PhD student in Chingqi Chen's gropu at IGP - 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 biology, 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 at the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 500 million, out of which more than half is made up of external funding. The staff amounts to approximately 345 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

The focus of our work is to understand cell fate decisions in human disease. We are developing state-of-art single-cell technologies to characterize cell heterogeneity in a systematic manner and to identify key players involved in controlling specific cell fates. In our group, we are fascinated by why cells in our body contain the exact same DNA sequence but turn into different fates. For instance, what is it that makes some cells in human bodies become cancer and not others? And how can stem cells differentiate into totally different cell types?

Candidate for this proposed position will establish state-of-art single cell technology in understanding tumor heterogeneity, expect to perform both wet and dry lab experiment and data mining.

For my information of our work, please visit here:

https://www.chenlabuppsala.com

Requirements

To meet the entry requirements for doctoral studies, you must

hold a Master’s (second-cycle) degree in Molecular medicine or similar have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master’s level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.

Background in molecular biology and computational data mining. Have good knowledge in molecular biology and computational skill.  Have basic knowledge of Python, R, Bash, bioinformatics tools and have experience of analyzing and interpreting biological data, scRNA-seq data. Good communication skills with team members. Good writing and speaking English.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date June 1st or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact:
Xingqi Chen, + 46184714072, xingqi.chen@igp.uu.se

Please submit your application by 8 February 2024, UFV-PA 2024/304.

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