14 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Institut for Psykologi, Syddansk Universitet, søger en engageret og dygtig postdoc til et spændende og innovativt 2-årigt forskningsprojekt inden for EEG-neurofeedback. Projektet fokuserer på behandling og forståelse af PTSD (posttraumatisk stresslidelse) og smerte ved at anvende avancerede EEG-teknikker. Ansættelsesstart er den 1. marts 2024 eller snarest muligt derefter.

The position is part of an interdisciplinary project aiming to combine food (micro)structure with deep-learning image analysis and is a collaborative effort between SDU FOODLAB and researchers from the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH). The project will investigate microstructures in food matrices using different advanced optical microscopy techniques to image protein and fat microstructures and their changes over time upon different processing conditions such as enzymatic, physicochemical, or heat. The project aims to adapt advanced optical microscopy for studying food to understand the microstructural origin of texture, and to develop better quantitative tools for describing macromolecular network assemblies in food systems. The postdoctoral researcher employed in this position will be working in close collaboration with the project partners at UCPH to exchange microscopy images (SDU) and image analysis tools (UCPH)

We are looking for a postdoc to explore the physiology of sponges in relationship to the oxygen content of the environment. This work will be primarily experimental (although fieldwork would likely be involved) and will consider how external oxygen concentration influences sponge behavior including the quantification of oxygen cycling within the sponge. We have some established methods to explore internal oxygen concentrations in two dimensions, but we anticipate further development of technology to obtain a 3-D view. This work is coupled to understanding how oxygen concentrations might have impacted sponge evolution, but it is also highly relevant to understanding how environmental deoxygenation might impact sponge survival in the future. In addition, the postdoc might also explore the physiological reasons as to how and why sponges regulate their internal oxygen concentrations. 

Universitetet søger at ansætte en postdoc-forsker i historien om dansk børnepsykiatri i en periode på to år, der skal besættes den 1. marts 2024 eller så hurtigt som muligt derefter. Stillingen er fuldtid og eksternt finansieret af Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF). 

We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work in the field of bone biology, with focus on examining role of skeletal stem cells in regulation of skeletal homeostasis during aging.

The applicant will be expected to transcriptomic methods of single cell RNA-seq, bioinformatic tools, genetic mouse models and pharmacological targeting approaches to explore the role of candidate genes in formation and function of skeletal stem cells.

The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for the planning of the project as well as data acquisition, preparation and analysis, manuscript writing, and other activities for disseminating the results. Furthermore, the candidate will be expected to apply for research funding from external funding agencies.

Industry is not just machines! The future of production lies in the efficient and effective collaboration between humans and machines, especially within Europe, where production and labor costs are high. To facilitate a smooth holistic interoperability, we must optimize the interaction between humans and machines. So far, most interoperability, i.e. human-robot-interaction (HMI) relies on touch/tactile interfaces, i.e. on button presses. We will develop and test sound and/or speech signals to enhance and streamline the interoperability between worker and machine. Integrating knowledge from the speech sciences into HMI, while at the same time taking into account characteristic factory-noise conditions, can lead to innovations that lift acoustic interoperability to a new level of intuition, efficiency, and effectiveness. 

The successful candidate will lead the process of creating an acoustic user interface for efficient HMI in factory halls, supervised by the PI and supported by two further project-team members. Together with engineering network partners like SoundFocus ApS and AllGoodSpeakers ApS, the project aims at providing the following deliveries: (1) a new, noise-robust and multi-purpose acoustic “vocabulary” for HMI in manufacturing contexts that will be easily adjustable to different cultures and languages, e.g., inspired by knowledge of sound symbolism and the “biological codes” of speech prosody; (2) a speech/sound output of the robot that reflects human speech behavior by imitating natural speech-melody variations, mirroring workers’ emotional states, and using a distance-, speaker- and noise-adjusted way of speaking; (3) a database of industry-noise sounds that also benefits other research purposes as well as practical well-being, hearing-protection measures and developments.

The  Algae Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology group, led by Associate Prof. Michele Fabris, at the SDU Department of Green Technology (IGT), invites applications for a 1.5-year postdoc position in algae molecular bioengineering and synthetic biology. This position is funded by the EU Horizon Program project AquaBioSens, which aims at improving water quality surveillance and early warning of water-borne threats to the environment, food industry and human health.

The translational pharmacology research group at Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, is looking for a fully financed, full-time postdoctoral researcher with start April 1st, 2024, for two years or as soon as possible thereafter. 

Over the recent years, we have built a research group comprising approximately 10 individuals with a background in pharmacy, medicine, and biomedicine. We are currently three PhD student’s, one postdoc, one laboratory technician, one MSc thesis student, one assistant professor and one professor in the group. We have a well-established cell laboratory working with human cell models (e.g., induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cells of the peripheral nervous system and 3D primary human hepatocytes). 

SDU Robotics invites applications for one or more Research Assistant/Postdoc positions. We are currently extending the team working on the recently started European project Fluently which focuses on AI-supported decision-making processes and collaboration between humans and machines in manufacturing contexts.

The candidates will be integrated in the section SDU Robotics, which is a team of approx. 60 employees, specialized in research and development of robot solutions within the welfare, industrial and medical domain. We value teamwork, professional diligence, enthusiasm for robotics and the drive to adopt new skills and extended responsibilities. We offer an open, international team with flexible work organization and support of individual development.

SDU Robotics is part of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and located at the main Campus in Odense, at the core of the Odense Robotics Cluster involving Universal Robots, Mobile Industrial Robots (MIR) and 120+ startups and established companies in robotics. 

The SDU FOODLAB at SDU Biotechnology, Department of Green Technology at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applicants for a 24-month postdoctoral research fellowship in plant-based food imaging with an expected starting date of February 1st, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position is part of a collaboration between SDU and Novozymes in a project aiming to understand the fundamentals of the texture of plant-based meat analogs at the microscopic level and how desired textural attributes such as juiciness and fibrillar structures take their origin at the microstructural level. The project will employ different advanced optical and fluorescence microscopy techniques to visualize and quantify the microstructural features of plant-based meat analogs and the effect of different enzymatic modifications. Further, it will involve rheological and physicochemical assessment and sensory description of the food matrices and enzyme treatments, among other techniques. 

At the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, a postdoc position will be available as of 1 February 2024, or by further agreement. The place of work will be Campus Odense.

You will be a part of an interdisciplinary group of researchers all connected to the research project “SDU Maritime Research Platform (MRP)”. The project was established in 2022 and builds on a grant from the A/S Dampskibsselskabet Orient’s Fond. The platform contains diverse maritime research projects across four faculties at the University of Southern Denmark. The projects all relate to the maritime aspects of the offshore sector and have partly a shared and partly a specific focus. The themes cover a wide range of disciplines such as sustainability, safety, human factors, history, logistics, maritime engineering and architecture and maritime operations. All participants form an integral part of the platform, and it is a precondition that you are interested in – and willing to – engaging in cross-disciplinary discourse and idea development.

”Popular Culture Imaginaries in the Museum” er et forskningsprojekt finansieret af Augustinusfonden i et samarbejde mellem Syddansk Universitet og Nationalmuseet i København under forskningsledelse af professor Susana Tosca. Projektet introducerer et originalt forskningsperspektiv i krydsfeltet mellem forskningsfelterne: transmedier, museologi og publikums- og receptionsstudier og undersøger den rolle som populærkulturalle forestillinger har i forhold til museumsdesign og museumsoplevelsen. Populærkultur gør i stigende grad brug af kulturarv som inspirationskilde til medieprodukter i alle genrer, fra tv-serier som Vikings or Moon Knight, computerspil som Assassin’s Creed, eller tegneserier som Vinland Saga. Projektets empiriske arbejde fokuserer på udstillingerne Vølven og Ægypten på Nationalmuseet og vil bidrage til udviklingen af udstillings- og formidlingspraksis på Nationalmuseet såvel som på andre museer i Danmark og i udlandet.