Postdoctoral studies in breast cancer bioinformatics

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Do you want to drive top-quality medical research in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment? Join our team at the heart of translational breast-cancer research, where clinicians, bioinformaticians, biostatisticians, AI engineers and molecular biologists work together to advance the best treatments for patients, discover new predictive biomarkers and shape the future of breast-cancer research.

The Foukakis Group is part of the Department of Oncology-Pathology (OnkPat) at Karolinska Institutet, a leading environment for basic, translational and clinical cancer research. The division’s work spans discovery of fundamental cancer-biology mechanisms, identification of novel biomarkers and the development of targeted and personalized cancer therapies. It integrates multidisciplinary expertise and state-of-the-art shared facilities to support high-quality research across multiple cancer types, while maintaining strong clinical connections that enable rapid translation of findings into patient care.

Your mission

 As a post-doctoral researcher within the Foukakis Group at Karolinska Institutet, you will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge clinical studies, molecular profiling of breast cancer, spatial omics technologies and data-driven biomarker discovery within an internationally connected research network.

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.

Qualifications:

• PhD in Computational science 
• At least 5 years of experience as bioinformatician
•  Proficiency in English
• Great emphasis is placed on personal qualities

Merits

• Knowledge in the breastcancer area is advantageous

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:  BioClinicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

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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
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome to apply at the latest 22^nd December.

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

This position is for 2 years with the possibility of extension.

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all!