Stress Response Modeling Research School

Courses will cover topics such as complexity science, mathematical modelling in evolution, ecology and plant biology, along with transferable skills, including interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. The research school launches in 2025, with several PhD positions within the school funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

Once the research school has been established, a Master’s program in models of life is planned for development from 2029 onwards, further funding pending. Designed for students in the computational and life sciences, the program will focus on universal principles and phenomena instead of specific organisms or systems. It will provide both knowledge and open questions at the research frontier of adaptive mechanisms in living systems, as well as practical experiences in mathematical and computational modeling such as network-inference methods and dynamical system modeling techniques. The Master’s program will prepare students for our research school.

Stress Response Modeling PhD Positions

The Integrated Science Lab (IceLab) jointly with several departments at Umeå University offer multiple PhD positions that will be connected to different multidisciplinary projects. The ideal candidates will have expertise in computational science. Further, candidates should have a deep interest in scientific collaboration between researchers using theoretical and empirical approaches.