Postdoctoral fellow recruitments MIMS

Umeå University - with its 29,000 students and over 4,000 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development.The university's researchers carry out excellence within several areas of research, and many of them are among the world's elite.We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes.Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here.We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.Postdoctoral fellow recruitments MIMS The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) has recently been established within the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR; www.ucmr.se).MIMS affiliated group leaders are now recruiting a number of postdoctoral fellows and hereby advertise two-year fellowships in 9 different research projects that are described below.These fellowships have been made possible by generous contributions from The Kempe Foundations and from the Baltics Donation Foundation at Umeå University.1.Virus-host interactions, Ref 315-3580-08 2.Architecture, structure and function of the outer surface of Borrelia spirochetes, Ref 315-3590-08 3.Identification of novel H. pylori binding sites and therapeutic use, Ref 315-3600-08 4.Regulatory RNAs and their roles in the control of pathogenicity in the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes, Ref 315-3610-08 5.RNA-mediated virulence regulation in Listeria monocytogenes, Ref 315-3620-08 6.Type 6 Secretion Systems and Quorum Sensing in Vibrio anguillarum, Ref 315-3630-08 7.Bioinformaticians for studies on metabolomics during pathogen infection of the host, Ref 315-3650-08 8.Structure-function studies of regulatory proteins controlling virulence factor expression by extraintestinal pathogenic E. Coli, Ref 315-3660-08 9.How do neutrophils control fungal pathogens?Ref 315-3680-08 Successful candidates should have earned a PhD degree in fields relevant for the positions.A complete application should include: * Introductory letter with a statement of research interest * CV * A list of publications * Names and contact details of three persons willing to act as references Your application should be marked with the appropriate Ref no for the postdoc position.If you apply to several fellowships you have to send an application for each position.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.We look forward receiving your application!