The Introduction to Academic Writing: Analysis of Writing Style and Writing Strategies-course is an adapted version of an introduction writing course that has been taught in Sweden and Germany since 2004 and follows the same syllabus. The students will learn how fluent English readers read so they can diagnose the readability of their own writing.

If you have taken the Nature Masterclasses: Scientific Writing and Publishing-course this is a great complement!

Where: Online

When: Starts September 28th and continues until October 14th

Registration deadline: September 23rd

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We are happy to announce that NDPIA will offer 10 more spots for the Visualize Your Science course this fall. Register today to secure your spot!

Learn how to think visually about your research

When: October 5th until November 27th

Registration deadline: September 17th

Course instructor: Andreas Dahlin, scientist and founder of Visualize Your Science

Link to the course webpage: https://www.visualizeyourscience.com/pages/vys-course

This course is designed for PhD students and postdocs who want to improve their skills in drawing images/figures for scientific posters, presentations, and publications. The course consists of tutorial videos, home assignments and four scheduled face-to-face feedback sessions online. Students progress from a beginner to an advanced level in visual rhetoric and in use of an illustration software of your choice.

This course is open only for NDPIA members.

A limited number of spots for the summer course (10) have been reserved for NDPIA students and postdocs.

Read more about the course and how to register here »

The Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology at Uppsala University is offering a time-limited, 2-year postdoc scholarship (stipend, 100%) in medical microbiology with a focus on studies of interactions between antibiotics.

The team is looking for an outstanding postdoc that has a PhD in microbiology, genetics, evolutionary biology or similar where the PhD work was focused on bacterial systems.

The postdoc will begin as soon as possible so apply today!

More information and how to apply »

The team at the Pasteur Institute of Lille in France is looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral candidate with a high degree of independence to participate in their project on the regulation of stem cells biology by the gut microbiota.

You will have the opportunity to work on mechanisms to escape anti-tumor immunosurveillance within the stem cell niche of intestinal crypts in an environment with state-of-the-art facilities for imaging, FACS and preclinical studies.

Closing date: 2020-09-30

Employment start date: 2020-12-01

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The “Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections and Immunity” team is looking for a highly collaborative and inquisitive scientist to fill the position of a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship. You will together with three PhD students, one Master student and a technician explore the role of Shigella and Salmonella virulence factors in neutrophil activation and cell-death.

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