24 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden

This post-doctoral position is part of the EU cofund research project AMBER, Advanced Multiscale Biological imaging using European Research infrastructures, will address scientific and sectoral gaps in biological imaging ranging from molecular, through cellular, to tissue, organ and organism levels of organisation, and is coordinated by LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science.

AMBER is funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND scheme. Around 14 postdocs will be recruited in the first call, with each fellowship lasting 36 months.

AMBER has six core partners: Lund University/MAX IV, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS), Sweden, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), France, the International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, (IMOL), Poland, and the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, United Kingdom.

The membrane protein structural biology group at the Department of Experimental Medical Science is at the forefront of its field. With this position, we aim to deepen our work in understanding the mechanisms of various P-type ATPases. The research group is led by senior lecturer Pontus Gourdon, and we are now seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher with experience in cryo-electron microscopy. Here is a selection of articles recently published by the group (see also tinyurl.com/vc2dsamz):

A highly motivated postdoctoral scientist is sought to work on a project designed to extend our understanding of the molecular basis of transthyretin amyloidosis Read more here. Human transthyretin (TTR) is a protein that transports thyroxine and retinol-binding protein (RBP) in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Wild-type TTR is intrinsically amyloidogenic, but a large number of TTR mutants have been identified that are associated with early-onset amyloidosis and where there are remarkable tissue specificities.  This project seeks to gather atomic/molecular level information  on different TTR mutants using crystallography (X-ray and neutron), cryo-EM, and a wide range of other biophysical techniques. It will make use of the MAX-IV and ESS facilities in Sweden as well as the ESRF and ILL X-ray/neutron sources in Grenoble, France. Where possible it is planned  to carry out comparative studies of amyloid material derived from in vitro and ex vivo sources. The project will have good access to state-of-the-art facilities within the medical, natural science and engineering faculties, as well as being located in close proximity to the nearby MAX-IV synchrotron and ESS neutron beam facilities on the Science Village campus near the Lund city centre.

This post-doctoral position is part of the EU cofund research project AMBER, Advanced Multiscale Biological imaging using European Research infrastructures, will address scientific and sectoral gaps in biological imaging ranging from molecular, through cellular, to tissue, organ and organism levels of organisation, and is coordinated by LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science.

Within the project, you will be placed with groups working on metabolic biomarkers and metabolomics at the Biomedical Center (BMC) at Lund University, led by researchers Vladimir Denisov and Associate Senior Lecturer Joao Duarte. Denisov’s group focuses on NMR/MRI techniques and their development using new hyperpolarized methods, while Duarte’s group employs both NMR and MS techniques to study metabolism in diabetes and dementia. The groups have excellent access to state-of-the-art NMR and MS facilities in Lund, as well as the Swedish NMR Center in Gothenburg.

A highly motivated postdoctoral scientist is sought to work on a project designed to extend our understanding of the molecular basis of aquaporins (AQPs). AQPs are evolutionary conserved transmembrane proteins that are responsible for water and glycerol regulation in the human body, but also in many other organisms. Besides solute transport, AQPs have been shown to be involved in cellular signaling, cell migration, and cell-cell adhesion. For instance, AQPs are the main glycerol channel in the endocrine pancreas, mediating rapid flux of glycerol in β-cells and ultimately insulin secretion. Interestingly, it was also recently reported that AQPs in fruit flies have a central role in metabolism. The overall goal of the project is to study the structure of aquaporins using single particle cryo-EM and combine that with functional studies at the cellular level to resolve its mechanism of action. In addition, AQPs are therapeutic targets, thus the project will also include the development of putative AQP blockers, that can be used for treating diseases and/or to selectively kill insects expressing aquaporins.  The project will have good access to state-of-the-art facilities within the medical, natural science and engineering faculties, as well as being located in close proximity to the nearby MAX IV synchrotron where also the Lund cryo-EM facility is situated.

Private international law consists of legal norms which regulate relationships between international private legal subjects which are based on voluntary legal acts. The topic carbon capture and storage (CCS) is at the crossroads of law, governance, sustainability and technology and involves subjects of both public and private law.Transboundary alternatives for CO2 transport and offshore storage are necessary preconditions for the viability of CCS. Once the carbon is captured, the transportation (national and transboundary) can take place by road, rail, ships or pipes.

The post-doctoral position is situated within the project titled “Sustainable Carbon Capture Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law.” It addresses the emerging practise of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through innovative CCS technologies. With a special focus on the transportation of carbon streams by ships, the project relates to the potential liabilities arising during carbon transportation by ship and the implications for long-term liability.

At the Division of Combustion Physics a postdoc is now recruited for the European Union Project CAIPIRINH3A. The main goal of the research performed at our Division within this project is to provide a detailed kinetic mechanism and perform reliable modeling studies for NOx prediction and control in NH3 combustion applications. Experimental results used to validate the numerical model will be based on flame structure measurements of NH3 flames at atmospheric pressure employing Raman spectroscopy arranged with multiple laser beam passages for high detection sensitivity, as well as time-resolved optical emission spectroscopy from ammonia flames after a single pulse nanosecond discharge. The validated mechanism will be incorporated in dedicated global solvers (incorporating plasma effects) which will be used to calculate fundamental combustion characteristics of ammonia/air mixture with and without plasma. The kinetic model will be tested against results from these experiments, other results obtained by the project partners and literature data and will output different characteristics of NH3 combustion including burning velocities, ignition delay times, species profiles in flames, chemiluminescence in thermal and plasma-affected flames.

The postdoc position is based on a consortium project that aims at developing ultrasound-based 3D printer for tissue engineering. More specifically, your research will focus on the theoretical and numerical modelling of the 3D printing device and process. 

MAX IV is looking for a postdoctoral candidate for the EU project RIANA.
RIANA is a project under Horizon Europe, aiming to advance research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. 69 European research infrastructures have joined forces to create a unique platform to cover the most advanced techniques relevant for synthesis, nanofabrication, processing, characterization, analytics, and simulations for advancement in nanoscience and nanotechnology. You will be responsible for supporting user projects in this field with SAXS/WAXS (both transmission and grazing incidence) as a part of a group of junior scientists within the project. The RIANA project is a great opportunity to build up a network within other research infrastructures and an opportunity to learn about other techniques.

The Department of Electrical and Information Technology at Lund University houses a wide range of research groups, including those that focus on internetconnected systems and wireless communication. Positioned at the intersection of these two areas and within the Division of Secure and Networked Systems, this position offers an opportunity to work on integrating advanced wireless technology with innovative computing to shape the future of 6G-communications system.

The department offers a collaborative and inclusive culture that promotes creativity, initiative and interdisciplinary thinking. You will be part of a team committed to high-impact research, where theoretical insights are combined with practical applications, in an environment that values ​​innovation, supports professional development and encourages a good work-life balance. This environment is ideal for those who enjoy solving complex problems and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in real-time, low-latency applications.

MAX IV is looking for a postdoctoral researcher for an initial appointment of 2 years. As a member of the Bloch team, you will contribute to the beamline activities, working to ensure that user beamtimes are as productive as possible and that scientists feel excited when they receive an opportunity to come here. This requires from the beamline team a very strong focus on maintaining the performance of the equipment while simultaneously developing and commissioning new capabilities, new control and analysis software and new research projects. This often occurs in close collaboration with support functions at MAX-IV and external user groups.
As a postdoc at the beamline you will operate within and contribute to this environment, but your principle mandate will be to design and execute an independent research program, to which you will dedicate approximately 50% of your working time. You will have access to a fraction of the in-house beamtime allocation for this, and will also be expected to obtain additional time both at Bloch and elsewhere through conventional competitive beamtime applications.

In order to succeed in this role you will demonstrate motivation and independence. Specifically, you are requested to propose a specific research project that you will undertake in order to produce high quality publications, and you will work diligently to ensure that this project are followed through all the way to publication. While all such projects would be considered, the beamline is particularly interested in projects that would fit to one of the following developmental themes:

1. Spin resolved ARPES: The spin-resolved endstation is still relatively new, and spin-ARPES is both technically and scientifically challenging. Bloch offers a combination of a 3D-VLEED detector, a small spot-size and access to arbitrary light polarization states of unusually high-purity. We welcome project plans that will lean heavily on some or all of these properties in order to develop and showcase the capabilities of our beamline to the wider community.
2. vdW heterostructures: A commercial 2D heterostructure transfer system has recently been installed at the beamline. This will allow the deterministic fabrication of interesting sample structures from exfoliable materials (thin flakes, twisted graphene, vdW heterostructures). If such samples can be created at or above the 10um lateral scale, they become accessible to ARPES studies at Bloch. We welcome project plans that would capitalize on the availability of this equipment to showcase what is possible. These may involve applications to the neighbouring MAX-PEEM beamline or to nano-ARPES facilities elsewhere.

Physical Chemistry involves research relating to molecular issues. The experimental and theoretical methods used often originate from physics. The emphasis in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry is on research, both experimental and theoretical, within surface and colloidal chemistry and with a special focus on self-aggregating systems. The systems studied include surfactants, polymers and biomolecules.

The current project focusses on Soft Matter, in particular on the study of the flow properties of compressible colloids, microgels, combining scattering techniques with bulk rheology.

This project introduces silicon substrates with a switchable magnetic contrast layer (MCL) for polarised neutron reflectometry experiments (PNR) at solid/liquid interface to study soft matter surface layers. The structural and compositional information in a typical reflectometry experiment are obtained by collecting experimental data with different isotopic contrasts on the same sample. This approach is normally referred to as contrast matching, which can be achieved by using solvents with different isotopic contrast, e. g. different H2O/D2O ratio, and/or by selective deuteration of the molecules. However, some soft matter systems might be perturbed by this approach, or it might be difficult to implement, particularly in the case of biological samples. Here solid substrates with a MCL are an appealing alternative, as the magnetic contrast with the substrate can be used to partially recover the information on the sample structure. The project is part of a larger collaborative project, “Maximizing information content in neutron reflectivity data by optimised magnetic reference layers” between Linköping, Uppsala and Lund universities, Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS Neutron and Muon Sourcs, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in UK and European Spallation Source – ESS, financed by the Swedish Research Council.

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral fellow in volcanic impact on the stratosphere and climate

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The focus of this project is nanomaterials to be used in neuromorphic devices for artificial intelligence (AI). AI is a key technology for the transition to a carbon-neutral society but relies on powerful computing hardware which high energy consumption is itself a difficult obstacle on the road to sustainable AI. Inspired by the brain, neuromorphic hardware promises up to 1,000 times more energy-efficient computing by interweaving computation with data storage. The key to this breakthrough technology is new types of nanoelectronic memory devices that require research in terms of the materials that they are built by.

The primary goal of this project is to investigate the detailed chemistry of combustion of different sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) suggested for replacing fossil fuels focusing on the formation and abatement of pollutants that could potentially be formed. The motivation for this is the development of a long-term solution for sustainable and environmentally friendly aviation. The key research question of the present project is the impact of super adiabatic phenomena on formation of different pollutants. Overall planning is arranged around several commercially approved SAF, and surrogate mixtures reproducing their physical characteristics. The work program includes experimental research, development of detailed kinetic models and reduced models suitable for CFD modelling.

Experiments are performed preferably on flat flame burners, which facilitate comparison with the modeling. The study of any system to be investigated starts with detailed analysis of available experiments and existing kinetic models from the literature.  The problem is then formulated with selection of appropriate diagnostic techniques available at the Division of Combustion Physics, Lund University. Dedicated experiments are then performed and compared with existing or new models. When required, additional experiments are set up to address possible uncertainties or doubts.

In the biopharmaceutical industry it is common practice to produce the pharmaceutical proteins, and then dry them for safe storage until the final products are manufactured. At present, lyophilization is the gold standard, but it would be beneficial to be able to dry these proteins using spray-drying. However, at the early development stages when only small quantities of the protein are available, current lab-scale spray-drying requires too much material for assessment of processability. 

Therefore, this project will develop a miniaturized spray-dryer that emulates the lab- and pilot scale process regarding thermal load and other stresses. A second objective is to assess the effects of spray-drying on the protein structure, and the mechanisms behind such changes. Ultimately, this may allow for prediction of processabilty based on protein sequence and structure. 

The overarching theme of this project is to get ready for LDMX data, and the work will be conducted in close connection with the international LDMX collaboration, in which Lund University is the only non-US participant for the time being. One exciting milestone for LDMX is a beam test planned at SLAC in 2025, for the first time collecting data at the actual beam line for LDMX. During the first year, roughly, this project will be focused on the gathering and in particular on the analysis of this test beam data, mainly from the prototype of the hadronic calorimeter.

Another priority in this project will be to study the capabilities of LDMX to handle pile-up (multiple electrons hitting the target at the same time) in more detail. This will mainly be based on simulations studies of potential backgrounds, detector performance, and physics sensitivities. One concrete example is the use of different codes for simulating critical backgrounds, to compare these predictions and to develop methods for how to measure these backgrounds in data. The project also aims to explore to which extent machine learning methods can help with these tasks, e.g. object reconstruction and signal vs background discrimination. This will become more of a focus  later in the project.

There is some flexibility in the research programme for this position, and details can be tailored to your specific interests and expertise. There will also be the opportunity to work with questions of climate sustainability in LDMX/HEP, if that is something you are interested in.

The postdoctoral position is part of a research environment focused on the project “Scripture and Secularism: Mapping the Impact of the Bible on Conceptualizations of Europe”, a reception critical investigation into the way uses of scripture support and challenge notions of the “secular”. The position is part of a collaboration between this research environment and the Law, Theology and Culture group at the Faculty of Law.

Large parts of the Bible are dedicated to the discussion of laws, commandments, covenants, norms, and issues of justice. Core concepts of law are often perceived as indebted to the Bible, theology and religion, such as sovereignty, representation, responsibility, justice, or mercy. Both religion and law rely heavily on ritual practices and public displays of authority.

Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for a research project that clearly contributes to studying this intersection between biblical studies and legal studies in contemporary society. The project could, for example, examine issues such as the use of the Ten Commandments in public debates and spaces, the role of Bibles in courts of law, or the relationship between biblical texts and contemporary legal terms and concepts. We also welcome proposals related to other sites of interaction between biblical reception studies and law.

Norunda is located 100 km north of Stockholm, Sweden, and can look back at a 30-year history of greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements in a boreal forest. Norunda is one of eight ICOS Sweden locations and hosts an Ecosystem and an Atmosphere Station with instruments on and around a 100 m tall tower. The research infrastructure includes extensive automated and manual measuring programs aiming to understand the land-atmosphere exchange. Norunda also hosts an ACTRIS Sweden station and is an affiliated site of the SITES infrastructure.

ICOS Sweden is the national hub of the European ICOS, measuring GHGs in the atmosphere and GHG fluxes between the atmosphere, land surface and the oceans. ICOS has currently nearly 180 stations across 16 European countries. The ICOS stations at Norunda are managed by Lund University (LU), which is the official employer of its staff.