Research position in orthopedics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Surgical Sciences (IKV) is part of the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy. IKV has about 120 employees and 200 registered doctoral (third cycle) students, the majority of which are clinically active doctors and nurses. The yearly turnover is SEK 152 million. Research is conducted at the department, as well as teaching in the first, second and third cycles. Teaching is, among other areas, conducted within the education programmes for doctors, nurses and specialty nurses. Research is conducted in research groups organised according to surgical specialties and closely aligned subject areas, such as anaesthesia and intensive care and radiology. A great deal of research is conducted in cooperation between separate research groups within IKV and other departments at Uppsala University, as well as other universities in Sweden and the rest of the world. Many of the department's employees have combined positions at the University Hospital.

Experimental, clinical and epidemiological research is conducted at the unit for orthopedics (https:// www.surgsci.uu.se/Forskning/forskningsomraden/Ortopedi/) and our translational research is located at OrthoLab. Within the framework of a VR project that pertains to preventing early complications after hip replacement surgery (2018-02612), we are now looking for a researcher who will work with the development and evaluation of materials with both antimicrobial and osteoconductive properties.

This is a temporary full-time employment for two years.

Job duties: As a researcher, you will be asked to evaluate the growth and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblasts from mouse or humans for various ceramic and metallic materials using microscopy, flow cytometry, ELISA and qPCR. Furthermore, bacterial growth and formation of biofilm on different materials will be studied using microbiological methods. The tasks include independent writing of articles and presenting the results at national and international conferences. The tasks also include collaboration with other researchers within the research group and you are expected to supervise students at the master’s degree level and doctoral students with a maximum of 20% of your working hours. You are the direct supervisor of two technicians.

Qualifications: To qualify for an employment as researcher you must have a PhD degree in biological or medical sciences, and a completed post-doc within the same field. Particular emphasis will be placed on very good knowledge in cell biology with a focus on cell culture, as well as experience with the above-described assessment methods.

We attach great importance to personal qualities and you should have a good ability to collaborate with others. The applicant must have good communication skills in English, both written and oral.

Additional qualifications: Qualifications refer to experience of material science, microbiology or stem cell biology.

Starting date: 2021-09-01.

Type of employment: Temporary position, two years.

Scope of employment: 100 %.

For further information about the position please contact: Professor Nils Hailer, nils.hailer@surgsci.uu.se.

For information about the employment please contact HR-generalist Higran Saghir, higran.saghir@surgsci.uu.se and personnel coordinator Karin Johansson, karin.johansson@surgsci.uu.se.

Please submit your application by 11th of March 2021, UFV-PA 2021/774.