The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB) is among the largest departments of epidemiology in Europe with special focus on increasing our knowledge of the aetiology of different diseases. Our department consists of researchers, doctoral students, biostatisticians, data collectors and database administrators as well as administrative personnel, in total some 250 staff. The department is situated at campus Solna. Further information can be found at ki.se/meb

Division

Psychiatry is severely hampered by the lack of objective measures that could assist clinical assessment of patients.

The overarching aim of this research is therefore to identify biomarkers that would complement diagnostic assessment, as well as predict treatment response, adverse effects, and course-of-illness in psychiatric disorders. To reach these ends we use genome-wide and proteome-wide association methods applied on clinical samples in combination with phenotypic data from psychiatric quality registers.

Now we are looking for a NMR-spectroscopy specialist that could combine our genetic and clinical data with metabolomics analysis of serum/plasma and CSF samples collected from patients with psychiatric disorders and healthy controls.

Duties

The post-doctoral fellow should establish research collaboration with a NMR-center, measure the metabolic profile in biological samples from cases and controls with NMR-spectroscopy and analyze data in combination with other biological and clinical data. To be successful the candidate need to collaborate with other members of the research group specializing in subjects such as genetics, statistics or clinical phenotyping.

Entry requirements

A person is eligible for a position as Postdoctoral Researcher if he or she has obtained a PhD no more than seven years before the last date of employment as postdoc.

Minimum qualification:

- PhD in chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering.

- Expert knowledge in NMR spectroscopy

- Expert knowledge in metabolomics

- Experience in biomarker identification in blood plasma/serum

- Experience in biomarker identification in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

- Working knowledge in statistical methods for metabolomics profiling

Desired qualifications

- Experience working with psychiatric disorders

Application process

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

- A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work

- A complete list of publications

- A summary of current work (no more than one page)

- Verifications for crediting of illness, military service, work for labour unions or student organisations, parental leave or similar circumstances

- Verification from the thesis defence committee or the equivalent (only if the thesis defence is scheduled within three months after the application deadline)

The application is to be submitted through the MyNetwork recruitment system.

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Arbetsgivare Namn: Karolinska Institutet, MEB

Arbetsgivare adress: Karolinska Institutet, Box 281 17177 Stockholm

Form av kontakt:
Lina Werner, HR officer titel : telefon 1: lina.werner (at) ki.se() telefon 2: () mobil: e-post:

Jobb kort beskrivning:
Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals

Land: Sweden

Område: Stockholms län

Avtalstid: Permanent

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

Källa till jobberbjudande: Public Employment Service of Sweden(AMS)

Hur man ansöker: Other - see free text