Are you holding Master’s degree and ready to elevate your academic journey to the highest level? Karolinska Institute, Sweden, has announced a multiple fully funded PhD positions awaiting talented individuals like you. Don’t miss your chance to be part of our vibrant academic community. Explore the exciting PhD positions available and submit your application today!”
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
(01) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in molecular biology of Merkel cell carcinoma
The doctoral projects will focus on the understanding of how Merkel cell polyomavirus regulates tumor immunity in Merkel cell carcinoma. The student will be supervised by Weng-Onn Lui (principal supervisor), Martin Hysek and Eleni Anastasiadou (co-supervisors) with combined expertise in cancer biology, virology, histopathology and microRNA. The projects are performed in collaboration with both national and international researchers and conducted in human clinical samples and experimental models using a combination of single cell spatial technologies, biochemistry, molecular biology and immunological methods. The student is expected to play a strong role in scientific hypothesis, experimental design, experimentation, data analysis, presentation of results at meeting and conferences, and manuscript preparation. The student will be responsible to follow the general rules and regulations and time plan of the doctoral program.
Deadline : 18.Feb.2025
(02) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–1-2 doctoral students in computational pathology and medical artificial intelligence
We offer a highly interdisciplinary and vibrant research environment at the international forefront of developing and implementing precision medicine strategies for improving diagnostics and treatment of cancer. The doctoral position is hosted at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), located at the Solna campus of Karolinska Institutet in Northern Stockholm. The group is affiliated with the national Data Driven Life Sciences (DDLS) program and SciLifeLab (https://www.scilifelab.se/researchers/kimmo-kartasalo/), providing the student with networking and career development opportunities as a member of the DDLS Research School.
We work closely together with other groups at MEB within and beyond the department’s prostate cancer research environment, as well as with academic and industry collaborators on national and international levels. This provides ample opportunities for establishing cross-disciplinary connections and collecting international experience during the doctoral education, for example in the form of attending conferences or conducting research visits to other universities. We are also actively involved in commercialization efforts supported by the KI Innovations office to translate research findings into clinically applicable tools for improving healthcare.
Deadline : 31.Jan.2025
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(03) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in cancer immunology and biology of innate-like T cells
The successful candidate will join an international team of enthusiastic researchers. Stockholm is a vibrant international megapolis. Virtually everyone in Stockholm can speak English and English is the only working language of the group. The Karolinska Institute is one of the centers of excellence for biomedical research in the world (ranked #10 in the world in Life Sciences and Medicine by QS World University Ranking).
Our lab studies cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell fate decisions in the immune system with a focus on two areas: 1) regulation of these decisions in humoral immune responses (Rauschmeier et al, J Exp Med, 2022; Glaros et al, Immunity, 2021) and 2) specificity, development and function of innate-like lymphocytes, in particular – γδT cells (You et al, Nat Immunol, 2024; Dunst et al, JLB, 2020; Kreslavsky et al, Nat Immunol, 2017).
Our lab is part of the Division of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine within the Department of Medicine, Solna. We are based in the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) building on the Karolinska Solna campus, a hub for cutting-edge immunology research. CMM boasts one of the highest concentrations of immunology labs in Sweden, fostering a vibrant research environment. We actively collaborate with numerous immunology labs across multiple departments on both Karolinska campuses and participate in joint seminars.
Deadline : 19.Jan.2025
(04) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in geriatric epidemiology
The Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) conducts world leading research in aging, dementia, epidemiology and care sciences. This research extends from basic molecular and cell levels to clinical research and societal studies. NVS educates almost a third of KI students at basic and advanced levels. The Department has approximately 540 employees and a revenue 2023 of 530 million SEK. It comprises seven divisions, located at Campus Flemingsberg and Campus Solna.
Aging Research Center (ARC), a division within NVS, is located at KI Campus Solna, Stockholm. It is a multidisciplinary academic environment, representing medicine (e.g., neurology, epidemiology, psychiatry, geriatrics), psychology (e.g., cognition, structural, functional, and molecular brain imaging), and social gerontology (e.g., sociology, public health, social epidemiology, social work). The center has around 70 employees, it has a strong focus on research with unique research resources, such as large-scale longitudinal studies and nationwide registries.
Deadline : 17.Jan.2025
(05) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in Cognitive Neuroscience
The candidate will work on a research project investigating the multisensory mechanisms underlying the experience of perceiving an entire body as one’s own (‘sense of body ownership’), focusing on how various body parts, especially the head, contribute to this fundamental experience. The project employs full-body illusions and advanced functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analyses to explore the brain mechanisms that support the sense of owning an entire body and the specific role of the head in this process.
The candidate is expected to develop into an independent scientist over the four years of the program. They will be encouraged to formulate their own experimental ideas to further develop this novel research project. This doctoral project will provide opportunities for the candidate to contribute to innovative findings within the field.
Deadline : 17.Jan.2025
(06) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–PhD student position in molecular cancer therapy
The doctoral project is centred upon a chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of paediatric and adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) called nelarabine, a synthetic mimic of the endogenous metabolite deoxyguanosine. Despite decades of clinical use, our understanding of the factors that control the efficacy of this therapy remain limited. To address this, we have generated a collection of unique datasets in collaboration with the Chemical Biology and Genome Engineering platform at SciLifeLab, comprising of genome-wide CRISPR knockout screens, thermal proteome profiling and expression proteomics, of drug-exposed T-ALL cells. With this approach we have uncovered new factors not previously associated with this drug that will inform upon potential biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and the design of mechanism-based drug combinations. The doctoral student will test several hypotheses generated from these high-density datasets – employing state-of-the-art biochemical, molecular and cell biology-focused approaches – with the aim of deepening our understanding of how this drug works and providing the scientific basis for future refinement of treatment regimens in T-ALL.
Deadline : 14.Jan.2025
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(07) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–PhD position in Biostatistics
The successful applicant will work on the development and application of statistical methodology for evaluating breast cancer screening and studying breast cancer tumour progression. The project will include analyses of data from large, detailed studies of breast cancer and screening. There will be opportunities to collaborate with other academic statisticians, as well as researchers in cancer epidemiology and radiology. The successful applicant will be encouraged to participate in an international collaboration and in a computational statistics project as part of a cross-university collaboration within an e-science program.
Deadline : 12.Jan.2025
(08) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in deep learning modelling of cancer
Precision medicine aims to tailor treatments to individual cancer cases, considering factors like the tissue of origin, mutation profile and the tumor micro-enviroment. However, the complexity of cellular processes hampers our ability to establish causal relations between molecular alterations and disease phenotypes. In this PhD you will address this by developing a deep learning model of cancer.
The PhD position focuses on predicting cell type-specific responses to genetic alterations, identifying transcriptional signatures indicative of treatment sensitivity, and predicting the effects of the cell type composition in the tumor microenvironment. In the dynamic research environment at SciLifeLab, you will have access to top-notch computational infrastructure and mentorship from experienced researchers. This project can have significant implications for precision medicine, and contribute to the advancement of personalized cancer therapies.
Deadline : 10.Jan.2025
(09) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in Health systems and care of acutely and critically ill children
The PhD project focuses on factors related to access to quality care for acutely and critically ill children from a public health perspective in Indonesia, a middle-income country. The PhD student will focus on both socio-economic and health system factors and is expected to work independently, under supervision, with literature reviews and analyses of large databases. The PhD student will be supervised by an international team and will be expected to travel and spend extended periods abroad, primarily in Indonesia, for data collection.
Deadline : 10.Jan.2025
(10) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–PhD position in perinatal stress biology
This PhD project is aimed at advancing our understanding of how prenatal stress exposure could shape pregnancy outcomes and fetal development through an impact on placenta function. Stress-related mental illnesses like depression or anxiety affect over 25% of women of reproductive age, with significant associative effects on perinatal biology and child outcomes. As the successful candidate, you should be passionately committed to furthering knowledge of perinatal psychiatric biology with the ultimate aim of improving women’s mental health. As the successful doctoral student, you will delve into the molecular mechanisms of exposure to stress hormones and inflammatory agents, using a combination of primary samples, in-vitro models of the placenta, and perinatal cohort datasets. You will gain experience in the areas of molecular biology, cellular biology, pharmacology, developmental neuroscience, and bioinformatics. You are expected to play a leading role in experimental design, execution of experiments, analysis of data, writing research findings, as well as presentation and publication of results. You will work with collaborating laboratories to learn and adapt novel techniques.
Deadline : 10.Jan.2025
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(11) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–PhD position in sarcoma genomics
You will analyse large multi-OMICS data sets, mainly genomic data, from sarcomas. Your training will focus on bioinformatics and biostatistics and be part of a research environment were you can develop these skills. There are two main projects i) compile and analyze large scale data sets, including prospective profiling of new tumors, and detailed analysis of new genetic changes or genomic patterns in rare sarcomas.
Deadline : 09.Jan.2025
(12) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in public health informatics – prevention of problem gambling
The Digital Psychiatry Lab at the Centre for psychiatry research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, is led by associate professor Philip Lindner and conducts clinical and other applied research in the field of digital psychiatry, with the goal of developing, evaluating and implementing new digital tools for the identification and treatment of mental health problems in different forms. One prominent research track of the group is the identification and prevention of problem gambling in online casinos and betting, where the digital setting allows for unique opportunities to use high-resolution Big Data and the interactive format, to detect and prevent problem gambling. The Digital Psychiatry Lab is happy to announce a doctoral student position within this track, in the field of public health informatics.
Deadline : 08.Jan.2025
(13) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doktorand inom arbetshälsa med fokus på psykisk ohälsa
I det här doktorandprojektet får du möjlighet att bidra till forskning om samhällsproblem kopplade till psykisk hälsa och arbetsmiljö. I din roll som doktorand kommer du att undersöka arbetsmiljöfaktorer kopplade till hälsa och återgång i arbete efter sjukskrivning på grund av psykisk ohälsa. Fokus ligger på personliga assistenter, en viktig och ofta understuderad yrkesgrupp inom den svenska välfärden. I din roll kommer du att få delta i olika faser av ett forskningsprojekt, inklusive planering, insamling och analys av data och rapportering. Du kommer också att kommunicera forskningsresultat till andra forskare och samverkande aktörer. I projektet kommer både kvantitativa och kvalitativa metoder att användas för att undersöka arbete och hälsa för personliga assistenter.
Deadline : 2025-01-07
(14) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral student position in T cell therapies and cell engineerning
The use of chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) in T cells has transformed the field of cell therapies for cancers. We have developed cutting-edge technologies to generate precisely engineered CAR-T cells using gene targeting, and new types of adeno-associated viruses (AAV) that allow for T cell specific genetic manipulations. The current goal of the lab is to use these technologies to maximize the potential of CAR-T cell therapies. The outlined project aims to develop strategies for efficient use of CAR-T cells in solid tumor cancers. This project will use pooled screens to identify synthetic receptors that improve CAR-T cell fitness in solid tumor mouse models. You will be expected to design, synthesize and clone large cDNA libraries for CRISPR/Cas9-based screens. You are also expected to produce virus at large scale for both in vivo and in vitro experiments and to conduct large-scale studies in mouse models.
Deadline : 07.Jan.2025
(15) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in public health epidemiology
The Department of Global Public Health is an interdisciplinary institution that aims to advance knowledge on how to improve population health at local, national and global level. Research at the department aims to identify the determinants of health, develop and evaluate individual and structural interventions, and provide evidence for guidelines and policy documents. Many of the department’s researchers are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision-makers at regional, national and international level. The department has 12 research groups, about 115 research students and about 140 employees.
The position is placed in the PRIME health research group (Prevention, Intervention and Mechanisms in Public Health). The group collaborates broadly with international experts in public health, with a particular focus on epidemiology. Our research themes include mental health, parental health and support, reproductive health, cardiovascular health, physical activity and health impacts of climate extremes.
Deadline : 06.Jan.2025
(16) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–KOPIA AV Doctoral (PhD) student position in allergy and asthma research
This project proposal aims at identifying relevant biomarkers and immune cell profiles that characterize various types of asthma in early adulthood. Asthma is a common disease affecting around 10% of the population. Asthma is comprised of several different endotypes and manifests as different phenotypes. However, the underlying immune phenotypes associated with these clinical phenotypes are not well studied, and there is an unmet need to identify useful biomarkers that can guide follow-up programs and tailor treatment. The projects in this doctoral program are primarily funded by the ERC, European Research Council (grant No 757919, TRIBAL) and will be conducted within our on-going population-based birth cohort BAMSE (https://ki.se/en/imm/bamse-project). Replication attempts, when applicable, will be done in independent cohorts.
Deadline : 05.Jan.2025
(17) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–PhD Position in Bioinformatics: Clinical Breast Cancer Proteomics
We seek a highly motivated PhD student in bioinformatics, interested in breast cancer omics data analysis of clinical cohorts characterized by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. The position requires solid interest and curiosity to learn proteomics data analysis as well as communication skills and willingness to work in a team environment. The work will involve integrative and translational analysis of multiple levels of omics data derived from breast cancer cohorts. The focus will be on developing and applying ‘omics’ methods on biologically/clinically oriented research questions and to analyze the acquired data as well as to validate the findings using public domain data. This includes both applying established data analysis steps as well as investigating new strategies and solutions for the analysis of quantitative biological data. The focus of the research will be on a subtype of breast cancer called HER2 positive.
Deadline : 03.Jan.2025
(18) Fully Funded PhD Position
PhD position summary/title:–Doctoral (PhD) student position in Microphysiological models
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. These models will be used to study human-specific mechanisms and possible interventions for bacterial translocations across the blood-brain barrier that cause bacterial meningitis. The project will involve primary and stem cell handling and differentiation, development, and integration of advanced microfluidic models, molecular microbiology approaches, as well as in vivo animal work. The student will be expected to optimize and develop new methodological approaches to address the research questions.
Deadline : 03.Jan.2025
About The Karolinska Institute, Sweden – Official Website
The Karolinska Institute sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The assembly consists of fifty professors from various medical disciplines at the university. The current rector of Karolinska Institute is Ole Petter Ottersen, who took office in August 2017.
The Karolinska Institute was founded in 1810 on the island of Kungsholmen on the west side of Stockholm; the main campus was relocated decades later to Solna, just outside Stockholm. A second campus was established more recently in Flemingsberg, Huddinge, south of Stockholm.
The Karolinska Institute is Sweden’s third oldest medical school, after Uppsala University (founded in 1477) and Lund University (founded in 1666). It is one of Sweden’s largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30% of the medical training and more than 40% of all academic medical and life science research conducted in Sweden.
The Karolinska University Hospital, located in Solna and Huddinge, is associated with the university as a research and teaching hospital. Together they form an academic health science centre. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the PhD projects are conducted in English. The institute’s name is a reference to the Caroleans.
Internationally, the university is known for research relating to the genome of the poplar tree and the Norway Spruce, and its highly ranked Institute of (industrial) Design.
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