Postdoctor to Karolinska Institutet - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

In our laboratory, we work on contributing to human health. We focus on head and neck and childhood cancer. We focus on identifying biomarkers with a prognostic and for targeted therapy.
We also examine sensitivity of tumour and tumour cell lines to targeted therapy.

Your mission

It is a benefit if you are familiar with the human papillomavirus field, be skilled in cell culture as indicated above. Theoretical and practical knowledge regarding how to perform viability, proliferation, apoptosis and cytotoxicity tests is of benefit. Likewise be skilled in many laboratory techniques as specified above is necessary.

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.

Qualifications:

• PhD in natural science, preferably in medecine/biomedicine 
• You need to be able to write scientific manuscripts independently, and to perform basic statistical analysis.
• Since we are working in a group with many nationalities you need to flexible and easy going
•  Communicating orally and in writing in English.

Merits:

• Knowledge in bioinformatics is positive but not compulsary.

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: Our laboratory is located at Bioclinicum, Department of Oncology-Patholgoy, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm/Solna.

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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 1^st February. 

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

This position is for 2 years, with posibility of extension. 

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