PhD Candidate in Environmental Toxicology (Odense, Denmark)

Job summary

This position offers a 3-year PhD opportunity focused on environmental toxicology and endocrine disruption, specifically utilizing zebrafish to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The role is based in the Ecotoxicology group at a university, which has extensive experience in ecotoxicology research and collaborations with various environmental agencies and research networks.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in biology or a related field
• Background in environmental toxicology
• Strong proficiency in English, both written and verbal
• Experience with endocrine-disrupting chemicals and their mechanisms
• Experimental experience with zebrafish as a model organism
• Proficiency in laboratory techniques, including OECD fish test protocols, histopathology, and behavioral analysis
• Advantageous: experience in statistical analysis (e.g., R), conducting literature reviews, and understanding Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs)

Responsibilities

• Investigate and pre-validate new endpoints in zebrafish for assessing endocrine disruption
• Expose zebrafish to suspected and known EDCs and evaluate potential biomarkers
• Compare effects in different life stages of zebrafish
• Analyze data for extrapolation to other vertebrate classes using AOPs

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team

Education

• MSc degree in biology or equivalent

Tools

• Laboratory equipment for histopathology, imaging, spectroscopy, and gene expression profiling