Postdoc in Virome-wide Serology and Pandemic Preparedness Full-time

Postdoc in Virome-wide Serology and Pandemic Preparedness

We are recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead a project focused on implementing high-throughput, highly multiplexed serological assays for pandemic preparedness. You will contribute to efforts to understand factors that determine viral spread in the Swedish population with an end goal to prevent and ameliorate future pandemics.

You will establish the PhIP-seq assay in our lab, from library handling and assay optimization to sequencing and data generation. The work involves molecular biology, including cloning, PCR, next-generation sequencing, and serological assays. A key challenge is to develop a robust, high-throughput workflow enabling population-scale analysis of large cohorts.

The project is part of a broader initiative to combine advanced serology with innovative blood self-sampling approaches. You will work in a multidisciplinary research environment at KTH, interacting closely with collaborators in affinity proteomics, epidemiology, and computational biology.

This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of a method development project with a strong translational component, contributing to scalable solutions for infectious disease surveillance and pandemic preparedness.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Research expertise in molecular biology, immunology, genetics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with molecular biology techniques such as cloning, PCR, sequencing, western blotting, and bacterial culture. Experience with phage display is particularly meritorious.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment.
• You should have awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Experience in human immunology and serological analysis.
• Previous experience in supervision, tutoring, or teaching is considered a merit, although teaching is not a mandatory part of the position.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

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The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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