vegetation changes as a tool to understand the human role in hydrological changes

Department: Earth Science, Sapienza University of Rome
Place: Rome, Italy
Start: not specified
Application: Deadline October 27, 2021 (kl 14:00 CET)

Re-designing Rubisco: computational study to advance the development of the next generation green enzyme chemistry, ICM, BMC

In this proposed degree project you will be able to study CO₂ conversion efficiency of various Rubisco proteins (naturally occuring ones and/or mutants as well as ones predicted to be more effective in CO₂ capture/conversion). The output should help design more effective Rubisco variants, which in turn should find applications in the area of CO₂ capturing and conversion. You will be able to learn and improve your skills in the area of MD (molecular dynamics) simulations, visualisation and analysis of MD results as well as get more aquainted with various programming skills (e.g. MATLAB or Python).

MD computational studies for improving Rubisco efficiency

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. or spring 2022
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Two PhD positions at Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland

Agroscope is an innovative research institute for agriculture and nutrition attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER. It has research stations at a number of sites around Switzerland. The Agroscope Department of Agroecology and Environment in Zürich (Reckenholz) conducts research for an environmental friendly and competitive agriculture. Here are two PhD positions on different aspects of pollinator conservation, presently open for application.

PhD position in pollinator conservation (genetic diversity / ecology)

PhD position agro-ecology / pollinator conservation

Department: Department of Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope
Place: Zurich, Switzerland
Start: January 2022, or as agreed upon
Application: A.s.a.p. (no distinct deadline specified)

Degree project on conservation efforts for the critically endangered Greater Capricorn (Cerambyx cerdo), Nordens Ark

Interested in doing a degree project, or possibly a research training/internship, in spring/summer of 2022 on radiotracking of a critically endangered longhorn beetle, as part of ongoing conservation efforts? Nordens Ark, in collaboration with Linnaues University and the County Board of Kalmar, is seeking two dedicated students interested in taking part in this project.

Radio-tracking the critically endangered Cerambyx cerdo (Greater Capricorn), a flagship longicorn beetle

Organisation: Nordens Ark
Places: Hunnebostrand (field work also in Blekinge and Kalmar län)
Start: May 2022
Application: A.s.a.p.

Open PhD position in Tropical Agroecology, University of Würzburg, Germany

This project aims to quantify the relative role of local management, cacao genetic diversity and landscape context on multiple ecosystem services (of arthropods, birds and bats) such as pollination, biological pest control and crop productivity. The DFG-funded project builds on international collaborations in Europe and Peru, including Bioversity International, Nationalpark Cordillera Azul and the universities of Göttingen, Vienna, and Würzburg.

Ecological intensification and multifunctionality of cacao agroforestry systems in Peruvian landscapes (ECO-CACAO)

Department: Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg
Place: Würzburg, Germany
Start: February, 2022
Application: Deadline October 31, 2021

International PhD programme in quantitative biology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Would you be interested in pursuing a PhD in Quantitative Biology in Switzerland? The 2021 fall application round for some 20 fully funded PhD student positions at University of Lausanne is now open.

International PhD programme in quantitative biology

Departments: Several different (depends on the specific position), University of Lausanne
Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
Start: March 1, 2022 or as otherwise agreed upon
Application: Deadline October 15, 2021