Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Immunology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

The Therapeutic Immunedesign research group focuses on understanding and manipulating the immune system in order to propose personalized treatments. We design, clone, purify and test antigens, which are then tested in different model systems. The goal is for our platforms and systems to be used with precision for curative treatment in the disease areas cancer and multiple sclerosis. The post doc provision is aimed at persons who want to participate in a project that works with personalized neoantigen specific vaccination.

Your mission

This postdoctoral position is set up to strengthen our capacity to develop new personal ways of treating cancer based on tumor-specific mutations. Your will be involved in the development of formulation of personal vaccines, both in mouse model and a clinical trial of dogs with different types of cancer. You will formulate, produce, purify and characterize the constituent components including adjuvant to finally test these in in vitro and in vivo model systems.

Your profile

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier. 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.

You must have a background working with mouse models and cancer. Since our model requires surgery and we have many contacts with clinicians, it is a merit if you have a medical background. Experience with the CRISPR/Cas9 system is also a merit. Since we are a multinational group English is our working language and you should be able to master it.

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

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 2022-02-15.

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

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