Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

We are looking for a post-doctoral fellow to join us in our research on Innate Lymphoid Cells and allergic diseases in the team of Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez. The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet conducts research and teaching in immunology, infection biology, cell biology and cancer. MTC has about 430 active employees, including many PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, senor scientists, lecturers and professors.

Your mission

To study the role of ILC in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis. To analyze human ILCs from different tissues and generate humanised mouse models.

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. 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.

The group is looking for a highly motivated and ambitious postdoctoral researcher.

In addition to the aforementioned requirements, the application must have:

• A strong background in Type 2 immunity and experience with mouse model work is required.
• The candidate is expected to be organized and able to work independently as well as part of a team.

Additional skills that are especially meritorious for the position:

• Prior experience in innate lymphoid cell research and/or single cell sequencing analysis will be prioritised.
• Good scientific writing and communicating skills will be an asset.

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctoral fellow 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.

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

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 XXX (at least two weeks). 

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

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