Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The section of Family Medicine and Primary Care has an ongoing project aiming to identify novel microbiome-derived mechanisms leading to kidney and cardiovascular disease. We are creating a unique comprehensive multi-omics framework, comprising gut and urinary microbiome, genomics, and metabolomics and proteomics analyses in feces, blood and urine as a basis for discovery along the gut-kidney-cardiovascular axis.

Your mission

We are looking for an applicant who is strongly motivated in investigating novel aspects of the gut-kidney-cardiovascular interplay using large scale omics-data. In this position as postdoctor you will be carrying out research in the research group of Professor Johan Ärnlöv at the division of Family Medicine and Primary Care. Planned research projects aims to 1) Investigate associations between gut microbiome characteristics and the interplay between kidney and cardiovascular disease; 2) carry out the first-ever urinary microbiome-wide association study in the community and investigate the importance of the urinary microbiome for kidney and cardiovascular disease; 3) perform untargeted analyses of multi-omics data, using supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods in order to get novel insights into underlying system biology leading to kidney and cardiovascular disease.

Moreover, the successful candidate is expected to play a role in grant applications, doctoral students supervision, teaching to undergraduate and graduate students, and in the expansion of the current research line.

The employment as postdoctoral researcher is time limited for 2 years. This is a full-time position.

Your profile

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. Applicants who have not completed a doctorate at the end of the application period may also apply, provided that all requirements for a completed degree are met before the (intended) date of employment. This must be substantiated by the applicant's main supervisor, director or equivalent.

The successful candidate is expected to have:

  • A PhD in molecular epidemiology, cardiovascular/renal epidemiology, or similar topic, preferably not completed longer ago than three years before the application deadline.

  • Experience of working with various omics data such as microbiomics, proteomics, metabolomics and genomics (including bioinformatics and Mendelian Randomization analyses). Excellent skills in R, STATA and/or UNIX/LINUX are important.

  • A proven track record of diligent, timely academic work in cardiorenal research. Clinical experience in the field of kidney disease is an advantage.

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interact effectively and productively with other researchers in the team and outside of the team. As the project is a collaborative effort with several national and international research groups, experience in international collaborations within the field is a strong merit.

  • Excellent English language skills in terms of oral and written communication.

Scientific expertise will be most important when assessing applicants.

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:
Flemingsberg

Research Group Johan Ärnlöv

 

 

Application

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

  • 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 23 of September 2021

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

 

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
Salary Månadslön
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100 %
City Huddinge
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number STÖD 2-3892/2021
Contact
  • Johan Ärnlöv, Forskargruppsledare/Professor, +46 70-6077703
  • Sofia Fridén, HR-administratör, 08-524 882 96
Union representative
  • Taher Darreh-Shori, SACO, 08-524 835 29
  • Carina Eklund, OFR, 08-585 826 65
  • Henry Wölling, SEKO, henry.wolling@ki.se
Published 08.Sep.2021
Last application date 23.Sep.2021 11:59 PM CEST

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