Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Södertörns högskola is a rapidly growing young University college located in Flemingsberg, 15 km south of central Stockholm.The campus is shared with the Karolinska Institute and the Karolinska Hospital.Present activities within the natural sciences are focused on the life sciences, particularly areas such as developmental biology, cell biology, structural biology and molecular genetics.We are housed in modern custom-built laboratories. We are now accepting applications for Postdoctoral Research Assistant Dnr 452/42/2007 Position available to study the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation.The successful applicant will form part of a multidisciplinary programme in which molecular biologists, developmental biologists and ecologists interact.The successful applicant will have excellent skills in PCR and other central molecular biology techniques.Furthermore, he/she will have an interest in multidisciplinary approaches to complex biological problems and will be able to contribute to the different biological areas within the project.The project will test whether genes encoding transcription factors are preferred targets for adaptive mutations during evolutionary diversification.Approaches in the project involve adaptation experiments in yeast as well as DNA sequence analysis of genetic polymorphisms in morphologically different fish and plant populations.Previous experience of work with transcription factors, larger-scale sequencing projects, DNA microarrays, bioinformatics and yeast molecular biology would be an advantage.It is expected that the successful applicant will have completed their PhD studies within the last 5 years.The position is for a period of 2-3 years and is available immediately. Prof.Sweden).