PhD Opportunities in Molecular Biology in Sweden

Umeå University is recruiting a full-time PhD student in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics in Umeå, Sweden. The doctoral position is situated within Umeå University’s research environment, a broad institution known for high-quality education and research across multiple fields. The university describes a collaborative campus culture that supports interaction, knowledge exchange and research development. The position offers doctoral research training in medical biochemistry an...

This PhD project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) focuses on RNA-based plant protection, with an emphasis on spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) as a strategy to combat crop diseases. The work explores how externally applied double-stranded RNA can reduce pathogen gene expression and how RNA reaches target organisms, is taken up, and remains biologically active. The doctoral student will develop and evaluate SIGS approaches against wheat leaf blotch caused by Zymoseptoria...

This fully funded doctoral project at Lund University investigates the multimodal treatment of malignant brain tumours within the Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. The research will be conducted in neurosurgery and combines experimental and translational biomedical research. The doctoral researcher will contribute to studies of malignant brain tumours using approaches such as cell culture, in-vitro assays, animal techniques and analyses of human biobank samples. The project o...

Karolinska Institutet is offering a four-year doctoral project in the Baryawno laboratory at BioClinicum in Stockholm, affiliated with the Division of Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health. The project, “Decoding the metastatic cascade to bone,” addresses high-risk neuroblastoma, an embryonal tumour in which bone marrow metastases are common and relapse in bone is frequently fatal. The research will investigate which tumour clones seed bone, ...

This PhD project at Umeå University sits at the intersection of molecular biology, bioinformatics, and computer science, within the Department of Molecular Biology and the national DDLS Research School in Data-driven Epidemiology and Biology of Infection . The student will work on developing computational methods and software for analysing complex biological data generated by the group’s single-cell multiomic approaches. The research focuses on microbial genomes and bacterial communities across ...

The doctoral project focuses on RNA-based crop protection in two important pathosystems: wheat and potato. The central idea is to use spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) , where externally applied double-stranded RNA is used to reduce the expression of selected pathogen genes and thereby limit disease development. In wheat, the project aims to establish SIGS against Septoria tritici blotch caused by Zymoseptoria tritici . In potato, the work builds on ongoing research on late blight caused by Ph...

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting a doctoral student to the Center for Immuno-Oncology at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology. The project focuses on the natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxic operating system: the interconnected intracellular programs that regulate NK-cell maturation, tumor killing, persistence, and resistance to tumor-associated stress. The Malmberg research group studies human NK-cell biology and develops next-generation NK-cell-based immunotherapies. The doc...

The Biomarkers in Brain Disease research group at Lund University is recruiting a PhD student to work on biomarkers and disease mechanisms in Huntington’s disease and related neurodegeneration. The project is centred on how the body’s biological clock, sleep and circadian rhythms may influence disease progression, building on the idea that disruptions in timing systems are not only symptoms but may also contribute to neurodegenerative processes. The doctoral project combines in vitro and in vivo...

This doctoral project is based in the Bok Lab at Lund University and sits within the Lund Vision Group, a collaborative research environment focused on comparative visual science across the animal kingdom. The group brings together several labs and a broad mix of expertise, with work spanning jellyfishes, insects, crustaceans, squids, and vertebrates. The environment combines optics, electrophysiology, theoretical modelling, microscopy, molecular biology, and behavioural experiments to investiga...