Postdoctoral Researcher in Virology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?
We are looking for an ambitious postdoc with solid B cell, hantavirus and BSL-3 laboratory skills to join our team.

https://ki.se/en/medh/jonas-klingstrom-group studies the mechanisms behind hantavirus pathogenesis. We focus on the capacity of hantaviruses to affect normal cell signaling and functions, especially cell death, immune and inflammatory responses.

Your mission
Our mission is to generate a better understanding of the details of hantavirus-induced pathogenesis to aid in the development of specific treatment of patients. In particular, the postdoc will continue the line of investigations analyzing how hantaviruses impact B cells and other immune cells, utilizing both in vitro-experiments in BSL3-laboratory and multicolor flow cytometry of patient material.

The postdoc will be a part of the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), Karolinska Institutet, which is a nationally leading and internationally competitive center for human translational immunology and infectious diseases research. The center consists of approximately 25 graduate students and 25 postdocs organized around 14 independent research groups.

Your profile
The candidate must hold a PhD equivalent to a Swedish doctoral degree in the field of virology and/or immunology. The candidate must fully master multidimensional flow cytometry analysis, as well as be highly experienced in in vitro hantavirus and B cell infectious experiments in BSL3-laboratory. Experience in isolation and in vitro culturing of primary immune cells is a requirement, as is basic functional in vitro assessments of immune cell function such as intracellular cytokine stainings, ELISA etc. The candidate should have a strong publication track-record. The candidate should be self-motivated, have good communications skills and a proven ability to interact effectively and work productively in an interdisciplinary team. Fluency in English is a requirement.

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. Applicants who have not completed a doctorate at the end of the application period may also apply, provided that all requirements for a completed degree are met before the (intended) date of employment. This must be substantiated by the applicant's main supervisor, director or equivalent.

What do we offer?
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.


Location: Flemingsberg
Read more about the research group https://ki.se/en/medh/jonas-klingstrom-group



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 2020-12-10

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

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