Postdoc in functional precision medicine in ovarian cancer

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will join the Kallioniemi group in the Seashore-Ludlow research team, working at the interface of cancer biology, functional precision medicine, and technology development. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on translational research, directly contributing to the development of personalized therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer.

Your mission

In this project you will be working in multidisciplinary team to advance personalized therapies for patients with ovarian cancer. The projects focus on drug repositioning for ovarian cancer using patient-derived cell models and the development of new high-content imaging assays to characterize primary patient samples and patient-near disease models.

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

Qualifications:

• A successful candidate should be highly ambitious and motivated.
• Hands-on experience with primary human cell culture and high content microscopy is required and experience in high-throughput drug screening, and image analysis are highly valued.
• The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability to independently plan, execute, and manage experimental research projects, including project management.
• The candidate should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be comfortable working in a team-science–oriented research environment, and exhibit a structured, responsible, and self-driven working style.

Merits:

• Experience in analyzing large datasets, expertise in molecular biology techniques, drug mechanism of action and precision cancer medicine are merits.
• Knowledge in the field of drug discovery and development and ovarian cancer are merits.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required, while proficiency in Swedish is considered an advantage.

The candidate is expected to maintain excellent laboratory practices and contribute positively to the research environment, including serving as a role model for junior researchers.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

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Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• Cover Letter
• PhD certificate
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome to apply at the latest 22^nd January.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

This employment is for 2 years. With possibility of extension. 

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