The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet conducts research and teaching within immunology, infection biology, cell biology and cancer. MTC has about 40 research groups and our key words are multidisciplinary, bridging, national and international collaborations.
A postdoctoral position is available in Prof Gerald McInerney's research group. The laboratory focuses on the cell biology of virus infection, with a particular interest in alphaviruses, including chikungunya virus. We have a wide network of collaboration partners in virology, immunology, vaccinology, structural biology and biophysics, computational biology, and other fields of interest. Some recent publications from the group: Götte et al., PLoS Pathogens 2019; Hanke et al., Nature Comms 2020 and 2022; Hanke et al., Science Adv 2022; Long et al., Nature Comms 2025. Further information can be found at our website www.alphavirus.org.
The successful candidate will employ proteomics-based methods to uncover novel interaction partners in alphavirus infections and in infection-related cellular conditions. Screening methods, using CRISPR and siRNA as well as drug libraries will be used to identify novel cellular players in viral infection. In addition, hypothesis-driven investigations should reveal mechanisms of importance in viral infection and host responses. The postdoctoral fellow will have or will develop expertise with classical virology and cell biology methods as well as to contribute to the development of new techniques and methods to study cell biology of viral infection. The work will be presented in prominent academic journals and at international conferences. The successful candidate will contribute to the day- to-day supervision and training of project students and junior staff.
To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.
In addition to the aforementioned requirements for the position :
Meritorious for the position :
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.
Location: Solna
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:
Tagged as: Life Sciences
Postdoctoral Position in Formulation Technology with Focus on Characterization of Soft Matter Using Af4-Sans Lund University was founded in 1666...
ApplyPostdoctoral Studies In Molecular Immunology (Scholarship) Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Department of Microbiology,...
ApplySRP Funded Postdoctoral Researcher Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? Overview of the Position The Strategic...
ApplyPostdoctoral Position in Molecular Evolution Are you interested in conducting evolutionary biology research, with the support of competent and friendly...
ApplyPostdoctoral Researcher in Exercise Oncology Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Department of Laboratory Medicine...
ApplyResearch Specialist in Drug Discovery Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology Do you want to contribute to...
ApplyPlease visit ki.varbi.com.
Don't forget to mention that you found the position on jobRxiv!
