29 faculty science biology jobs found in Copenhagen

Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen The University seeks to appoint an associate professor to the Department of Immunology and Microbiology to commence 1 July 2023 or as soon as possible herafter. The position is limited to 5 years and is a 20% position. Information on the Department can be found at: https://sund.ku.dk/.  Job description The associate professor will be a part of the Bacterial Infection Biology (BIB) group at Costerton Biofilm Center and have close ties with the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center. The associate professor will be engaged in a project on capsular contracture and be responsible for organizing the collection of clinical samples from women with breast implants that will be analyzed with microbiological-, immunological- and histological methods. Furthermore, the associate professor will be engaged in conducting clinical research and pharmacological...

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc with expertise in machine (deep) learning and computational biology with an interest in chromatin biology to unravel mechanisms that orchestrate epigenome maintenance across the cell cycle and cell fate control. This is a 3-year position with preferred start May 1st, 2023, or after agreement. The successful candidate will work at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR) in the Chromatin replication and Epigenome maintenance research group headed by Prof. Anja Groth.   More information on the CPR can be found at: https://www.cpr.ku.dk. Our research 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...

The project Worldwide, at least 40% of vascular plants are threatened with extinction. Although land-use intensification has been identified as the overall main driver, it is much less known if extinction risk is predictable from species’ attributes. Identifying the biological, ecological and geographical features that make species vulnerable to extinction (i.e. extinction risk assessment) might help us to predict which species are most prone to decline and gain a more detailed understanding of the reasons behind declines. In practical terms, this approach allows for prioritization in nature conservation (single species, groups of species, particular communities) by focusing on a small number of indicator species categorized as at high risk, to prevent local biodiversity loss at low cost. The main aim of this research project is to determine a set of plant features (e.g. ecological niche, life-history traits, distribution range and local abundance, long-term...

A PhD fellowship is available in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics research group (https://ivh.ku.dk/bioinformatics), Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health (RTH), (http://rth.dk) at Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (https://ivh.ku.dk/english), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen. The CRISPR field is developing rapidly and is continuously providing novel technological possibilities by several types of applications including gene editing and gene surgery. A key challenge is to pick the most efficient on-target guide RNA (gRNA) among several possible ones in a specific target region while taking the possible off-targets, i.e., unintended edits elsewhere in the genome, into account. This PhD project aims to make computational methods for on-target gRNA design while taking the off-target potential into account. The position is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Start date is April 15, 2023 or as soon as...

The Niels Bohr Institute Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen A postdoc position is open in the experimental group at the Bio-Complexity section at the Niels Bohr Institute. The research activity will focus on evolutionary and ecological dynamics in bacterial colonies. Our group and research You will be part of a group where we aim for an interdisciplinary mix of skills and backgrounds. The combined focus of our work is bacterial ecology with a focus on the 3D evolvement of biofilms. So, some of our questions are: How do bacteria self-organize in a natural – yet simplified – biofilm system? Or how do they spread to colonize unknown horizons? Beside the PI, the group pt. consists of 2 PhD students (physicists) and 3 MSc students. Current ongoing projects include biofilm growth in semi-soft media, spatio-genetic patterning in microbial colonies.  For more info on the group and our research, please...

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic researcher with expertise in analysis and interpretation of high-throughput sequencing (transcriptomics, epigenomics etc.) and mass spectrometry (proteomics, metabolomics etc.) to work in the Zierath Group in collaboration with Barrès Group and Deshmukh Group. The position is a 3-year position to start May 1, 2023, or after agreement. Background The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research’s vision is to strengthen interdisciplinary research that transforms our basic understanding of the mechanisms that underlie metabolic health and disease, and to accelerate this knowledge toward new prevention and treatment strategies. We were established in 2010 and in 2017, we moved into new laboratories, offices, and meeting rooms in the Maersk Tower: www.maersktower.ku.dk....

Department of Biology Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in large African mammals, commencing June 1st 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The 2-year post doc position is available with Associate Professor Rasmus Heller in the Section for Computational and RNA Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen. The successful candidate is expected to play a leading role in population genetic analyses using whole genome sequencing data from a number of African mammal species. In addition, there will be a possibility of working on other projects using population genomics in large mammal species. There will also be a possibility of teaching courses or supervising student projects at various levels. The specific duties of the candidate will be to perform analyses of whole-genome sequencing data with the aim...

Postdoc position in Primary cilia and pH-regulatory ion transport proteins Department of Biology Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen Description of the project Most cells in our body contain antenna-like structures on their surface called primary cilia, which are important for regulating cell-cell communication and thereby the development and function of our organs. Defects in cilia can lead to severe human diseases called ciliopathies, which often affect the kidneys. The aim of this project is to investigate how two pH-regulatory ion transporters, NBCn1 and NHE1, are targeted to the primary cilium of mammalian kidney cells, and how they regulate pH within the cilium. NBCn1 and NHE1 regulate essential processes in our cells and organs and their dysfunction is linked to diseases like cancer and hypertension, but it is not clear how they get localized to and function at cilia. Likewise, intraciliary pH and its possible effect on ciliary function are...

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic researcher for a 2-year post-doctoral position in Stem Cell Biology to start in the Galvagnion group “Protein-membrane interactions in health and disease” in May 2023. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong expertise in stem cell biology and neuroscience. The purpose of the postdoc is to investigate changes in lipid metabolism associated with Parkinson’s Disease and alpha-synuclein pathology in iPSC-derived neurons Information on the department can be found at: https://drug.ku.dk/. Our research Our research aims at understanding the role of dysfunctions in lipid homeostasis in the emergence of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. Our approach consists in identifying, using biological models, lipid changes associated with these diseases and/or their risk factors and in...

Department biology Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic and driven researcher with a PhD or equivalent to join the section for Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP), Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen to work in the Knudsen group. The candidate should have a strong background in cell biology, physiology and/or molecular biology. The starting date is 1st of May 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The postdoctoral researcher position is funded as part of an ERC Starting grant. About us We are located at the Department of Biology, and the section from cell biology and physiology in UCPH north campus. The section consists of 11 groups with a broad interest in basic understanding of cell biology and physiology as well as molecular disease mechanisms (https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/cbp/ Our research We are interested in the fundamental mechanisms that control secretion of the hormone glucagon...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Biology Education Department of Science Education Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen The Section for Science Education at the Department of Science Education seeks an excellent scholar for a position in biology education research with a focus on the upper secondary school level. The position is at either the Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level. Candidates who are in doubt about which level of position (Assistant or Associate Professor) to apply for are encouraged to apply for both levels. The position is open from 1 August 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. We seek candidates who have extensive and documented experience with discipline-based education research in relation to biology (i.e., the field of research referred to in Scandinavia as “biologididaktik(k)”, in German as “Biologiedidaktik”, and in French as “didactique de la...

Associate Professor of Bacteriology (20%) (Fixed-Term, 3 Years) Costerton Biofilm Center (CBC) Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen The University seeks to appoint an associate professor in  Bacteriology  to the Costerton Biofilm Center (CBC), Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM) to commence as soon as possible. The position is limited to 3 years and is a 20% position.  ISIM is responsible for the course in microbiology, which prepares the medical students to manage the antimicrobial treatment of patients in clinical departments, to cooperate with clinical microbiologists on an optimal treatment of the patients, and to start working in a clinical microbiology department. As the teaching is case-based and clinically oriented, it is preferred that the candidate for the associate professor position is a specialist in clinical microbiology with experience...

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor Freshwater Ecology Department of Biology, Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen, Denmark The Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for a position as Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Freshwater Ecology. The position is to be filled by July 1st 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter, subject to negotiation. Description of the position The selected candidate is expected to take a leading role in the establishment of an externally funded research program focussing on pelagic freshwater ecology. In addition to research, duties also include teaching and supervision of students at the undergraduate, graduate and PhD-levels, with prime course assignments within the Biology degree program. The position may also include duties requested by the department such as departmental citizenship tasks. The candidate will be embedded in the Section for Freshwater...

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section of Plant Glycobiology Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a postdoc position. The postdoc position will be associated with the Plant Cellulose Synthesis research group and carried out with Assist. Prof. Kristian E. H. Frandsen and Prof. Staffan Persson. The work aims to structural visualise the large Cellulose Synthase protein complex (CSC)  in planta  responsible for plant cell wall formation. The research will range from culturing single plant cells and visualizing large protein complexes  in vivo  using advanced light microscopy (confocal fluorescence) to determining the organization and molecular structures of protein complexes in their near native environment  in vivo  using state-of-the-art cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and subtomogram averaging (STA). The postdoc position covers structural cell biology and will be based in the Plant Cellulose Synthesis...

The research field is microbiology. Published expertise with Gram-negative bacteria is required. Experience with cloning, DNA/RNA extraction, 16S microbiome analysis, quorum sensing, crystal violet staining, ultracentrifugation gradients, RNA-seq, qRT-PCR, western blotting, flow cytometry, fluorescence- and electron microscopy, and fluorescence reporter assays is required. The candidate must be fluent in R, including performing differential expression analysis, read mapping, genome analysis, alignments, phylogeny, and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Excellent written and spoken English is required. The postdoc’s duties will include research within Microbiology as well as teaching and co-supervision of students. The post may also include performance of other duties. Further information on the Department is linked at https://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/. Inquiries about the position can be made to Nina Molin...

Associate Professor of Immune cell exhaustion and virus adaptation in human viral infections (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP) Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen The University seeks to appoint an associate professor of  Immune cell exhaustion and virus adaptation in human viral infections  to the Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Immunology and Microbiology to commence as soon as possible. The position is limited to 5 years.  CO-HEP is a joint research program between the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre. Information on the Department can be found at: https://sund.ku.dk.    Job description In considering applications for the associate professorship, the main emphasis will be on the...

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc with expertise in chromatin biology to unravel molecular mechanisms that orchestrate the interplay between epigenome and cell fate control. This is a 3-year position with start April 15, 2023, or after agreement. The successful candidate will work at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR) in the Chromatin Replication and Epigenome Maintenance research group headed by Prof. Anja Groth.   More information on the CPR can be found at: https://www.cpr.ku.dk. Our research 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...

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen is seeking up to two highly motivated and talented postdoctoral fellows to commence on March 1, 2023, or after agreement at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. About Us The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research’s vision is to strengthen interdisciplinary research that transforms our basic understanding of the mechanisms that underlie metabolic health and disease, and to accelerate this knowledge toward new prevention and treatment strategies. We were established in 2010 and in 2017, we moved into new laboratories, offices and meeting rooms in the Maersk Tower www.maersktower.ku.dk The Center has around 280 employees who work in an international, highly collaborative research environment across a range of biomedical disciplines. You can read more about us...

Professor in Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen The Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, has an opening as full professor in the area of organic chemistry with an emphasis on synthesis and supramolecular chemistry. Candidates should have a background in the design and synthesis of functional organic molecules exhibiting specific properties that could be of further relevance for biology, medicinal chemistry or materials science. Candidates should also be familiar with various spectroscopic techniques used to characterize supramolecular systems and advanced organic molecules Applicants are required to have university level teaching experience, documented teaching competencies and must be able to explain and reflect upon own teaching practice and portfolio. Formal pedagogical training or supervision equivalent to the University of Copenhagen teacher training programme for assistant professors is...

The Niels Bohr Institute Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen 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 is part of the research project “Universal Growth Laws of Viruses of Bacteria”, led by Associate Professor Namiko Mitarai and financed by NERD Program, Novo Nordisk Foundation. The project is focused on the viruses infecting bacteria: they are the drivers of microbial ecology, gene transfer and microbial evolution, and also an ideal  in-vivo  model system to study the interplay between a virus and its host.  We aim to explore the virus development upon infection as a dynamic and stochastic process exhibiting decisions. We are also actively studying the role of phages at the population scale and ecology scale and as pattern formation to macroscopic scale of epidemics as it spread in a 2 or 3 dimensional...