Research assistant (computational)

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institute conducts research and teaching in immunology, infection biology, cell biology, and cancer. MTC has about 430 active employees, including 100 PhD students, 50 postdoctoral researchers, and 26 professors. The department is remarkably multidisciplinary, bridges a broad range of basic and translational research efforts, and endorses national and international collaborations.

Your mission

The successful candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary and collaborative research team active within the fields of chromatin and RNA biology, functional and/or comparative genomics. As a member of the Kutter lab, the successful applicant will apply, optimize and integrate novel transcriptome-wide and gene regulatory network approaches (based on single cell RNA-sequencing and epigenome profiling data) to study gene regulation and RNA processing in metabolic diseases using data obtained from mouse studies and patients. The post holder will take a strong lead in the project design and management as well as data generation, analyses and interpretation, participate in the general duties of the team and collaborate with other team members. The applicant is expected to report the scientific results leading to scientific manuscripts, attending scientific meetings, and effectively communicate with peers. The ability to work in a highly interdisciplinary and international environment, and to engage in continuous professional development is a must.

Your profile

Applicants should have been awarded advanced/second-cycle/master qualification (i.e., master degree) in bioinformatics and/or computational biology and have received training in computational (and experimental) methods. We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated candidate who has a solid background in computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, molecular biology, genetics and/or biochemistry. Proven experience in working with eukaryotic gene regulation, transcriptome-wide studies and in RNA biology is essential. Prior knowledge in bioinformatics and R programming for statistical computing and graphics is advantageous. The ideal candidate should be collaborative, scientifically adventurous, curiosity-driven, and should bring independent and original ideas into the project. Any previous records of independent research as well as productive interactions within a multi-disciplinary team environment (e.g., first- and/or co-author publications in high profile journals) are beneficial. Since the applicant will work in a multidisciplinary environment the ability to work with other scientist and good communication skills (proficiency in spoken and written English) are important.

What do we offer?

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2021-02-17.

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

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