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...

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....

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...

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic computational postdoc for a 3-year position, to join the group of professor Ana Cvejic from the 15 May 2023 or soon thereafter. Information on the department can be found at: https://www.bric.ku.dk/ Our research The aim of our group is to decipher how differentiation pathways of haematopoietic cells are influenced by different microenvironments. To achieve that we use state-of-the-art single-cell RNA-seq, single-cell ATAC-seq and spatial transcriptomics data generation combined with computational analysis to establish principles of blood lineage differentiation. We are working with human foetal haematopoietic cells to reveal the dynamics and cellular programmes active during human blood development as well as cancer patient samples to investigate the influence of tumour microenvironment in the context of pathological differentiation of...

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for an ambitious bioinformatician / data scientist for a two-year Postdoc with possibilities for extension commencing 1 May 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology is committed to research-based teaching and interdisciplinary research that supports the development and understanding of chemical and pharmacological properties of drugs and drug targets. We work as part of a dynamic academic community of research, education and innovation within the Pharmaceutical Sciences bridging Health Sciences and Life Sciences. Information about the Department can be found at https://drug.ku.dk/ Our group and research The explosion of biomedical data in genomics, structural biology, pharmacology, and related fields provide new opportunities to deepen our understanding of human physiology and disease. We integrate...

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...

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...

Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen This Postdoc position is associated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project funded in the Arcadia program “ ECO-COATING – Engineering Control of Organic Coatings on Autonomous Navy Gliders ”.   The overall aim of the project is to assemble and test synthetic communities for application on navy submerged sliders to reduce drag. The postdoc will recover bacterial isolates from a provided sample, followed by identification and characterization of properties including biofilm formation capability alone and in isolation, facilitative/antagonistic properties, stress tolerance etc. Selected communities will be grown in biofilm models and further examined, focusing on species composition, spatial organization, priority effects and resistance to invasion. These efforts will apply traditional microbiological methodologies...

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are looking to hire two highly motivated and dynamic researchers with a PhD or equivalent doctorate to join the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Candidates should have a strong background in genetic epidemiology, bioinformatics, statistical genetics, data science, genomic medicine, machine learning, or a related field and be interested in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The positions are 3-year positions to start August 1, 2023, or after agreement in the Loos and Merino Groups. 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...

Professor of Immunology and Inflammation Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen The University seeks to appoint a professor to the Department of Immunology and Microbiology to commence as soon as possible. Information on the department can be found at https://www.isim.ku.dk/. Job description When considering applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of immune regulation with an emphasis on cytokine signalling and T cell biology. The professor will conduct research in the cross talk between T cells and the environment/other cells. The aim is to provide knowledge that can guide regulation of T cell functions, eventually leading to improvements in the treatment of T cell-mediated inflammatory diseases and T cell malignancies. The professor will be...

The Division of Cell and Gene Therapy of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine (CTN) is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Research Assistant. The successful candidate must be interested academically in neuroscience, particularly in its translational applications. This position targets candidates with a Master’s degree interested in gaining more experience prior to pursuing an academic career in neuroscience. Our research team Center for Translational Neuromedicine is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and is located in the Panum Institute. For more information, visit https://ctn.ku.dk/. The successful candidate will be a part of studies investigating congenital disorders of myelin primarily affecting children. We generate humanized cell-based models of glial and myelin disorders with the goal to understand disease pathogenesis and to develop treatment strategies deemed to be clinically translatable. We...