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

The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University has a broad research profile with strong research groups focused on cancer, autoimmune and genetic diseases. A fundamental idea at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby closer interactions between medical research and health care. Research is presently conducted in the following areas: medical and clinical genetics, clinical immunology, pathology, neuro-oncology, vascular biology, radiation science and molecular tools. Department activities are also integrated with the units for Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology, and Hospital Physics at Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala. The department has teaching assignments in several education programmes, including Master Programmes, at the Faculty of Medicine, and in a number of educations at the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 450 million, out of which more than half is made up of external funding. The staff amounts to approximately 405 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 700 affiliated people. Feel free to read more about the department's activities here: www.igp.uu.se.

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Duties
Establishment, application and improvement of the following methods:
- Zebrafish handling with embryo injections
- Dissociation of fish/embryos/tissue 
- RNA isolation and qRT-PCR
- Single-cell sequencing sample preparation
- Bioinformatic analysis / biological interpretation of sequencing results
- Confocal microscopy and analysis (confocal, fluorescent brightfield, Fiji, IMARIS)
- Usage and management of specific vascular transgenic zebrafish and mouse models
- Visualization of blood and lymphatic endothelial cells, vessels, filopodia
- Crossings and stable line generations of zebrafish
- Generation of transgenic lines, CRIPRS mutants 
- Molecular biology (cloning, gel electrophoresis, western blotting, cloning, RT-qPCR)
- Microinjection and microdissections (including lymphangiogram and angiogram)
- Histological techniques (immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation)

Requirements
The candidate is required to have a PhD degree in Developmental biology, with good knowledge of embryogenesis and transcriptome analysis, and previous postdoctoral experience working with zebrafish and lymphangiogensis are merit. The degree needs to be obtained by the time of the decision of employment. Those who have obtained a PhD degree three years prior to the application deadline are primarily considered for the employment. The starting point of the three-year frame period is the application deadline. Due to special circumstances, the degree may have been obtained earlier. The three-year period can be extended due to circumstances such as sick leave, parental leave, duties in labour unions, etc. Competitive CV marked by attendance to conferences presentations, first-author published or pre-prints papers.

Additional qualifications
Be familiar with working in team and share expertise and knowledge with other members of the team. Taking on lab responsibilities and ability to give advice to others based on previous experience is important. Together with capability to working individually, organise and perform all the experimental plans within agreed deadlines.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position of 2 years according to central collective agreement with the possibility of 1 year extension. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Kaska Koltowska, kaska.koltowska@igp.uu.se.

Please submit your application by 11 april 2022, UFV-PA 2022/745.

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