Postdoctoral studies in cancer immunotherapy (scholarship)

Postdoctoral Studies In Cancer Immunotherapy (Scholarship)

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The overall aim of the Nyberg lab is to develop and use cutting-edge technologies for genetical engineering to enhance T cell therapies of cancer. As part of the Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM) and The Center for Cellular Cancer Therapy (C3T) at the Karolinska Institute, the lab is part of collaborative environments of excellent translational research groups. These centers encompass basic, translational, and clinical principal investigators with a focus on understanding and improving cellular immunotherapies against cancer. We offer an engaging and international research environment where you may contribute to high quality research on an internationally competitive level.

We are looking for postdoctoral researchers to work with T cell therapies and synthetic immunology to join the Nyberg lab and to contribute to the positive environment in the lab.

Your Mission

The use of chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) in T cells has transformed the field of cell therapies for cancers. We have developed cutting-edge technologies to generate precisely engineered CAR-T cells using gene targeting, and new types of adeno-associated viruses (AAV) that allow for T cell specific genetic manipulations. The current goal of the lab is to use these technologies to maximize the potential of CAR-T cell therapies. Recent development in the field has opened up the possibilities to manipulate and genetically enhance T cells in vivo (Nyberg et al., Immunity, 2025). The projects related to this position will focus on applying in vivo gene editing technologies to enhance T cell therapies of cancer.

You will be working in an international and interdisciplinary research environment, where collaborative efforts are encouraged and your development to scientific independence will be fostered.

To build a strong and creative research team, we are looking for high achievers from universities around the world. We will offer an intellectually stimulating environment with prominent guest researchers and we look for talented people who will play a part in developing our next breakthrough ideas. Our aim is to promote independent researchers that will build their careers in science.

Entry Requirements

Postdoctoral scholarships may be established for foreign researchers who pursue their merit in Sweden. A foreign researcher is a person living in another country who comes to Sweden with the intention of only staying in Sweden for all or part of their postdoctoral education at KI. Persons who are resident in Sweden and/or have carried out all or part of their academic education at KI or some other educational institution in Sweden cannot be considered for scholarships. The purpose of scholarships for postdoctoral qualification is to promote internationalization and contribute to research qualification after a doctorate or equivalent. A scholarship for carrying out postdoctoral research can be granted for a maximum of two years within a four-year period following the receipt of a doctoral degree or equivalent. To be eligible for a postdoctoral scholarship, the person must have obtained a doctorate, or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctorate. Applicants who have not completed a doctorate at the end of the application period may also apply, provided that all requirements for a completed degree are met before the (intended) start date of the post-doctoral education.

Your Profile

You have a PhD in the field of immunology or immunotherapy of cancer and a great interest in immunotherapy.

Required skills:

• At least one first author publication in a recognized peer-reviewed journal.
• Good knowledge of immunology and immunotherapy of cancer
• Experimental knowledge of immunological methods.
• Hands on experience with animal models of cancer.
• Effective communication in English, both spoken and written.
• Excellent communication skills and capacity to work collaboratively.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in parallel.

Desirable skills:

• Hands-on experience with cell culture, cell sorting, and advanced flow cytometry.
• Hands-on experience with primary cell culture and tissue processing.
• Experienced with molecular biology tools.
• Experience with genetical engineering.

What Do We Offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical 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. Students and employees have free access to our modern gym facilities with trained staff on site.

Location: Flemingsberg campus

Application Process

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

• 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)

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

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