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Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, MIR

For investigating atherosclerosis and inflammatory pathways in mice with genes identified to control arthritis, at the CERIC Linné Center, Karolinska Institutet.

The Center for Research on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease (CERIC) is a new Linné center (www.ceric.se) funded by the Swedish Research Council. A postdoc position is now open for a highly motivated scientist with an interest in understanding how the immune system contributes to development of cardiovascular disease.

Duties
The project is focused on investigating the pathogenic role of newly positioned mouse genes associated with arthritis and atherosclerosis.

Entry requirements
A person is eligible for a position as postdoc if he or she has obtained a PhD no more than seven years before the last date of employment as postdoc. The applicant must hold a doctor´s degree or a qualification deemed equivalent to a doctorate in the field of medicine, biomedicine or biology.

The applicant should have a strong background in mouse immunology, and in vivo chronic inflammation disease models. Experience of research work in experimental animal of rodents, experience in molecular biology, genetic methodology and cellular immunology is needed. The candidate must also have knowledge in statistics. Fluency in English is a requirement.

Application process
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• A letter explaining your interest in the position
• A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)
• Verifications for crediting of illness, military service, work for labour unions or student organisations, parental leave or similar circumstances
• Verification from the thesis defence committee or the equivalent (only if the thesis defence is scheduled within three months after the application deadline)

The application is to be submitted on the MyNetwork recruitment system.

For further information contact Prof Rikard Holmdahl, Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet.

http://www.inflam.mbb.ki.se/

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.

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Type of employment:Temporary position longer than 6 months
Working hours: Full time
Working hours:100 %
City: Solna
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: 2-2686/2014
Contact: Rikard Holmdahl, 46 8-524 846 07
Union representative:
Christina Hammarstedt, OFR, Christina.Hammarstedt@ki.se
Biborka Bereczky Veress, SACO, 46 70-173 85 75
Gunnar Stenberg, SEKO, 46 8-524 880 75

Last application date:
23.Sep.2014…