36 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Copenhagen, Denmark

We are looking for a talented, highly motivated and creative scientist who is interested in exploring questions at the interface between physics and biology. The project aims at uncovering universal characteristics and laws in life systems, in particular in adaptation, development, and evolution with the spirit of theoretical physics, by focusing on consistency between hierarchical levels – molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a strong theoretical physics background, in particular statistical physics and dynamical systems. Previous knowledge of biology is not necessarily required, although high motivation and passion to understand a life system with willingness to learn is needed. Our research project is theoretical, by taking also numerical, or data-driven approaches, with possible collaboration with experimental groups. Throughout the project, the candidate will be trained to be truly an interdisciplinary researcher in a creative and cross-disciplinary environment. The project is part of the research project “Universal Biology”, led by Professor Kunihiko Kaneko financed by Novo Nordisk Foundation.

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow for a project focused on building BrainSTEM: A web application designed as an electronic lab notebook for describing neurophysiological experiments as well as a data-sharing platform for the community, where researchers can store and share the information and metadata about their experiments (www.brainSTEM.org).  The research will take place at the Department of Neuroscience (in.ku.dk) at University of Copenhagen in the lab of Dr. Peter C. Petersen (PetersenLab.org). The postdoc position is focused on the development of BrainSTEM, involving the design of a standard language for describing experimental neuroscience, semantic search functionality, stronger adoption of the FAIR principles, and stimulating and supporting community uptake. The project is primarily funded by the NIH, through the Brain Initiative U19 Oxytocin grant. The project will include occasional travels, e.g., to New York (NYU), Brain Initiate meetings, SfN, FENS, and to pilot user labs.

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen is seeking top early-career researchers for a number of attractive one- to three-year postdoctoral positions. 

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen is seeking top early-career researchers for a number of attractive one to three year postdoctoral positions.

Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral research position in observational multiwavelength studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at research section DARK at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. The postdoc will work with Prof. Marianne Vestergaard and her research team. The position is part of a larger effort to understand the black hole powered central engine of AGN and will primarily focus on analysis of observations of a changing-look AGN. There is a possibility to also work on other projects with the team, including interferometric and single-dish (sub-)mm observations of AGN and analysis and modeling of infrared-optical-UV IFU/spectroscopic data of AGN and distant quasars, and/or to work on the candidate’s own research. Candidates with a strong background in observational astrophysics of galaxies and/or AGN are encouraged to apply. Specific experience with radio and millimeter interferometry and successful experience writing telescope observing proposals for any wavelength regime are both considered strong assets. However, significant experience with handling of data in any subfield is also an asset. Other assets could be significant experience analyzing large multiwavelength data sets (radio, infrared, optical, UV and possibly X-rays) and experience developing software code to model observational data.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for a 6-month position to commence 1 January 2024 or after agreement. The position involves in vitro and in vivo characterization and studies of novel antisense antibiotics against multidrug resistant bacterial infections.

The positions will be part of the research group Food Design and Sustainability performing research within innovative food science and technology solutions integrated with research-based sustainability assessment delivering business and policy-decision support for regenerative circular food system designs. The postdoc’s duties will include research within the project “Produktion af nye proteinrige fødevareingredienser ved fermentering af organiske restprodukter” as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties.  

The position is funded by the ERC Advanced Grant “BACKWARD – Overcoming the Frontiers of Biomolecular Studies on Human History and Adaptation Using Palaeoproteomics” awarded to Enrico Cappellini. BACKWARD aims to advancing knowledge about the evolution and variation of hominin and other mammalian species that went extinct millions of years ago, by developing new MS-based palaeoproteomic methods to retrieve and sequence proteins from palaeoanthropological and paleontological remains, beyond the limits of ancient DNA preservation. The Evolutionary Palaeoproteomics research group is based at the Globe Institute, a department in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The Globe Institute main purpose is to address basic scientific questions through interdisciplinary approaches. The Institute conducts research into, among other topics, the origin, evolution and diversity of the universe, the Earth and life. Within the Globe Institute, the Cappellini Group is part of the Section for GeoGenetics. The GeoGenetics section uses genomics, metagenomics and proteomics to study, among other topics, evolution and human-environment interaction. The section uses state-of-the-art technologies to break scientific boundaries to pursue cross-disciplinary research.

You will be part of the interdisciplinary research group Cognition, Intention and Action (CoInAct) at the Department of Psychology. The overall purpose of the CoInAct group is to understand the interplay between movement, actions and cognition. We study basic action neuroscience and higher order cognitive functions in humans. CoInAct brings together researchers from different disciplines – including philosophy, psychology and human neuroscience – with a common interest in understanding human cognition and action. In general, we aim to improve understanding of the psychological, philosophical and neural foundations of human cognition, action, and movement, and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists and students interested in these research areas.

We invite applications for a postdoc position in the field of renal physiology, vascular physiology, and blood flow imaging as per 1st January, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed-term full time position for three years. We are looking for an exceptional candidate with interdisciplinary skills: animal experimentation,  ex vivo and in vivo imaging, and data analysis. It is crucial that the candidate has experience in working in an interdisciplinary environment.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic researcher with a strong interest in membrane protein structure and function for a two-year postdoctoral position to commence on January 15th 2024.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a prominent contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide, and represents the most common cause of liver disease with substantial health-care costs for its prevention or management. In line with the urgent global need for new therapies to treat patients with late-stage liver fibrosis, the collaborative interdisciplinary project deals with development and optimization of interstitially injected multifunctional nanotherapeutic cubosomal/hexosomes platforms for NAFLD treatment. For ameliorating also liver fibrosis, we focus on engineering and characterizing advanced drug nanocarriers actively targeting hepatic stellate cells through nanoparticle surface decoration with specific ligands.

Over billions of years, algae have provided the oxygen we breathe and they are the basis of the fossil fuels that are being burnt creating havoc in our atmosphere. Microalgae such as Nannochloropsis oceanica are essential for the global ecosystem. Curiously these types of algae do not have “limbs” or flagella, and the research question in MOONWALK is: How do non-motile microalgae move in the water column to ensure optimal light and nutrient conditions for growth This work will include molecular biology studies on marine algae to understand how the they can change their buoyancy and thereby their placement in a water column by altering the intracellular lipid content upon different environmental stimuli. N. oceanica produce a range of high value lipids used in baby formula and nutraceuticals, thus the MOONWALK project will include topic within both basic and applied sciences. As part of the algae biosynthesis group the postdoc fellow will collaborate with Postdocs and PhDs working with algae pigment biosynthesis and the development of CO2 negative bioproduction systems based on N. oceanica. The group is working in close collaboration with the start-up company TriptoBIO (co-founded by Johan A-Ranberg), thus the candidate will be exposed to an entrepreneurial mindset and gain insights on research processes in a commercial setting.

The position is part of the Datafied Living research project which runs 2021-2025 and is funded by the ERC (datafiedliving.ku.dk). The candidate’s research activities will advance the aims of the Datafied Living project regarding empirical studies of how digital tracking and datafication affects work practices and decision-making in key welfare institutions (such as education and healthcare) and private sector organisations; and how datafied societies should respond to such developments. Datafied Living is a collective and interdisciplinary research project that combines infrastructural and user-centered studies of digital tracking of individuals across personal, work, and institutional domains in Denmark. The project team undertakes systematic empirical research on the technological underpinnings, ordinary experiences, and social consequences of datafied life in the Danish welfare state, using qualitative fieldwork as well as data-driven approaches. By leveraging an empirical knowledge base on the datafication of human existence, the project aims to advance human-centric perspectives and policy-oriented impact regarding the use of personal data across domains of everyday life to the benefit of people and society.

 

(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in Natural Language Processing,

Deadline : 15-10-2023

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DALOSS is dedicated to interdisciplinary and collaborative research into data loss as a constituent part of digitization and datafication, that is also steeped in political and ethical considerations. The project is infused by an interdisciplinary ambition to mobilize distinct, but integrated approaches, to challenge and complement existing research paradigms of data loss through empirical examples and theoretical frameworks across different disciplines, sectors and societal levels.

Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid fuels and chemicals can be a solution for a long-term storage of renewable energy. In a carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion electrolyser, the CO2 molecules are reduced at the cathode, and water is oxidized to oxygen at the anode. However, the water oxidation or oxygen evolution reaction (OER) requires high applied overpotentials, reducing the energy efficiency of the electrolyser. Alternatively, the oxidation of organic molecules derived from biomass consumes less energy than the OER and generates industrially valuable chemicals. This project aims to prepare copper-based alloys and multimetallic nanostructured catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived molecules such as furfural and under conditions of CO2 electrolysis. We are part of the Nano-Science Center and the Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis (CHEAC) at the Chemistry Department of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Our research project is highly interdisciplinary, and you will collaborate with other groups within the Chemistry Department and with international collaborators.

The lab by PI Rune W. Berg is looking for a highly motivated and dynamic researcher for a 3-year position to start January 1st, 2024.

The person will be performing the following:
1) experimental recording of neurons in the brain and spinal cord of awake behaving rats using Neuropixels and Neuronexus electrodes combined with optogenetics.
2) Analyze the large amount of data generated from these experiments, including tissue processing.
3) Participate in the development of the new theory of motor control.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for a 2-year position to commence January 1, 2024. The postdoc project will focus on elucidating the role of B cells in allergic contact dermatitis. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland, where the postdoc will be posted.

The post doctoral position is financed by a five year Semper Ardens Grant from the Carlsberg Foundation “Crops for the future – Tackling the challenges of changing climates” and with the Plant Biochemistry Laboratory as the working place. The successful applicant will join the Synthetic Biology research group headed by Professor Birger Lindberg Møller. The project is carried out in collaboration with researchers at the Carlsberg Research Laboratory. The Plant Biochemistry Laboratory is among the world leading laboratories within plant biochemistry and synthetic biology. Built on truly interdisciplinary research, a strong international network, a highly interactive international research environment and continuous strong support from external funds, the laboratory is making seminal contributions to science and has fostered a multitude of eminent researchers with influential positions in Denmark and abroad (https://plen.ku.dk/english/research/plant_biochemistry/ ).

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc or assistant professor for a three-year position to commence 1 January 2024 or after agreement. The position is part of the highly collaborative Research and Innovation Action “Therapies for Renal Ciliopathies (TheRaCil)”, supported by the EU union (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101080717).

We seek an excellent postdoc with a high potential for original research. The project focuses on the molecular basis for neurodevelopmental disease caused by mutation in the synaptic release machinery (see Verhage and Sørensen, 2020, Neuron 107(1):22-37). This will be done using a combination of genetic tools (mouse knockins and expression vectors), advanced microscopy, and electrophysiology in central neurons and adrenal chromaffin cells. We aim at identifying the molecular basis for epilepsy caused by these diseases.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for a 3 year position to commence January 1st 2024 (or as close as possible to this date) to join the Mucosal Immunology Group headed by Professor William Agace at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Copenhagen University. 

We are looking for two highly motivated and dynamic postdocs for three-year positions commencing January 1st, 2024 or a date by negotiation. These postdocs form part of a larger project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) about what drives the establishment of cross-border data infrastructures and how they affect everyday healthcare.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within disciplinary approaches to technology educational. This involves data collection, analysis, and publication as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties. Essential qualifications is a PhD or similar within the areas education, topic didactics, or technology education. Desirable qualifications are experience with classroom research, teaching and working in large projects. Further information on the Department can be found at Department of Computer Science DIKU – University of Copenhagen.  

Novel strategies for eco-friendly and sustainable food production seek to explore and exploit the potential of the plant-microbiome to promote growth, acquire nutrients and induce resistance against pests and pathogens.  Yet, we lack a fundamental understanding of the ecological factors controlling the establishment of a beneficial plant-microbiome. Hence, we seek to test the ecological and evolutionary role of microbe-microbe interaction in the assembly and maturation of complex plant root microbiomes. This project investigates the role of microbial interactions as key drivers for microbiome composition and activity, specifically focusing on interspecies cooperation/competition and the resulting priority effects. We work with the overarching hypothesis that microbial communities are composed of collaboromes, rather than independent species, that are characterized by being microscale focal points of interdependent bacteria showing essential microbe-microbe interactions. The emergent properties of these collaboromes present many beneficial consequences for plant growth and health. The experimental design of this project focusses on co-occurrence network analysis on microscale samples, which is complemented with detailed co-localization analyses to identify putative interactions, which are experimentally validated in simple microcosm experiments. 

We are looking for a highly motivated computational postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The position is to be filled from 1 January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. You will be part of the new established Research Subgroup “Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Animal Health Economics (TIPTON)”, in the section: Animal Welfare and Disease Control, at the University of Copenhagen.

We are looking for a motivated candidate for a 3-year research position as Postdoc with responsibility for development of stochastic and spatiotemporal animal disease spread models applicable for rapid risk assessments. The position is to be filled by 1 January 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter and is financed through the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare. You will be part of the new established Research Subgroup “Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Animal Health Economics (TIPTON)”, in the section: Animal Welfare and Disease Control, at the University of Copenhagen.

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 “religious sphere and spiritual equality” will investigate the emergence of the public female writer in the North and examine the devotional literature produced by women by assessing women’s understandings of the concepts of spiritual equality, wisdom, virtue, and various emotions.

Copenhagen Center for Glycomics (CCG) is composed of 5 research groups and hosts about 10 postdocs and 15 PhD students in addition to Master students and guest researchers. CCG strives to be a leader in glycosciences in pioneering the transformation of the field towards wider integration into mainstream cell biology by developing experimental strategies, informatics approaches, and sustainable resources amenable not only to experts. We aim to facilitate the discovery of diseases caused by altered glycosylation, develop new diagnostic and therapeutic tools, and identify new ways to design and produce improved glycoprotein drugs. CCG is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and training Center located on the 10th floor of the new Mærsk Tower science building within the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM). CCG has state-of-the-art facilities for mass spectrometry, mass photometry, flow cytometry, cell engineering, and glycan arrays, and group leaders hold diverse expertise in all areas of glycosciences. Our core valuables include glycoproteome data and bioinformatics tools, validated gene editing tools, glycoengineered cell libraries, and design matrices for the recombinant production of glycotherapeutics. CCG hosts an international seminar series, PhD courses in glycobiology and gene editing, and participates in ICMMs education program. CCG also houses a spin-out (GlycoDisplay ApS) dedicated to developing improved glycoprotein drugs.

The programme is open for motivated young researchers, who want to conduct transformative biomedical research and are dedicated to advance their scientific career. You are scientifically curious, have a strong ability to reflect and form scientific ideas, and have a collaborative and interdisciplinary mindset. Applicants must hold a PhD degree and a maximum of 8 years of experience after issuing of the degree at the time of application. Prolonged career breaks (parental leave, sick leave, civil and military service) are taken into account upon documentation. Mobility is required and applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activities (work etc.) for more than 12 months in Denmark in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline. Also, applicants may not have been employed at UCPH more than three months prior to the application deadline.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic candidate with the following competencies and experience. The successful candidate will be part of the team leading the Great Adriatic Plain Project. During the Quaternary glacial periods, the Great Adriatic Plain represented the southernmost coastal plain of Europe. It is widely postulated to have served as a crucial glacial refuge, preserving European biodiversity in the face of unfavourable climatic conditions. The project aims to test this hypothesis by reconstructing the ecological communities inhabiting the Great Adriatic Plain during the Last Glacial period and investigating their eco-evolutionary responses at the onset of the Holocene period. The study will pioneer the analysis of ancient environmental DNA from submerged Pleistocene sediments in the Adriatic basin, in tandem with ongoing sedimentological, palynomorphological and stable isotope analysis efforts headed by Dr Slobodan Miko and his group at the Croatian Geological Survey.

The postdoc is part of a Novo Nordisk funded project led by Associate Professor Qian Janice Wang. Overall, the project aims to promote consumer behaviour change towards more sustainable food choices and consumption. Specifically, the postdoc project will focus on novel data-driven approaches to understand and predict consumer behaviour, with an emphasis on digital food environments and advertising. The postdoc will be responsible for 1) developing new experimental methodologies and theoretical models in collaboration with the wider research project team, 2) designing and carrying out cross-disciplinary research on modelling consumer behaviour, 3) teaching on related courses, and 4) contributing to science dissemination as well as the development of future research projects. The position may also include other duties such as supervision of Msc and PhD students. The postdoc will be a part of the Section for Food Design and Consumer Behaviour (DCB) in the Department of Food Science. The DCB section is a cross-disciplinary research group integrating natural sciences and technology as well as sensory and behavioural sciences to support the development and consumption of palatable, healthy, and sustainable foods. The Department of Food Science is recognized for excellence in food research, education, and industrial collaboration. The Department is an international workplace with English as primary working language.