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Research that goes beyond the lab
In Denmark, we get it: groundbreaking research needs more than shiny labs and impressive titles.
It takes the right environment. That's why we offer the freedom, secure funding, and support to focus on what matters — shaping the future of your research, your way.
It’s not just about prestigious institutions; it’s about a collaborative community where your ideas are heard and supported, and the impact of your work is felt far beyond the lab. With extensive industry partnerships and opportunities for real-world application, you’ll be pushing boundaries, not paperwork.
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Life that goes beyond the workplace
Denmark is famous for its work-life balance—and here, that’s more than just a buzzword.
While you create a lasting impact in your field, Denmark has all you need for relaxation, adventure, and growth. From winter bathing to weekend retreats, get ready to thrive both professionally and personally.
We believe that a balanced life leads to better research — because happier, well-rested researchers push innovation to new heights. Research thrives when life does too.
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Daniel Rasmussen
Daniel Rasmussen
Ready to take the next step in your research?
Explore exciting opportunities in Power-to-X, Neuroscience, and Biosolutions.
PhD scholarship for Modelling and Simulation (Digital Twin) of Electrochemical CO2 and H2O Reduction
We offer you a unique opportunity to join the “Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery” (CAPeX) and the Department of Chemical Engineering in the development of a modelling and simulation tool of devices for electrochemical reduction of CO2 and H2O.
Postdoc position at The Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP)
CNAP offers several postdoctoral fellowships for exploring pain neuroplasticity. You will be involved in our frontline research to identify novel mechanisms involved in the dynamics of pain neuroplasticity, and our efforts to advance the understandings of this topic within the academic world and beyond. Specifically: Embark on the exciting and fundamental research track intended to provide mechanistic information on human brain changes in pain conditions. The successful candidate will work in a team using intra-cortical, sub-dural and epidural brain recordings, spinal cord stimulation and recording and peripheral nerve stimulation to understand the generation and treatment of chronic pain from an electrophysiological point of view. We furthermore conduct behavioural assessment in chronic large animal neuropathic models, where we use machine learning methods to understand complex behaviour. Your research will help us understand the mechanisms involved when pain becomes chronic through basic science studies. Training will be provided in all methodologies but prior experience with some techniques is an advantage and a FELASA-C license for animal experimentation or equivalent is a prerequisite. An opportunity to learn new analysis techniques(e.g., Matlab, Python) if relevant for the task. Write up research results in the form of journal articles. Participate in and co-arrange national and international research conferences and be exposed to external research environments, for example, as a visiting researcher. Disseminate the results of your research to the public. Participate in the day-to-day life of CNAP(e.g., research meetings, Round Table Meetings, seminars, social activities). Develop a solid background in pain neuroscience that will allow you to foster a curious and critical sense to analyse and interpret scientific information. Further develop competences towards an academic or industrial research career.
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Postdoc in Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Regulation
The Pers Group is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to investigate the mechanisms by which human genetic variants associated with obesity influence hypothalamic circuits. This project aims to uncover molecular pathways regulating metabolic homeostasis using a CRISPR-based Perturb-seq system in transgenic animal models, where Cas9 is specifically expressed in reporter animals, enabling targeted gene perturbations in defined hypothalamic and hindbrain cell populations. This Perturb-seq system is currently being established in vivo, providing a strong foundation for immediate experimental work.
1.5-year Postdoctoral position available for studying the role of sialic acids in early brain develo...
Protein glycosylation, the process of attaching sugar units to proteins that reside on the surface of cells, plays a crucial role in cell communication and migration, vital for the formation of organs like the brain. A significant distinction between humans and our primate kin is the existence of a sugar molecule known as sialic acids (SA) on the proteins of cell surfaces. Humans, due to a mutation in the CMAH gene (which converts N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) into N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc)), only possess the precursor molecule Neu5Ac. In contrast, greater Apes possess both Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc. This mutation occurred post our common ancestry with chimpanzees. This alteration in SAs has led to changes in proteins that interact with sialic acid and other related proteins. Coupled with other variations in enzymes associated with SA biology between humans and monkeys, these changes could affect brain development and contribute to unique human traits. In our current project, we aim to utilize gene editing technology (CRISPR/Cas9) to alter key genes involved in SA biology in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We will then use these modified cells to investigate early brain development in iPSC-derived 3D brain organoids, employing Omics and imaging techniques.
Postdoc in probabilistic deep learning for RNA modifications
Modifications to RNA play central roles in many cellular processes, yet the specific mechanisms by which they influence RNA fate remain unclear. In this project, we aim to develop, test, and apply new computational methodologies for analysing RNA modification readouts from large transcriptomic datasets.
Multiple Postdoc Positions in Optimized design, development, and control of Power Electronics Conver...
The aim of the position is to build strong knowledge and competencies within the field of power electronics especially in the fields of motor integrated drives, power to X, advanced power electronic simulation or control and reliability of modern power devices.
DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Food Microbiology
You will become a leading expert in innovation in sustainable and safe food production through quantitative studies of the microbial ecology of food products as affected by product characteristics, processing, packaging and microbial diversity.
PhD fellowship in Molecular Cell Biology
With this project we aim to investigate how autophagy modulates cellular reprogramming needed for plants to tolerate flooding stress. We will achieve this by combining state-of-the art microscopy, molecular, biochemical and genetic approaches.
Two PhD Scholarships in domain fusion strategies of carbohydrate-active enzymes
Join the Applied Molecular Enzyme Chemistry group at DTU Bioengineering for an exciting PhD journey focused on developing innovative enzyme engineering approaches to obtain enzymes for replacing chemical processes like complex biomass conversion and plastic recycling.
Postdoc in Computational Biology
Tiwari lab employs cutting-edge genomics and molecular biology technologies with bioinformatics and machine learning to decipher principles of gene regulation. In this project, the candidate will develop new computational strategies to identify human genetic variation linked to human diseases in particular psychiatric disorders and cancer.
Postdoc in Modelling Hydrogen Liquefaction using Magnetocalorics
You will focus on modelling the magnetocaloric liquefaction device using an existing 1D numerical model which has been used for over a decade for modelling magnetocaloric devices at DTU. The model considers fluid flow, heat transfer dynamics and magnetism and solves the partial differential equations governing the system as function of time.
PhD scholarship in microbiome bioinformatics
Do you want to grow as a scientist and become a microbiome researcher at the best technical university in Europe? Do you want to hone your scientific skills and use programming to help address the antimicrobial resistance epidemic that kills over a million people annually?
PhD scholarship in Understanding Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Hydrotreating
We offer you a unique opportunity to join the UpBio project with the purpose to increase and accelerate the utilization of advanced bio-oils.
Postdoc in cognitive neuroscience
Building precise and accurate sensory expectations relies on the cerebellum. In the current project, not only the role of the cerebellum is investigated, but also that of the basal ganglia and the thalamus in building precise and accurate sensory expectations. This is done by investigating patients with deep brain stimulation, such as Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, using a combination of behavioural paradigms, magnetoencephalography and recording of local field potentials. The project is carried out in collaboration with the Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (see more here) and the Department of Neurosurgery at Aarhus University Hospital, which houses state-of-the-art systems for recording magnetoencephalography (SQUIDs and optically pumped magnetometers), local field potentials (Percept™ neurostimulator) and for acquiring magnetic resonance images.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Plant Quantitative Genetics
The Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG) at Aarhus University (AU), Denmark, offers a position as tenure track assistant professor in plant quantitative genetics.
Postdoctoral fellow in quantitative genetics to develop breeding goals for potato
The primary focus of this position is to develop breeding goals for multi-trait selection in potato. The successful candidate is expected to develop and derive economic values for the traits in the breeding goals, in collaboration with potato breeding company.
PhD position (Doctoral Candidate 8) in ‘Frontier Research Competences for Neuro-modulation and Oscil...
This specific PhD/DC position is for Individual research Project(IRP)8: Close-loop, EEG-triggered, non-invasive spinal cord neuromodulation and its efficacy to modulate pain mechanisms and experimental pain models. Doctoral Candidate 8 will characterize the brain oscillatory changes caused by non-invasive magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord; determine if the analgesic effect of magnetic trans-spinal stimulation on experimental pain models are related to brain oscillatory activities and test a close- loop EEG-triggered approach controlling spinal cord magnetic stimulation to increase its anti-nociceptive effects in experimental acute and long-term(days) human pain models.
PhD scholarship Modelling Green Maritime Fuel Transition taking into Account Risk and Uncertainty
We are looking for a talented and motivated applicant who wants to gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge energy modeling and analysis and impact the green transition while working alongside a dedicated team that values collaboration and mentorship.
Two Faculty positions (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University...
The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University aims to strengthen its position within the fields of Molecular Medicine or Molecular Biology. We therefore invite applications for two positions to be filled at either Tenure-Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor level, starting August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. With the new positions, we seek to engage research topics that complement and expand our current research portfolio and teaching activities at the Department. All research directions within the theme of Molecular Medicine or Molecular Biology are welcome, but we particularly encourage applications within cell biology, neurobiology, immunology, molecular microbiology or molecular pathology. We also welcome applicants who apply an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to solving biological problems.
DIAS Full Professor in Biology
The position is associated with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) as DIAS Chair facilitates the establishment of an internationally competitive research area in line with the currently active research at the Department of Biology.
PhD scholarship in Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment for Protein Production based on Gas Fer...
As an internationally reputed elite university, DTU is at the forefront of innovation related to “the sustainable transition.” At the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain), we are specifically looking for new ways to support the sustainable production of bio-chemicals, and that is why we need you and all your good process simulation, automation and sustainability assessment skills.
Postdoc fellowships for catalytic CO2 conversion
Our research focuses on C1 Chemistry and catalysis for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. The postdoc projects aim to synthesize and test materials that are highly active in selective catalytic CO2 hydrogenations.
PhD fellowship in RNA Biology
Noncanonical 5’ capping of RNA molecules with metabolites, such as NAD and FAD, has recently been observed in many organisms, but in most cases the functional consequences of the capping remains unknown.
Assistant Professor in Power Engineering
We are seeking for an innovative and visionary Assistant Professor in the field of Power Engineering with strong interest in industrial applications and cooperation for the campus in Sønderborg.
Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemistry
You will become part of one of the three sections within the department, i.e. inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry or physical chemistry. The full-time position is open for candidates within all research areas of chemistry and is available from the fall of 2025. Candidates working within automatization, electrocatalysis, chemical energy storage, materials chemistry, protein engineering, and application of machine learning in chemistry are particularly encouraged to apply.
PhD position (Doctoral Candidate 7) in ‘Frontier Research Competences for Neuro-modulation and Oscil...
This specific PhD/DC position is for Individual research Project(IRP)7:‘Personalise by synchronisation: Analgesic effects of neuromodulation-driven entrainment of pain-related cortical oscillatory activity’. Doctoral Candidate 7 will describe the changes in brain oscillatory activity triggered by human experimental pain models; characterise the anti-nociceptive effects of neuromodulation-driven entrainment of oscillatory activity in humans and describe how neuromodulation guided by EEG oscillatory pattern affects experimental pain models compared to classic neuromodulatory approaches.
Postdoctoral Position in Molecular Microbiology
The successful candidate will investigate how Listeria monocytogenes utilizes long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) to carefully balance its lifestyle as both a harmless saprophyte and a human pathogen.
Assistant Professor of metabolism, vascular biology and inflammation
The Angiogenesis and Inflammation group, led by Associate Professor Joanna Kalucka (https://biomed.au.dk/kalucka-lab), is seeking exceptional researchers at the Assistant Professor level to join their dynamic and diverse international team. Our research aims to uncover the fundamental mechanisms by which blood vessels interact with their tissue microenvironment and adapt their properties in response to inflammation, including in obesity and cancer. As an Assistant Professor in their group, you will investigate newly identified signaling pathways that are key to endothelial cell activation and regulation during inflammation. Your research will involve detailed characterization studies, utilizing both in vivo and in vitro murine models and patient samples. You will employ cutting-edge techniques to mimic vascular activation and inflammation, leveraging models of diet-induced obesity and tumor development to explore these processes.
PhD fellowship(s) in probabilistic modelling for RNA modifications
Modifications to RNA play central roles in many cellular processes, yet the specific mechanisms by which they influence RNA fate remain unclear. In this project, we aim to develop, test, and apply new computational methodologies for analysing RNA modification readouts from large transcriptomic datasets
Postdoc position in CO2 storage research
CO2plus focuses on understanding the phase behavior of CO2 with different impurities or fluids at storage sites. We aim to acquire systematic knowledge and develop modeling approaches to analyze the complex phase behavior during CO2 injection and storage.
PhD scholarship in plant cell wall related bioinformatics
We are seeking a motivated PhD student with a passion for bioinformatics and carbohydrate chemistry. This position offers an exciting opportunity to develop and apply bioinformatics tools to predict the functional specificity of Carbohydrate Active Enzymes (CAZymes) and proteases.
PhD scholarship in microbial biotechnology and chemical ecology
If you are highly ambitious and passionate about science, and if you want to pursue a PhD degree at the interface between microbiology, biotechnology, chemical ecology, and engineering, we are offering a fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship in the Molecular Microbial Ecology (MME) group at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (DTU Bioengineering).
Postdoc in DNA Nanotechnology and Device Fabrication
The position will focus on integrating biomolecular (DAN) nanostructures with microelectronic devices for applications in single-molecule biosensing and conductance analysis.
PhD fellowship in Plant Biochemistry
We are looking for candidates within the fields of Biology, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics or biotechnology, who wish to join a dynamic research group working on plant biochemistry and biosynthesis of specialized metabolites.
DIAS Fellow Position in Biology
DIAS Assistant Professor tenure track positions run for up to six years, after which tenure will be offered subject to positive evaluations and reviews in the Department of Biology with continued affiliation with DIAS.
Postdoc in Computational Biology
Tiwari lab employs cutting-edge genomics and molecular biology technologies with bioinformatics and machine learning to decipher principles of gene regulation. In this project, the candidate will develop new computational strategies to identify human genetic variation linked to human diseases in particular psychiatric disorders and cancer. The candidate can use and combine single-cell ATAC-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, spatial gene expression, and whole-genome sequencing (with long reads) data. The candidate will get the opportunity to explore new analysis methods using deep learning. Depending on the interest, it is also possible to be involved in the wet lab, to perform single-cell sequencing and other experiments.
Postdoc in Pulsed Power Assisted Power Supply for Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis
The research area will be within design and modeling of pulsed power supplies utilizing power electronics technology for plasma generation.
PhD fellowship in Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Inventory Modelling of Food Systems
This PhD position focuses on integrating environmental and nutritional life cycle assessments (LCA) into food system sustainability analysis, ensuring resource-efficient and circular food production within planetary boundaries.
PhD position (Doctoral Candidate 13) in ‘Frontier Research Competences for Neuro-modulation and Osci...
This specific PhD/DC position is for Individual research Project(IRP)13: Close-loop, non-invasive motor cortex neuromodulation and its analgesic efficacy in people with chronic pain. Doctoral Candidate 13 will develop a close-loop approach to specific for motor cortex neuromodulation to increase analgesic efficacy and compare the closed loop approach to traditional rTMS treatment in a clinical trial in patients with chronic pain.
Assistant Professor of Infection neuroscience
In this project, we aim to investigate how viral infection and the resulting immune response contribute to the development of AD. The project seeks to explore novel immunological mechanisms that link post-infectious brain conditions with behavioural changes and neurodegenerative diseases. As Assistant Professor of infection neuroscience your primary tasks will be research and research-based teaching. You will teach and supervise students at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, and you will contribute to the development of the department through research of high international quality. In your daily work, you will work closely with both Danish and international colleagues. The position of Assistant Professor is a career development position in which you will receive supervision and pedagogical upgrading.
Associate Professor of Neurovascular Barriers in Skin Disorders and Infectious Diseases (fixed-term ...
Inflammatory signals originating from not only malignant, but benign conditions, have been shown to disrupt the critical homeostatic role of these barriers. This is also evident amongst infectious diseases. This disruption can facilitate the entry of inflammatory mediators and potentially harmful substances into the brain, contributing to a cascade of neurological complications. The position will provide the successful candidate with good possibilities both for developing their own research, and to be supported by the existing expertise.
Postdoc in bioinformatics
The position is available - initially for six months - from May 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter - with the possibility of extension for three years. Tiwari lab employs cutting-edge single-cell and spatial omics technologies with bioinformatics and machine learning to decipher principles of gene regulation. In this project, the candidate will develop new computational strategies to identify human genetic variation linked to cell fate changes in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer. The candidate can use and combine single-cell ATAC-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, spatial gene expression, and whole-genome sequencing (with long reads) data. The candidate will get the opportunity to explore new analysis methods using deep learning. Depending on the interest, it is also possible to be involved in the wet lab, to perform single-cell sequencing and other experiments.
Postdoc positions in Nuclear RNA Biology
We are looking for applicants with interests in the biogenesis and turnover of nuclear RNA and its relationship to gene expression regulation in mammalian cells.
Postdoc in Epigenetics
The postdoc will lead research on gene regulatory mechanisms in development and disease and will support Professor Tiwari in smooth running of the laboratory at various levels. The group employs cutting-edge molecular biology, epigenetics and genomics tools in combination with computational biology approaches to generate comprehensive models of gene regulation during development and diseases such as cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders.
One or more Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in IT Projects and IT Project Management
The Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor Bent Flyvbjerg research group at The Danish Institute for IT Program Management is seeking one or more Postdoctoral candidates. The main areas of research are IT projects and IT program management. Applicants are not required to have research experience in these fields. Candidates with backgrounds in statistics, economics, business administration, geography, biology, engineering, physics, or similar fields are encouraged to apply. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be responsible for both their own research and publications, as well as supporting other research activities within DIIP, predominantly those of VKR Professor Bent Flyvbjerg.
PhD position (Doctoral Candidate 15) in ‘Frontier Research Competences for Neuro-modulation and Osci...
This specific PhD/DC position is for Individual research Project(IRP)15:‘Neuromodulation-driven entrainment of pain and mood-related cortical oscillatory activity’. Doctoral Candidate 15 will describe the changes in brain oscillatory activity triggered by mood manipulation with and without experimental pain; characterize the anti-nociceptive effects of neuromodulation-driven entrainment of oscillatory activity with moodmanipulation in humans and describe how neuromodulation guided by EEG oscillatory pattern affects experimental pain and mood models.
One or more postdocs in Stem Cells and Parkinson’s Disease
Two funded two-year postdoctoral positions are available from April 2025 in Mark Denham’s research group. The Denham group is focused on developing stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease. Specifically, the group works with human pluripotent stem cells, and they use genetic engineering methods to generate lineage-restricted stem cell lines, which generate dopaminergic neurons more efficiently. The group investigates how these cultures containing midbrain progenitors function in vitro and after transplantation in vivo. The purpose of the postdoc is to advance our current research towards a GMP-ready state and transplant cultures containing midbrain progenitor into a rodent model of Parkinson’s disease and evaluate behavioural recovery using standard behavioural tests and characterise the cellular phenotype and survival of the transplant using histochemical techniques and advanced microscopy. The in vivo aspects of the project are in close collaboration with the lab of Associate Prof. Marina Romero-Ramos, and thus, the candidate is expected to interact with her team.
Postdoc in Microscopy of Enzyme Immobilization
The candidate will work on visualizing the position, density, structure and dynamics of immobilized enzymes using a suite of state-of-the-art optical and electron microscopy techniques. The work is part of a highly interdisciplinary collaboration – Biocatalysts Interactions with Gases (BIG) - comprising novel characterization, analysis, testing, and modeling of gaseous substrates at immobilized enzymes, with international leading partners at North Carolina State University (NC State), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
PhD position in developing MRI-based hypoxia-targeted radiotherapy
This project aims to contribute to this paradigm shift in radiation therapy by developing an imaging biomarker for hypoxia, a local tissue condition associated with radio-resistance. We will utilize the unique infrastructure at the affiliating departments and propose a three-step approach to develop an MRI-based hypoxia biomarker, focusing on glioblastoma, a tumor known for its radio-resistance, with hypoxia as a key contributing factor: 1. Development of an MRI-based hypoxia biomarker in a glioblastoma small animal model using the new preclinical PET/MRI system. 2. Translation of the MRI-based hypoxia biomarker in patients with glioblastoma at OUH, using the clinical PET/MRI system to evaluate and optimize its reproducibility in the clinical setting. 3. Implementation of the developed hypoxia protocol in the radiation therapy setting by testing it in patients with glioblastoma on a 1.5 T MRI scanner for radiation therapy planning and on the MRI-linac system for adaptive therapy.
Postdoc in Neuroimmunology and Cell Therapy with bioinformatic expertise
The Wlodarczyk lab are seeking an independent and self-driven postdoc to lead our Neuroimmunology and cell therapy projects at the Department of Molecular Medicine, SDU. The full-time position is available in the Laboratory of Associate Professor Agnieszka Wlodarczyk from April 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter and for a period of one year with the possibility of extension for two or more years. A strong emphasis of this position is on bioinformatics, multiomics data integration, and programming, complemented by expertise in wet lab experiments (in vitro and in vivo).
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