Currently looking for:

• Postdoc interested in applying for various scholarships to work on the reindeer calf microbiome project.

• Collaborators. I’m interested in collaborating with people who are sampling wildlife for future microbiome projects.

  Please contact me at elin.videvall [at] ebc.uu.se.

Postdoc interested in joining the lab?

There are several opportunities to apply for personal scholarships; I’m always happy to discuss ideas.

Available Fellowships/ Scholarships to apply for:

• Birgitta Sintring Foundation: 2+1-year scholarship (deadline February)

• Marie Curie: 2-year fellowship (deadline September)

• EMBO: 2-year fellowship (deadline January)

• Human Frontier Science Program: 3-year fellowship (deadline May)

• Wenner-Gren Foundation: 2-year scholarship (deadline October)

• Sven och Lilly Lawski Foundation - 2-year scholarship (deadline April)

• Olle Engkvist Foundation - Scholarship (time flexible) (rolling applications - no deadline. Note: PI applies)

• Carl Trygger Foundation - 2-year scholarship (deadline May. Note: PI applies)

• American-Scandinavian Foundation: 1-year fellowship or graduate research exchange (US citizens only, deadline November)

• Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Fellowship at Uppsala University - 2+1 years (deadline January, Danish affiliation required).

• SciLifeLab PULSE Postdocs: 2-year fellowship. Requires co-funding and already obtained running costs (available for the reindeer project) (deadline March)

• SciLifeLab DDLS Postdocs: 2-year fellowship. Focus on data-driven projects. Requires some co-funding but comes with some running costs (deadline March)

Master student interested in joining the lab?

Please send a personal email and tell me about your interests and why you are interested in joining the lab. Let me know whether you prefer field work, lab work, and/or data analysis. Describe your background and skills (e.g. experienced with DNA extraction and R programming). In addition, write approximately when you wish to start your thesis project and for how long.

Why join the lab?

• Uppsala University is a highly renowned university with excellent research in ecology and evolution.

• Uppsala is a lovely academic city with lots of interesting history and beautiful nature. Stockholm is a 40 minute-trainride away and Arlanda airport is 18 minutes by train.

• Sweden has free healthcare, free education, and great benefits for parents (including parental leave for 1.5 years and heavily subsidized childcare).

• We care about work-life balance. We allow flexible schedules and treasure holidays and vacations. Three of the most important Swedish holidays are Valborg and Midsummer, and the entire month of July (peak vacation time).

• Everyone speaks English, no need to learn Swedish.

• We value diversity and inclusivity.

• We try to foster a helpful collaborative community with weekly lab meetings, journal clubs, and seminars.

• We love fika, especially semlor.