International Scholarships

The Opportunity: A M.Sc. or Ph.D. student is sought in support of the Protein Quality and Utilization Program within the College of Agriculture and Bioresources.The research area focuses on biopolymers as functional ingredients for food. Specifically, the project will investigate protein-polysaccharide interactions at the molecular level, and their resulting impact on structure-forming properties in food. … [More Info]

PhD position Agrotechnology & Food Science Group (Gelderland), 38 hours per week Job description We are offering a PhD research project on the properties and behaviour of novel, protein-inspired biopolymers with block structure: self-assembly, micellization, gel formation, conformations etc. as a function of physicochemical parameters. The polymers are biosynthesized through fermentation by gmo’s (yeasts) containing … [More Info]

University of Ottawa has a two-year Postdoctoral Fellow position supported by a NSERC Strategic Grant. Successful candidate will work closely with national laboratories at the National Research Council of Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency to develop a novel microfluidic-based flow cytometer (microcytometer) for rapid detection and identification of bacterial foodborne pathogens. Responsibilities of this … [More Info]

Professor Michel Loreau is seeking a postdoc to work on theoretical aspects of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food webs. The successful candidate is expected to develop theoretical models within one of two projects: (1) a project on the relationships between biodiversity, food web structure and ecosystem functioning, with a focus on … [More Info]

We invite qualified individuals to apply for a postdoctoral research position at the Scientific Computing Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The position is for one or two years, depending on availability of funds.

Post Doctoral Fellow in Ocean and Coupled Modelling and Data Assimilation, Dalhousie University, Canada Opportunity for Post Doctoral Fellow in Ocean and Coupled Modelling and Data Assimilation Dalhousie University is searching for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Global Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction and Predictability (GOAPP) Network funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. … [More Info]

PhD student position in Computer Science – Intelligent Systems – Biologically motivated object recognition Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen Topic of research The objective of the project is to develop an object recognition technique that is motivated by the function of the visual cortex. Major aspects are representation and learning. Type … [More Info]