Postdoc in peptide chemistry, membrane active peptides

Skilled and committed employees are a crucial factor in the success of Linköping University. And we need more of them. Our core expertise comes from teachers and researchers, but a successful university requires experienced and motivated employees in many fields. Everyone is important. We need to recruit many new employees thanks to, among all, an expansion in our research activity. We need you here. We look forward to receiving your application!

The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology conducts research and offers education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Research, the predominant activity, is often done in collaboration with corporate and international partners. We are one of the university’s largest, oldest and most well known departments, encompassing five interacting scientific fields: biology, chemistry, material physics, applied physics and theory and modelling.
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We are now looking to appoint a postdoc in the field of peptide chemistry with a focus on membrane active peptides for triggered liposomal release.

Work assignments
You will work in an interdisciplinary ERC-funded project with the aim to develop protease responsive liposome-based sensors and drug delivery vehicles for cancer diagnostics and precision medicine. You will design and synthesize innovative membrane active peptides for triggered liposomal release and evaluate their function in liposomes and in in vitro tumor models. The work will be conducted in close collaboration with other team members.  

As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.

The workplace
You will be employed in the Laboratory of Molecular Material, a unit of the Division of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University. 

Qualifications
To be qualified to take employment as postdoc, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree.  This degree must have been awarded at the latest by the point at which LiU makes its decision to employ you.

It is considered advantageous if your doctoral degree is no older than three years at application deadline for this job. If there are special reasons for having an older doctoral degree – such as taking statutory leave – then these may be taken into consideration.

We are seeking applicants who have a great interest and extensive experience in solid phase synthesis of complex peptides. Experience in working with coiled coils and/or membrane active peptides is meriting. The applicants should be skilled in various methods for peptide purification and analysis. The applicant should have experience in bioanalytical techniques, such as MALDI-TOF, NMR, CD spectroscopy, SPR, and analytical HPLC. Experience in characterization of peptide-lipid membrane interactions is desired but not required. 

You should be able to work goal oriented, both independently and in a team with researchers and PhD students with different backgrounds. You should be able to communicate fluently in English and be able to present and discuss complex scientific data in both written and oral form.

About this job
This post is a temporary contract of two years with the possibility of extension up to a total maximum of three years. The position as a postdoc is full-time.

Starting date
By agreement.

Salary and employment benefits
Salaries at the university are set individually. State your desired salary in the application.

More information about employee benefits is available here.

Trade union representatives
Information about trade union contacts can be found here.

Application procedure
Apply for this position by clicking on the button labelled “Apply” below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than 4 October 2022.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. 


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We look forward to receiving your application!


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