Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest institutions of higher education with over 34,000 students and 4,000 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.
At Umeå University, everything is nearby. Our cohesive campus environment makes it easy to meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture where we rejoice in each other's successes.
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.
Postdoctoral Position in the Arnberg/Gerold labs
The research groups “Virus-host interactions“ and “Virus Interaction Proteomics” at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, are recruiting a research associate (postdoc) on a 2 year position in virology to pursue a project aiming at elucidating and characterizing host receptors for gastroenteric adenoviruses.
Research Topic
Our groups focus on the study of host attachment factors and receptors for human pathogenic viruses. We use state of the art interaction proteomics methods in conjunction with virology and cell biology techniques to characterize cell surface proteins and glycans bound by viruses.
Your role
You will be responsible for carrying out research as part of a collaborative project involving the Arnberg (www.mims.umu.se/groups/niklas-arnberg) and Gerold (www.umu.se/en/staff/gisa-gerold) research groups. The project aims at identifying and characterizing attachment factors and receptors for the short fiber knob component of the adenovirus 41 capsid. Specifically, ligand based receptor capture protocols and co-immunoprecipitation methods will be used. You will further validate and characterize identified host factors by RNA interference, CRISPR/Cas9 technology, surface plasmon resonance and pharmacological perturbation in conjunction with cell culture assays. Gastroenteric adenoviruses are a major public health concern and currently no therapy or vaccine exists to treat or prevent infection.
You will work closely with other postdoctoral researchers in the Arnberg lab to purify adenovirus 41 short fiber knob interacting host proteins. The samples will be used for mass spectrometry based receptor candidate identification by state of the art label free quantification. The design and optimization of these methods as well as data analysis will be done in collaboration with the Gerold lab.
Responsibilities
You will:
Selection criteria
In the first place applicants who have completed a doctoral degree no more than three years before the application deadline are considered. If there are special reasons, an earlier doctoral degree could be considered. Special reasons refer to leave due to illness, parental leave or clinical service, trust assignments within trade union organizations or other similar circumstances”
Essential
Desirable
Research environment
We are an international team based at the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Umea University, Sweden. Our group has access to state-of-the-art equipment and techniques for cell culture work and mass spectrometry based proteomics. We offer an international, stimulating and collaborative research environment, in which your scientific career development is fostered.
Position summary
Full time position, two years - start according to agreement.
Application
The application should contain
The application is made electronically (via the system Varbi) - last day to apply is April 15, 2019.
For questions, please contact:
Niklas Arnberg, E-mail: niklas.arnberg@umu.se
Gisa Gerold, E-mail: gisa.gerold@umu.se
Welcome with your application!
Type of employment | Temporary position longer than 6 months |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | Enligt överenskommelse |
Number of positions | 1 |
Working hours | 100 |
City | Umeå |
County | Västerbottens län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | AN 2.2.1-344-19 |
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Published | 28.Feb.2019 |
Last application date | 15.Apr.2019 11:59 PM CET |