PhD fellowship in Veterinary Virology

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen We are offering a PhD fellowship in Veterinary Virology commencing 1st of February 2027. Our group and research Forskningsgruppen udfører forskning og undervisning inden for områderne enzootiske og zoonotiske virusinfektioner hos dyr.

Forskningen vil de kommende år fokuseres på influenza infektioner i dyr, med fokus på zoonotiske aspekter af svine influenza virus. Gruppen bestå pt af ca. 20 forskere, phd studerende, studentermedhjælpere og 2 andre labornater. Vi har altid meget travlt, men har et godt arbejdsmiljø med masser af humor, kageklub og fleksible arbejdsopgaver og hvor alle hjælper alle.

The research group for Veterinary and Zoonotic Virology consists of around 20 members and as the name states work on both veterinary and zootonic viruses with a main focus on swine influenza A virus. We utilize different molecular methods such viral isolation in cells, qPCR/PCR, sequencing, ELISA and different immunological assays.

The research group is very social and we have journal club, cake and breakfast club and Friday bars etc. Project description The PhD project will be on cross-reactive vaccines for swine influenza A virus1 …