Research Assistant

The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University has a broad research profile with strong research groups focusing on cancer, genetic and autoimmune diseases. A fundamental idea at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby promote closer interactions between medical research and health care. Research is presently organized in six research programs: Cancer Precision Medicine, Cancer Immunotherapy, Genomics and Neurobiology, Molecular Tools and Functional Genomics, Neuro-Oncology and Neurodegeneration and Vascular Biology. Departmental activities are also integrated with the units for Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology, and Hospital Physics at Uppsala University Hospital. The department has teaching assignments in several education programs, including Master Programs, at the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Science and Technology. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 550 million, out of which about two thirds derive from external funding. IGP has approximately 400 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 850 affiliated staff members. More information about the department's activities can be found here: www.uu.se/en/staff/department/immunology-genetics-and-pathology

Duties
Conduct research in the field of experimental neuro-oncology. Central tasks will be to establish patient-derived cell cultures (e.g. 2D, 3D, organotypic slice cultures) from human and mouse brain tumors conduct in vivo, tissue, cell and molecular biology experiments, e.g. western blot, qPCR, global RNA expression profiling, cell cycle analyses perform bioinformatic analyses of generated and public data. 
Some administration and teaching duties will be required.

Requirements
Master of biomedicine or similar relevant subject.
LAS certificate.
Certificates must be attached with the application.

Additional qualifications
Experience of tissue culture work, orthotopic mouse models, bioinformatic analyses, construction and analysis of lentiviral expression vectors, RNA and DNA sequencing, and CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene targeting, 

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 12 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Bengt Westermark, bengt.westermark@igp.uu.se

Please submit your application by 9th May 2025, UFV-PA 2025/969.

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