Umeå Plant Science Centre

UPSC is a highly dynamic institute with around 200 employees, 30 principal investigators and about 10 associated principal investigators. Approximately half of our staff is non-Swedish and the working language is English. We recruit researchers from all over the world. More than 40 nations are represented at UPSC. Post-doctoral fellows have the most diverse nationalities, but also our PIs, graduate and undergraduate students represent many different nations.

Are you interested in joining us? Please have a look below for currently open job opportunities. You are also always welcome to contact our principal investigators directly if you are interested in working with them.

A PhD position is available in Susan McEvoy's research group at Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC). The PhD student is going to be placed at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, that is part of UPSC.

Last day to apply: 15 May 2026

Project description

As forests increasingly face challenges brought on by a rapidly changing environment, it is important to address these problems from multiple angles. There is growing awareness of the potential usefulness of genetic data in forest management, but much is unknown about the genomics of non-model plant species like many forest trees.
The McEvoy Lab draws from a variety of new approaches to develop a better understanding of how genomic diversity is distributed in forest tree species, how it has evolved, and implications for the future. Methods range from:

studying genomic characteristics that drive genome evolution
examining variation critical for survival and fitness, such as enhanced disease resistance
assessing and characterizing genetic diversity and population dynamics
demonstrating how this information can be used to help inform conservation or breeding programs

Working at UPSC

PhD student in Forest Tree Genomics

Project description

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