Arkiverade projekterbjudanden

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

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

Research Assistant for TCP

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

Two PhD positions within the IDPro network, UU

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

PhD student in Biochemistry

PhD Position in Protein science

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

PhD student in Zoological Systematics, Swedish Museum of Natural History

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

PhD student in Zoological Systematics

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

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

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

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

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

Två assistenter till zoologiska avdelningen vid Evolutionsmuseet, UU

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

Assistent vid Evolutionsmuséet, zoologiska avdelning

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

Four PhD positions at IGP, UU

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PhD scholarship within Forest Soil Ecology

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

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

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

PhD position in Evolutionary Genomics of Vertebrates

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

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

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

Barcoding biodiversity: Measuring insect diversity using environmental DNA

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

Project assistant position for Water Days at Erken field station

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

Project assistant for Water Days at Erken field station

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

Two master thesis projects, PubCare, UU

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two PhD students in evolutionary genomics, ICM, UU

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

PhD 1: Evolutionary genomics in microbial eukaryotes

PhD 2: Symbiotic interactions between bacteria and animal hosts

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

PhD student in Biochemistry, UU

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

PhD student in Biochemistry

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

PhD student in development of molecular tools, IGP, UU

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

PhD student in development of molecular tools

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

Doctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, University of Helsinki

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

Doctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

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

PhD in regeneration of continuous cover forests, SLU Alnarp

SLU is one of the world’s highest ranked universities in several subject areas and is ranked #1 in forestry (CWUR). At Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU Alnarp, research, teaching and dissemination of scientific findings with direct application to the sustainable management of forests is carried out. Alternative approaches to currently dominating production forests, such as broadleaf-dominated and continuous cover forestry are of growing interest. The increased use of such alternatives may enhance the overall resilience of Swedish forests to projected climate change, better balance the provision of forest ecosystem services, provide vital habitat for forest biodiversity, and thereby help ensure forest ecosystem services delivery over the coming century. Here is a PhD project meant to study this.

Regeneration and restoration of mixed-broadleaf continuous cover forests

Department: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU Alnarp
Place: Alnarp
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Deadline August 15, 2023

Master degree project on cancer and AI-driven image analysis, IMBIM, UU

Interested in learning how changes in tumor draining lymph nodes (TDLNs) may help explain the spread of cancer cells during metastasis? It is already known that some cancers lead to dramatic cancer- and aging-induced vascular and stromal changes in TDLNs. In this new project the focus will be on pancreatic cancer, which has not been studied in this regard but is one of the most difficult tumor forms, with very poor survival and where immunotherapy so far has had limited success, for reasons that are not yet fully understood. How the cancer changes the environment in the TDLNs may be one piece in the puzzle to understand this.

Analysis of changes in tumor-draining lymph nodes using forefront spatial and AI-driven image analysis

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

Two master degree projects in bioinformatics at KI Huddinge during next academic year

Are you interested in exploring the use of AI, "big data" and other in silico methods as well as genetics to address various ageing and longevity related issues? Here are a couple of master thesis proposals where you will be able to work with these kinds of questions as part of your thesis work.

Master thesis project I – AI and big data analysis for the discovery of new aging-preventive interventions

Master thesis project II – development of an in silico approach to predict the impact of genetic perturbation on longevity

Department: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (Bionut), KI
Place: KI campus, Flemingsberg
Start: December 2023 - January 2024
Application: Contact the PI / supervisor!

PhD fellowship in ecology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

A fully funded PhD position at the University of Copenhagen on the effects of invasive plants on diversity of plants and herbivorous insects/fungi in Denmark! The empirical relationships between exotic richness/cover and native species richness in real communities will be assessed.

PhD Project in community ecology / biodiversity

Department: Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Start: October 1, 2023
Application: Deadline June 15, 2023

PhD student position on molecular tools, IGP, UU

A PhD student position is available for highly motivated individuals with interest in molecular tools, at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University. Research in the lab focuses on development of molecular tools and their application in medicine and biology. The focus for this particular PhD position will be put on development of tools for detection and characterization of exosomes, and tools for multiplex protein analysis.

PhD student Kamali-Moghaddam’s laboratory

Department: IGP, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline June 16, 2023

Master thesis project at Karolinska Institutet: “The role of the gut microbiota in epilepsy”

Are you interested in the gut microbiota and its influence on the brain? Do you want to work with bioinformatics analyzing sequencing data? Are you interested in machine learning algorithms and their application as disease predictors based on the gut microbiota? There is now a master thesis project available at the Centre for Translational Microbiome Research at Karolinska Institutet for the coming fall semester.

Degree project: The role of the gut microbiota in epilepsy

Department: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), KI
Place: KI campus, Solna
Start: Mid-August 2023, if possible
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD in urban evolution of Lepidoptera, University of Bremen, Germany

This PhD studentship will participate in a project studying how seasonal plasticity of butterflies, specifically Pieris napi, is evolving in cities. Urbanization can alter the relationship between photoperiod and the seasons both because cities tend to be warmer than their surroundings (the urban heat island) and light pollution in cities can lengthen photoperiods. Both can disrupt the use of photoperiod as an adaptive cue for plasticity, unless evolution can alter the response to photoperiod.

PhD in urban evolution of Lepidoptera

Department: Biology, University of Bremen
Place: Bremen, Germany
Start: Flexible / ideally September 2023
Application: Deadline June 9, 2023

PhD Studentships in Bioinformatics, ColoMARK MSCA Doctoral Network, Spain

The ColoMARK initiative aims to establish a European network of colorectal cancer experts and develop innovative technological solutions for its diagnosis and prognosis. As part of this program, The Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) is offering two PhD student positions within the Genomic Medicine Group.

Two PhD students within the ColoMARK network

Institution: Genomic Medicine Group, The Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS)
Place: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Start: Not later than July 30, 2023
Application: Deadline May 31, 2023

IMCBio’s Summer School 2023, Strasbourg, France

Get a taste of the IMCBio graduate program, master and PhD-levels, by participating in the first IMCBio undergraduate summer school in 2023! The aim of this summer school is to get talented Bachelor students in their 2nd year to know the IMCBio program and the associated labs to motivate them to join IMCBio for Masters and PhD studies. For students coming from outside the University of Strasbourg, the IMCBio graduate school offers you the possibility to couple your attendance to the Summer School with a one month financially supported internship in one of the associated laboratories. More info on their website, via link or QR code in the pdf!

IMCBio Summer School 2023

Organisers: Graduate school of integrative molecular and cellular biology (IMCBio), University of Strasbourg
Place: Strasbourg, France
Time: June 28-30, 2023
Application: Deadline May 24, 2023

Degree project / research training offer: "Wing polyphenism in water striders", EBC Uppsala

Water striders (Gerridae) are a group of insects well-known for their variation in wing length. Environmental factors such as photoperiod, nymphal density and temperature can all influence if an individual produces wings or not, a phenomenon called wing polyphenism. Here are flexible opportunities to study different aspects of this intriguing phenomenon, as part of doing your degree project or a research training.

Projects on wing polyphenism in water striders

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: Summer or fall 2023
Application: Contact the PI / supervisor!

PhD thesis proposal on vaccination in free-range chicken, INRAE, France

Vaccination is one of the most efficient preventive methods to fight infectious
diseases in livestock. However, genetic variations and variations in the gut microbiota
influence the effectiveness of the vaccine response. In addition, genetic variations of the host impact those of the microbiota. Finally, little is known about the influence of free-range animal husbandry on the vaccine response. This PhD project proposal will address these kinds of issues.

PhD: Genetic determinism of vaccine response and caecal microbiota composition in free-range chickens

Department: UMR GABI, INRAE
Place: Jouy en Josas, France
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Contact the PI / follow the directions in the pdf

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

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

SFB Polygenic Adaptation

Organisation (PhD positions): University of Veterinary Medicine
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: Not specified / by agreement(?)
Application: Deadline June 4, 2023

PhD position in RNA biophysics, IMBIM, UU

Are you interested in understanding how RNAs adopt their structures to select specific functions in a pool of RNAs? This PhD project aims to focus on understanding how RNA structure dynamics affects biological functions especially in the context of miRNA34a and the formation of the target-directed miRNA degradation process with AGO2 protein. More details in the pdf!

PhD position in RNA biophysics

Department: IMBIM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
​Start: June 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline May 24, 2023

Degree projects on different aspects of conjugated hydrogels for biomedical applications, MCB, UU

Here are a couple of interesting project proposals suitable for doing your master degree project with a new research group at Department of Medical Cell Biology, UU. Read further in the appended pdf´s if either of them seem like an option of interest to you!

Synthesis and characterization of biocompatible and bioactive hydrogels

Immunosuppressive gels for islet cell encapsulation and transplantation using
microfluidics, in vitro and in vivo

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

PhD student in environmental science, Lund University

This PhD project in environmental science is part of the MISTRA-funded project BIOPATH, which aims to map, evaluate and co-develop existing and new approaches through which biodiversity is integrated into financial decision-making, in the same way as is often done nowadays with climate impact. The aim is to contribute to creating incentives for companies and financial investors to reduce their negative impact on biodiversity, by developing methods that reliably and quantitatively describe how their activities affect biodiversity.

PhD student in environmental science

Department: The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University
Place: Lund
Start: According to agreement
Application: Deadline May 22, 2023

PhD position, Department of Ecology, SLU

A PhD position is available at the Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The aim of this PhD position is to investigate the relationship between soil moisture conditions, mycorrhizal colonisation and community composition, and spruce resistance against European spruce bark beetle attack.

PhD position: Below and aboveground interactions affecting tree susceptibility to bark beetle attack

Department: Ecology, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: According to agreement, Summer 2023
Application: Deadline May 24, 2023

Two PhD student positions at IGP, UU

Here are two open PhD positions that may be of interest to some of you. If so, please check them out further!

1) PhD student in cancer systems biology

2) PhD student in medical genetics for early detection of ovarian cancer

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala
Start: 1) Aug 1, 2023 or as agreed; 2) As agreed
Application: Deadlines: 1) May 25, 2023; 2) May 12, 2023

Studentevent, Sigma Industry Evolve, 16 maj

Studenter är varmt välkommen på konsultföretaget Sigma Industry Evolve’s informationsevent den 16 maj. Se inbjudan i annonsen och anmäl dig via länken i den! Anmäl dig gärna så snart som möjligt då det är ett begränsat antal platser. Och kom ihåg att avanmäla dig om du får förhinder så att någon annan kan få platsen.

Sigma Industry Evolve’s studentevent

Arrangör: Konsultföretaget Sigma Industry Evolve
Plats: Virdings allé 32B, Uppsala Business Park
Tid: Tisdag 16 maj, kl 16:30
Anmälan: Snarast (begränsat antal platser)

PhD positions in Population Genetics, Vienna

The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics is looking for enthusiastic PhD students with a love for evolutionary research and a background in (evolutionary or functional) genetics, theoretical or experimental population genetics, bioinformatics, mathematics or biostatistics. 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 2023 (possibly earlier)
Application: Deadline June 4, 2023

PhD student in Butterfly Evolutionary Ecology, Stockholm University

The Department of Zoology at SU is announcing a 4-year fully funded PhD position, focused on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of climate warming on natural populations of several European butterfly species. Negative effects of warming on reproductive processes are well-known but incorporating these effects into models forecasting responses to climate change are relatively rare. Keen to contribute towards increased knowledge in this field? Then read on!

PhD student in Butterfly Evolutionary Ecology

Department: Zoology, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: August 2023 / flexible
Application: Deadline May 19, 2023

PhD student in Environmental Assessment, SLU

Are you interested in solving questions about the dramatic changes in the chemistry of lakes and streams that has been puzzling science for decades? Then please have a look at this 4-year PhD position! Major increases in the color and organic carbon content of many surface waters across Europe and North America have altered aquatic foodwebs, mobilized harmful substances and created problems for the treatment of drinking water. This has highlighted the need to better understand “brownification” and improve the evidence-base for managing organic matter concentrations in streams, lakes and rivers.

PhD, Improved evidence-base for understanding and managing surface water brownification

Department: Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, SLU
Place: SLU Uppsala
Start: August 1, 2023 or by agreement
Application: Deadline May 19, 2023

PhD student in biology specialization ecology, SLU Umeå

Are you interested in species conservation, ecology and ecological restoration? This PhD position offers an opportunity to work with these questions through studies of grazed areas and the potential of using horses in grassland restoration. Note the very short deadline if you are interested!

PhD, Grassland restoration with horses: grazing to promote biodiversity

Department: Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Sciences, SLU
Place: SLU Umeå
Start: According to agreement (summer/autumn 2023)
Application: Deadline April 27, 2023 (NB! Short deadline!!)

PhD on signalling and secretion of pancreatic islet hormones, UU

The Department of Medical Cell Biology is seeking a PhD student meant to study signalling via intracellular messengers, especially calcium ions and cyclic nucleotides, that directly control the hormone release process. The concentration of these and other signalling molecules as well as the activity of the different effector proteins will be measured in islet cells with fluorescent biosensors and advanced live-cell imaging, including confocal and total internal reflection microscopy. The project will address questions about the spatio-temporal dynamics of the messengers and how it is influenced by different regulators of islet hormone secretion, including glucose and other nutrients, peptide hormones and low molecular weight transmitter substances.

PhD student in medical cell biology specialized in signalling and secretion of pancreatic islet hormones

Department: Department of Medical Cell Biology, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline May 5, 2023

PhD position on fabrication of microfluidic systems for cell studies, UU

In this PhD your tasks will be research in microfluidics and microsystems technology to develop miniaturized systems where plant cells can be grown and stimulated under controlled conditions in a so-called "plant-on-chip". In particular, the focus is on using cleanroom-based fabrication techniques to create patterned surfaces that can control the adhesion and proliferation of plant cells and generate differently organised patterns of multiple cell types. If this sounds interesting to you then read further in the pdf!

PhD student position in biomedical engineering focused on fabrication of microfluidic systems for cell studies

Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UU
Place: Ångström Lab. Uppsala
Start: As soon as possible or as agreed upon
Application: Deadline May 26, 2023

Degree project on optimizing cryo-EM for structural determination of transient conformational states, ICM, UU

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo- EM) is nowadays routinely used to determine structures of biological macromolecules. However, the traditional sample preparation approach typically limits the number of structural states that can be captured. Many proteins perform their function/structural transitions within milliseconds. New sample preparation approaches are thus needed to allow time-resolved studies that also capture the short-lived active intermediate conformations. Capturing these conformations is critical to understand the macromolecules' function completely and could potentially be key for developing novel therapeutics that target the transient states. Here is a chance to be part of developing a cryo-EM plunge-freezing device that will allow time-resolved experiments using a mixing-and-spraying approach by doing a degree project using the replication-transcription complex of SARS-CoV-2 or the bacterial topoisomerase enzyme gyrase. Read further in the pdf!

Time-resolved cryo-EM of protein complexes involved in pathogen replication

Department: Molecular Biophysics, ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023 or later
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Degree projects at Biological Mosquito Control

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

Biological Mosquito Control degree projects

Organization / Department: Biological Mosquito Control / IMBIM, UU 
Place: Uppsala
Start: By agreement 
Application: Contact the PI!

Master thesis project: Studying BMP as a cofactor for influenza virus entry, ICM, UU

Are you interested in contributing, in the form of doing your master degree project, in studies towards establishing the physical mechanisms underlying viral entry of enveloped viruses into host cells, using model viruses like influenza, SARS-CoV-2, HIV and Zika virus; in particular the role in the process of Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), a structural isomer of phosphatidylglycerol? The Kasson lab. at ICM is currently looking for a motivated and curious master student interested in undertaking their thesis project with them.

Studying BMP as a cofactor for influenza virus entry

Department: Laboratory of molecular biophysics, ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023 (or later)
Application: Contact the supervisors/PI!

Several potentially interesting PhDs, Uppsala University

Here are a number of potentially interesting PhD positions, presently open for application at Uppsala University. Please check their details if you think they may be interesting to you! The application deadline for each of them is in parentheses below.

PhD student in Analytical Chemistry (May 8, 2023)

PhD student, Medical Cell Biology (May 3, 2023)

PhD student position in Nanotechnology with focus on 3D printing of oral dosage forms utilizing microneedle injections (May 15, 2023)

PhD student in molecular biology (May 2, 2023)

Departments: Several different (see the respective ad)
Place: Uppsala
Start: See each ad (but in all of them "by agreement" is an alternative)
Application: See parentheses above!

PhD student in Historical geology and Palaeontology, GEO, UU

The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is announcing a four-year PhD position in Historical geology and Palaeontology focusing on the dynamics of major evolutionary radiations and their analysisis. The Palaeobiology Programme focuses on education and research across the interface between the Earth and Life Sciences, encompassing the time span from the origin of life to the significant climatic changes of recent millenia. The project aims to understand better the mismatch between molecular clock and fossil-based estimates for the timing of the origins of clades, as part of a broader Swedish Research Council (VR) funded project.

PhD on the mismatch between molecular clock and fossil-based estimates

Department: Earth Sciences, UU
Place: Geocenter Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline May 8, 2023

PhD student in Ecology, Stockholm University

The Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, invites applications for a four-year PhD position about dispersal patterns, gene flow and connectivity in the Scandinavian arctic fox. The purpose of this project is to investigate the Arctic fox dispersal behavior and habitat use in relation to ecological and landscape variation. Further, the project will assess the extent of gene flow and population structure across the Scandinavian distribution range. The questions will be adressed using GPS collars and genetic analyses. We search for a candidate with good knowledge in ecology, conservation biology and population genetics. Experience of fieldwork, genetic analyses and processing telemetry data are considered important qualifications.

PhD in Ecology

Department: Zoology, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not specified / by agreement?
Application: Deadline April 23, 2023

Två sommarjobb på Utsläppshandelsenheten, Naturvårdsverket

Naturvårdsverket söker två sommarjobbare som vill bidra till det viktiga arbetet med att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser. EU:s utsläppshandelssystem är ett av EU:s viktigaste styrmedel för att minska växthusgasutsläppen. I Sverige omfattas idag ca 40% av de nationella utsläppen av utsläppshandelssystemet. Totalt omfattas ca. 750 industri- och energianläggningar. Att utsläppshandeln fungerar och driver fram utsläppsminskningar är därmed avgörande för att Sverige och EU ska nå sina klimatmål. OBS den något korta deadlinen för att söka!

Sommarjobb på Naturvårdsverket

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket
Plats: Stockholm eller Östersund
Start: 1 Juli, 2023 eller enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 21 april, 2023 (Obs! Kort deadline!!)

PhD student in environmental analysis with focus on climate risks to water supply, GEO, UU

Climate-related risks to water supply are increasing in many places of the world. Although Sweden is often considered to be a water-rich country, it has suffered severe water shortages over the past summers, especially in the southern regions. Droughts, torrential rains, floods and landslides can affect water supplies through water shortages, water pollution and physical damage to infrastructure. In order to quantify current and future risks to water supply, Sweden needs an improved understanding of how climate-related risks (floods and droughts), water flows (precipitation, runoff, evaporation) and water reservoirs (lakes and aquifers) change over time and space. The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is now seeking a PhD student for studies of these issues.

PhD on climate risks to water supply

Department: Earth Sciences, UU
Place: Geocenter Uppsala
Start: 2023-09-01 or as agreed
Application: Deadline May 15, 2023

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 probably even more later on 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 student in bioinformatics-focused interventional sleep & chronobiology research, Med Sci, UU

A four-year fully funded position as a PhD student is now available at the Department of Medical Sciences. They are seeking highly motivated candidates, preferably with bioinformatics experience, who wish to study genomic and molecular aspects of sleep & circadian medicine ("chronomedicine"). The goal will be to study how sleep & circadian rhythms are modulated by key lifestyle factors such as exercise and diet.

PhD student in bioinformatics-focused interventional sleep & chronobiology research

Department: Medical Sciences, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline April 20, 2023

Doktorand inom Molekylära livsvetenskaper, ICM, UU

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Det här doktorandprojektet, som är en del i ett större pågående projekt, går ut på att ta fram en kvantitativ modell för dynamiken i ko- och post-translationell veckning, processning och sekretion av polypeptider i levande bakterieceller. För att åstadkomma detta behöver de nuvarande experimentella och analytiska systemen för enmolekylspårning vidareutvecklas. Forskningsprojektet innefattar bl a fluorescensmärkning av nyckelspelare i proteinsyntesmaskineriet, men också matematisk modellering av reaktion-diffusionssystem.

Doktorand inom Molekylära livsvetenskaper

Institution: ICM, UU
Plats: BMC Uppsala
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 24 april, 2023

PhD position in Biophysical Chemistry, Ångström Lab., UU

The Program Molecular Biomimetics is looking for a highly motivated and educated candidate, eager to contribute to research concerning the mechanisms of gas producing and processing enzymes of high energy relevance. Specifically, you will be working on both the mechanism of water oxidation in photosystem II and H₂ formation by hydrogenases employing biochemical and biophysical techniques.

PhD in Biophysical Chemistry

Department: Chemistry - Ångström, UU
Place: Ångström Lab., Uppsala
Start: May 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline April 17, 2023

Praktikplatser på Naturvårdsverket under hösten

Naturvårdsverket söker praktikanter inom flera olika områden och med ett par alternativa placeringorter för höstterminen 2023. Läs vidare i pdf-filen och håll även koll på (via länk i pdf:en) om det ev kan annonseras fler längre fram.

Praktik HT 2023 på Naturvårdsverket

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket
Plats: Stockholm eller Östersund
Start: Hösten 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 16 april, 2023

Degree projects and internships in in vitro environmental toxicology for summer/fall 2023, Pharmaceutical Biosciences, UU

The Drug Safety and Toxicology group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, offers degree projects and internships to interested students. They also offer a combined internship + thesis program for summer + fall 2023, allowing interested candidates to learn applied methods before starting the thesis project. A couple of presently offered projects are: "De novo establishment of in vitro fish bioassays via Crispr/Cas-mediated reporter gene knock-ins for pro- and retrospective environmental toxicity testing" and "Development of multiple-endpoint bioassays for the assessment of environmental pollutants". Read further in the pdf for more detailed info about the projects!

Degree projects and internships in in vitro environmental toxicology

Department: The Drug Safety and Toxicology group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Summer/fall 2023
Application: Contact the supervisor!

PhD student in Cancer and Vascular Biology, IGP, UU

Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University is recruiting for a PhD project focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate blood vessel formation and immune cell recruitment in tumors, and on determining how abnormal tumor vessels affect tumor progression and response to therapy. Cell culture models, experimental tumor models and analysis of tumor tissue from patients will be used to identify and explore new targets for cancer therapy.

PhD student in Cancer and Vascular Biology

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline April 6, 2023

Master degree project the coming fall on plant autophagy, SLU Uppsala

The aim of this master project is to further unravel autophagy signalling mechanisms, by using a chemical genetics approach. You will identify and evaluate the binding of newly identified autophagy modulating compounds to their target proteins/interactors to gain novel insights into the plant autophagy pathway. The work proposed has broad significance, ranging from agriculture to medicine, due to the fundamental and vital nature of autophagy for all complex life forms.

Master thesis: A chemical genetics approach to unravel autophagy signaling

Department: Department of Molecular Sciences, SLU
Place: SLU BioCenter
Start: Fall semester 2023
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Repris - Sommarjobb på Cytiva och Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Nu är betydligt flera annonser om sommarjobb utlagda hos både Cytiva och Thermo Fisher, så vi kör en repris här. Se de bilagda filerna för hur du själv söker fram de vid söktillfället aktuella annonserade sommarjobben. Det är även fullt möjligt att ännu flera kommer efter hand, så spar annonserna och gör om sökningarna senare om du är intresserad.

Sommarjobb på Cytiva

Sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific

Arbetsgivare: Cytiva eller Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2023
Ansökan: Se resp enskilda annonser då de ev kan ha olika deadlines!

PhD student in peatland ecology, IEG, UU

IEG is looking for a PhD student who will examine the effects of peatland rewetting and restoration on water quality (for example, the quantity and quality of dissolved organic matter and nutrients). This will be done by investigating temporal and spatial variation in water quality after rewetting compared to natural and drained peatlands across Sweden. The objective is to link plant functional composition and hydrological factors to water quality.

PhD in peatland ecology

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: September 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline April 17, 2023

PhD student in wetland hydrology, Department of Earth Sciences, UU

Restoration of drained wetlands is a global goal because of its many benefits for society, among them enhanced biodiversity, carbon sequestration and water security. However, there is limited knowledge on how restoration affects the hydrological functioning of peatlands under varying spatiotemporal conditions. This PhD project will examine the effects of peatland rewetting and plant composition on hydrological functioning peat properties and micro climate, by collecting field data and combining it with lab analysis as well as advanced modelling approaches.

PhD in wetland hydrology

Department: Earth Sciences (GEO), UU
Place: Geocentrum Uppsala
Start: June 1, 20223 or as agreed
Application: Deadline April 17, 2023

Master thesis the coming fall at AstraZeneca

Interested in doing a degree project on "molecular mechanisms of cardiotoxicity utilizing novel cardiovascular in vitro models and technology platforms"? Here is a chance to do an interesting thesis (preferably long, ... up to 60 hp) at the forefront of innovative medical research, working with experts across global multi-disciplinary teams in the fields of cardiac biology and toxicology. From this cutting-edge work there is, in addition to your thesis, the potential for publishing in high-impact journals and influencing the future direction of the cardiovascular safety strategy within AZ.

Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of cardiotoxicity utilizing novel cardiovascular in vitro models and technology platforms

Company: AstraZeneca
Place: Mölndal (Gothenburg area)
Start: August/September 2023
Application: Contact the PI!

Administratör/Laboratorieansvarig vid Abisko naturvetenskapliga station

Abisko naturvetenskapliga station är öppen året runt men större delen av de gästande forskarna använder stationen under sommarhalvåret. Polarforskningssekretariatet söker nu en administratör/laboratorieansvarig till Enheten för landbaserat forskningsstöd, med placering vid stationen. Läs mer om arbetsuppgifterna och kvalifikationskraven i pdf-en om detta låter intressant för dig!

Administratör/Laboratorieansvarig vid Abisko naturvetenskapliga station

Arbetsgivare: Polarforskningssekretariatet
Plats: Abisko naturvetenskapliga station
Start: Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 31 mars, 2023

Sommarjobb på Cytiva!

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

Sommarjobb 2023, Cytiva

Företag: Cytiva (tidigare GE Healthcare)
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2023
Ansökan: Se respektive annons (vi vet inte om de ev. har samordnat ansökningsdatum)

Microbiota for life history analysis in mosquitoes, ICM, UU

Insects are virtually omnipresent, populating a huge variety of ecological niches on the planet. However, insects are themselves ecological niches, populated by many different microbes that form their microbiota. In this project you will be investigating how the microbiota of different insect species is influenced and shaped depending on their geographical location, but will also in the process uncover the limits of some of the methodologies that are routinely used to investigate microbial data. The project is principally suitable for a bioinformatics master degree project, but could possibly also be adapted for a shorter course format.

Microbiota for life history analysis in mosquitoes

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

Master degree project on drinking water quality, IEG, UU

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

Interactions between dissolved organic matter and PFAS during drinking water treatment

Department: Limnology, IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: September 2023
Application: Contact the PI!

Sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala

Nu har Thermo Fisher i Uppsala börjat lägga ut sina attraktiva erbjudanden om sommarjobb, dock i relativt blygsam mängd än så länge... Se den bilagda filen för hur du själv söker fram de just nu aktuella annonserade sommarjobben.

Sommarjobb på Thermo Fisher Scientific

Arbetsgivare: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Sommar 2023
Ansökan: Se resp enskild annons då de ev kan ha olika deadlines!

PhD position on aspects of evolution, University of Calgary, Canada

Here is a very interesting and flexible opening for a PhD position at University of Calgary with ample opportunities to have your own interests influence the actual topic of your studies, or as an alternative choose among the many lines of interest of the PI.

PhD student interested in studying how evolution works

Department: Yeaman Lab., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
Place: Calgary, Canada
Start: By agreement (?)
Application: Reviewing of applications commences on March 15, 2023

PhD student in vascular biology, IGP, UU

A PhD student position is available for a highly motivated individual with interest in vascular/developmental biology to join the laboratory of Dr. Taija Mäkinen at Uppsala University, Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Research in the lab focuses on understanding the regulation of the lymphatic vasculature in physiological and pathological conditions. By utilizing unique genetic tools and single cell RNA sequencing datasets developed in the lab, the selected candidate will address one of the following topics, agreed depending on the candidate’s expertise and interests: 1) functional characterisation of organ-specific lymphatic endothelial progenitor cells, and/or 2) novel (organ-specific) functions of lymphatic endothelium in homeostasis and disease.

PhD student in vascular biology

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala
Start: June 1 or as agreed
Application: Deadline March 20, 2023

PhD student in Computer-Aided Drug Design, ICM, UU

As a PRISMAS PhD student (PRISMAS is a new doctoral network training the next generation of 40 leading synchrotron experts), you will have the chance to conduct cutting-edge research in your field, taking advantage of state of the art tools that will bring you attractive future job opportunities in academia or industry. Moreover, you are part of designing the future of synchrotron technology and instrumentation and using these to tackle some of the most significant global challenges the world faces today while acquiring interdisciplinary and intersectoral knowledge. Interested?... Please read on!

PhD student in Computer-Aided Drug Design (MSCA COFUND project PRISMAS)

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Foreseen to start on September 01, 2023
Application: Deadline May 2, 2023

Project assistant position for Water Days at Erken field station

Limnology, IEG, UU is looking for an assistant for outreach activities at the Erken field station for the spring season, from end of April to mid-June. You will work with Water Days for school classes that aim to give pupils the possibility to gain knowledge about concepts and methods in biology (focusing on ecology). If you are interested, please check the pdf-file for more information!

Project assistant position for Water Days

Department: Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
Place: Erken Laboratory, Norr Malma (close to Norrtälje)
Start: End of April
Application: Continuous until the position is filled

Amanuenser 50%, IOB, UU

IOB söker amanuenser för att delta i biologiundervisning. Arbetsuppgifterna omfattar undervisning och tillhörande uppgifter såsom planering, förberedelse och administration. Undervisningen rör huvudsakligen undervisning på kurser i botanik med fokus på evolution och mångfald, liksom floristik. Din roll kommer vara att i ett lärarlag med kursledare och övriga lärare ansvara för, förbereda och genomföra undervisning på laborationer samt vid exkursioner i fält. Omfattningen är 50% under perioden 2023-06-01 - 2023-10-31 eller enligt överenskommelse.

Amanuenser 50%

Institution: IOB, UU
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Juni 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 10 mars, 2023

PhD student in Immunophysiology, UU

Circulating and fluctuating ovarian hormones are known to regulate the menstrual cycle, but the involved self-renewing mechanisms and cellular contributions within the stem cell niches are largely unknown. In fact, the localization and characteristics of endometrial stem cells still remains to be defined, as does the functions of the immune cells, which at times constitute up to 70% of the endometrial cellularity. Based on previous findings of immune cells including neutrophils and macrophages being important for repairing injured tissues, this project now wants to investigate what these cells do during the endometrial injury-repair process with specific focus on their interactions with the stem cell niche. The overarching goal with this research is to generate knowledge that can be used for the development of treatments of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and endometriosis.

PhD student in Immunophysiology

Department: Department of Medical Cell Biology, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline March 28, 2023

Sommarjobb på Trafikverket 2023

Trafikverkets andra ansökningsomgång för sommarjobb är nu igång, med en massa intressanta sommarjobb för studenter, bl.a. för tekniker, naturvetare, biologer, ... Klicka på länken i annons-pdf:en för att komma till Trafikverkets egen webbsida med lediga sommarjobb. Tyvärr verkar annonserna inte längre delas upp i olika ämneskategorier, så du måste själv bläddra bland annonserna för att hitta dem du ev finner intressanta!

Sommarjobb 2023, Trafikverket

Arbetsgivare: Trafikverket
Plats: Jobb erbjuds på många olika platser i landet
Start: Sommar 2023
Ansökan: Senast 9 mars (andra sökomgången)

Flera annonser om säsongsarbete på olika naturum

Kontinuerligt annonseras (som vi redan tidigare annonserat om) sommarjobb som guide, värd och annat på olika naturum runt landet. OBS att vissa kan ha kort deadline för att söka! Spar gärna pdf-en för framtida bruk och ev senare uppdaterad lägesbild, om du vill kolla igen!

Säsongsarbete på naturum i sommar

Arbetsgivare: Olika länsstyrelser / Naturvårdsverket / olika huvudmän
Platser: Många olika delar av landet
Start: Sommarsäsongen 2023 (se individuella annonser)
Ansökan: Se resp. individuella annonser!

Examensarbete / Degree project, SVA Uppsala

"Bildanalys som hjälp till övervakning av exotiska fästingar i Sverige". Kolla pdf-filen för detaljer!  / "Image analysis for monitoring exotic ticks in Sweden". Check the pdf for details!

Exjobb, SVA Uppsala - Sve / Eng

Institution: Avd. för kemi, miljö och fodersäkerhet, Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt, SVA
Plats: SVA Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. / by agreement
Ansökan: Kontakta PI!

PhD student in Molecular Epidemiology, UU

Here is an opening for a PhD student position in the Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Med Sci, UU. The project will focus on causes and consequences of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, identification of predictive biomarkers and lifestyle factors, and novel methods in disease surveillance. The research group includes several members with extensive experience in advanced statistical, epidemiological and bioinformatics methods.

PhD student in Molecular Epidemiology

Department: Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, UU
Place: EpiHubben, MTC-huset, Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline March 22, 2023

PhD position at Karlstad University: hydropeaking and riparian habitat

Karlstad University is accepting applications for a PhD position within the project “Ecological status of riparian habitat in relation to hydropeaking in winter”, which is funded as a part of the "Swedish Centre for Sustainable Hydropower - SVC". The successful candidate will study short-term regulation in Swedish watercourses (hydropeaking) along a latitude and climate gradient, collect field data on interactions between short-term regulation in winter and ice dynamics, and do field experiments on the effects of hydropeaking on the composition and diversity of riparian vegetation, fish survival rates and ecosystem processes such as decomposition.

Ecological status of riparian habitat in relation to hydropeaking in winter

Department: Department of Environmental and Life Sciences – Biology, Karlstad University
Place: Karlstad
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline March 15, 2023

BIOTIN Open Call for Fully Funded PhD Program, Izmir, Türkiye

Biomedical Technologies and Innovation, "BIOTIN", doctoral program features an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach to provide 10 doctoral candidates (DCs) a unique blend of research training skills in the convergence of life sciences, engineering, and computational & data science, and entrepreneurship skills, with the aim of advancing innovation in biomedical research and education. BIOTIN consortium consists of Türkiye’s top technology-focused universities (İzmir Institute of Technology and Boğaziçi University) alongside a clinical-research centre (İzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center) and 28 associated organizations including leading academic institutions and industrial partners worldwide.

BIOTIN flyer & short info

Institutions: İzmir Institute of Technology, Boğaziçi University and İzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center
Place: Izmir, Türkiye
Start: October 2023
Application: Deadline March 13, 2023

An additional master thesis project in the Behrendt lab, EBC/SciLifeLab, Uppsala

Please feel free to get all the details about this specific project and contact info from the attached pdf. Students from all walks of life and backgrounds are welcome to apply, but please also check the most suitable backgrounds for each project!

Exploring Symbiodinium diversity and stress tolerance

Department: Department of Environmental Toxicology, IOB/SciLifeLab, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023 or later
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor

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

Edit 230220: The PI in particular encourages applicants from the X-program or those with a similar background (previously published 220117).
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 pdf files! Students from all walks of life and backgrounds are welcome to apply, but please also check the most suitable backgrounds for each project!

Does light mediate bacteria-phytoplankton interactions?

The phenotyping of single microalgae for industry applications

Determining chemical stress effects in single phytoplankton cells

The biophotonic behavior of coral symbionts

The effects of hypoxia on single phytoplankton cells

Development of an analytical image pipeline for quantitative phase imaging

Department: Department of Environmental Toxicology, IOB/SciLifeLab, UU
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023 or later
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Scandinavian coastal bivalves — conservation, invasion ecology, and mariculture

Interested in doing a degree project (other types of projects are also possible) contributing to the conservation of scandinavian coastal bivalves? Here are multiple opportunities to address various aspects of this.

Scandinavian coastal bivalves — conservation, invasion ecology, and mariculture

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!

Summer research camp for students 2023, Rostock, Germany

The overarching theme for this years summer camp at University of Rostock is Vulnerable Coastal Ecosystems - The challenges and consequences of increasing frequencies of extreme events. It is open to advanced Master and PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers.

Research Summer Camp 2023 - Vulnerable Coastal Ecosystems

Organiser: International Welcome Center (IWC), University of Rostock
Place: Rostock, Germany
Time: September 4-10, 2023
Application: Deadline May 31, 2023

Sustainergies Academy- Interaktiva studiebesök med fokus på hållbarhet

Är du nyfiken på hur företag jobbar med hållbarhet och ansvarstagande? Sustainergies Academy är en serie interaktiva företagsbesök under våren 2023 som riktar sig till dig som student. Det är öppet för alla studieinriktningar och helt kostnadsfritt. Varje företagsbesök innebär chansen att utöka din kännedom om hållbarhetsfrågor, diskutera aktuella utmaningar, få praktiska karriärstips av hållbarhetsproffs och lära känna studenter med annan studieinriktning. Låter det intressant? Läs mer och ansök till vårens Sustainergies Academy innan den 5:e mars!

Sustainergies Academy

Organisation/förening: Sustainergies.
Plats: Uppsala
Start: VT 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 3 mars 2023

Master project "Assembly mechanisms of an algal bloom-regulating virus", ICM, UU

Here is a master level project proposal which is very suitable for a degree project. However, it can also be adapted for shorter formats, for instance for a research training or summer project of some sort. If you are interested in marine viruses and their assembly mechanisms, please check further since this may be a project for you!

Assembly mechanisms of an algal bloom-regulating virus

Department: Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

Two degree projects in Bioinformatics, ICM, UU

Are you interested in bioinformatics, programming, machine learning, etc., and their applications in medicine, for finding new and better tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of therapeutic interventions in relation to various diseases? If so, here are a couple of master thesis proposals that you may want to consider!

1) Identification of de novo Transcription Factor Binding Motifs Created by Cancer-related Mutations

2) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus subtyping

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

Degree projects at Rudbeck Lab., during the coming fall semester 2023

Here are a couple of interesting project proposals, principally suitable for doing your master thesis, the coming fall semester. Please check them out in detail if the project titles sound interesting to you!

1) Why does obesity cause Type 2 diabetes?

2) Characterisation of adipose tissue with a focus on the fat depots around the kidney

Department: Clinical Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medical Sciences, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Fall 2023
Application: Contact the PIs!

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

Dags att nominera kandidater till Pedagogiska priserna 2023! Se detaljinfo i pdf! / Time to nominate candidates for the 2023 Pedagogic Awards! See detailed info in the pdf!

Ped priset 2023 - Sve/Eng

Organiser: Division for quality enhancement, UU
Deadline for nominations: March 10, 2023

PhD Research Fellow in Plant Ecology, University of Bergen

Please note the extremely tight deadline for applying for this position!
Here is a vacancy for a PhD Research Fellow in plant ecology at the Department of Biological Sciences, UiB, Norway. The position is for a fixed term of 3 years with the possibility of a 4th year with compulsory other work (e.g. teaching duties at the Department).The position is financed by EU and connected to the research project RangeX (Mechanisms underlying the success and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of range-expanding species under climate change) funded by the BiodivERsA COFUND Call on "Biodiversity and Climate Change”.

PhD Research Fellow in Plant Ecology

Department: Department of Biological Sciences, UiB
Place: Bergen, Norway
Start: Not specified
Application: Deadline February 9, 2023 (short deadline!!!)

Praktikant (/ev. examensarbete) vitryggig hackspett 2023

OBS! Förlängd ansökningstid!Länsstyrelsen i Uppsala söker en praktikant (ev. anpassningsbart för examensarbete) som kan hjälpa till med arbetet med hotade arter på naturskyddsenheten under våren 2023. Praktikantens huvudsakliga arbetsuppgifter har koppling till vitryggig hackspett. Det handlar om att bearbeta åtgärdsprogrammet och att göra det första steget i en kommunikations- och sekretesspolicy. Eventuellt kan det behövas två praktikanter då det ena kräver GIS-kunskap och den andra juridisk kunskap. Låter det intressant för dig? Läs då vidare i pdf-filen!

Praktikant vitryggig hackspett 2023

Arbetsgivare: Länsstyrelsen Uppsala
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Våren 2023
Ansökan: Senast 28 februari 2023

Doktorand i Medicinsk vetenskap inom området mikrodialys och immunterapi, UU

Molekylär Geriatrik är en forskargrupp som är verksam vid Rudbecklaboratoriet. Deras forskning är huvudsakligen inriktad mot terapi och diagnostik av neurodegenerativa sjukdomar. Målet för detta projekt är att studera hur bispecifika antikroppar tar sig in i och breder ut sig i hjärnan hos möss med Alzheimerliknande patologi. Antikroppars interaktioner med deras respektive målsystem i hjärnan kommer att studeras med olika in vivo-metoder, såsom mikrodialys och olika avbildningstekniker, för att ta reda på i vilka delar av hjärnan dessa interaktioner sker och i vilken utsträckning. Projektet kommer att innefatta både terapeutiska och diagnostiska frågeställningar, samt i ett senare skede en kombination av antikroppsterapi och antikroppsbaserad in vivo-diagnostik med avbildningstekniken positronemissions-tomografi (PET).

Doktorand i Medicinsk vetenskap inom området mikrodialys och immunterapi

Institution: Molekylär geriatrik, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, UU
Plats: Rudbecklaboratoriet, Uppsala
Start: 1 april 2023, eller enl. överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 20 februari, 2023

PhD student position in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on additive manufacturing of sustainable, biodegradable alloys, UU

Here is a PhD project that may be of interest to some of you, with the aim to develop rare-earth-free magnesium metallic glasses with potential applications spanning from the biomedical field to aerospace and the automotive industry. Their microstructure would allow for enhanced strength and corrosion resistance, but large, complex components have previously been impossible to achieve for these materials. Read further if this sounds of interest to you!

PhD student position in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on additive manufacturing of sustainable, biodegradable alloys

Department: Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UU
Place: Ångström Laboratory
Start: A.s.a.p./ By agreement
Application: Deadline February 28, 2023

Two PhD students in the area of Pharmacometrics - Global health, UU

Two doctoral positions with focus on 1) the optimization of antiparasitic therapy for leishmaniasis or 2) the topic of translational pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are available in the research area of pharmacometrics, within the theme global health and neglected tropical diseases, at the Department of Pharmacy.

PhD 1: Optimization of antiparasitic therapy

PhD 2: Translational pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Department: Pharmacy, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: March 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadlines PhD 1: February 22, 2023; PhD 2: february 20, 2023

Four open positions at University of Oulu, Finland

Presently there are four positions open (one postdoc, one PhD student and two summer/temporary research assistant positions). All four positions are within the "Global Change Effects on Plant Metacommunities" project and the field work will mainly be performed in a beautiful meadow metacommunity system in the archipelago of southern Finland, Åland Islands. The PI is specially interested in getting applicants from Sweden as the field work in this project happens in the Åland Islands and Swedish language skills would be important. The assistants positions can also potentially be adapted for doing your master degree project if that would suit you. Please see attachments.

Two positions as Research Assistants/Project Researchers

Two positions as Postdoctoral and/or doctoral students

Department: Ecology and Genetics Unit, University of Oulu
Place: Oulu, Finland with fieldwork in the Åland archipelago
Start: Late spring/early summer with some flexibility
Application:  Deadlines February 20, 2023 for the assistans positions and February 28, 2023 for the Postdoc/PhD positions

PhD student in AI-aided computational chemistry, UU

The context of this PhD position is the newly started eSSENCE Graduate school in data-intensive Computing (https://essenceofescience.se/). The school is now hiring 10 PhD students at Uppsala University to work on projects that all address the challenge of data-intensive science both from the foundational methodological perspective and from the perspective of data-driven science applications. The present position is one of those ten.

PhD student in AI-aided computational chemistry

Department: Chemistry-Ångström, UU
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: April 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline February 27, 2023

Vill du arbeta som naturumguide i sommar?

Här utlyses en tjänst (ev. flera som delar på arbetstiden) som naturumguide vid naturum Vänerskärgården, vid Läckö slott, Lidköping, under sommaren 2023. Läckö slott ligger naturskönt beläget på en udde i Vänern i Lidköpings kommun, Västergötland. Slottet är ett av de största besöksmålen i regionen. Stiftelsen Läckö Slott bedriver en omfattande publik verksamhet med bl a utställningar, guidade visningar, barnaktiviteter, slottsträdgård, produktion av opera samt en bred verksamhet i naturum Vänerskärgården – Victoriahuset. Obs även annons nedan med länk till flera sommarjobb som naturumguide!

Naturumguide till naturum Vänerskärgården - sommarjobb för biologistuderande

Arbetsgivare: Naturvårdsverket / Stiftelsen Läckö slott
Plats: Lidköping
Start: Början av juni - mitten/slutet av augusti 2023
Ansökan: Löpande, sök så snart som möjligt!

PhD student in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development/Food Security, UU

The Department of Earth Sciences of Uppsala University focuses on subjects that range from the Earth's core to the atmosphere, on scales from submicroscopic structures in minerals to the formation of mountains and oceans, and from basic research on natural resources to research on how humans can sustainably manage these resources. The interdisciplinary research of the Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Programme within the department focuses on the different dimensions of sustainable development. It considers the environment and its natural resources and ecosystem services as an overarching foundation for society and economy and aims to provide knowledge on how to identify, explore, extract, and utilize natural resources in a safe and sustainable fashion.

PhD student in Natural Resources/Sustainable Development-Resilient Food Supply

Department: Department of Earth Sciences, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: As agreed
Application: Deadline February 24, 2023

Fältpersonal sökes för inventeringsarbete, Svensk Naturförvaltning AB

Svensk Naturförvaltning AB erbjuder spetskompetens inom förvaltning av biologiska naturresurser. De söker nu, inför fältsäsongen 2023, personal för inventering av viltbetesskador i ungskog (Äbin), skogstaxering, naturvärdesinventering och plantinventering. Inventeringssäsongen pågår från april till oktober och arbetet bedrivs över hela landet. Det kan finnas möjlighet att arbeta med enstaka eller flera uppdrag under hela eller delar av säsongen. Beroende på uppdragsvolymer inom andra delar av företagets verksamhet kan det även bli aktuellt med andra arbetsuppgifter och förlängning av arbetsperioden. Ta en kontakt för att få mer detaljerad info om vad som ev. kan passa dig!

Fältpersonal 2023, Svensk Naturförvaltning AB

Företag: Svensk Naturförvaltning AB
Plats: Fältarbetet bedrivs över hela landet
Start: April (arbetet fortlöper till Oktober, med ngt olika starttid i olika delar av landet. Arbete under endast en del av denna period är också möjligt)
Ansökan: Snarast/löpande, dock senast 6 mars

National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics 2023

Reminder! See also below, 2022-11-21
If you have been or is being accepted as a PhD student in bioinformatics between January 2022 and April 2023 (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 will enroll some 20-30 students and is a complement to your conventional PhD education, by providing Advanced courses across Sweden, Annual meetings, Networking and Mentorship in a 3-year programme.

National Graduate School MedBioInfo, 2023

Organisers: SciLifeLab, several different Swedish Universities, etc.
Place: Uppsala, etc.
Start: Spring 2023
Application: February 28, 2023

Kalix kommun söker studenter för projekt- eller examensarbeten

Vill du göra något viktigt på riktigt? Kalix kommun söker en eller flera studenter som vill bidra till en medvetenhet om luftkvaliteten i Kalix kommun. Luften vi andas är väldigt viktig ur ett hälsoperspektiv. Det är känt sedan länge att vissa föroreningar som finns i luften är hälsofarliga. Därför måste kommunerna vara medvetna om vad luften i städerna innehåller och rapportera detta till naturvårdsverket varje år. Hittills har Kalix kommun rapporterat värden som tagits fram i en rapport över luftkvalitet som gjordes i länet 2015. Under 2018 och 2019 har nya EU-direktiv tagits fram där bland annat fler ämnen än tidigare ska rapporteras. Kommunen behöver därför göra en ny inledande kartläggning och objektiv skattning av luftkvaliteten. Läs vidare om detta låter intressant för dig!

Examens- eller projektarbete, Kalix kommun

Arbetsgivare: Kalix kommun
Plats: Kalix
Start: 2023 / Enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Ring projektansvariga/handledare för ytterligare info och ansökan

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 dsRNA viruses, which cause tremendous economic loss in fishery industries worldwide. Based on the groups working hypothesis, they offer studies on elucidating molecular and structural machineries of the dsRNA viruses studied, 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: As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD position in landscape epi / genomics, INRAE and SYSAAF, France

Genetic diversity is crucial for populations to adapt to various environments. These adaptive capacities are of major importance in the light of the ongoing climate change that will drastically affect the environmental conditions, influencing biotic (feed, diseases and pathogens distribution) and abiotic components (temperature, rainfall,...). Livestock, in particular, are likely to suffer from these issues and numerous studies are ongoing to improve animal adaptation to harsher environmental conditions. In this context, local chicken breeds appear to be an option to consider studying, as they represent a large reservoir of genetic diversity valuable for adaptation. Here is a PhD position meant for such studies.

PhD: Genetic and epigenetic spatial population structure of local chicken breeds

Institutes: INRAE (French National Institute for Research on Agriculture and Environment), i collaboration with SYSAAF (French National Association for Aviculture and Aquaculture)
Place: Domaine de Vilvert, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
Start: Between June and December 2023
Application: Contact either of the PIs!

The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2023

The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2023 will take place at Eva von Bahr, Ångström Laboratory, on February 9. Please see the attached file for a full schedule and further info! This years lecturers are Prof. Johan Rockström and John A. Rogers.

The Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2023

Organiser: Celsius-Linnaeus committee, UU
Place: Eva von Bahr, Ångström Laboratory or Online
Time: February 9, 2023

Masters degree projects in restoration ecology, IEG, UU

A new large FORMAS-funded project will evaluate the effects of rewetting drained peatlands; on hydrology, water chemistry, greenhouse gases and vegetation. Rewetted sites across Sweden will be studied. Depending on your study background and areas of interest, there are numerous projects to pick from, and there are also potential opportunities to generate your own original ideas if you want to. You should have an interest in at least one of the following topics: hydrology, plant ecology, biogeoscience, limnology, physical geography, or remote sensing. Projects can be field-based or model-based. Field work will be during summer/fall 2023.

Masters degree projects in restoration ecology (30/45/60 hp/ETCS)

Department: IEG, UU
Place: EBC/Geocentrum, Uppsala
Start: Spring/Summer 2023 or later
Application: Contact the PI!

Master project on plant-mediated methane emissions in littoral zones of lakes, IEG, UU

230414: Position has been filled and is no longer open to apply for!
Lakes are affected by climate change that can trigger a dangerous feedback loop by increasing the amount of greenhouse gases released (i.e. carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄)). In this master thesis project, the aim is to specifically understand how greenhouse gas emissions are driven in littoral zones of lakes, which are hotspots for lake CH₄ emissions.

Plant-mediated methane emissions in littoral zones of lakes

Department: Limnology unit, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
Place: EBC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023 or later
Application: Contact the PI!

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 probably 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

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 

Sommarjobb på Trafikverket 2023

Trafikverket erbjuder som vanligt många intressanta sommarjobb för studenter 2023, bl.a. för tekniker, naturvetare, biologer, ... Klicka på länken i annons-pdf:en för att komma till Trafikverkets egen webbsida med lediga jobb. Tyvärr verkar annonserna inte längre delas upp i olika ämneskategorier, så du måste själv bläddra bland annonserna för att hitta dem du ev finner intressanta! Obs att Trafikverket har två sökomgångar under våren och att denna första har deadline 1 februari!

Sommarjobb 2023, Trafikverket

Arbetsgivare: Trafikverket
Plats: Jobb erbjuds på många olika platser i landet
Start: Sommar 2023
Ansökan: Senast 1 februari (första sökomgången)

Flera annonser om säsongsarbete på olika naturum

Redan nu (ovanligt tidigt?) annonseras många sommarjobb som guide, värd och annat på olika naturum runt landet. OBS att vissa har väldigt kort deadline för att söka! Gissningsvis kommer fler att annonseras efter hand, så om du inte hittar något nu kolla gärna vid senare tillfällen via länken i pdf-filen!

Säsongsarbete på naturum i sommar

Arbetsgivare: Olika länsstyrelser / Naturvårdsverket / olika huvudmän
Platser: Många olika delar av landet
Start: Sommarsäsongen 2023 (se individuella annonser)
Ansökan: Se resp. individuella annonser!

Många säsongs-/sommarjobbsplatser på Jordbruksverket

Intresserad av ett givande friluftsjobb under sommarsäsongen? Jordbruksverket har just nu många platser utannonserade, inom fältbesiktning och på växtskyddscentralerna över stora delar av landet under olika tidsperioder av vår- och sommarsäsongen. Kolla annonserna för detaljer!

Sommarjobb som fältbesiktare, Jordbruksverket

Säsongsanställda till växtskyddscentralerna, Jordbruksverket

Myndighet: Jordbruksverket
Platser: Många olika platser i Sverige
Start: Se detaljer i annonserna
Ansökan: Deadlines 2023-03-06 för Sommarjobb; 2023-01-25 för Säsongsanställda

Rarity Bioscience AB is currently looking for thesis students, Uppsala

Rarity Bioscience is a start-up company developing ultra-sensitive and precise nucleic acid and protein detection methods, in order to apply these high-performance molecular methods in medical and biological research. Here is a chance for one or more master degree project students to participate in further development of some of their various applications. Read further!

Degree projects at Rarity Bioscience

Company: Rarity Bioscience AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023 / As agreed upon
Application: Contact the PI!

PhD student in Molecular Pharmaceutics, UU

The PhD student will work in the area of vaginal drug delivery systems with the aim to develop a long-acting, mucus-penetrating drug delivery device for local application in the vagina to provide simple and efficacious treatment of women’s diseases, such as vaginal infections or endometriosis. The drug delivery system will be based on emulsions and liposomes. The goal of the research group as a whole is to transform innovative nanomedical approaches to clinically relevant, patient-compliant diagnosis and treatment. More info in the pdf!

PhD student in Molecular Pharmaceutics

Department: Pharmacy/SciLifeLab, UU
Place: SciLifeLab, BMC Uppsala
Start: March 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline February 9, 2023

More than 17 PhD positions in the IMCBio Graduate School, University of Strasbourg

The IMCBio graduate school is recruiting more than 17 PhD students in 2023 through its international PhD program. This interdisciplinary program, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), provides awarded PhD students with a 3-year doctoral contract, mobility support, high-level training sessions and access to state-of-the-art research platforms, as well as possibilities to travel abroad to learn new techniques.

IMCBio Graduate School

Department: Many different, University of Strasbourg
Place: Strasbourg, France
Start: October 2023
Application: Application deadline March 6 (but register before March 1!), 2023

PhD student in Evolutionary Ecology, Stockholm University

Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, is inviting applications for a four-year, fully-funded, PhD position with focus on the evolution of life history and plasticity in seasonal environments, using primarily natural populations of butterflies as model organisms. The new PhD will work within the larger project “Evolutionary ecology of life cycle regulation” and will focus on the evolution of life cycle timing in situations where insect species show rapid distributinal changes as well as shifts in the number of annual generations, i.e. when there are shifts in voltinism.

PhD student in Evolutionary Ecology

Department: Zoology, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not specified
Application: Deadline February 15, 2023

Master thesis on metabolic engineering, Technical University Vienna

Here is an interesting possibility for doing your degree project (or possibly an internship/research training) in the Industrial Biotechnology group at TU Wien. The research topic is metabolic engineering of CO₂-fixing microorganisms for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals. For more info, please check the attached document.

Metabolic engineering of a CO₂-fermenting microbe

Department: Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien
Place: Vienna, Austria
Start: Spring 2023 (negotiable date)
Application: Contact the PI!

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 spring 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: Spring 2023 (or later) according to agreements
Application: A.s.a.p., initial contact via mail link inside the pdf!

Degree projects on climate change and energy flows in aquatic systems, SLU

Here is a project proposal suitable for one or more 30-60 hp master degree projects in Biology. The project(s) aims to resolve how warming of water bodies changes the efficiency of energy transfer from primary producers to fish (i.e. food web efficiency, FWE), and how this may be modified by concurrent change in other environmental drivers. The thesis project(s) will be part of a larger project aiming to identify strategies to maintain ecosystem services in face of multiple environmental stressors, with the goal to maintain the ability of aquatic ecosystems to act as carbon sinks and uphold high production of fish biomass in the future.

Global warming and the efficiency of energy transfer in aquatic ecosystems

Department: Department of Aquatic Resources, SLU
Place: Campus Ultuna and SLU coastal experimental field site in Forsmark
Start: Late spring/summer 2023
Application: Contact the PI!

Tropical Ecology Research Internships in Paraguay

Are you looking for an opportunity to design your own wildlife research project? Fundación Para La Tierra is an international award-winning research and conservation organisation based in Paraguay. They offer professionally supervised internships and placements for your bachelor or master thesis / degree project in a variety of research areas to help boost your career prospects while contributing to long-term conservation in Paraguay. They now also offer the possibility for a "Spring break course 2023". Have a look at the appended pdfs for more information!

Tropical Ecology Research Internships

Spring Break Course 2023, March 12 - 18

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

Operation Wallacea - Biodiversity and Climate Research

Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity and climate research organisation. The organisation has been running biodiversity research expeditions for the last 25 years in a large number of sites around the world. Many of these expeditions may be well suited for doing your theses, internships, research trainings and similar. They are presently giving a series of online seminars for which you can register, but there are also recordings of previous seminars, lists of projects, possibilities for receiving grants, contact info for more questions, etc. on their web site which you can reach via links in the pdf below. Please feel free to check it out!

Operation Wallacea

Organisation: Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
Places: Expeditions and projects in many different places around the globe
Start: Summer 2023
Application: Turn to their management team! 

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

Here are interesting opportunities to do a degree project or possibly a research training or project work (consult with the supervisor!) on the intricacies of so called buzz pollination and its links to flower evolution. If this sounds interesting to you, please continue reading in the appended pdf!

Buzz pollinating bees and flower evolution

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

Examensarbete vid Lövsta forskningscentrum för gris, SLU Uppsala

Summary in English in the pdf!
Under våren 2023 görs vid Lövsta forskningscentrum en studie, lämplig för examensarbete, om intermittent avvänjning av diande smågrisar, istället för att som vanligt är en abrupt avvänjning. För att se om detta minskar stressen för smågrisar och sugga planeras att samla in salivprover och hårprover för att mäta stresshormonet kortisol samt göra beteendestudier. Om detta låter intressant för dig är du välkommen att läsa vidare om detaljer i den bilagda pdf:en, och att ta kontakt med PI/handledaren för ev. frågor eller ansökan.

Examensarbete: Avvänjning av diande smågrisar

Institution: Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, SLU
Plats: Lövsta forskningscentrum och Ultuna, Uppsala
Start: Februari 2023
Ansökan: Kontakta PI!

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! 

Praktikant (/ev. examensarbete) vitryggig hackspett 2023

Länsstyrelsen i Uppsala söker en praktikant (ev. anpassningsbart för examensarbete) som kan hjälpa till med arbetet med hotade arter på naturskyddsenheten under våren 2023. Praktikantens huvudsakliga arbetsuppgifter har koppling till vitryggig hackspett. Det handlar om att bearbeta åtgärdsprogrammet och att göra det första steget i en kommunikations- och sekretesspolicy. Eventuellt kan det behövas två praktikanter då det ena kräver GIS-kunskap och den andra juridisk kunskap. Låter det intressant för dig? Läs då vidare i pdf-filen!

Praktikant vitryggig hackspett 2023

Arbetsgivare: Länsstyrelsen Uppsala
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Våren 2023
Ansökan: Senast 31 januari 2023

Three projects in experimental gastroenterology, Med Sci, UU

Here are flexible possibilities for several student projects on different topics within gastroenterology. They are suitable and adaptable for degree project/master thesis, research training/internship or project work. There is also room for potential personal preferences and needs you may have as student when it comes to details. Please read further about the projects below and contact the PI for additional discussions!

LC-MS clinical chemistry validation and machine learning studies in gastroenterology

Gut barrier function in disease pathogenesis

Gut hormone receptor studies

Department: Medical Sciences, Uppsala University
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Spring or Fall, 2023
Application: Contact the PI!

Several PhD student positions, various subjects and places

Here are several PhD positions, recently announced and currently open for application, on various topics and in different places. Please get all the necessary details concerning the projects and how/when to possibly apply from each respective ad if the topic sounds of interest to you!

Bioinformatics PhD position in leukemia biology and precision medicine, Uppsala University

PhD position in soil ecology focusing on earthworms, soil microorganisms and carbon dynamics, SLU Uppsala

PhD position on mapping major migratory flyways using meteorological radars, Trondheim Norway

Postdoc or PhD position - Alpine Plant Ecology - University of Bayreuth, Germany

Departments: See the respective ad!
Places: Uppsala, Trondheim, Norway or Bayreuth, Germany
Start: See the respective ad!
Application: See the respective ad!

Multidimensional flow cytometry screening of neutrophils and NKs in menstrual cycle, MCB, UU

We got an email from a visiting scientist at MCB who is seeking a student for a master thesis project (or possibly a long project work or research training) meant to characterize the heterogeneity of neutrophils and NK cells subsets during the menstrual cycle by spectral flow cytometry. In the project you will be supervised by a senior postdoctoral researcher at BMC (Uppsala University) and will learn one of the most novel methodologies regarding flow cytometry, named spectral flow cytometry. You will learn how to isolate PBMCs (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) from human blood and run a multipanel antibody to define and quantify the different subset populations of neutrophils and NK cells at different stages of the menstrual cycle. You will also be trained on how to perform the data analysis, and additionally receive support on how to write the research report and prepare the lab meeting presentations.

Master degree project: Multidimensional flow cytometry screening of neutrophils and NKs in menstrual cycle

Department: MCB, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: Ideally February 1, 2023 (but negotiable to some extent)
Application: Contact the PI!
 

Three PhD positions in landscape breeding, SLU Uppsala & Umeå

Landscape Breeding (of forest trees) is a digitized and sustainable breeding alternative to conventional breeding. Landscape Breeding operates directly on commercial plantations and its efficiency is maximized when applied on a large scale and climatic and environmental variables are also taken into account. Landscape Breeding sets a framework for forest management that has the capacity to constantly implement new data and advances in basic science within applied science and ultimately in operational forestry. Within the same large SSF (The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research) project about "Landscape breeding: a new paradigm in forest tree selection" there are now three PhD positions open. All three PhDs will collaborate but have a different focus. Please note the short deadlines!

Forest pathology/remote sensing (Uppsala)

Remote sensing technology and forest damage (Umeå)

Forest breeding/genetics and remote sensing (Umeå)

Department: Three separate departments within Faculty of Forestry, SLU
Place: Uppsala or Umeå
Start: By agreement / March 2023 or as soon as possible after this date
Application: Deadlines January 20, 2023 (PhD 1), January 15, 2023 (PhD 2 & 3)

Forskningsassistent för samverkan med skolor, IEG, UU

Fältstationen Erkenlaboratoriet vid institutionen for ekologi och genetik utlyser ett vikariat som forskningsassistent. Huvuduppgiften i tjänsten är att planera, utveckla och genomföra de pedagogiska verksamheterna avsedda för skolelever. Tjänsten innefattar även administration i anslutning till den pedagogiska verksamheten. Utöver det ingår utredning och utveckling av nya inslag i vattendagsverksamheten i tjänsten som kan t.ex. inkluderar dataprojekt baserad på stationens mätserier och aktiviteter som kan erbjudas vid ett skolbesök. Andra arbetsuppgifter som uppkommer på fältstationen kan också ingå i tjänsten i mindre omfattning.

Forskningsassistent Erkenlaboratoriet

Institution: IEG, UU
Plats: Erkenlaboratoriet, Norrtälje
Start: Tillträde 2023-03-15 eller enligt överenskommelse
Ansökan: Deadline 24 januari, 2023

PhD on the effect of chemicals in fertility, SLU Uppsala

SLU is looking for a person that is highly motivated to investigate the effects of chemicals on fertility. The project will be carried out in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University. The main component of the project involves identifying chemicals and their effects on embryo quality and female fertility using a so-called “effects-directed analysis” approach. This is done using an in vitro model, without the use of experimental animals, to study oocyte maturation and fertilization and subsequent early embryo development.

PhD, effects of chemicals in fertility

Department: Department of Clinical Sciences, SLU
Place: Ultuna campus, Uppsala
Start: February 1, 2023 or according to agreement
Application: Deadline January 23, 2023

PhD fellowship in temporal responses of vegetation to climate and land use change, University of Copenhagen

Here is another interesting PhD position at University of Copehagen, at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC) in this case. You will be part of a research team focused on understanding the mechanisms behind temporal responses of plant and bird communities to global change. The team is highly interdisciplinary, building on historical field ecology, botany, macroecology, citizen science, and aerial image analysis to tackle questions on what mediates community responses to global environmental change, and identifying the spatio-temporal scales at which we can attribute drivers and predict biotic trends. Please read further if this sounds interesting to you!

PhD fellowship in temporal responses of vegetation to climate and land use change

Department: CMEC, University of Copenhagen
Place: Globe Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Start: April 1, 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter
Application: Deadline January 29, 2023

Three PhD fellowships on the Biological Production and Consumption of Volatile Compounds, University of Copenhagen

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a profound impact on local and regional climates. Yet, there is high uncertainty of this impact due to the lack of reliable estimates for natural emissions and uptake of these reactive volatiles. All organisms produce, and some consume, mixtures of diverse volatile compounds such as VOCs, reactive nitrogen gases (e.g., HONO), and sulfur/halogenated compounds (e.g., DMS and methylhalides). However, biological sources and sinks of volatiles, other than terrestrial plants, remain poorly characterized. VOLT (The Center for Volatile Interactions) focuses on VOC transformations associated with soil, cryptogams, freshwater, seawater, and glacial ice environments, as well as plant leaf and rhizosphere microbial communities. These PhD positions will encompass field, experimental, and laboratory work and include rate measurements, experiments with stable isotopes, and molecular analyses to assess volatile production/consumption processes and identify the organisms involved.

3 PhDs: Biological Production and Consumption of Volatile Compounds

Department: Biology, University of Copenhagen
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Start: April 1, 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter
Application: Deadline February 5, 2023

Three project assistant in plant/insect ecology, Lund University

Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University, is searching for 3 temporary project assistants for conducting lab and fieldwork in the "DrivenByPollinators" project in which the effects of pollinator decline on plant community composition and ecosystem functioning is studied. The project assistants will be required to carry out monitoring of plant and insect communities in grassland ecosystems throughout Skåne as well as in a complementing mesocosm experiment near Lund. The work will also include maintenance of experimental setup (e.g. different kinds of net cages), collection and processing of plant, soil and insect material, as well as continuous entering of data.

Three project assistant in plant/insect ecology

Department: Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University
Place: Lund / Skåne
Start: March 1, 2023 (and onwards for 9 months)
Application: Deadline January 16, 2023

Utlysning av Japanstipendier, 2023

Välkomna att söka stipendier för forskning, studier, examensarbete eller praktik i Japan! Två stiftelser, med lite olika inriktning, står bakom denna gemensamma utlysning - Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation (SJSF) och Sweden-Japan Foundation (SJF). Ansökningsomgången gäller studier/exjobb/praktik/forskning som sker någon gång under tiden april 2023 - mars 2024. Läs vidare i pdf-filen nedan för ansökningsdetaljer om du är intresserad!

Japanstipendier, 2023

Stipendiestiftelser: SJSF och SJF
Plats: Olika platser i Japan
Tid: Olika tider under perioden april 2023 - mars 2024
Ansökan: Deadline för båda är 1 mars 2023

PhD student in metabolic and genomic sleep & chronobiology research, UU

A four-year fully funded position as a PhD student is now available at the Department of Medical Cell Biology, at Uppsala University. They are seeking highly motivated candidates who wish to study genomic and molecular aspects of sleep & circadian medicine (chronomedicine), and how these are modulated by lifestyle factors such as exercise and diet. Interesting? Then please read on in the pdf!

PhD, metabolic and genomic sleep & chronobiology

Department: Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
Place: Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline January 27, 2023

Polisens Traineeprogram för blivande kriminaltekniker, cyberbrottsutredare och IT-forensiker HT2023

Hösten 2023 startar Polisens Traineeprogram för dig som drömmer om att bli IT-forensiker, cyberbrottsutredare eller kriminaltekniker och polis. De söker intresserade som har som lägst en kandidatexamen till våren 2023 eller högst två år gammal examen inom exempelvis IT-säkerhet, data, programmering, kemi, biologi, geologi, brand, arkeologi/osteologi eller annan naturvetenskaplig inriktning. Intresserad? Läs vidare i pdf:en!

Polisens Traineeprogram 2023

Myndighet: Polisen
Plats: Distans / flera platser
Start: Augusti 2023
Ansökan: Öppnar i januari 2023 (ev deadline inte angiven)

PhD student in Insect Evolutionary Ecology and Behavior, Stockholm University

The Department of Zoology, SU, invites applications for a four-year PhD position. The project is aimed at investigating the consequences of climate warming on butterfly reproduction. Thermal sensitivity of reproduction is well-known but the extent to which climate warming may affect population persistence and affect response to climate change is broadly unknown. The project will take a comparative approach using sister taxa from Pieridae and Nymphalidae that vary in host plant use, voltinism and geographic distribution.

PhD student in Insect Evolutionary Ecology and Behavior

Department: Zoology, SU
Place: Stockholm
Start: 2023 / Not specified
Application: Deadline February 15, 2023

PhD student position in biomedical engineering focused on biofabrication, Ångström Lab., UU

In this PhD project the aim is to study how physical and chemical properties of the cell microenvironment affects cell function. 3D-models will be developed to assess the biological response to newly developed biomaterials, and as a future goal, to be used as implantable materials themselves. Read more about the interesting details of the project in the appended pdf!

PhD, Biomedical engineering focused on biofabrication (Sve, Eng)

Department: Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UU
Place: Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p. or as agreed upon
Application: Deadline January 16, 2023

Master degree project at Cytiva Uppsala

Here is an attractive and interesting master thesis project proposal at Cytiva for the coming spring. The project concerns optimising their clone selection platform for production of recombinant proteins with biotechnological applications. Please read further in the appended file for details!

Master degree project Cytiva

Company: Cytiva, Large Scale Team
Place: Uppsala
Start: January 2023
Application: Contact the supervisors!

Master thesis / degree project at the biotech start-up Ceguma AB

Ceguma AB is a start-up company with a mission to contribute to the global lowering of greenhouse gas emission within the next 10 years, by developing enzyme based CCU technology. One important milestone for the company is to develop a demonstrator - an enzyme based reactor. This degree project (or possibly research training) is an exciting possibility for a skilled and ambitious student to contribute towards new enzyme-based technologies.

Enzyme-driven catalysis - Glycose oxidase immobilized on inorganic support

Department: Chemistry, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala / Ångström Laboratory
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PIs/supervisors!

Master thesis on biocompatible and bioactive hydrogels for biomedical applications, KTH/KI

Cells are embedded in extracellular matrix gels whose molecular composition and material properties differ from organ to organ. These gels not only accommodate cells to construct functional tissues but also provide physiochemical and physiological biological cues to the cells to ensure their activity and optimal function. Synthetic bioactive hydrogels that could reconstruct such microenvironments in vitro or in situ have a wide range of biomedical applications, including tissue regeneration and regenerative medicine. These bioactive hydrogels can be developed by conjugating bioactive motifs to polymers or using bioactive polymers to construct hydrogels. This master thesis aims to develop such synthetic bioinspired hydrogels and explore the relationship between the material properties and their functions. More details in the pdf!

Degree project: Biocompatible and bioactive hydrogels for biomedical applications

Departments: Biotechnology, KTH / Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI
Place: Stockholm
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Research assistant in the field of aquatic microbial ecology, IEG, UU

The limnology research programme at IEG is looking for a temporary research assistant (2 months) that will carry out analyses of bacterial communities with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. The tasks include PCRs, purification of amplicons, library preparation and other related lab work.

Research assistant in aquatic microbial ecology (Eng, Sve)

Department: Limnology research programme, IEG, UU
Place: EBC Uppsala
Start: A.s.a.p., by agreement
Application: Deadline January 16, 2023

Student Work Placement and Graduate Opportunities at AstraZeneca, Mölndal/Gothenburg

The 12 month Student Work Placement in Biopharmaceuticals R&D at AstraZeneca scheme is now open for applications. AZ is looking for students presently doing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree but you will be expected to take a study break from your education to participate in the programme. This will need to be arranged at your institution.

12 Months BioPharmaceuticals Research & Development – Student Work Placement

The applications for the AZ R&D graduate programmes are also now open for applications. These 2 year programmes are open to those expecting to have completed their degrees by September 2023. These opportunities will introduce graduates to the world of innovative drug discovery, pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines.

R&D Graduate Programme – Bioscience

R&D Graduate Programme – Chemistry

R&D Graduate Programme – Data Sciences & AI

Company: AstraZeneca
Place: Mölndal/Gothenburg
Start: September 2023
Application: Deadlines January 25, 2023 (12 month student placement) & January 19, 2023 (2 year R&D Graduate Programmes)

PhD Positions in Plant Science - "IMPRS MolPlant", Germany

The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Plant Science (IMPRS MolPlant) at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and the University of Potsdam, Germany, is inviting highly qualified Master's students interested in interdisciplinary plant research to apply for doctoral positions to start in 2023. Research in the IMPRS addresses fundamental questions of how plants grow, reproduce and interact with the abiotic and biotic environment.

PhD programme IMPRS MolPlant

Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology / University of Potsdam
Place: Potsdam, Germany
Start: June - December 2023 (depending on the respective projects and agreements)
Application: Deadline January 31, 2023

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 2023
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor

PhD student in Biology: epidemiology and eco-evolutionary biology, SLU Alnarp

Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection from disease that occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to infection through e.g., vaccination, thereby reducing the likelihood of infection for individuals who lack immunity. The concept of herd immunity was developed within the science of human epidemiology and has never been fully explored in relation to crops. The first aim of this project is to investigate whether herd immunity can be obtained in crop plantations through speckled use of 1) resistant cultivars, 2) biological control (Aureobasidium pullulans) and 3) chemical fungicides (Switch). The second aim is to investigate whether use of these speckled measures creates selection mosaics with evolutionary micro-refuges for the pathogen, thereby preventing it from evolving counter-resistance. Garden strawberry infected by Botrytis cinerea (causing grey mould) will be used as a model system.

Herd immunity in food crops: promoting efficient and durable use of biocontrol and chemical fungicides

Department: Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU
Place: Alnarp
Start: A.s.a.p., according to agreement
Application: Deadline January 2, 2023

Two degree projects on image analysis / AI / machine learning, IT, UU

Here are two late but for some of you presumably very interesting project propositions, at the Department of IT, UU. One of them is a collaboration with the company Alleima, for how to improve on the use of advanced image analysis when assessing metallic alloy quality. The other has a more general scope, regarding how to optimize AI / machine learning by the inclusion of human knowledge into CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks).

Inclusion detection and rating in microscopy images of alloys using image analysis (Alleima)

A human-in-the-loop framework for embedding human knowledge in CNNs via attention maps

Department: IT, UU (in collaboration with the company Alleima in one case)
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

PhD candidate in genomics of Arctic alien plants, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

A warming climate, changes in soil properties, and rising human activity in the Arctic increase the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant species. The NTNU University Museum is seeking a highly qualified, ambitious and motivated PhD candidate for a project focusing on "Genomics of Arctic alien plants". The project will focus on target alien plant species and seek to uncover their genomic basis of adaptation to the Arctic environment and how it relates to their invasiveness.

PhD, Genomics of Arctic alien plants

Department: University museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Place: Trondheim, Norway
Start: March 1, 2023
Application: Deadline January 2, 2023

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: bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, evolutionary genetics, functional genetics, theoretical or experimental population genetics. 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 2023 (possibly earlier)
Application: Deadline February 15, 2023

Studentamanuens för studiebesök hos alumner sökes, IBG

Kandidatprogrammet i biologi/molekylärbiologi vill stärka utbildningens anknytning till arbetslivet. De söker nu en amanuens som vill arrangera studiebesök på arbetsplatser som anställer biologer. Läs vidare i pdf-filen om du är intresserad!

Studentamanuens för studiebesök hos alumner

Institution: IBG, UU
Plats: Uppsala (studiebesöken även på ev andra platser)
Start: VT 2023
Ansökan: Frågor och ansökan via länk i pdf-en!

Nobel Lectures in Chemistry and Medicine

Each year, Uppsala University traditionally invites the year’s Nobel laureates to talk about their research. If you have time and it fits in with your course schedule, you are very welcome to a lecture event featuring the 2022 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and the 2022 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, Svante Pääbo.

Nobel Lectures in Chemistry and Medicine

Organiser: Uppsala University
Place: Universitetsaulan
Time: December 13, kl 09:45–11:45

Vill du jobba i skogen i sommar?

Riksskogstaxeringen och Markinventeringen söker personal inför fältsäsongen 2023. Inventeringen utförs i tremannalag och omfattar hela Sverige, från kust till fjäll. Vill du ha ett varierande och lärorikt utomhusjobb där du får vara med och bidra till Sveriges officiella skogsstatistik? Sök då jobb hos Riksskogstaxeringen / Markinventeringen!

Sommarjobb Riksskogstaxeringen / Markinventeringen

Institution: Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning, SLU
Plats: Praktiskt arbete sker på olika platser över hela landet
Start: Fältsäsongen 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 18 januari, 2023 (Infoträff på Zoom 7/12!)

PhD student in Microbiology – Giardia’s interaction with host cells, ICM, UU

Until now bacteria have been the main focus of studies of intestinal microbiomes but eukaryotic microbes are also members of the microbiomes, creating the eukaryome. Some enter transiently, causing acute infections and disease (parasitic infections, e.g. Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia). Other members colonize the digestive tract more stably and have beneficial effects on health, most likely as immune- and microbiome modulators (e.g. Blastocystis). This PhD project aims to gain a detailed understanding of how human intestinal parasites cause disease and manipulate the immune system. The main model organism in this project will be the pathogenic intestinal parasite Giardia intestinalis, which both causes disease and manipulates the immune system, but also bacterial intestinal pathogens such as Salmonella will be used for comparisons.

PhD, Giardia’s interaction with host cells

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC Uppsala
Start: By agreement
Application: Deadline January 16, 2023

PhD student in Molecular Pharmaceutics, UU

In this PhD project you will work within the project “Oral delivery of RNA therapeutics”. The overall goal of the PhD project is to develop more clinically relevant intestinal models based on 3D organoid cultures and to use them to evaluate the efficacy of the RNA therapeutics. Focus areas of the PhD studies are: 3D organoid cultures • siRNA • mRNA •nano-formulations • cellular uptake mechanisms • intracellular pharmacokinetics • fluorescence microscopy • quantitative proteomics.

PhD, Oral delivery of RNA therapeutics

Department: Pharmacy, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: March 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadline January 5, 2023

Master degree project at ICM, UU - "Interactions between pollutants and biomolecules"

For the development of computational methods for simulation of biosystems, adequate reference benchmark data is necessary. The persistent organic pollutants is a broad class of molecules potentially harmful to humans and environment alike, to various degrees. Being able to reliably predict the interactions of these molecules with biomolecules would be very advantageous in studying their hazard risks. Part of such predictions could be their propensity to cross biological membranes. Does this sound interesting to you? Then please read on in the pdf!

Interactions between pollutants and biomolecules

Department: ICM, UU
Place: BMC, Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the supervisor!

Greensways Fältprogram inom naturvård, 2023

Ekologikonsultföretaget Greensway leder sedan några år ett fältprogram där antagna studenter får jobba hos dem under ett par år. Det är ett betalt sommarjobb/praktik där antagna studenter får en möjlighet att komma in i arbetslivet och får värdefull erfarenhet under handledning. För Greensway är det även en möjlighet att säkra framtida kompetens då de växer som företag. Läs vidare i pdf:en och på företagets hemsida, via länk i pdf:en!

Greensways fältprogram 2023

Företag: Greensway
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Fältsäsongen 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 31 december, 2022!

Three additional master degree projects at Cytiva Uppsala

Here are three more interesting master thesis project offers at Cytiva AB in Uppsala. If you are interested please read about the specific details in the respective appended file!

Mechanistic modelling of ion exchange chromatography

Mechanistic modeling of mAb polishing HIC step

Surface Design

Company: Cytiva AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring / by agreement
Application: A.s.a.p./ No specified deadline / Ask the hiring manager!

PhD student in Medical Sciences in the field of Psychoneuroendocrinology, UU

The hormonal fluctuations experienced during pregnancy and postpartum can affect the brain, behaviour and mental health of women. This doctoral project will make use of precollected data but also contribute to collect new epidemiological, biological, and neuroimaging data on women participating to a large, longitudinal, population-based cohort study. The focus of the doctoral project will be to identify factors of relevance to peripartum depression (PPD).

PhD student in Psychoneuroendocrinology: Women's mental health

Department: Department of Women's and Children's Health, UU
Place: Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline December 15, 2022

Master Thesis Project - Computer Human Interaction Project (Testa Center) - Cytiva Uppsala

This master degree project is in the field of life science and more specifically around production of biological products. Even more specifically, the project is focused on the user experience of an instrument for the so called “upstream” part of the production procedure of biological drugs, involving cultivation of bacterial cells in a pilot scale bioreactor. Currently, the bioreactor system for this project, placed in Testa Center, is equipped with a control software (SW). This SW, in its current state, needs to be redesigned and purpose build with improved user experience having a relatively inexperienced user in mind. If this sounds interesting to you, please read further in the pdf!

Master Thesis Project - Computer Human Interaction Project (Testa Center)

Company: Cytiva AB
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring / by agreement
Application: A.s.a.p./ No specified deadline / Ask the hiring manager!

National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics 2023

If you have been or is being accepted as a PhD student in bioinformatics between January 2022 and April 2023 (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 will enroll some 20-30 students and is a complement to your conventional PhD education, by providing Advanced courses across Sweden, Annual meetings, Networking and Mentorship in a 3-year programme.

National Graduate School MedBioInfo, 2023

Organisers: SciLifeLab, several different Swedish Universities, etc.
Place: Uppsala, etc.
Start: Spring 2023
Application: February 28, 2023

Prevas AB Uppsala söker 1-2 examensarbetare

Prevas har ett exjobbsprojekt med en samarbetspartner på UU där de söker en eller ett par studenter för exjobb på masternivå till våren 2023. De söker i princip brett över olika utbildningsprogram men uppmuntrar lite speciellt Xare i bioinformatik som gillar programmering att söka. Så om du fortfarande letar efter exjobb till våren och känner att detta låter intressant, läs gärna vidare i den bifogade filen!

1-2 Exjobb Prevas AB Uppsala

Företag: Prevas AB
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Våren 2023
Ansökan: Snarast! Utvärdering/tillsättning sker löpande

Master degree project att Cytiva Uppsala, on optimizing their recombinant protein clone selection platform

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Based on different Cytiva products, their customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. Here is an interesting master thesis project proposal at Cytiva for the coming spring. Please read further in the appended file for details!

Master degree project: "Optimization of clone selection platform for production of recombinant proteins with biotechnological applications"

Company: Cytiva, Large Scale Team
Place: Uppsala
Start: January 2023
Application: Contact the supervisors!

Two master thesis projects, spring 2023, at Karolinska Institutet 

Are you interested in the gut microbiota and its role in intestinal diseases? Do you want to work with machine learning algorithms and their validation as disease classifiers based on the gut microbiota? Here are two master thesis projects available at the Centre for Translational Microbiome Research at Karolinska Institutet.

Two master degree projects: ”Metagenomics analyses of patients with colonic abnormalities”

Department: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), KI
Place: KI campus, Solna
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI, initially via e-mail

Several degree project opportunities at IGP, Rudbeck Laboratory

Do you want to work with cell models for cancer drug development or the study of cell signaling pathways in cancer, refine your bioinformatics skills through cancer genomics analysis, or participate in development of automated image analysis solutions for clinical use? Here, students from different study backgrounds can find a degree project that fits their interests. Read more about current Master´s degree project proposals in the attached file.

Degree project openings in molecular cancer genetics, IGP, Rudbeck Laboratory

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Starting date by agreement
Application: Contact the PI

Two master thesis projects, spring 2023, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Stockholm

Are you interested in how biological drugs can be improved and want to learn how important handling of protein drugs are for their efficacy or how surfaces affect the stability of protein drugs? Would you like to work in an innovative-driven environment with experts in formulations for pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, and cleaning? RISE is now seeking two master students with interest in protein drugs to explore how patient handling affects protein stability or to explore surface-induced changes.

Degree project 1: Effects of patient/healthcare handling on protein drugs

Degree project 2: Surface-induced structural changes of protein drugs

Institute: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Place: Stockholm
Start: Spring 2023
Application: A.s.a.p. (running evaluation of candidates)

Master degree project at AstraZeneca, Mölndal

Are you interested in drug development and/or analytical chemistry? Here is an offer for doing your master thesis at AstraZenecas Separation Science Laboratory (SSL), and while doing it get to learn advanced analytical techniques at the scientific forefront, such as for instance Charged Aerosol Detection (CAD) and Evaporative Light Scattering Detection (ELSD) in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC).

Master thesis, AstraZeneca

Company: AstraZeneca, Separation Science Laboratory (SSL)
Place: Mölndal (/Gothenburg)
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor via e-mail a.s.a.p.!

Master Degree Project at Karolinska Institutet: Role of Cholesterol-Sensing Monocytes in Lung Injury

Here is an opportunity to do a master degree project at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge. CIM has excellent expertise in human immunology and provides a stimulating and collaborative environment. They have an exciting project available, which will give you the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research in the field of lung immunology. The projects aim to lead to fundamental new insights that are relevant to common and important lung diseases in humans.

Role of Cholesterol-Sensing Monocytes in Lung Injury

Department: CIM, Department of Medicine, KI
Place: KI Huddinge
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI!

Master's 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 molecular biology, protein purification, and structural biology, to study chloroplast peptidase for a project meant to answer fundamental questions about the specific role of Glutamyl peptidase enzymes. The project can be adapted for a master degree project or a research training/internship.

Structure-functional study of a chloroplast peptidase

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

Two Master degree projects within Analytical Technology, Cytiva Uppsala

Cytiva in Uppsala develops and produces resins and other products for the Pharma industry. Now they are seeking two energetic students who want to carry out their master theses, during spring 2023, at a company that develops advanced technologies and aids for the biopharmaceutical industry. The aim with these master theses is to increase our knowledge about the chromatography resins and affinity ligands developed by Cytiva, by using advanced analytical tools and calculations.

Two Master degree projects, Cytiva

Company: Cytiva
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PI via e-mail!

PhD scholarship: Identifying the genomic underpinnings of successful asexuality, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Here is a PhD position to join a research project to study the genomic underpinnings of successful asexuality in New Zealand stick insects. The PhD position is funded for 3 years and covers tuition fees and tax free stipend of $35,000 NZ per year. Funding is via a Marsden Fund grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand. The successful applicant is expected to begin during 2023.

PhD scholarship: Identifying the genomic underpinnings of successful asexuality

Department: Systematics, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, University of Auckland
Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Start: During 2023
Application: A.s.a.p. (no specified deadline)

PhD student position in vascular biology with a focus on vascular malformations, IGP, UU

The aim of this PhD project is to study blood vessel function, how vascular malformations develop and how diseases that are caused by vascular malformations can be treated. For this you will establish and characterize mouse models that recapitulate vascular malformations in human diseases and study those malformations on the molecular and cell biological level via suitable techniques, including advanced microscopy, single-cell RNA-sequencing, immunohistochemistry and biochemistry.

PhD in vascular biology

Department: IGP, UU
Place: Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline November 15, 2022

PhD student for NWO project COMADAPT, NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands

Here is a PhD position, within the project "Community-wide micro-evolutionary adaptation to anthropogenic stress: context dependency and ecological implications" (COMADAPT), funded by The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and placed at the Department of Aquatic Ecology of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Please read further if this sounds of interest to you!

PhD, COMADAPT

Department: Department of Aquatic Ecology, the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Place: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Start: Not specified
Application: Deadline November 15, 2022

Degree project spring 2023, suitable for a biology or biotechnology student, within a collaborative project with Cytiva, KTH, IMBIM (UU)

The aim of this master thesis is to develop a better understanding of how three dimensional (3D)-printed parts interact with bacteria, find the correlation between surface roughness, hydrophobicity and biofilm formation. Powder bed fusion combined with different postprocessing techniques will be used to produce polymer samples. The surface roughness will be carefully characterized while the focus will be to understand which surface property that influence the bacteria adhesion the most.The student will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working alongside experts in biofilm evaluation within a microbiology lab and build a flexible project based on cutting-edge technologies.

Master thesis - 3D printed samples and biofilm formation

Company/departments: Collaborative partners Cytiva, KTH, IMBIM - UU
Places: Uppsala/Stockholm
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact either of the supervisors!

Two PhD student positions in Chemistry, UU

Here are a couple of PhD positions within different sub topics in Chemistry that some of you may want to consider. Please read further in the attached files if they seem to be of interest to you!

PhD student in Chemistry 1 - specializing in Microbial Chemistry

PhD student in Chemistry 2 - specializing in Molecular Biomimetics

Department: Chemistry - Ångström, UU
Place: Ångström Lab., Uppsala
Start: January 1, 2023 or as agreed
Application: Deadlines PhD 1: November 30, 2022 and PhD 2: November 14, 2022

Two PhD positions in Marine Ecology, Linnaeus University Kalmar

The Linnaeus University Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems (EEMiS) is recruiting two PhD students in the field of marine ecology. The first will focus on controls and species succession in the microbial food web across organism levels ranging from micro- and nanograzers, to picoplankton and virus. The second will investigate  spring phenology, biodiversity, and production in the food web including zooplankton and semi-aquatic macroinvertebrates. The projects are part of a larger multidisciplinary project within EEMiS that seeks to understand the consequences of environmental change on phenology and interaction strengths across trophic levels in the coastal food web of the Baltic Sea.

PhD 1, EEMiS

PhD 2, EEMiS

Department: Department of Biology and Environmental Science, EEMiS, Linnaeus University
Place: Kalmar
Start: Not specified / by agreement (?)
Application: Deadline November 15, 2022

Två platser för examensarbete på masternivå, Thermo Fisher Scientific Uppsala

Vid IDD (Immuno Diagnostic Division), Thermo Fisher Scientific Uppsala, utvecklar, tillverkar och marknadsför man diagnostiska test för allergi, astma och autoimmuna sjukdomar. De är världsledare inom in vitro-diagnostik av allergi och ledare inom autoimmundiagnostik i Europa. Här erbjuds två exjobbsplatser i vår som går ut på att experimentellt med hjälp av DOE ("design of experiments") och andra statistiska verktyg undersöka extraktionsstegen i Thermo Fishers produktion av allergitester. Laborativa extraktionsexperiment ska utföras och experimentella data sammankopplas med teori. De testade teknikernas påverkan på produktkvalitet ska också utvärderas. Läs vidare i filen nedan för detaljer och ta kontakt/skicka ansökan snabbt om detta är intressant för dig!

Industriellt examensarbete på Thermo Fisher Scientific, IDD - 2 platser

Företag: Process Engineering, Technical Operations, IDD, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plats: Uppsala
Start: Januari 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 5 november, 2022

PhD student in Biomedical devices based on cellulose nanocomposites, Linköping University

The integration of electronic devices with sustainable, biodegradable materials is of growing interest in bioelectronics and healthcare. Abundant, renewable materials such as cellulose and lignin with excellent mechanical and electrical properties are promising for applications in these fields. Interesting composite material properties for such biomedical devices include electronic and ionic conductivity. Please read further about specific details of this particular PhD project inte pdf!

PhD student in Biomedical devices based on cellulose nanocomposites

Department: Department of Science and Technology, Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC); Linköping University
Place: Campus Norrköping
Start: Winter 2022/2023 or by agreement
Application: Deadline November 25, 2022

PhD student in Computational Epidemics, IT, UU

This PhD position is part of the eSSENCE-SciLifeLab graduate school in data-intensive science. The school addresses the challenge of data-intensive science both from the foundational methodological perspective and from the perspective of data-driven science applications. It is an arena where experts in computational science, data science and data engineering (systems and methodology) work closely together with researchers in (data-driven) sciences, industry and society to accelerate data-intensive scientific discovery.

PhD student in Computational Epidemics

Department: Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University
Place: Uppsala
Start: Starting date as agreed
Application: Deadline December 16, 2022

Two degree projects at Karolinska Institutet, Solna

Interested in doing a master thesis in bioinformatics at Karolinska Institutet, on either of the two below topics? Then read on and take a contact with the PI/supervisor!

Master thesis project I – Prediction of lifespan from chromatin accessibility and gene expression data

Master thesis project II – Big data analysis for the discovery of new aging-preventive factors

Department: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, KI
Place: KI campus, Solna
Start: By agreement
Application: Contact the PI/supervisor!

Doctoral Researcher, University of Oulu, Finland

University of Oulu has allocated twenty 4-year doctoral researcher positions to the emerging research themes in association with the four focus institutes Biocenter Oulu, Eudaimonia Institute, Infotech Oulu and Kvantum Institute. The Emerging projects in the strategic focus areas will connect multidisciplinary research across disciplines with the spearhead projects of the University of Oulu. The below appended PhD project is one of these.

PhD: Investigating geodiversity-biodiversity relationships under climate change

Department: Geography Research Unit, Faculty of Science and Kvantum Institute, University of Oulu
Place: Oulu, Finland
Start: January 2023, or later
Application: Deadline December 1, 2022

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: Biotic interactions and environmental niches - understanding species persistence in a polluted world

Department: The Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK F), Senckenberg Research Institute
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start: A.s.a.p. / by agreement
Application: Deadline November 30, 2022

PhD position on oaks, insects & microbes at Stockholm University

Questions that this project will aim to answer are: Where do microorganisms associated with plants come from? Are they inherited from the mother plant through the seeds, or are they acquired from the environment? How will plant-associated microorganisms affect the assembly of the insect community? What are the drivers that structure plant-associated multitrophic food webs, and do the structuring forces differ between microorganisms and macroorganisms? To answer these questions, one has to link studies on the micro- and macrobiome across spatial and temporal scales. One useful approach is to focus on a diverse community associated with a keystone species. In this project the pedunculate oak Quercus robur will be that keystone.

PhD Student in Ecology and Evolution

Department: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University
Place: Stockholm
Start: Not specified [/by agreement(?)]
Application: Deadline November 18, 2022 (extended deadline!)

Two doctoral positions in Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi

Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University, is looking for two eager PhD- students who will work with themes related to marine conservation and restoration in the Northern Baltic Sea (Archipelago Sea and Åland’s Sea areas). For more information, please have a look at the advertisement!

Two doctoral positions in Environmental and Marine Biology (Sve / Eng)

Department: Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi
Place: Åbo, Finland
Start: January 2023
Application: Deadline November 4, 2022

Master degree project on exosome purification and analysis, Cytiva Uppsala

Here is an interesting master thesis project proposal for the coming spring. It will involve working with methods for purification and analysis of exosomes. The focus will be to work with the whole process from sample preparation, via TFF filtration and purification, to analysis of exosomes, to ensure their purity, size and yield. The analysis work will also involve method development of western blot and qPCR methods.

Exosome purification and analysis, Master thesis 30 hp

Company: Cytiva
Place: Uppsala
Start: Spring 2023
Application: Contact the PI via e-mail!

PhD position on arctic bryophyte ecology, University of Iceland

Bryophytes are major components in many tundra plant communities and potentially have multiple effects on the physical environment of tundra ecosystems as well as providing a habitat for diverse organisms building complex food webs. The aim of this PhD project is to investigate bryophyte functional traits, including the microbial/micro faunal traits, that drive ecosystem processes in tundra rangelands of Iceland (above potential tree line), and how they vary between bryophyte functional groups, climatic condition, and herbivory.

PhD position in bryophyte ecology

Department: Biology, Faculty of Life- and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland
Place: Reykjavík, Iceland
Start: January 2023
Application: Deadline November 18, 2022

Praktikplatser VT 2023, Framtidsjorden

Framtidsjorden är ett internationellt nätverk som stöder initiativ till utveckling på socialt rättvis och ekologiskt hållbar grund. Just nu rekryterar de praktikanter inför vårterminen 2023, där man gör 4-5 månaders praktik hos någon av deras samarbetsorganisationer i Latinamerika, Indien eller på Sri Lanka. De söker personer som är intresserade av miljö och global rättvisa, är nyfikna på praktiskt arbete och påverkansarbete för förändring i Sverige och syd och som vill lära genom möten med andra människor. Läs gärna vidare i pdf-filen och på deras hemsida (länkad i pdf-en)!

Praktikant VT 2023, Framtidsjorden

Organisation: Framtidsjorden
Platser: Latinamerika, Indien, Sri Lanka
Start: Våren 2023
Ansökan: Deadline 19 oktober, 2022

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

Here are interesting opportunities to do a degree project or possibly a research training or project work (consult with the supervisor!) on the intricacies of so called buzz pollination and its links to flower evolution. If this sounds interesting to you, please continue reading in the appended pdf!

Buzz pollinating bees and flower evolution

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

UBP Academic Meet 2022, Uppsala Business Park

On the 19th of October, kl 17:00 - 19:30 there is an event targeted to students in order to meet future potential employers. You can read more about the event and the companies participating in the appended file and via links in it.

UBP Academic Meet 2022

Organsier: Uppsala Business Park
Place: Uppsala Business Park
Time: October 19, 2022, kl 17-19:30
Registration: Deadline October 17, BUT! The number of spots is limited, so be sure to register in good time!!

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!