Postdoc in Telomere biology at BKV

Linköping, Östergötland
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2 dagar sedan

We have the power of over 40,000 students and co-workers. Students who provide hope for the future. Co-workers who contribute to Linköping University meeting challenges of today. Our fundamental values rest on credibility, trust and security. By having the courage to think freely and innovate, our actions together, large and small, contribute to a better world. We look forward to receiving your application!Work assignmentsYou will work on a project aimed to understand how telomere protection is obtained in normal and cancer cells. The research will be of experimental character, including cell culture, drug treatments, genetic manipulation, immunoblots, immunofluorescence, and metaphase spreads analysis.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.QualificationsTo 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 looking for someone with a doctoral degree in molecular biology or related subjects and a reasonable track record of publications.The applicant is expected to have a strong background knowledge in genome stability and, in particular, in telomere biology.You have experience in:

cell culture: growth assay and drug treatments
transfection, retro- and lenti-viral transduction
protein extraction and Immunoblot
genomic DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR
plasmid cloning and amplification
immunofluorescence/FISH staining and acquisition
metaphase collection, staining and acquisition

You have excellent proficiency in Swedish and English, and communicate fluently in both spoken and written form.Experience in sgRNA design and c-circle amplification is of merit.As personal and social skills, we are looking for someone with maturity, integrity, flexibility and balance, co-operative, with relationship building abilities and emphatic capacity. Structure and specialistic knowledge are a merit.The workplaceThe project is to be performed at the laboratory of Genome Integrity led by , part of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), situated at the , at Linköping University. The department conducts research in the field of cell and molecular biology, both in preclinical and clinical areas.The employmentThis employment is a temporary contract of two years with the possibility of extension up to a total maximum of three years. The employment is full-time.Starting by agreement.Salary and employment benefitsThe university applies individual salaries.More information about employee benefits is available .Union representativesInformation about union representatives, see .Application procedureApply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than 2025-09-22.Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application.Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University.In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives - diversity enriches our work and helps us grow. Preserving everybody's equal value, rights and opportunities is a natural part of who we are. Read more about our work with: .We look forward to receiving your application!Linköping university has framework agreements and wishes to decline direct contacts from staffing- and recruitment companies as well as vendors of job advertisements.KontaktpersonerFrancisca LottersbergerAssociate Professor+46 13 28 68 81Johanna KällmingHR-manager+46 13 28 57 76Länk till den här sidan
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