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Company OverviewThe UMCG, a leading research institute, is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to contribute to the development of innovative video analysis tools for diagnosing hyperkinetic movement disorders. As part of the NEMO project, this position will focus on advancing computer-assisted diagnostic tools using patient data from various...

**Functiebeschrijving**: The project will be focused on: 1) material science for developing strategies for efficient EVs retention into a protein-based hydrogel system; 2) study of the mechano-structural properties of the target tissue for designing promising architectures for bioprinting; 3) bioprinting technology for manufacturing constructs with refined...

Project: How political parties debate: comparing the drivers and impact of political rhetoric in the European Parliament and domestic legislatures Applications are invited for a fully-funded four-year PhD position in the field of European Politics (1.0 FTE), focusing on understanding on how political parties talk about sensitive issues in the European...

Are you a (nearly) graduated law student with an interest in scientific research? If so, one of these positions could be a great opportunity for you. We are looking for three enthusiastic PhD students who want to do research within one of the following topics: Law enforcement increasingly faces large, complex datasets for evidence discovery, requiring AI...

The advent of modern artificial intelligence (AI) tools is accelerating scientific progress by streamlining research procedures across disciplines. Particularly, the release of ChatGPT showed the potential of large language models (LLM) to create detailed instructions based on textual prompts. Molecular simulations have the potential to greatly benefit from...

Traditional handwritten text recognition (HTR) approaches ignore the multimodal characteristics of historical manuscripts. Moreover, they underestimate problems at the level of layout analysis, the detection of the logical reading order over a scanned page of text, and the recognition of textual and graphic patterns with a special meaning (headings,...

The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy (both at the University of Groningen, NL) offer a four year studentship to complete a PhD within a joint interdisciplinary project led by Dr Dimitris Serafis (Faculty of Arts), Dr Janina Wildfeuer (Faculty of Arts) and Dr Jan Albert van Laar (Faculty of Philosophy). The proposed PhD research project will be...

Job description Intestinal fibrosis is a common complication in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) like Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis. It is a serious therapeutic problem, which is difficult to diagnose and treat. Intestinal tissue is easy to access with nanoparticles, which offers excellent opportunities for therapy and diagnosis...

Job description Without biological membranes, there would be no life as we know it. Transport of molecules and information across these membranes is carried out by integral membrane protein channels, receptors, pumps and transporters. Living cells maintain chemical gradients and electrical potential differences across their membranes using proteins...

**Functiebeschrijving**: The project is a continuation of ongoing research into the dysregulation of immune tolerance in AAV, particularly concerning the role of Tregs. AAV are rare, chronic, relapsing autoimmune diseases characterized by inflammation of small blood vessels, commonly affecting the kidneys, lungs, and upper airways. Dysregulation of immune...

In an ongoing collaboration with tuberculosis-experts and molecular immunologists we identify and synthesize new components of the bacterial pathogen M. tuberculosis. These compounds have shown to be important for pathogenesis and virulence and are highly interesting from a molecular structure point of view. In parallel, we study how to translate fundamental...

The Centre for Media and Journalism Studies (CMJS) is looking for a PhD student in “Investigative journalism and interpretive “deep” reporting” within the HAICu research project. The HAICu project is a large-scale Dutch research project by universities and cultural-heritage institutions into new forms of Artificial Intelligence-based access to...

The Graduate School of the Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen has a fully funded PhD position on the topic “From the Boardroom to the Balance Sheet: How Behavioral Dynamics at the Top Shape Corporate Transparency”. This PhD project is situated at the intersection of psychology and corporate governance. Exemplary research...

Job description We are looking for two highly motivated and enthusiastic PhD candidates with a strong background in microbiology, bioengineering, bioinformatics or closely related fields to join the Systems Biology of Predatory Bacteria group of Dr Renske van Raaphorst. The bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus has an unusual life cycle. When...

**Functiebeschrijving**: Stress is the ‘buzzword’ of modern life and impacts all aspects of daily life. When stress occurs frequently, remains high for sustained periods of time, and/or overwhelms people’s resources, it can cause mental and cardiometabolic disease. The NWO Gravitation project “Stress-in-Action” capitalizes on the fast advances in...

The PhD position is embedded in the research programme Economics, Econometrics and Finance of FEB’s Research Institute. The project will be supervised by Abe de Jong, in cooperation with Tim Kooijmans (RMIT) and Peter Koudijs (NYU). Organisation Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic...

The Computational Linguistics group (GroNLP) of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is looking for a PhD student in “Language technology for cultural heritage: New discoveries with little data” within the HAICu research project. The HAICu project is a large-scale Dutch research project by universities and cultural-heritage institutions...

Within the Chair Group of Economic and Social History, Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, a fully funded PhD position is currently available. The position will be within the ERC-funded project “Coping with decline: Comparative social-historical analysis of depopulation and community welfare in Europe, 1950-2022...

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly...

The advent of modern machine learning (ML) methodology is accelerating scientific progress by streamlining research across disciplines. In chemistry, it enables the modeling of complex structure-function relationships with unprecedented accuracy. Additionally, deep generative models allow for the generation of structures with desired function, thus enabling...