University of Amsterdam, Netherlands invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in Nanomaterials: developing luminescent nanocrystal layers for spectral shaping
The Aim of your project is to develop fluorescent nanocrystal layers for spectral shaping, to enhance photosynthetic efficiency. Recent nanoscience breakthroughs allow the synthesis of fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals with near-unity quantum yield, offering great opportunities as spectral shapers to convert the solar spectrum to the needs of agricultural crops and algae. At the same time, substantial knowledge is available on the effect of (artificial) lighting on the growth of algae. In this project, we combine both worlds and develop light-shaping nanocrystal foils with possible photonic outcoupling to investigate their potential for algal yield enhancement. The research will be carried out in an inspiring interdisciplinary collaboration, in the nanocrystal and optics labs of Prof. P. Schall at UvA, and Algae Parc at Wageningen University.
You will develop and synthesize highly efficient semiconductor nanocrystals with the desired absorption/emission spectrum, especially recent lead-halide perovskites and related 2D perovskite nanocrystals, and evaluate their optical performance. The nanocrystals will be embedded into optically characterised polymer layers, optimised for best performance. One possible route is to design an outcoupling structure, through modelling and fabrication, to extract the light that is internally trapped in the layers. To achieve the desired light spectrum, a combination of NCs will be employed to convert UV/blue light (350-460 nm) to yellow and red (560-680 nm), which are considered the most effectively used by microalgae for photochemical conversion. The combination of different emitters with partially overlapping spectra requires consideration of their energy transfer, ensuring efficient light absorption and emission. Furthermore, since overheating is a common problem for algal cultivation, including IR-blocking nanoparticles can be explored to protect the culture from this part of the solar spectrum.
Once a suitable system has been developed, it will be thoroughly characterized optically and tested in lab-scale algae cultivation systems to evaluate its impact on algae yields. This evaluation is done in collaboration with Algae Park (Wageningen University), as well as with Prof. J. Huisman (UvA), using in-house algae labs. Together with the algae experts, the spectral light components will be related to growth rates in algae cultivation, which will in turn be used to optimize the nanocrystals properties for best algae yields.
Deadline : 31 August 2024
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position Measurement in the Psychological-Network Framework
The development of network modelling has led to a plethora of new analytic techniques which are now being applied to areas such as clinical psychology, attitude, personality and intelligence research. However, these techniques have not yet resulted in a psychometric framework that can guide measurement. If we want to be able to make claims such as that someone’s level of depression has decreased after treatment, or that some school intervention has increased a person’s math ability, this requires that these constructs such as depression and math ability can take on different levels that can be compared across people or across time. Currently, it is unclear how one would measure someone’s level on a construct when this construct is understood as a network. The overarching question in the proposed research project is therefore: How to measure levels of a construct in the network framework?
Deadline : 25 August 2024
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position Artificial Intelligence: Power Asymmetries and Data Justice
Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the Artificial Intelligence: Power Asymmetries and Data Justice project led by principal investigators Dr Lonneke van der Velden and Dr Claudio Celis Bueno. ASCA is one of the five Research Schools within the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).
ASCA is a research community devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture (in all its forms and expressions) from a broad humanities perspective. ASCA is home to more than 120 scholars and 160 PhD candidates and is a world-leading international research school in Cultural Analysis. ASCA members share a commitment to working in an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates.
Deadline : 8 september 2024
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Code-Based Cryptography
Are you fascinated by the theoretical underpinnings of security that allow for protecting privacy in an ever more interconnected world? Are you willing to take on the challenge of upgrading cryptography to deal with the threat posed by quantum computation? Do you enjoy working in a team of young and motivated researchers? We are seeking a PhD student to carry out cutting-edge research in theoretical computer science, with an expected focus on code-based cryptography.
Cryptography’s task is to provide tools for maintaining the privacy and integrity of digital data. Unfortunately, almost all currently deployed public-key cryptography is known to be vulnerable if an attacker has access to a quantum computer. Given the near-term deployment of quantum computing technologies, the time to deploy post-quantum secure cryptography is now.
Code-based cryptography not only offers plausible security against quantum attacks; it also leads to practically efficient implementations of powerful cryptography such as secure multiparty computation and (non-)interactive proofs. However, our theory of its security is severely wanting. Firstly, unlike its close cousin of lattice-based cryptography, we lack a satisfactory theory of security reductions. Secondly, many recent proposals lack sufficient cryptanalysis. The aim of this PhD project is to fill in these holes and thereby offer a better foundation for the security of code-based cryptography.
Deadline : 16 September 2024
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in the Political Economy of Housing, Financial Policy and Climate Adaptation
We are looking for a PhD-candidate to be part of the new project Just adapt: The political economy of housing climate adaption, led by dr. Jens van ’t Klooster and dr. Cody Hochstenbach. The project will be interdisciplinary, being embedded in both the Department of Political Science and the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies.
The physical impact of climate change cuts across almost every social and institutional domain. One key domain is the field of housing. The housing sector is exposed to huge financial risk due to rotting foundations, extreme weather, and floods. Financial valuation practices for residential real estate fail to take these potential losses into account, setting the stage for misallocated resources and billions in climate-related damages. Everywhere, key stakeholders in housing policy and the financial system are positioning themselves to determine who will pay the price for damage to housing from climate change.
Combining a focus on housing, financial policy and climate risks, the Just Adapt project studies the question: How will financialized housing systems distribute the costs of climate change over homeowners, investors, housing corporations, banks, insurers and (of course) the government? In your PhD project you will develop a qualitative political economy approach to climate adaptation as it takes shape in the Dutch context.
Deadline : 6 September 2024
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position Unraveling the Complexity of Suicidal Behavior
Are you passionate about utilizing cutting-edge computational methods to enhance our understanding of mental health? Do you have a strong interest in clinical psychology and aspire to develop innovative solutions for suicide prevention? We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our project titled: “Understanding the Dynamics of Suicide: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Inform Intervention Strategies in an Urban Context.”
In this project, we aim to employ computational modeling to gain deeper insights into the transition from suicidal ideation to actual suicidal behavior. This collaborative initiative leverages the expertise of the Department of Clinical Psychology, the Department of Psychological Methods, and the Department of Computer Science. You will be based in the Department of Clinical Psychology, a supportive and stimulating academic environment in the heart of Amsterdam. The supervision team includes Dr. Derek de Beurs, Dr. Valeria Krzhizhanovskaya, Prof. Merel Kindt, and Prof. Denny Borsboom.
Additionally, the PhD candidate will be a member of the Centre for Urban Mental Health (UMH). UMH is the largest Research Priority Area of the University of Amsterdam, bringing together unique multidisciplinary research teams from the Social and Behavioural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Science, alongside the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS, UvA).
The ideal PhD candidate for this project will possess strong computational skills and a keen interest in clinical psychology. They should be ambitious and committed to advancing our understanding of the complexity of suicidal behavior through multidisciplinary teamwork.
Deadline : 31 August 2024
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Computational Prediction of Nanoplastic Impact on Protein Function
Do you enjoy working on interdisciplinary research at the crossroads of physics, chemistry, biology and computational science? Are you interested in using simulations and artificial intelligence to understand key molecular processes for human and planetary health? The Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) and the Informatics Institute (IvI) are looking for an ambitious PhD student to develop and apply an automated computational framework for the prediction of nanoplastic impact on protein function. This research will be part of the Computational Soft Matter Lab.
At the molecular level, complex physicochemical processes can be understood in terms of free-energy landscapes, which map metastable states and pathways onto key system descriptors. These surfaces can be explored via advanced simulations; exploiting machine learning and data mining to find optimal descriptors and boost the sampling of functional dynamics. Most importantly, in silico we can predict changes in the shape of these landscapes, identifying valleys and channels sculpted by internal or external factors. You will work on predicting nanoplastic-induced changes to a protein’s free-energy landscape—i.e., structure and function—and collaborate with various computational and experimental groups to confirm your predictions.
Deadline : 13.09.2024
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Wellbeing Economy Research
Do you like/are you looking for a challenging job in a dynamic setting? The department GPIO of the faculty Social and Behavioural Sciences is looking for a PhD candidate.
Are you exceptionally interested in doing academic research, and specifically in the field of wellbeing economy and citizens’ science? Do you want to work transdisciplinary, in collaboration with locally embedded residents and professionals? Is it your ambition to become a top-tier researcher? We are seeking a PhD candidate for the Amsterdam Wellbeing Economy research project, which is funded jointly by the Municipality of Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. The PhD track is part of the Governance and Inclusive Development (GID) programme group.At the GPIO department, research and education focus on spatial-social relations (both within and between the North and South), on urban aspects and on the social, economic and environmental aspects of development and sustainability. The GID programme group is one of four research groups within the GPIO department. At GID, research critically analyses and rethinks dominant development paradigms, and engages with international, national and local development practices, policies and debates to identify viable and socially just alternatives. The Amsterdam Wellbeing Economy Research project is dedicated to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research framed around a rigorous approach to measure wellbeing bottom-up. The project collects and analyses grassroot-validated data to offer a broader insight than economic indicators or top-down framing of wellbeing issues. The ultimate aim is to bridge a scientific evidence-based approach with local community platforms in 3-5 neighborhoods, collecting and analysing data as a concrete input into effective policy and social participation.
Deadline : 15 September 2024
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Quantum Materials under Extreme Conditions
Are you a highly motivated MSc graduate in physics with a strong affinity for quantum and condensed-matter physics experiments? The Optics of Quantum Materials (OQM) group is seeking an excellent and ambitious PhD candidate to perform fundamental research on quantum materials using state-of-the-art optical spectroscopy.
Deadline : 4 Oct 2024
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD MediaMinds – Computational Mechanisms of Social Media Use in Youth
We have an urgent need to better understand the social media engagement of youth. Social media supports the specific developmental needs of youth, such as those for social connection. However, the increased sensitivity of the developing brain to social rewards may place youth especially at risk of compulsive use. In addition, youth’s sensitivity to social influence exposes another potential vulnerability, given that not all information is trustworthy. In this project we will focus on novel computational models to capture the complex interactions between developing motivational and cognitive processes, and specific social media affordances. We will take a multi-method approach relying on social media trace data, experience sampling, the development of novel ecologically valid experimental tasks, and neuroimaging.
The team will consist of the PI, two PhDs and two Postdocs, as well as a large network of collaborators and co-supervisors. The total funding for this project is 2M euros for a period of 5 years and is divided over two main work packages. (for more detail WPs see here).
Deadline : 23 September 2024
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD: An Intervention for Non-suicidal Self-injury and Depression through a Culturally-sensitive Chat
PhD position Persuasive Communication: An Intervention for Non-suicidal Self-injury and Depression through a Culturally-sensitive Chatbot.
Are you interested in how a personalized culturally-sensitive chatbot can contribute to mental health problem prevention in migrants? Do you want to understand the complex dynamics and mechanisms underlying engagement in prevention in three generations of Dutch-Turkish and Dutch-Moroccan communities suffering from depression and/or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)? Then, apply for this PhD project!
We are looking for an ambitious PhD Candidate for the four-year project “MIND-CHAT: May I help you? An Intervention for Non-suicidal self-injury and Depression through a culturally-sensitive Chatbot.”, which is funded by the Centre for Urban Mental Health. The PhD Candidate will be embedded in the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), and is part of the Persuasive Communication Programme Group.
Deadline : 30 August 2024
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position for the Project “Social Media Representation of LGBQ Young People”
The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate for the project: Social Media Representations of LGBQ Young People. The project is embedded within the Youth and Media Entertainment Programme Group of the Department of Communication Science and will be supervised by Dr. Chei Billedo (PI), Prof. dr. Jessica Piotrowski, Prof. dr. Jochen Peter, and Dr. Sindy Sumter.
The media play an important role in shaping young peoples’ identity. However, research on representations in traditional entertainment media has shown that sexual identity minorities’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer or LGBQ) representations are often absent; and if present, these representations are mostly negative or stereotypical. With social media, the media landscape is expected to change, i.e. offering more diverse content and catering to a greater variety of audiences. Consequently, it is argued that social media may be especially beneficial for LGBQ youth who do not see their identities authentically represented in traditional entertainment media. However, to date empirical evidence for this assumption is lacking. For this reason, the current project will address the question: How do LGBQ social media representations contribute to positive self-concept and sexual identity integration among sexual minority youth?
Deadline : 15 August 2024
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project: Value-Creation with Marginalized Stakeholders
This PhD project will advance knowledge on firms’ inclusion and exclusion of marginalized stakeholders, guided by the overarching research question: ‘What is stakeholder marginalization, and when and how do firms engage marginalized stakeholders in value-creation?’ Marginalized stakeholders are stakeholders that are to some degree invisible to managers due to low physical, social, and/or psychological proximity, and that have limited opportunity to decide whether and how to participate in firm-led activities. Such stakeholders are, for example, stakeholders who are subject to negative externalities, are associated with vulnerable social identities, belong to lower social classes, or are stigmatized due to their physical disabilities, mental health conditions, or sexual orientations. While scholars have suggested that engaging with marginalized stakeholders may enable firms to identify new opportunities for sustainable value-creation and social innovation, little is currently known about how firms deal with the inherent challenges of achieving this.
To address this research gap, the PhD research will perform two main studies. The first study involves a comprehensive literature review that synthesizes existing research on stakeholder marginalization that currently is largely fragmented across disciplinary fields. The second study will be a longitudinal, in-depth investigation of one or more firms engaging marginalized stakeholders in value-creation. The purpose of this study is to observe, map, and interpret challenges associated with ‘de-marginalizing’ stakeholders and uncover how these are linked to strategic outcomes for firms. The PhD project will draw from, and contribute to, stakeholder theory but also benefit from integrating theoretical perspectives from development studies, business ethics, and strategy. An elaborate description of the project, including a brief literature review and outline of its methodology and societal relevance, can be found here: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26236412.v2. The PhD candidate is expected to proactively drive and shape the project and there is flexibility in terms of how to carry it out.
Deadline : 30 september 2024
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Microbiome Monitoring for Food Safety
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) enforces rules and regulations to guard the safety of foods throughout the food chain. And luckily, the current status of food safety in the Netherlands is quite high. Nevertheless, changes in the food production chain continuously challenge food safety. For example, production methods, societal preferences, economic drivers or consumer behavior may change over time, with potential consequences for food safety.
This research project aims to prepare NVWA for potential future food safety risks. One specific question is whether current monitoring samples and data can provide useful information on upcoming risks.
You will work in a team of scientists with expertise in epidemiology, food safety, microbiology, bioinformatics, molecular techniques. You will be stationed at UvA and also perform part of the work at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) in Lelystad.
You will be enrolled in the Graduate School of the Faculty of Science and embedded at the Microbiology Theme at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, supervised by prof. dr. Linda Verhoef and prof. dr. Stanley Brul (promotors). You will closely collaborate with biosystems data analyses group (BDA). The work performed at WBVR will be co-supervised by dr. M. Brouwer.
Deadline : 18.08.2024
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position on Optical Atomic Clocks
Are you a eager to apply optical clocks to real-world challenges and to explore new optical clock operating principles, all in a lively international research group?
Our Ultracold Strontium Gases Group is offering a postdoc position on our QuantumDelta NL (QDNL) Ultracold Atom Quantum Sensing Testbed. QDNL advances quantum technology and brings it closer to applications by collaborating with industry, startups and users. Our group is headed by Prof. Florian Schreck and is part of the Quantum Gases & Quantum Information (QG&QI) cluster at the Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). We exploit ultracold Sr for quantum simulation, quantum sensing, and quantum computing.
Deadline : 31 March 2025
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(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Integrated Modeling for Plant Life-History Traits
Do you enjoy using computational approaches to study biological problems? Are you interested in using a combination of machine learning and mechanistic modelling? We invite enthusiastic and dedicated candidates to join our cutting-edge research team as a PhD candidate to work on developing novel methodology to model plant life-history traits such as flowering time, fertility and seed germination. The position is part of the new, interdisciplinary research institute CropXR.
In this project, you will work towards unraveling the regulatory networks controlling reproduction-associated transitions under temperature and drought stress. We will use the main model plant Arabidopsis, because of the wealth of existing information. In four accompanying experimental PhD-projects, data will be obtained on the effects of temperature and drought at the transcriptome and phenotype level.
Your task will be to integrate these datasets, using a combination of mechanistic models and machine learning. This will aid selection of signaling processes to be targeted towards improving plant yield under suboptimal conditions. As part of the larger CropXR consortium, you will also collaborate with additional PhD candidates working on methodology for integrating machine learning and mechanistic modeling.
Deadline : 23.08.2024
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Eco-evolutionary Dynamics in the Infant Microbiome
Microbial life occupies almost every habitat on Earth. There is increasing evidence that microbial communities living in and on plants and animals, including humans, play crucial roles, for instance in protecting their hosts against diseases. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD candidate to study the eco-evolutionary processes that shape microbiomes in infants.
Are you curious about the interplay between microbiomes and human health outcomes and in how eco-evolutionary dynamics shape our microbiomes? Are you interested in bioinformatics and data analysis, and eager to apply and develop evolutionary and ecological theory? Then this may be the job for you!
You will be supervised by Dr. M. Bruijning, and embedded in the Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) department. EPB is part of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), the Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam. At EPB we work on the ecology and evolution of plants, animals and microorganisms in changing environments. We use different techniques ranging from laboratory experiments, theory, bioinformatics and molecular biology. You will collaborate with Computational Science Lab (CSL) in the Informatics Institute (IvI) to develop and deploy computational models. This position is supported by the NWA program (MetaHealth), focusing on oral and metabolic health in infants.
Deadline : 1 September 2024
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Climate Change Media Discourses in Islamic Indonesia
This PhD position is embedded in the ERC-funded research project Eco-Islam in Indonesia: Media, Institutions, Publics. In Indonesia, Islamic ‘green’ pop musicians, eco-YouTube-imams, films, and social media find inspiration in religious scriptures to encourage Muslims to engage in environmental protection. In this project, we map mediated eco-Islam and investigate the Indonesian Islamic eco-cultural approach to climate change. To do so, we focus on different media outlets of eco-discourse (e.g., film, television, popular music, and social media) and we will study three levels. On the level of the institutions (project 1), we explore how an Indonesian Islamic eco-cultural approach to climate change is developed, which eco-theologies underlie its creation, and how adaptable it may be to other national contexts. On the level of texts (project 2), we study how media discourses offer Muslims specific green models of citizenship. On the level of publics (project 3), we study how media audiences and users negotiate, contest or adopt green models of citizenship.
Deadline : 26-08-2024
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Climate Change and Audiences’ Reception of Eco-Islamic Media in Indonesia
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the ERC funded research project Eco-Islam in Indonesia: Media, Institutions, Publics, led by principal investigator dr. Leonie Schmidt. ASCA is one of the five Research Schools within the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR). ASCA is home to more than 120 scholars and 160 PhD candidates, and is a world-leading international research school in Cultural Analysis. ASCA members share a commitment to working in an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates.
Deadline : 26-08-2024
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Early life stress and Alzheimer’s Disease
Are you fascinated by the way early life factors can influence the brain and its structure and functioning in later life? Do you want to know whether early life stress can lead to Alzheimer’s Disease and how? Do you enjoy working in a lab with preclinical models and at the same time enjoy working with human data? Then this position might be perfect for you!
We are looking for a highly qualified and motivated PhD candidate to conduct research activities aimed at unravelling the role of mitochondria in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Dementia in the context of early life stress. This project has been funded by Alzheimer Nederland.
The position is embedded within The Brain Plasticity Group in the team of dr. Aniko Korosi at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam (UvA). This is a collaborative project with the team of dr. Susanne de Rooij at the department of Epidemiology and Data Science at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, location AMC with whom the human part of the work will be performed with.
Deadline : 25.08.2024
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Gut Microbiome in Early Life
Gut microbiota develop rapidly during early life and are essential for our health during infancy and later life. Many factors potentially impact on this development, including but not limited to delivery modes, neonatal feeding (breast or formula), exposure to antibiotics, and both maternal and infant diet. Changing gut microbiota by these factors, in turn, can substantially impact the immune system, hence the infant’s susceptibility to the development of chronic diseases.
However, how these factors regulate our gut microbiota, immune systems, and interactions is mostly mechanistically still unclear. Understanding this complex interaction will pave the way to the discovery of new targets for interventions aimed at improving metabolic health. This position is supported by the NWA program METAHEALTH focussing on oral and metabolic health.
Deadline : 16.08.2024
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate Increasing student stress resilience using digital and exercise based interventions
Are you wholeheartedly interested in the psychology of stress resilience, student mental health and exercise-based interventions? Are you a future researcher by heart, do you enjoy (learning about) statistical analyses of complex datasets, and is it your ambition to become a top-tier researcher? Then you might be the perfect candidate that we need for the project ‘Stress Tolerance and Resilience by Integrating Digital and Exercise training-based interventions for Mental Health of Dutch students’ (STRIDE)!
Deadline :15.08.2024
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience
Are you interested in how brain-wide networks contribute to cognition across the lifespan? And how events early in life may affect neuronal circuits and thereby behavior later in life? This project aims to better understand the neuronal mechanisms of how the cerebellum computes and adapts internal models to optimally behave in a dynamic and social environment.
You will study this using a systems neuroscience approach, combining in vivo electrophysiology (Neuropixels) from cerebellum and forebrain areas with behavioral paradigms in rodents. Specifically, you will investigate neuronal circuits in the cerebellum and connected brain areas to various external factors, ranging from social touch to early cannabis exposure (a collaboration with Dr. Rixt van der Veen, Brain Plasticity Group).
Behavior paradigms include social interactions between conspecifics, and tickling rodents to expose them to expected and unexpected social touch. You will then investigate how exposure to these external factors influence cognitive and motor skills later in life. In addition to performing behavioral experiments and implantation of silicon probes for recordings, analysis of behavior and of the electrophysiological recordings will be a substantial part of this project.
This project is part of the Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience research line headed by Dr. Marlies Oostland. The research line is embedded in the Cellular and Computational Neuroscience Group at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS, Faculty of Science). The Cellular and Computational Neuroscience Group investigates functional and structural connectivity in the brain by using electrophysiology and imaging techniques to study how synaptic strength and network activity are changed from developmental stages to the aged brain. You will be supervised by Dr. Marlies Oostland and Prof. Helmut Kessels.
Deadline : 16.08.2024
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD positions in Cellular imaging and Neuroscience
We have two positions available for a PhD Student in Cellular imaging and in Neuroscience. The two positions are funded by a grant from NWO “Visualizing and manipulating synaptic AMPA-receptor plasticity with a new molecular toolkit”. The two PhD students are expected to closely collaborate within this project.
Deadline : 18.08.2024
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The University of Amsterdam is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Established in 1632 by municipal authorities and later renamed for the city of Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam is the third-oldest university in the Netherlands. It is one of the largest research universities in Europe with 31,186 students, 4,794 staff, 1,340 PhD students and an annual budget of €600 million. It is the largest university in the Netherlands by enrollment. The main campus is located in central Amsterdam, with a few faculties located in adjacent boroughs. The university is organised into seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Science, Law, Medicine, Dentistry.
The University of Amsterdam has produced six Nobel Laureates and five prime ministers of the Netherlands. The University of Amsterdam has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by five major ranking tables. By the QS World University Rankings it was ranked 61st in the world, 14th in Europe, and 2nd in the Netherlands in 2021. The university was placed in the top 50 worldwide in seven fields in the 2011 QS World University Rankings in the fields of linguistics, sociology, philosophy, geography, science, Economics and econometrics, and accountancy and finance. In 2018 and 2019 the two departments of Media and Communication were commonly ranked 1st in the world by subject by QS Ranking.
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