Postdoctor in Nucleic acid chemistry

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Skilled and committed employees are a crucial factor in the success of Linköping University. And we need more of them. Our core expertise comes from teachers and researchers, but a successful university requires experienced and motivated employees in many fields. Everyone is important. We need to recruit many new employees due to retirement among our current staff and an expansion in our research activity. We need you here. We look forward to receiving your application!

The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology conducts research and offers education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Research, the predominant activity, is often done in collaboration with corporate and international partners. We are one of the university's largest, oldest and most well known departments, encompassing five interacting scientific fields: biology, chemistry, material physics, applied physics and theory and modelling.
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LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY
Hereby advertises a position as

Postdoctor in Nucleic acid chemistry and the use of oligonucleotide probes for targeting cancer and infectious diseases
formally based at department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

Duties
• You will mainly entail the design and evaluation of nucleic acids (oligonucleotides) to create novel probes for targeting specific nucleases.

• Actively participate in screening of specific nucleases as biomarkers for cancer (ChemComm, 2016, 52, 12346) and infectious diseases (Nat. Med. 2014, 20, 301) using oligonucleotide probe libraries.

• Development of novel nucleosides (building blocks) and their incorporation into oligonucleotide probes for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

A Postdoc will essentially carry out research. The position may also involve teaching, but during no more than a fifth of work time.

Qualifications
• Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, nanotechnology or related field.

• Strong expertise and hands-on experience in synthesis and chemical modification of nucleic acids.

• Must be willing to work with human biological samples, handling animals (mice) and animal tissues.

• Knowledge/experience in biochemistry and/or biophysics is highly desirable.

• Experience in cell cultures/viability assays and animal models of disease will be a plus.

• Strong communication and management skills in English.

The position requires a doctorate or an equivalent degree from a foreign university. The doctorate shall have been obtained no longer than three years before the expiration date of the application.

Appointment time
Two years.

Starting date
By February 1st of 2018 or by agreement.

Salary
The University applies individual salary scales adapted to the experience of the employee and to the labour market.

Union representatives
For contact with union representatives see https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies

Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must be received at latest January 15, 2018.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.

Linköping University will continue to develop as an attractive and creative place of work, characterized by equal terms and actively works for equality and diversity.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Linköping university has framework agreements and wishes to decline direct contacts from staffing- and recruitment companies as well as from vendors of job advertisements.

Varaktighet, arbetstid
Heltid/ Ej specificerat

Publiceringsdatum
2017-10-16

Ersättning
Individual salary.

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2018-01-15
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Kontakt
Frank Hernandez, Research Fellow - Principal Investigator frank.hernandez@liu.se

Företag
Linköpings Universitet

Adress
Linköpings Universitet
IFM
Linköping university
58183 Linköping

Kontorsadress
IFM
Linköping university

Jobbnummer
3751435

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