Karolinska Institutet,

The Department of Laboratory Medicine consists of seven divisions and is active in many areas of Laboratory Medicine. The department is involved in advanced basic scientific, clinical and epidemiological research. The department is one of the largest departments of education at Karolinska Institutet.

Division
The division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine at the Department of Labortory Medicine of the Karolinska Institutet has a wide interest in immunogenetics (including gene transcription, gene regulation, genetics of primary immunodeficiencies and haematological malignancies) and immunotherapy.


Duties
The applicant will be joining the research group of professor Lennart Hammarström and mainly work on immunogenetics in patients with primary immunodeficiency – identifying mutations in immunodeficiency genes and also define novel causative genes and work this up functionally using state of the art multiomic strategies (including single cell assays with combined epigenetic/transcriptomic/proteomic tools).

Our group has access to a large patient material (primary immunodeficiency patients) and collaborates with a large number of similar centers around the world. We publish 20-30, well cited (current h-index 86), papers per year in renowened journals.



Entry requirements and qualifications
Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. The applicants should have a solid background in molecular biology or medicine. Practical laboratory experience is

essential, especially in the following areas: genetics, epigenetics, transcriptomics and proteomics.

In addition, excellent proficiency in both spoken and written English is highly desired.


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

  1. A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
  2. A complete list of publications
  3. A summary of current work (no more than one page)

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

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment Enligt övernskommelse
Salary Månadslön
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100 %
City Huddinge
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number 2-6374/2018
Contact
  • Lennart Hammarström, 08-5240000
Union representative
  • Emilie Hultin, Annica Lindkvist, SACO, 08-5240000
  • Carina Eklund, OFR, 08-5240000
  • Karin Olsson, SEKO, 08-5240000
Published 14.Nov.2018
Last application date 30.Dec.2018 11:59 PM CET

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