Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences

The Department of Surgical Sciences (IKV) is part of the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy. IKV has about 160 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 (2021-00980), we are now looking for a postdoc who will work with the development and evaluation of materials with both antimicrobial and osteoconductive properties. This is a time-limited employment, full-time for two years.

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Duties
As a postdoc you will strengthen yourself as an independent researcher by evaluating the growth and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblasts from mouse or humans for various ceramic and metallic materials. For these tasks you will be 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 will be supervising two biomedical scientists/resarch assistants. 

Requirements
To be qualified for employment as a postdoc one must hold a doctoral degree (PhD) in biological or medical sciences, or a foreign degree equivalent to a doctoral degree within the stated field of medical science. The degree should have been obtained within the past three years. Particular emphasis will be placed on very good knowledge in cell biology with a focus on cell culture, or on experience in the field of material science involving either of the following methods: XRD, FTIR, SEM.

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 or microbiology.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position for 2 years according to central collective agreement. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 2023-01-01 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Nils Hailer, nils.hailer@surgsci.uu.se. For questions regarding the employment process, contact HR representative Louise Lundqvist, louise.lundqvist@uu.se

Please submit your application by 14th of December 2022, UFV-PA 2022/4146

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment 2023-01-01
Salary Individual salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Uppsala
County Uppsala län
Country Sweden
Reference number UFV-PA 2022/4146
Union representative
  • Seko Universitetsklubben, seko@uadm.uu.se
  • ST/TCO, tco@fackorg.uu.se
  • Saco-rådet, saco@uadm.uu.se
Published 09.Nov.2022
Last application date 14.Dec.2022 11:59 PM CET

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