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Postdoctoral Position in Immunogenetics : Stockholm, Sweden
Employer: Karolinska Institutet
Website: http://ki.se
Location: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Type: Postdoctoral
Posted: February 02, 2012
Expires: February 29, 2012
Requisition number: 00523/2012

job description

Postdoctoral Position in Immunogenetics

Workplace: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Department unit: Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine
Form of employment: Temporary
Scope: Full-time

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe’s largest medical universities. It is also Sweden’s largest centre for medical training and research, accounting for 30 per cent of the medical training and 40 per cent of the medical academic research that is conducted nationwide. Karolinska Institutet´s mission is to improve the health of mankind through research, education and information.

We are offering one postdoctoral position in the field of Immunogenetics, working together with Professor Lennart Hammarström. The projects within Lennart Hammarström’s group focus on genetics of primary immunodeficiency diseases and immunotherapy.

The available postdoctoral position deal with:
1). Identification of new form of primary immunodeficiency through linkage analysis and exome sequencing, with focus on late B cell deficiencies.
2). Functional characterization of patients with defects in late B cell development.

Area of responsibilities/duties:
The applicant is expected to be a talented and highly motivated researcher and he or she is expected to play a leading role in experimental design, experimentation, and presentation/publication of results. The candidate must be able to work within a team environment.

Qualifications: The candidate must have:
1. A doctoral degree in the fields of Genetics, Immunology, or Bioinformatics
2. Demonstrated abilities in experiment design and interpretation
3. Demonstrated communication skills; proficiency in the English language
4. The ideal candidate will have extensive training in immunology, genetics, molecular biology or bioinformatics. Experience with large-scale, next generation sequencing data is an advantage.

Applications in English marked with Dnr:00523/2012 should be sent as a PDF file to Ning Wang ( Ning.Wang@ki.se ). The file should contain a cover letter, CV, and two letters of reference. The deadline for applications is February 29th 2012.

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