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Assistant/Associate Professorship in Clinical Psychology

The Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), embedded within the Faculty of Health Sciences, invites applications for a vacant fulltime position as Assistant/Associate Professor within the area of Clinical Psychology. The assistant professorship is a minimum three-year fixed position, while the associate professorship is a permanent position. The position will have employment at Campus Esbjerg and includes occasional research- and educational tasks at our program in Campus Odense. As an Assistant/Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology you will be expected to help form and support the strategies at SDU and the Department of Psychology. Depending on the level of seniority, the main tasks will be to apply for and manage innovative research projects, develop research environments around these projects, as well as support early career researchers. You will also be expected to teach and supervise students, to be involved in knowledge transfer to society, and to actively engage in department activities, including taking on administrative responsibilities. The position is expected to start December 1st 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. About the workplace The Department of Psychology (Campus Odense) has been established over the last 15 years and forms the research basis for the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. Both degree programs are fully developed, and the first master's students graduated in August 2015. The psychology program at the Esbjerg Campus is newly established, and the first cohort of about 75 bachelor students started autumn of 2025. A corresponding master’s degree program will start in 2028. On the Odense campus, all disciplines of the faculty are placed in the new health sciences building, which opened in 2023. The new university hospital, which is still under construction, is directly connected to the health sciences building, providing an ideal environment for collaborative research. SDU is a campus university with all disciplines situated in close spatial proximity, providing for a wealth of opportunities to establish multidisciplinary collaborations. The Esbjerg branch of our department offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to defining the foundations of the education and research program. The psychology program in Esbjerg has an independent profile with strengths in community and applied psychology, engaging in co-creation processes with industry, governmental bodies, and civil society. The Department of Psychology (Campus Odense and Campus Esbjerg) is committed to advancing psychological science and its practical application, and our research goals encompass understanding human emotion, cognition, and behavior, including both functional and dysfunctional processes. We aim to enhance human health through translational research, covering dissemination, prevention, intervention, treatment, and education. The Department is part of the Faculty of Health Sciences and is organized into three units across our two campuses. This includes 1) health and cognitive psychology, 2) clinical psychology, and 3) community psychology. For more information on the department units, research foci and education program, see https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/institut_psykologi

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PhD fellowship in Glial Biology

The Division of Cell and Gene Therapy of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine (CTN) is looking for an experienced and highly motivated PhD student. The successful candidate must be interested academically in neuroscience, particularly in its translational applications. Dysregulation of glial cells is a key driver of neurodegenerative disease. This project will focus on how healthy and diseased glial cells compete with one another in the brain. The successful candidate will generate and characterize human glial progenitor from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) for transplantation into mouse hosts and evaluate the dynamics and transcriptional concomitants of their replacement of resident glial populations. Endpoints include single cell RNA-Seq and scATAC-Seq, and spatial transcriptomics, all correlated to high-resolution histology and imaging. These studies aim to reveal mechanisms of cell-cell competition among glia, as well as the implications of that process on neuronal synaptic structure and function. Our hope is that this work will provide insight into how glial rejuvenation and replacement strategies may be used to treat neurodegenerative disease. Principal supervisor is Professor Steven Goldman, goldman@sund.ku.dk. Start: 1 October 2026 or after agreement Duration: 3 years as a PhD student

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DIAS Fellow in Engineering within Organoid Intelligence

The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) and the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) seek an outstanding candidate to fill a tenure track Fellow (Assistant Professor level) position in the field of Organoid Intelligence. The candidate is expected to start on January 1, 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. The application deadline is September 15, 2026, at 11.59 PM/23.59 (CET/CEST) We are looking for a researcher with clear potential for research excellence who thrives in and is inspired by interdisciplinary collaboration. The ideal candidate will be expected to contribute to high-quality research in their field while embracing DIAS’s mission of curiosity-driven inquiry and interdisciplinary dialogue. The successful candidate should have a strong and promising research profile, with potential for attracting external research funding, and a demonstrated ability to work across disciplines. The candidate will be attached to both the Department and DIAS and should be prepared to engage in multiple and diverse research environments at SDU. Who are we looking for We seek a researcher with expertise in the field of Organoid Intelligence, capable of combining multiple disciplines, including Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Bioimaging. The candidate must develop their research career within the DIAS framework. The ideal candidate should: Drive internationally competitive research activities at the highest level of ambition. Publish in high-level peer-reviewed academic journals. Engage in various forms of research dissemination, including interdisciplinary research and dialogue. Play an active role in securing external funding, including both EU and Danish sources. Commit to excellence in teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including participation in teaching, development of new courses, and supervision of BSc, MSc, and PhD students. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams on artificial intelligence, neuroscience, biochemistry and molecular biology, bioimaging, and across various domains, also in the framework of DIAS. Additional information For further information about being a fellow at DIAS, please contact DIAS director Sten Rynning at +45 6550 2193 or via email at director-dias@sdu.dk. For more questions about the position, please contact Head of Unit, Professor Nadimi at esi@mmmi.sdu.dk.

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Postdoc in Central Control of Energy Homeostasis

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) have recently identified a previously uncharacterised neuronal population in the brain that is likely to play an important role in the central control of energy homeostasis. We are now seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to functionally interrogate this cell population using state-of-the-art circuit neuroscience approaches. Your tasks would be to: Perform stereotactic injections of viral vectors (Cre-dependent AAVs, DREADDs, anterograde and retrograde tracers) in transgenic mouse lines Carry out in vivo fiber photometry recordings during ingestive, metabolic, and behavioural challenges Map afferent and efferent connectivity of the cell population using mono- and polysynaptic tracing Integrate functional findings with single-cell and spatial transcriptomic datasets generated in the group and by our collaborators Present results at international meetings and lead first-author manuscripts Questions For further information about the position, please contact Associate professor Tune H Pers at tune.pers@sund.ku.dk. Questions regarding the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program must be directed to Senior Advisor Sarah Christoffersen at sarah.christoffersen@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact HR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk. The University of Copenhagen International Staff Mobility office offers support and assistance to all international researchers on all issues related to moving to and settling in Denmark.

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One or more Postdoc positions at the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP)

Are you enthusiastic about human pain research? The Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP) at Aalborg University is recruiting one or more postdoctoral researchers, to start 1st of October 2026 or soon thereafter. The positions are available for a period of 1 ½ to 2 years. Who are we? CNAP strives to identify and modulate key features of human pain neuroplasticity and understand its relevance for persistent pain in humans. CNAP is a research Center of Excellence inaugurated in 2015 by the Danish National Research Foundation at Aalborg University, Denmark (www.cnap.hst.aau.dk). CNAP applies a basic research approach where new advanced biomedical provocation and probing platforms are being discovered and applied to study novel aspects of human pain neuroplasticity. The ambition of CNAP is to identify and modulate key features of human pain neuroplasticity through a systematic approach, including provoking, probing and modulation of the dynamic neuroplastic properties of the pain system. We believe that over time, this approach will foster new fundamental discoveries, change the state of the art, and offer novel ways for pain treatment. Our world class lab facilities enable advanced quantitative sensory/pain testing, application of cutting-edge neurophysiological assessments (e.g. EEG, TMS, TMS-EEG, rTMS, HD-tDCS), bio-medical techniques (e.g. linked with epigenetics and general biomarkers), quantitative sensory testing (QST) as well as research based on animal models (e.g. rodents and pigs). CNAP is a dynamic and international research environment: approximately 60% of our staff is international, with a close to 50-50% gender balance. Our working language is English. We are highly interdisciplinary and include experts within biomedical engineering, neuropsychology, pharmacology, biophysics, medicine with industrial specialisation, medicine, and more. You will thus be joining an inspiring, enriching, and productive cross-disciplinary research centre including staff with internationally recognised track records. CNAP participates in numerous international initiatives and maintains an extensive global network, making it an ideal environment to build your own collaborative connections. CNAP is affiliated with the Department of Health Science and Technology at the Faculty of Medicine, which conducts multidisciplinary research and teaching in health science and technology (e.g. medicine and biomedical engineering). The strategic focus of the department is to be a leading force within digital health and to be well-known for medical doctors and engineers collaboratively developing solutions together. The department has more than 250 employees and is responsible for more than 1700 students. Working at CNAP CNAP offers postdoctoral fellowships for exploring neuroplasticity and pain. As a postdoc you will contribute to our frontline research aimed at identifying novel mechanisms underlying the dynamics of pain neuroplasticity, while also advancing understandings of this topic within the academic world and beyond. Specifically, you will be focusing on the topic of Brain Neuro-Adaptability to Pain, in particular brain oscillations in pain conditions and non-invasive brain stimulation. You will be working alongside PhD students and other postdoctoral researchers as part of our Lundbeck Professorship grant, which you can learn more about here: https://www.cnap.hst.aau.dk/lundbeck-professorship As a postdoctoral researcher your tasks are to: Embark on the exciting and fundamental research track intended to provide mechanistic information on human brain changes in pain conditions. Your research will help us understand the mechanisms involved when pain becomes chronic. Work in a team using electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), TMS-EEG, transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), quantitative sensory testing (QST), and psychological profiling to study and modulate the brain activity in clinical and experimental pain conditions Conduct a series of studies including individuals with experimental pain or chronic pain and healthy controls, with the aim of linking changes in pain mechanisms and measures of pain neuro-adaptability with changes in cortical manifestations during an intervention (e.g., non-invasive brain stimulation) for symptom reduction. Large-scale data analysis (e.g. machine-learning) may be involved. Training will be provided in all methodologies but prior experience with some techniques is an advantage, and experience in human pain research is a prerequisite. An opportunity to learn new advanced analysis techniques (e.g., in Matlab, R, or 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. Contacts Thomas Graven-Nielsen: +4599409832, tgn@hst.aau.dk Louise Klem Skovgaard: +4599408567, lksk@adm.aau.dk

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16 PhD Fellowships at Neuroscience Academy Denmark

Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD) invites exceptional and highly motivated candidates to apply for 16 fully funded neuroscience PhD fellowships. NAD is a national collaboration initiative uniting the strong neuroscience environments at Aalborg University, University of Southern Denmark, University of Copenhagen, and Aarhus University, with more than 200 affiliated laboratories in Denmark. The programme also includes active participation from neuroscience groups based at the university hospitals around Denmark as well as the Technical University of Denmark. The NAD Fellowship programme spans four years: a pre-PhD year followed by three years of PhD research.

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Two Associate Professors in Comparative Pediatrics

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences are looking for two experienced and highly motivated researchers interested in comparative paediatrics with special focus on translational science related to large animal neonatal models. There are two 2-years Associate Professor positions with focus in 1) Animal Models of Neonatal Infectious Diseases, and 2) Comparative Pediatric Neurobiology, starting 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Questions For further information, please contact Head of Comparative Pediatrics, Thomas Thymann, thomas.thymann@sund.ku.dk. International applicants may find the International Staff Mobility website useful. The ISM website includes information about relocating to and living in Denmark, the taxation, healthcare and education systems, how to get assist with finding housing etc., as well as information for accompanying spouses/partners.

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Research Assistant in Cognitive Hearing Technology - DTU Health Tech

Would you like to become part of European research project developing next-generation AI-based hearing technology for smart glasses? Are you interested in audio-visual signal processing, hearing technology, or human communication experiments? Do you hold a master’s degree in engineering, audio-visual signal processing, AI, or computer science? Then this position may be an excellent fit for you. We are seeking a full-time Research Assistant for a 1-year appointment within the EU-funded project WeHear aimed at developing future cognitive hearing instruments. The project focuses on creating context-aware hearing technologies that use egocentric video on smart glasses to identify relevant communication partners and generate socially intelligent audio renderings of the user’s acoustic environment. The mission is to create technology that helps to solve an essential challenge faced by people with hearing loss: extracting relevant speech from noisy real-world listening situations. In WeHear, you will join an international, multidisciplinary team of researchers across Europe working in computer vision, egocentric video, spatial audio technology, audio-visual sensing, and hearing research. Further information Further information may be obtained from Jens Hjortkjær (jhjort@dtu.dk) or Axel Ahrens (aahr@dtu.dk). You can read more about DTU Health Tech at www.healthtech.dtu.dk and about DTU Hearing Systems at www.hea.healthtech.dtu.dk.

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Postdoc in Genetic Tool Development in iPSC-derived Neural Systems - DTU Bioengineering

Do you want to be part of a team developing next-generation genetic tools for therapies targeting neurological diseases? Then join the Precision Medicine Technologies Lab at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), for a fully funded 4-year postdoc position. In our team, you will design synthetic promoter libraries and screen them in human iPSC-derived neural cell types. Moreover, you will use molecular and cell biology techniques, such as FACS and barcode sequencing, to evaluate and optimize identified regulatory sequences. Your work will help create highly precise genetic medicines for neurological diseases, such as developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Responsibilities and qualifications We are looking for an ambitious and highly motivated postdoc with a strong background in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, stem cell biology, or a related field. You will work under the supervision of Assistant Professor Lisa Riedmayr on the development of a pipeline for creating synthetic promoters that enable precise targeting of neural cell types. You will work with a wide range of methods, including molecular cloning, lentivirus production, human iPSC culture and differentiation, high-throughput screening, FACS, next-generation sequencing, and computational tasks such as library design and sequencing data analysis. The main tasks include: Design and generation of pooled promoter libraries Culture and differentiation of human iPSCs into neural cell types Performing and analysing high throughput screens Evaluation of promoter activity using FACS, NGS and barcode sequencing Optimization of regulatory sequences Contributions to B.Sc./M.Sc. student supervision Further information Further information may be obtained from Assistant Professor Lisa Maria Riedmayr (lmari@dtu.dk). You can read more about the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at http://bioengineering.dtu.dk and about the Precision Medicine Technologies lab at https://www.bioengineering.dtu.dk/research/research-sections/section-for-medical-biotechnology/diseasesystemsimmunology/precision-medicine-technologies. If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

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Postdoctoral Position in Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Alexander M. Walter at the Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The position is funded by a European Research Council (ERC) grant and is available for an initial 2-year period with the possibility of extension. Research project The project investigates molecular and nanoscale mechanisms regulating synaptic transmission and presynaptic plasticity using genetically accessible Drosophila model systems. Current work focuses on how release site organization, active zone dynamics, and neuromodulatory signaling regulate neurotransmitter release at identified synapses. Experimental approaches in the laboratory include: electrophysiology, advanced live imaging, super-resolution microscopy, Drosophila genetics, quantitative image analysis, and computational modeling. Depending on the background and interests of the candidate, the project can focus primarily on either: synaptic electrophysiology and plasticity, or quantitative live imaging of synaptic activity, organization, and dynamics. Questions For further information please contact Professor Alexander M. Walter, awalter@sund.ku.dk. Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).

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Research Assistant and PhD fellow in Energy Metabolism

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD fellow to commence November 15, 2026, or after agreement in the Clemmensen Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen. The PhD fellowship is part of the CBMR International PhD & Postdoc Program. About Us The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) is an academic research Center that pioneers groundbreaking research towards better cardiometabolic health. Through collaborative interdisciplinary research from single-cell genomics to whole-body systems, CBMR aims to transform the basic understanding of cardiometabolic health and accelerate its translation into prevention and treatment strategies. The Center’s uniquely multi- and interdisciplinary approach combines research in genetics, physiology and pharmacology, to better understand the complex interplay of the many factors that drive cardiometabolic disease. You can learn more in the Executive Summary of CBMR's Strategy 2024–2028. CBMR was established in 2010 at the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences and has been located in the Maersk Tower at Panum since 2017. The around 260 employees create an international, highly collaborative research environment across disciplines. Principal supervisor: Associate professor, Christoffer Clemmensen, chc@sund.ku.dk Start: November 15, 2026 Duration: 1 year as Research Assistant followed by 3 years as PhD fellow contingent on a positive evaluation of the 1st year.

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