Do you have a Master’s degree and are looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden is now accepting applications for several funded PhD programs across a range of research areas.
1. Fully Funded PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The research group led by Prof. Henrik Ehrsson at the Karolinska Institutet has an open 4-year, fully funded PhD position in cognitive neuroscience. Our research focuses on fundamental questions about bodily awareness, such as how we perceive our body as part of ourselves, why we experience a sense of self-location inside our physical bodies, and how we maintain the experience of our bodily self as a unified whole rather than fragmented parts. To explore these questions, we employ a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging methods.
Application Deadline: 17.Jan.2025
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2. Fully Funded PhD in occupational health with a focus on mental illness
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In this doctoral project, you will have the opportunity to contribute to research on social problems linked to mental health and the work environment. In your role as a doctoral student, you will investigate work environment factors linked to health and return to work after sick leave due to mental illness. The focus is on personal assistants, an important and often understudied professional group within Swedish welfare. In your role, you will participate in various phases of a research project, including planning, collecting and analyzing data and reporting.
Application Deadline: 2025-01-07
3. Fully Funded PhD in Microphysiological models
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This project is funded by Karolinska Institutet KID grant and the European Network grant Infraplus. It is focused on developing advanced in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier. The project is strongly guided by the 3R principles to Reduce, Refine and Replace animal experiments. In the reduce and refine part the student will develop a microfluidic blood-brain barrier using mouse neurovascular cells, first primary, then derived from mouse embryonic stem cells. This model will be validated with direct in vitro to in vivo correlation to mouse data to build evidence for which studies advanced in vitro models are sufficient. In the replace part the student will further develop human microfluidic blood-brain barrier models established in Herland lab.
Application Deadline: 03.Jan.2025
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4. Fully Funded PhD in neuroimmunology
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The project focuses on studying MS autoantigens in general, and those expressed in endothelium in particular, in the development of central nervous system inflammation. To that end we will use both spatial transcriptomics as well as single cell RNAseq techniques to study patterns of expression and tissue distribution. To validate those targets functionally, we will carry out both human and mouse protein production and purification, animal experiments, flow cytometry and immunofluorescence approaches and in vitro cell co-cultures. Given its novelty, the student should be ready to engage in troubleshooting different experimental approaches.
Application Deadline: 31.Dec.2024
5. Fully Funded PhD in heart regeneration
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Our research group has established a salamander heart regeneration model and identified an important role for tight junction remodelling in guiding heart muscle cell restoration. The PhD project aims to deepen our understanding of the role of tight junctions in salamander heart regeneration through intravital imaging of the regenerating heart. Student will be involved in designing an imaging cassette, generating transgenic reporter lines, imaging and data analysis encompassing various stages of successful and impaired heart regeneration. The successful candidate will be integrated in a multidisciplinary team comprising molecular and cellular biologists and physicists.
Application Deadline: 27.Dec.2024
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6. Fully Funded PhD in Cell Biology
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The main aim of this doctoral project is to characterize the role of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) in regulating the destruction of neurodegeneration-associated proteins by the proteasome and exploring its therapeutic potential in cellular models for neurodegeneration. You will use advanced microscopy, flow cytometry and biochemical analysis to study with the help of in-house developed cell-based assays the role of DUBs in protein quality control. You will present the findings of your studies in scientific publications and at international meetings and conferences. In addition to the experimental work for this project, you will participate in group meetings, journal clubs, seminars and other research-related activities.
Application Deadline: 25.Dec.2024
7. Fully Funded PhD in cluster headache pathophysiology
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The main aim with the project is to characterize and model molecular mechanisms involved in cluster headache by an integrative and interdisciplinary approach with focus on genetics, sex differences and inflammation. The candidate will be responsible for recruiting, collecting and managing biological samples and clinical data from study participants with cluster headache and controls. The candidate will use molecular biology tools such as qPCR, Western blot and ELISA to elucidate biological pathways which are believed to be involved in the pathophysiology of primary headache disorders with a focus on cluster headache.
Application Deadline: 20.Dec.2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD in clinical epidemiology with focus on maternal vaccination
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In this doctoral project, we will study vaccination during pregnancy, focusing on the safety of vaccinations for the pregnant individual, the fetus, and the child; the effectiveness of vaccines against severe infections during pregnancy and infancy; and factors related to women’s willingness and reluctance to vaccinate during pregnancy. The project includes register-based epidemiological studies as well as qualitative interview studies. The long-term goal of the project is to contribute knowledge that can lead to increased trust in vaccines in society, targeted interventions to enhance vaccination uptake during pregnancy, and, ultimately, a reduced burden of disease in the population.
Application Deadline: 20.Dec.2024
9. Fully Funded PhD in Translational Neuropharmacology
Summary of Funded PhD Program
We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral student who is interested in studying molecular mechanisms and behavioral correlates associated with Parkinson’s disease. The project involves utilizing sophisticated mouse models and state-of-the-art spatial multi-omics techniques, including lipidomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, to comprehensively map the molecular landscape of Parkinson’s Disease. The focus will be on understanding the progression of alpha-synuclein pathology and identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
Application Deadline: 20.Dec.2024
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10. Fully Funded PhD in antimicrobial resistance and phage biology
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The Fossati lab (https://fossatilab.app) investigates bacterial immune systems composition and mechanism by employing a combination of bulk NGS technologies and high-throughput interaction proteomics approaches (Fossati et al. 2023, Nat Com) as well as developing computational solutions to analyze next-generation interaction proteomics datasets using machine learning (Fossati et al. 2021, Nat Methods) and deep learning (Frommelt and Fossati et al, Nat Methods 2024).
Application Deadline: 17.Dec.2024
11. Fully Funded PhD in metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The doctoral student will be the lead scientist in these projects with close supervision and training by the supervisors and members of their labs. The studies outlined will allow the student to advance their basic molecular biology knowledge to more modern and complex genetic manipulation and testing. The Williams lab is expert in identifying neurodegenerative processes and utilizing –omics analysis, and the Swoboda lab is expert in manipulating mitochondrial and neuronal pathways in C. elegans. Furthermore, this is an ideal opportunity for the doctoral student to work with larger datasets and gain practical transferable skills (e.g. statistics, R programming) to help in their transition to independence and future job prospects.
Application Deadline: 17.Dec.2024
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12. Fully Funded PhD in translational molecular psychiatry
Summary of Funded PhD Program
To complete a doctoral education means to devote oneself to a research project under supervision of an experienced researcher and to follow an individual study plan. The doctoral student will also take courses and write a thesis. After completing their doctoral education at KI, students are to have developed an advanced general knowledge of medical science and scientific methodology, and cutting edge scientific skills. For this project the student will, using transcriptomic methods and virus-induced genetic engineering, study changes in the brain during schizophrenia using both mouse models and human tissue.
Application Deadline: 13.Dec.2024
13. Fully Funded PhD in Inflammation and Metabolism
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The doctoral project, titled “Modulation of Metabolic Balance and Tissue Remodelling in Skeletal Muscle by Unsaturated Fatty Acid” aims to investigate the role of inflammatory mediators with a special focus, but not limited to the study of cytokines and oxylipins—bioactive metabolites derived from unsaturated fatty acids—in skeletal muscle metabolism, inflammatory responses, and tissue remodelling. The doctoral student will explore inflammatory signalling pathways, their impact on glucose metabolism, and their role in muscle remodelling using advanced molecular biology, bioinformatics, and in vivo techniques.
Application Deadline: 13.Dec.2024
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