Postdoctor position (2 years) in bacterial signalling - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan
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Umeå University, Medicinska fakulteten
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with over 37,000 students and about 4,700 employees. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields. Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here. At Umeå University, everything is close. Our cohesive campuses make it easy to meet, work together and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture.
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The Department of Molecular Biology
The Department has about 200 employees. The department's main tasks involve research, graduate education, and undergraduate education as well as interactions with the community. Affiliated with both the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, the department's research and education activity includes several molecular biological areas within science and medicine: cell biology, microbiology, infection biology, tumor biology and neurobiology in conjunction with the use of genetic model organisms (except plants). For more information, see: www.umu.se/molbiol
We are looking for a postdoc in bacterial signalling at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, Sweden. The opening is temporary for two years and available from March 20th 2019.
Project
We study how elements of the gut and the intestinal bacteria regulate and react to the dynamic appearance and disappearance of the endogenous danger signal (DAMP) extracellular ATP during infection and during sterile inflammation.
The open project aims at describing the response to extracellular nucleotides in intestinal bacteria.
You will carry out experimental and bioinformatic studies, design experiments, present the findings, write manuscripts and help supervising graduate or undergraduate students.
You will be based in the lab of Andrea Puhar the Laboratory of Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and at the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University.
Qualifications
You must hold a University degree equivalent to a European University PhD in Microbiology at the time of recruitment. To be eligible the degree should have been completed a maximum of three years before the end of the application deadline unless special circumstances exist. You should be highly motivated, have very good communication skills with senior colleagues and peers and the ability to interact in a team.
You need to have previous experience in molecular microbiology (including: work with Enterobacteriaceae), bacterial screens, transcriptomics, biochemical assays (including: luminescence and fluorescence-based assays), protein purification and bacterial signalling. You need to be skilled in both oral and written communication in English.
How to apply
You apply through our recruitment system. Your application must contain the following documents written in English:
- A CV with information on education, a list of previous and current employments, and a list of publications.
- A cover letter describing your research experience and interests and motivation for applying for the position.
- Contact details of two to three references.
We look forward to receiving your application!
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | 2019-03-20 |
| Salary | monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100% |
| City | Umeå |
| County | Västerbottens län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | AN 2.2.1-273-19 |
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| Published | 15.Feb.2019 |
| Last application date | 28.Feb.2019 11:59 PM CET |