Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatic Analyses of Autoimmune Diseases

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The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is a department at Karolinska Institutet and an interdisciplinary research institution within the broad field of environmental medicine. IMM conducts cutting edge research within the areas of environmental and occupational medicine, toxicology, physiology, epidemiology, and biostatistics with the aim to clarify how environmental and lifestyle factors affect our health and which role genes have. IMM also serves as a scientific advisor to public authorities within the area of environmental medicine and IMM scientists participate in national and international expert groups. Biostatistics and bioinformatics play a crucial role in the work being performed at our Institution.

Your mission

The position will include work on bioinformatics, machine learning of transcriptome data and differential analyses of microbiome data, all within a European project funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking on immune mediated diseases of which Karolinska Institutet is a partner under the coordination of Prof Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme and with collaboration from the pharmaceutical industry as in-kind contributors. The project has as aim to identify the molecular profiles of response and non-response to various treatments using clinical trial data, as well as data from observational and interventional studies ongoing in the project. Among the diseases involved are the inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and asthma. The work will be focused on SLE. The position is temporary for two years. 

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

Knowledge on the analysis and handling of transcriptome data and/or analyses of microbiome data are an important advantage and in particular the use of such data in autoimmune diseases. Experience with machine learning is looked for. Experience with scRNASeq data would be greatly valued. Deconvolution of cellular data as well as programing and script writing are also valued.

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

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Application

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

• PhD certificate
• 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

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

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