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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 virus. The first part of the project will be focussed on establishing immunological assays in the laboratory and generating hyperimmune serum in pigs experimentally for following antigenic characterization of Danish swine influenza A virus. The second part of the PhD will be on selecting representative vaccine strains testing them first experimentally in pigs and afterwards in the field.

Principal supervisor is Professor Lars Erik Larsen, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, [email protected], phone: +(phone hidden)

Start: 1 February 2027

Duration: 3 years as a PhD student

Job Description

Your key tasks as a PhD student at SUND are:

• Carrying through an indep

📌 PhD fellowship in Veterinary Virology (Madhavaram)
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