Postdoctoral researcher

Project description and work tasks The project, which will analyse the contemporary commemoration and contestation of the Holocaust on social media during its anniversaries in English, Swedish and German linguistic settings, is led by Associate Professor Samuel Merrill. The project will also study the role that social media platforms play in these matters...

Project OverviewAt Umeå University, we are seeking a talented Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to our ongoing research in innate immunity and protein research. In this role, you will be part of an interdisciplinary team focused on identifying microproteins in innate immune cells involved in immune processes.Key ResponsibilitiesBioinformatic analysis of...

Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at Umeå University. The successful candidate will contribute to research on brain diseases, focusing on Parkinson's disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies.The project involves analyzing genetic data, health data, and protein biochemistry using statistical programs...

Authorisation/Competence Eligible to be employed as a postdoctoral researcher is a person who has obtained a doctoral degree, or a foreign degree as a deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree, in a relevant subject such as biotechnology, bioinformatics, biostatistics or equivalent. This entry requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the...

Research Opportunity: Predictive Modeling for Lifelong LearningWe are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team in the Department of Statistics at Umeå University. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of predictive models for lifelong learning, leveraging existing prospective cohort studies and intervention...

About the PositionThis is a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral researcher position for 2 years at Umeå University. The appointment aims to identify microproteins in innate immune cells involved in immune processes by combining bioinformatic, ribosome profiling, and proteomic approaches.Job DescriptionThe responsibilities associated with this position...

Project OverviewWe are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team at the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), the Swedish EMBL node, hosted at the Department of Molecular Biology. The successful candidate will work in a rodent model to investigate the biology of Plasmodium ookinete and oocyst...

Project OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled postdoctoral researcher to join our team at Umeå University's Department of Statistics. The successful candidate will be part of the sub-project 'Adaptive Interventions to Promote Life-Long Learning', which aims to leverage longitudinal databases to better understand how health-promoting lifestyle...

Project description and working tasks The species that compose the human gut microbiome are poorly characterized at their molecular level, despite their important roles to keep a healthy state. The presence of pathogenic species or imbalances in the composition of commensal species are associated with disease. The mechanisms by which these species interact...

We are looking for someone who has or will soon defend their thesis, with previous education in statistics, data processing and/or bioinformatics, to contribute to research on brain diseases. You will work relatively independently as a postdoc, in a group conducting research on Parkinson's disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies, such as multiple system...

Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR) CEDAR is a centre at which interdisciplinary research is conducted on demographic changes and ageing at an individual and societal level in a long-term perspective. One central research area relates to historical and contemporary demographic processes. Other research area relates to the transition from a...

Project description The Ultrafast Nanoscience Group () research focus is the study of both the fundamental and applied aspects of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. In more detail, we study light-driven charge, spin and lattice dynamics and strong optical nonlinearities in nano- and meta-materials for opto-electronics and information processing,...

Project OverviewThe proposed projects target serine and cysteine proteases with small organic molecules, with the aim to modulate the function of the enzymes for relevant medical applications, including infectious diseases and toxifications.ResponsibilitiesOrganic synthesis and biochemical and biophysical measurementsLeading collaborative work, including...

The Umeãa University Department of Medical and Translational Biology is seeking a highly skilled postdoctoral research fellow to join their team. As a Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, you will be part of a two-year project focusing on brain mechanisms underlying maintained cognitive function at higher ages.About the ProjectWorking within an...

The Ultrafast Nanoscience Group at Umeå University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to work on understanding and controlling spin dynamics in nanostructured systems.Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly motivated and responsible candidate with experience in ultrafast and nonlinear optics, pump-probe spectroscopy, and/or development of...

Postdoctoral Research Position in NeuroscienceAt the Department of Medical and Translational Biology, we are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow to join our team for a two-year full-time project focused on understanding brain mechanisms underlying maintained cognitive function at higher ages.The research will be conducted in an...

Project description This Fellowship will be part of the Co-Creating Better Blue Programme recently funded by MISTRA which aims to develop ecosystem-based management processes where decisions are based on sustainability and democracy. The project's vision is to steer developments towards a more sustainable, open and democratic blue economy involving...

The Department of Medical and Translational Biology is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow for two years full time for a project focusing on brain mechanisms underlying maintained cognitive function at higher ages. The research is performed in an international context and unique data from the Betula cohort will be gathered and analyzed.

Project description Interventions to promote lifelong learning show promising results but are hampered by large individual differences in response. It is evident that we need to rethink the premises of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to better predict who will benefit from which intervention. As a first step in this process we sought to utilize...

Project description and working tasks Interactions between malaria parasites and mosquitoes determine the success of malaria transmission and are coming in focus as targets for interventions. The biology of Plasmodium mosquito stages remains poorly understood, but recent breakthroughs in CRISPR screening technologies, single cell transcriptomics, imaging...