Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical Genomics and point of care diagnostics.

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet conducts research and teaching within immunology, infection biology, cell biology and cancer. MTC have about 40 research groups and our key words are multidisciplinary, bridging, national and international collaborations.

The laboratory of Vicente Pelechano Garcia is located at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab, http://www.scilifelab.se/) in the Karolinska Institute campus. SciLifeLab is equiped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and core facilities, and is home to one of the largest sequencing cluster in Europe.

Our group combines experimental and computational work and aims to develop and apply novel genome-wide techniques to address fundamental biological questions with medical implications (http://pelechanolab.com/). You will have the opportunity to work in a highly interdisciplinary and international environment and combine the development of state-of-the art genome-wide approaches with the molecular dissection of fundamental biological problems.

Are you interested in combining molecular biology and electronics to develop efficient point of care diagnostic methods? Would you like to develop cutting-edge genome-wide technologies for cancer patient stratification? Come and join us at SciLifeLab!

Your mission

The available postdoctoral position concerns developing and applying novel diagnostic tools for cancer patient and/or infectious diseases. Depending on the applicant’s background, the succesful candidate will focus on the development of improved clinical genomics methods to improve cancer patient stratification or on the development of novel point of care diagnostic devices for the detection of infectious diseases.

In the case of infectious diseases, the postdoc candidate will work on the area of electric detection of DNA nanoballs (Tayyab, Barrett et al. Sci Adv 2023). The candidate will perform original research in genomics, molecular biology and/or microfluidics. The candidate will acquire the required experimental and computational skills necessary for the completion of the project.

The successful candidate will take a strong lead in the experimental design and collaborate with other team members. The candidate is expected to communicate the scientific results by writing up scientific papers and attending scientific meetings. The ideal candidate is also expected to participate in the general duties of the team and to effectively communicate with scientists of very diverse backgrounds in a highly interdisciplinary and international environment. Working language is English.

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.

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

Applicants to this position should have a PhD in Molecular biology, microbiology, microfluidics, engineering, or related fields.
The successful applicant should be experienced on the development of novel molecular approaches aimed to the identification of microorganism or cancer mutations (R&D).
Previous experience on the either microfluidics, pathogen detection or NGS are essential.
Experience in infectious diseases, clinical microbiology or cancer genomics will be highly considered.
A strong interest in interdisciplinary technology development, and novel and creative thinking abilities are essential.
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams is essential.

Additional skills that are especially meritorious for the position:

Preferred experience includes familiarity with DNA amplification technologies, microfluidics, bioinformatics, NGS data analysis and/or electronics.

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

http://pelechanolab.com/

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 2023-12-03.

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

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