27 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The postdoctoral fellowship is part of the research project Radical Pietism in Northern Europe: Social Protest on the Verge of Modernity, 1690-1750, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark and headed by Associate Professor Juliane Engelhardt. A description of the overall aim of the project can be read here: saxoinstitute.ku.dk/research/history/radical-pietism-in-northern-europe/.

The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for a sub-project that focuses how radical Pietists translated their conversion into distinct vestimentary, corporal, and emotional styles. The postdoctoral fellow will thus analyze radical Pietist practices in their context exploring alternative ways of achieving influence in the public sphere among people who possessed neither formal power, nor strong bookish training.

Applicants from all relevant fields of research, such as cultural history, sociology, history of ideas, art history and religious history, are encouraged to apply.

The applicant is expected to provide an outline in the application as to how they will approach the topic and conduct the project.

The postdoc will contribute to the ERC-funded project “Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE). Changing the narratives of early modern philosophy and uncovering women’s contribution to Scandinavian gender equality” led by PI Sabrina Ebbersmeyer. The core of this project is to bring to light and critically assess women’s intellectual contribution to the Nordic Enlightenment by examining a text corpus consisting of unpublished material and published texts written by more than a hundred women in Scandinavia. The guiding hypothesis is that the Nordic way of women’s Enlightenment significantly differs from developments prevalent in other regions of Europe, and that women played a decisive role in creating a sustainable identification of the Nordic countries with gender equality.

The expert on the “scholarly sphere and intellectual equality” will investigate writings reflecting on women’s intellectual capacities (including reason, talent, and understanding) and defending women’s intellectual equality. The expert will also explore the development of various arguments, the philosophical traditions on which these arguments rely, and the argumentative strategies women used to counter traditional views about women’s intellectual deficiency.

A position is available for investigating the crosstalk between epicardial fat and cardiomyocyte function. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is in direct contact with the heart, with increased volume being linked to cardiovascular disease. Specifically, crosstalk between EAT-derived signalling molecules and the heart has shown the induction of inflammation, extracellular matrix remodelling and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Your tasks will be to utilize different omics technologies to characterize epicardial adipose tissue and to map peptides secreted from epicardial adipocytes differentiated from progenitor cells isolated from human epicardial fat. Candidate peptides will be examined for their effects on human cardiomyocytes. Professor Alicia Lundby is co-PI on the project and with her expertise within molecular cardiology and proteomics analyses, we anticipate a strong synergy between our two groups.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have laid the framework for understanding the impact of genetic variation on complex disease risk, predominantly identifying common variants with small effects. Studying isolated populations has the power to enhance the discovery of disease associated loci, due to the enrichment of certain rare variants with large effects. Circulating proteins provide deep insights into the current state of human health and can capture the influence of environment on disease pathogenesis. The Postdoc will work on a project, which will integrate high-throughput mass spectrometry (MS)-based plasma proteomics data with electronic health registry data, along with genetic information from 4,180 Greenlandic individuals to drive the discovery of novel clinical biomarkers and therapeutic targets which may aid in the future prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).

The mentorship team consists of three host laboratories at CBMR. The Hansen lab who has extensive experience in genetic analysis, including identification of pQTL’s, the Deshmukh lab who have core expertise in MS-based proteomic studies, and the Kilpeläinen lab who offer insight into the functional interpretation of human genetic associations. In addition, there will be collaboration with the Albrechtsen Group and Moltke Group at Department of Biology on statistical and computational method, and with Steno Diabetes Center Greenland on Population studies in Greenland.

The proposition underlying the project is that discussions about interdisciplinary communication have been overly focused on technical accuracy and conceptual translation – on the cognitive level. There has been less focus on the communication of disciplinary values and goals – on the affective and motivational levels. We suggest the latter is a key element of interdisciplinary collaboration and requires an ability to tolerate difference: collaborators’ disciplinary values and goals may never be perfectly aligned, but by being made explicit they can be combined in pragmatic and even creative ways (Monteiro & Keating, 2009). The project won’t aim to argue against the search for ‘common language’, but to suggest critical reflection on what needs to be ‘in common’. Developing common concepts can be crucial but aiming to understand each other perfectly can be a barrier to collaboration, and finding a common language for talking about differing values is just as important (Bracken & Oughton, 2006). Neither do we argue for saying everything – sometimes values need to be left (at least temporarily) unspoken (Fitzgerald et al., 2014; Mellor & Webster, 2020). Analysis of what needs to be shared or ‘in common’ will be informed by literature such as Star & Griesemer’s (1989) classic concept of ‘boundary objects’ – shared concepts ambiguous enough that different disciplines can maintain different definitions while still feeling – facilitating “cooperation without consensus” (Star, 2005).

The aim of the postdoc project is to develop patient level multi-modal foundation models for studying cardiometabolic disease. Using data from large international biobanks, such as UKB, All of Us and Project 10K, you will take part in developing and training state of the art deep learning-based foundation models. These will be based on two existing frameworks in our group, EIR (Sigurdsson et al., 2023, NAR) and MOVE (Allesøe et al., 2023, Nature Biotechnology). This includes methodologies such as neural networks, variational autoencoders, transformers and more. Besides modelling your tasks will also include interpretation of the results and dissemination through presentations and preparation of manuscripts. You will join our team aiming to improve precision health through training DL models on biobank scale molecular and health data.

The successful applicants will become part of the project entitled, GREENWATCH – Green Surveillance: Imagining a Sustainable Internet of Things, funded through a European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2025-2029. The project examines the potentials and challenges of employing the Internet of Things (IoT) as a communication system monitoring the effects of human activities of Earth’s ecosystems, which further entails surveillance of human individuals and social institutions. The positions represent a unique opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary and culturally comparative work covering China, Europe, and the United States, and to contribute to theory development on a strategic issue with global ramifications.

The focus of the Groth group is to elucidate how chromatin organization and function is propagated during mitotic cell division to maintain genome and epigenome stability. Our goal is to understand mechanisms that underpin chromatin replication and epigenetic cell memory, and how they impact on cell fate decisions in development and disease. We apply innovative proteomic and genomic approaches in combination with stem cell biology, high-content imaging, chromatin biochemistry and structure-function studies. Our group is diverse and multidisciplinary with many scientific collaborations nationally and internationally, and we have an inclusive and highly collaborative work culture. We value idea sharing and use Creative Problem Solving tools to develop our research projects. We also have a translational focus connected to our spin-out company Ankrin Therapeutics.

The Groth Group is part of the Protein Memory Program at NNF CPR, a multidisciplinary and international research center with a highly collaborative research environment and cutting-edge core facilities, such as genomics, proteomics, protein imaging, protein production and characterization, big data management platforms. In 2025 the Groth group plans to move to the Danish Cancer Institute (DCI), a part of Danish Cancer Society, and a leading international cancer research institute with topnotch laboratory and computational facilities.

We open up two new postdoc positions in the field of exolife sciences, with the aim of deepening our understanding of what life is, how it interacts with the surrounding atmosphere of habitable exoplanets and how it can be remotely characterized from spectral modelling and observations. Applicants with knowledge and interest in atmospheric modelling, non-equilibrium chemistry, and basic biological processes, will be preferred.  The successful applicants will be part of the astrophysics and planetary sciences section at the Niels Bohr Institute and the research will be carried out in close collaboration with the neighbouring institute of microbiology and the cosmochemistry group at the museum of natural history, all at University of Copenhagen.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within astrophysics as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties.

The Skin Health project explores current skin health practices between everyday life, medical knowledge, industrial interests and aesthetic norms. The skin is our largest organ, a key player in health, and a vital part of our cultural, social, and political fabric. A damaged or ill skin can produce serious social stigma and personal trauma and activate mechanisms of exclusion. Engaging with these issues, the project’s overall aim is to advance a more nuanced understanding of skin health focusing on the crucial relations between scientific, commercial and everyday skin practices. Skin health and skin care practices will be investigated by means of historical analysis and ethnographic fieldwork, and explore the prevailing discourses, medical, technological and everyday practices that define our cultural understanding and engagement with skin health.

The postdoctoral project is specifically expected to contribute to the Skin Health project by ethnographically and historically investigating the knowledge production of skin i.e., how scientific understandings of skin construct the way we think and practice skin. Inspired by current debates and activism on ‘decolonizing dermatology’ the project sets out to investigate the medical history of dermatology, where categories such as gender, race, class and morality have shaped not only the medical but also popular understandings of skin. Furthermore, by applying a future-oriented approach the project will investigate the current intensified scientific interest in artificial skin (robotics and skin grown in laboratories) and skin microbiome habitats (the skin as a living landscape).

Berkeley Quantum Devices Group (quantumdevices.berkeley.edu) and NQCP/Quantum Foundry are collaborating on advancing spin-photon interfaces in silicon photonics for scalable networking of quantum devices. This position is for a postdoctoral researcher who will perform work at Berkeley on advancing spin and optical coherence of color centers in silicon photonic devices.

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc for a 2 year position to commence 1 November 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The project is part of a larger cross institutional synergy project called ‘GPCRmec: Quantitative investigation of GPCR mechanosensation’ financed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and outstanding post-doctoral candidate with a strong interest in environmental and climate change law and EU Law. The ideal candidate must hold a relevant academic degree (in law or in another social science discipline, provided the applicant can also document sufficient knowledge in law), and possess the appropriate theoretical and methodological tools to carry out the research. Crucially, the successful candidate will have the ability to work in a collaborative international environment both independently and as part of the team.

The postdoc will be part the larger research team at CLIMA, which carries out work on climate change and sustainability. The center offers a nurturing, lively and expanding research environment that has developed frameworks that enable researchers to receive feedback on their ongoing work and interact with other researchers in their field.

You must participate in the interdisciplinary and dynamic research environment within the Pioneer centre. Here the main duties will be to conduct causal methods research within the area of methods for partial identification, under the supervision of one or more of the pioneer mentor faculty. A small amount of teaching is required, and we encourage the creation of a new course in a topic you find interesting to share with the students in the centre. In addition, the successful applicant is expected to independently, and as a part of the centre, to work on attracting funding for the next stage of their career. Some travel between the hubs will be required, but longer stays for research work within interdisciplinary groups are strongly encouraged, and thus, joint affiliations are possible.

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in Molecular Geobiology at Globe Institute

Deadline : 25-08-2024

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We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following competencies and experience:

Demonstrated experiences:

• With a variety of microbial cultivation methods
• Investigations of bacteria-surface interactions
• Molecular biology (including transfer experiments)

Experience and skills:

• You have a PhD in microbiology or a related field such as microbial ecology and biogeochemistry
• You are experienced in fluorescent microscopy and staining techniques
• You have an interest in natural environments and the plastisphere
• You have some experience with studying biofilm formation
• You have proficient English and communication skills and ability to work in teams
• Knowledge of how to study how different stressors influence bacterial growth and evolution
• Knowledge of both soil and sediment components
• Knowledge of Plastisphere development
• Experience in communicating your science

Please document and/or elaborate on your experiences and skills in the motivated letter of application and in the CV.

We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Researcher with expertise in analysis and interpretation of high-throughput multi-omic data (genome-wide association data, single cell and spatial omics etc.) to work in the Hansen Group for Genomic Physiology and Translation. The position is a 2-year position to start November 1, 2024, or after agreement.

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section of Environmental Chemistry and Physics invites applicants for a postdoc on the filter function of agricultural soils. The postdoc is part of the project, PHISHES, an EU horizon soil mission project. The project starts 1st September 2024 and runs for 48 months. Depending on availability and competences we seek 1-2 postdocs to take part in the project for three years.

Agricultural soils have a dual role as growth medium and filter for pollutants. In the PHISHES project we investigate how different managements affect the soils ecosystem services with focus on the filter function for nitrate, pesticides, PFAS and Nitrification Inhibitors (NI). We compare conventional agricultural practices (tillage) with conservations agricultural, focusing on how these two practices affect the build up of organic matter in and on (mulch layer) the soil and thereby the soil’s filter function. The project is cross-disciplinary combining agricultural science with environmental chemistry and toxicology, with the aim at developing digital tool(s) to investigate how agricultural management affects the soil filter function and thereby the water quality in adjacent streams.

The task of the postdoc(s) will include data handling, model setup and development, applying the soil-crop-atmosphere model Daisy, as well as collaboration with the project partners. 

We are inviting applications for two Post-doctoral positions of 24 months each in the research group of Biochemical Engineering at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen (Biochemical Engineering – Institut for Plante- og Miljøvidenskab – Københavns Universitet (ku.dk)).

The research group, headed by Prof. Sotirios Kampranis (Sotirios Kampranis – Plant Biochemistry Employees (ku.dk)), is driven by the long-term vision to promote sustainable living by replacing harmful chemical synthesis and over-harvesting of natural resources with biotechnological synthesis.

The focus of this project is to establish yeast-based biosensors. The incoming postdoctoral scientists will create yeast cells utilizing G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) or engineered transcription factors. These biosensors will then be used to sense the presence of small molecules or magnetic fields. The long-term aim of this project is to develop new, cutting-edge technologies to identify new food and beverage ingredients (e.g. sweeteners, aromas, etc.) and to achieve their industrial production at scale using tunable genetic circuits that are controlled by magnetic fields.

This challenging and interdisciplinary project will combine the fields of nanofabrication and laser technologies to explore fabrication methods that leverage the clean, precise and selective nature of lasers at the scale of individual atoms. The development of this technology is crucial for the next generation of quantum device fabrication techniques and has great commercial potential.

We are looking for a driven candidate with a strong background in experimental atomic physics and laser technologies. 

The postdoc will be expected to conduct fieldwork in collaboration with other project members for 12 weeks + two periods of two weeks in two 9th grade classes in a Danish school and be responsible for a study based on this fieldwork focused on which identifications are enacted and ascribed among students and teachers through social category labels and their associated practices (linguistic, behavioural, interactional) in everyday school life. The study will illuminate which attitudes and alignments to different categories they construct through their practices and their reflexive comments and how the identifications relate to educational orientations and ideas of educability.

The postdoc is required to be able to work independently as well as engage actively in and contribute to the research team and the collective project, which investigates young people’s engagement in digital communities alongside their everyday practice at school and their reflections on educational influences and experiences. The project seeks to answer the overall questions: How is educability constructed and enacted in everyday school life and digital encounters? How do students reflect on their educational path and future aspirations? And which cultural models of educability can we identify across these domains to illuminate the challenges and refine our theorisation of contemporary mass education systems?

The postdoc position involves contributing to the publication of at least two international articles, participating in a number of seminars and conferences at the University of Copenhagen and abroad as well as a 2 week’s research stay at a European university with one of the project’s international collaborators.

We are looking for two highly motivated and dynamic postdoctoral researchers for two-year positions, both to commence on 1 November 2024 or after agreement.

You will either be responsible for the research in swine or avian influenza viruses and will be part of the research group for Veterinary and Zoonotic Virology (VEZ-VIR).

The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies is a unique international and interdisciplinary research environment that hosts area studies as well as comparative disciplines such as the study of religions, minority studies and comparative culture studies.

The project “Pious Practices among Danish Muslims. Diversity, Devotion and Aesthetics” (funded by the Danish Research Council in 2024–2026) investigates performative activities among Danish Muslims which is a landscape of rich devotional traditions with roots in many cultures.

We are now looking for a post-doc researcher to study the emerging scenes for Islamic art in Scandinavia. It will identify how and where interaction takes place when artistic practices intersect with Muslim piety. The artistic practices can be visual arts, music, literature or performance and the scene can be performance stages, art galleries or literary forums as well as social media and websites. The project is not geographically limited to Denmark, transnational links and expressive forms are expected – yet they should be grounded in artistic practices of Muslims in Denmark. The researcher is expected to carry out an independent research project under supervision and as a result publish two academic articles. Alternative modes of documentation and communication of the project, such as curating a digital exhibition or organizing a reading event, are also welcome.

Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, is recognized for excellence in food research, food science education, and industry collaboration. It covers all disciplines of food science from raw materials to processing and consumption, and is organized in four sections, one of which is the section for “Food Microbiology, Gut Health and Fermentation”, where the position is placed.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within gut health/microbiome as well as teaching. Specifically, the work is centered around a 3-year EU project with 3 university- and 2 industrial partners on the use of living bacteria (live therapeutics) for the treatment of hyperuricemia, the precursor of the inflammatory condition gout. The project involves planning and execution of clinical trials (to be conducted by another partner) with harvesting longitudinal clinical and omics layers of data. You will be responsible, amongst others, for establishment of instruments for patient stratifications into responders/non-responders, as well as mechanistic omics integration for mode of action of the live therapeutics.