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Biosolutions
If you’re passionate about harnessing biology for a more sustainable future, Denmark is the place to plant your roots.
A global hub for Biosolutions
When you harness the power of biology you find new ways to reduce emissions and help hard-to-abate industries manufacture products with a smaller CO2 footprint.
In short, biosolutions are one of the most promising tools for accelerating the green transition, and Denmark offers an excellent environment for engaging in advanced biosolutions research.
Here you will benefit from a tightly connected ecosystem that brings together industry leaders, research institutions, and forward-thinking government policies. Join us and help foster new ideas that have large-scale potential.

Daniel Rasmussen

Open research positions in Biosolutions

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.

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.

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.
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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

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.

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?

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.

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).

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.
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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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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.

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).

One or more Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in IT Projects and IT Project Management
Recipient of the Villum Kann Rasmussen Professorship, Bent Flyvbjerg's 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.
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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.
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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.
Nature’s finest at an industrial scale
Is it fermentation, biorefining, enzymes, pheromones, or bacterial cultures that inspire your curiosity? Whatever your passion, Denmark has a research community for you.
Here, companies excel at utilising industrial-scale biological processes and resource-efficient products are manufactured across various sectors, including agriculture, food, energy, construction, textile, transportation, water, and waste management. The industry is backed by a strategic focus from our government, and as a researcher, you get great facilities, collaboration opportunities across disciplines, and a thriving innovation culture. We provide the conditions that drive your progress.

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