Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in forage production, feeding and grazing
Summary of PhD Program:
The challenges include, periods of drought, extensive rain and variable wintering. A concept that is interesting for both climate and environment is Intergrated Dual Purpose Cropping (IDPC), i.e. combinations of annual and perennial crops within a sequence in the crop rotation to produce both forage and grain. These are combined for to utilize the plants’ natural plasticity and physiology to achieve high crop security, good feed quality and low environmental impact. We are looking for a PhD student who wants to work with forage production, feeding and pasture management within a new IDPC project Mulcropa, that includes cultivation and feeding in the entire Nordic region. The activities take place in close collaboration with the Industry and international research environments.
Application Deadline: 2024-12-10
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Plant Pathology and Resistance Breeding
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our ongoing research in breeding and development of new crops with resistance against diseases. Swedish pea cultivation must increase to meet future demands but is hampered by yield losses caused by soil-borne pathogens. These pathogens include oomycetes causing root rot diseases, but also fungi causing wilt disease. Wilt disease is expected to become more challenging in the future due to a changing climate with higher temperatures. This PhD project will therefore focus on developing tools for breeding new, disease-resistant varieties and shorten the time to their release on the market. This will be achieved through identifying new sources of resistance, method development and marker-assisted selection.
Application Deadline: December 4, 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to understand the regulation of the lipid metabolism in the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides and to establish this yeast as model for eukaryotic lipid metabolism- with consequences for biotechnology and treatment of diseases connected to disturbed lipid metabolism. The successful candidate will investigate genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes of high- and low lipid producing strains of R. toruloides. Results will be combined to reconstruct pathways of lipid synthesis and its regulation. The function of some of the identified genes and pathways will be tested by gene deletion/ overexpression in accordingly engineered strains.
Application Deadline: 2024-12-15
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable Feed for Poultry and Pigs
Summary of PhD Program:
In Swedish poultry and pig production, feed accounts for the majority of both the production costs and the global warming potential. The animals’ feed conversion ratio and the choice of feed ingredients thus have a significant impact on the production’s climate impact. In addition to the climate impact, contributions to biodiversity, circularity, competition between feed and food, and self-sufficiency are important sustainability parameters. Future animal production needs feed that can meet these upcoming challenges without losing profitability and competitiveness. Possible strategies could include a higher proportion of feed ingredients produced from side streams and materials unsuitable for human consumption.
Application Deadline: 2025-01-15
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