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Postdoctoral Position In Molecular Microbiology
Umea University
Description
Umeåuniversitet, Medicinskafakulteten
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest institutions of higher education with over 37,000 students and 4,800 faculty and staff. We are characterised by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparison. Umeå University is also the site of the pioneering discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic scissors – a revolution in genetic engineering that has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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The Faculty of Medicine, which consists of 13 departments, is responsible for biomedical research and courses in the field of nursing and health care and has an extensive research and graduate education in more than 80 subjects.
A postdoc position is currently available at the Department of Molecular Biology Umeå University, Sweden. The opening is temporary for 2 years and available from January 1st 2023 or earlier.
Description of the project
The postdoc will work in the laboratory of Prof Maria Fällman. The studies are focused on molecular mechanisms in bacterial pathogens important for their ability to establish and maintain persistent infections in presence of competing microbiota and an active immune system. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and to some extent Salmonella enterica as model pathogens are commonly employed as model pathogens.
Work responsibilities
The postdoc project involves studies of bacterial in vivo gene expression in infected tissue as well as from bacteria exposed to infection related conditions in vitro and aims at identifying bacterial components that are critical for the bacteria to establish and maintain long term infections. The methodologies employed are classical microbiology and molecular biology techniques for construction of mutant strains and reporter systems, mouse infection experiments, microbial functional assays, histology/RNAscope analyses of tissue sections, RNA-seq, and Ribo-seq analyses.
Eligibility
A person who has been awarded a doctorate or a foreign qualification deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate in microbiology/molecular biology is eligible for appointment as postdoctoral researcher. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time at which the appointment decision is made.
Previous training and experience in using microbiology techniques, molecular biology techniques, cell and animal infection models is required.
The candidate is expected to be highly motivated, and to have excellent skills in oral and written English, strong work ethics and critical thinking abilities. The candidate should also be able to work independently and in collaboration with others with design and analyses of experiments, present own research and write scientific papers.
Additional useful qualifications
Since appointment as a postdoctoral researcher is a career-development position for junior researchers, we are primarily interested in applicants who completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the application deadline. If there are special reasons, an applicant who has completed their degree earlier than that may be considered. Special reasons include absence due to illness, parental leave, clinical practice, appointments of trust for a trade union organisation or other similar circumstances, and for relevant duties/assignments within the subject area.
Application
The application must include:
A brief description of your research interests and a statement describing why you are interested in the position.
CV
List of publications
Degree certificate from doctoral studies and other relevant degrees
Contact details of two reference persons
The application must be written in Swedish or English. The application must be made via our e-recruitment system Varbi and must be received latest Novemer 23rd 2022
We look forward to receiving your application!
More information about the position
The appointment is a full-time, fixed-term position for 2 years in accordance with the terms of contract for fixed-term employment as a postdoctoral researcher from 1 February 2022.
For more information about the Department of Molecular Biology, see link www. umu.se/en/department-of-molecular-biology.
More information about the group’s research can be found on our website, https: // www. mims.umu.se/groups/maria-fallman.html.
Umeå University strives to offer an equal environment where open dialogue between people with different backgrounds and perspectives lay the foundation for learning, creativity and development. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences to apply for the current employment.
We kindly decline offers of recruitment and advertising help.
Type of employment Temporary position longer than 6 months
Contract type Full time Number of positions 1 Full-time equivalent 100% City Umeå County Västerbottenslän Country Sweden Reference number AN 2.2.1-1684-22 Contact
Maria Fällman, maria.fallman@umu.se
Union representative
SACO, 090-7865365
SEKO, 090-7865296
ST, 090-7865431
Published 02.Nov.2022 Last application date 23.Nov.2022 11:59 PM CET