Researcher position within the field of immunology and type 1 diabetes - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Medical Cell Biology at Uppsala University has a strong and international research environment with over 100 scientists, including around 25 PhD students, 20 postdocs and 30 researchers and professors.

Work tasks: 

The work will be conducted within the field of immunology and type 1 diabetes. The overall purpose of the project is to increase the understanding of key roles of regulatory immune cells, which produce anti-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-10 and interleukin-35. Using flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry and other in vitro immunological assays, you will work on the kinetic responses of regulatory immune cells by using animal models of type 1 diabetes and human samples from diabetic patients.

The work will be conducted in the research group of Stellan Sandler (http://www.mcb.uu.se/res/groups/ ss/).

Teaching and administrative duties may be included in the employment up to a maximum level of 20 %.

Requirements:

The applicant should have a PhD degree in biomedicine, biology, engineering, life sciences, medicine or another relevant area and have good communication skills in oral and written English. He/she must also have experience of handling experimental animals and have obtained a FELASA Category C course certificate/function B course certificate.

Desirable skills:

Good knowledge and experience of flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, intracellular staining, ELISA, multiplex ELISA, handling of human samples, regulatory T and regulatory B cells, tolerogenic antigen presenting cells, in vitro immunosuppressive assay, embedding of tissue and tissue sectioning, and image processing software e.g. Adobe illustrator.

Salary: Individual salary

Starting date: 2018-07-01, or as otherwise agreed

Working hours: 100 %

Type of employment: Time limited employment until 2018-12-31

For further information about the position please contact: Professor Stellan Sandler, Stellan.Sandler@mcb.uu.se, 018-471 4430

Please submit your application by June 15, 2018, UFV-PA 2018/1803.