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Postdoctoral research fellow : Stockholm, Sweden

Postdoctoral research fellow
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Taipale group
The Department of Biosciences and Nutrition performs research and education in areas of medical
science including molecular endocrinology, cancer biology, functional genomics, systems biology,
epigenetics, structural biochemistry, cellular virology, and nutrition. The department offers an
international study and working environment, including around 300 scientists, students, administrative
and technical personnel.
Area of responsibilities/description of work
The position is available immediately in the laboratory of Professor Jussi Taipale http://ki.se/bionut/taipale. The laboratory is located in the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet
(KI).The group includes both experimental biologists and computer scientists, and is currently composed
of twelve postdoctoral fellows, two graduate students and three technicians.
The laboratory focuses on the study of transcriptional control of cell growth, using functional genomics
and systems biology, and mouse genetic models. Current lines of work include high-throughput
determination of binding sites and binding specificities of human transcription factors, and using this
information to identify regulatory elements that control cell growth during normal development or in
cancer. Identified elements are validated using cultured cells and mouse genetic models (see for example
Hallikas et al., Cell 124:47-59, 2006; Bjorklund et al., Nature 439:1009-1013, 2006; Varjosalo et al., Cell
33:537-548, 2008; Kivioja et al., Nature Methods 9:72-74, 2012; Sur et al., Science 338:1360-1363,
2012; Jolma et al., Cell 152:327-339, 2013; and Yan et al., Cell 154:801-816, 2013).
The group is located immediately adjacent to the Karolinska High Throughput Center, which hosts state-of-
the-art massively parallel sequencers, liquid handling instrumentation and an automated laboratory
that can be applied to a wide variety of high-throughput genome-wide screens using drug-like small
molecules and/or gene over- and under-expression.
The position is a project employment.
Qualifications
To qualify the applicant must hold a doctoral degree or a foreign qualification deemed equivalent to a
doctorate in Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, Biological engineering, Medicine or similar.
Applicants must be able to work independently and have good communication skills in English.
Applicants interested in any of the above research areas and/or applicants interested in developing a
novel research direction will be considered.
Entry requirements
A person is eligible for a position as postdoctoral research fellow if he or she has obtained a PhD no
more than seven years before the last date of employment as postdoc. We especially encourage
applications from those who expect to complete their PhD within one year from current date and those
who have completed their PhD less than 12 months ago.
Application process
An employment application must contain the following documents in English:
- Cover letter
- Two page CV highlighting your 3 most important publications
- Two letters of recommendation
The application is to be submitted on the MyNetwork recruitment system. Only documents listed above
should be included or uploaded on MyNetwork.
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical universities. Its mission is to contribute to the
improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40
per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of
education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has
selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Pursuant to the regulations of the Swedish National Archives, applications are kept on file for two years
after the appointment has gained legal force. The regulations do not apply to attachments that have been
printed or otherwise published.
Karolinska Institutet strives to provide a workplace that has approximately the same number of women
and men, is free of discrimination and offers equal opportunity to everyone.
For temp agencies and recruiters, and to salespersons: We politely, yet firmly, decline direct contact with
temp agencies and recruiters, as well as those selling additional job announcements.
Type of employment Temporary position longer than 6 months
Number of positions 1
Working hours 100 %
Reference 2-2455/2014
Published 2014-08-29
City Huddinge
Last application date 2014-09-30
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Contact Emma Inns, PA to Professor Taipale +46-8-524 811 81
Thomas Tinglöv, Head of Administration +46-8-524 835 49
Union representative Joseph Rafter, SACO +46-8-524 835 45
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Employer:Karolinska Institutet (KI)

Website:http://ki.se/en/bionut/startpage

Location:Stockholm, Sweden

Expires:September 30, 2014

Job type:Postdoctoral

Salary:Unspecified

Qualifications:Unspecified

Employment type:Temporary

Job hours:Full-time