If you want to pursue a PhD degree within the neuroscience research field, DANDRITE offers the eminent opportunity by advertising several PhD student positions 4 times each year through open calls (February, May, August/September, and November).
DANDRITE is an interdisciplinary research center of neuroscience at Aarhus University that combines molecular and circuitry neuroscience with animal models and translational neuroscience. The aim is to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying behavior and sensory functions, and to reveal pathophysiological mechanisms and new intervention strategies of neurological, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric disorders. The research integrates technologies spanning from biochemistry, structural biology, and cryoEM to advanced imaging, neuronal circuitry mapping, behavioral models in fruitfly and mouse, and stem cell applications.
DANDRITE encompasses a thriving, international research community with many PhD students and postdocs and with well-established research infrastructure and support at Aarhus University and within the NeuroCampus Aarhus community shared with the Aarhus University Hospital.
DANDRITE PhD students are under the supervision of at least one of the current 8 Group leaders at DANDRITE. The current 8 research groups at DANDRITE cover a broad range of neurosciences:
Alternatively, PhD students at DANDRITE can also be supervised by one of the Team Leaders at DANDRITE. The current 3 team leader groups also cover exciting fields of neurosciences:
PhD positions at DANDRITE are advertised through general open calls with application deadlines four times every year in February, May, August/September, and November. Please note that potential candidates, who would like to apply for a PhD position at DANDRITE, must contact a relevant Group Leader to prepare for a joint application, except for project-specific calls with open applications.
PhD students at DANDRITE will be enrolled in the PhD degree programme for Molecular Medicine, an interdisciplinary PhD degree programme at Aarhus University (PDF) that is mutually organized by the Graduate School of Natural Sciences and the Graduate School of Health. The courses included in the degree can be put together from a wide variety of subjects in neuroscience, molecular medicine, bioinformatics, biophysics and molecular and structural biology.
The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine is a unique association of four national research centres that run complementary translational molecular medicine research in the Nordic countries using the operational model and core principles of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The national research centres are hosted by Universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden and together strive to strengthen the Nordic and global biomedical research community. Each partner brings a unique set of field expertise, skills, and core facilities incorporating research strengths within molecular, cellular and developmental biology, human genetics, bioinformatics and structural biology. NCMM’s proficiency in molecular mechanisms of disease, MIMS’ focus on microbial pathogenicity and molecular infection medicine, FIMM’s expertise in human genomics and medical systems biology and DANDRITE’s strength is in neurobiology and structural biology. By combining the complementary strengths of the centres including biobanks, health registries, industrial collaborations and core facilities, the partnership has created a vibrant and open Nordic collaboration in translational molecular medicine research united to tackle some of the biggest challenges of biomedicine today.
Download Call for PhD students in Molecular Medicine 2020 here.
Visit the Nordic EMBL Partnership website for more information.
Also, visit DANDRITE, FIMM, NCMM and MIMS to learn more about the individual institutes, their research and facilities.
Read more about the PhD degree programme here:
- Graduate School of Health
- Graduate School of Natural Sciences
Application guidelines are found here:
- Graduate School of Health
- Graduate School of Natural Sciences
Find application portals:
The Open Calls will be listed on the pages linked to below, when the announcement period has started.
- Open calls at Graduate School of Health
- Open calls at Graduate School of Natural Sciences