Postdoc in Influence of environmental toxins in Parkinson’s Disease pathology Full-time

Postdoc in Influence of Environmental Toxins in Parkinson's Disease Pathology

The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for one or more Postdoc positions in the field of Environmental Toxicants in Parkinson's Disease as per 1 August 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed-term full-time position for 1 year with the possibility of extension up to 3 years.

You will be also part of PACE, the newly established Lundbeck Foundation Parkinson's Disease Research Center, which is a translational research center focused on studies of Lewy body diseases.

Candidates will be part of a research group investigating the in-vivo interaction of selected environmental toxicants with Parkinson's disease pathology and risk in pre-clinical rodent models of the disease. The candidate will use different disease-modelling approaches and assess causative association of different environmental toxins with brain pathology in WT and/or rodent models of LRRK2 and GBA variants.

As Postdoc in Biomedicine your position is primarily research-based but may also involve teaching assignments. You will contribute to the development of the department through research of high international quality. In your daily work, you will work closely with colleagues on your project, where you will receive supervision and guidance. The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for all the in-vivo modeling by performing stereotaxic surgery in rats, behavioral analysis, postmortem brain histology for advanced microscopy analysis of neurons and glia and peripheral organ collection for cell isolation and immune profiling through Spectral/Flow Cytometry and/or RNAseq. You will be responsible for all data analysis.

Successful candidates will have an excellent track record and will be highly motivated, self-driven candidate, with a PhD in neurodegenerative disorders using rodent models, and proven experience on analysis of the neurodegenerative and/or inflammatory processes occurring in these types of diseases. Priority will be given to those with experience in the field of Parkinson's disease and the role of alpha-synuclein, GBA/LRRK2 mutations, and/or the field of neurodegeneration associated with environmental toxicants.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Marina Romero-Ramos e-mail: mrr@biomed.au.dk or phone (+45 6020 2749). Your place of work will be the Department of Biomedicine, Skou Building, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. We expect to conduct interviews mid June.