Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transcriptional/Epigenetic Regulation of Aging

Dear worm community,

I would like to advertise two fully funded postdoc positions on “transcriptional regulation of aging” in my lab. Please see below for the advert.

Best wishes,
Christian


Christian G. Riedel, PhD | Group Leader
Integrated Cardio Metabolic Center | Karolinska Institutet
Novum | Blickagången 6 | SE-141 57 Huddinge | Sweden
+46-736707008
christian.riedel@ki.se | http://ki.se/en/medh/christian-riedel-group | http://riedellab.org

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transcriptional/Epigenetic Regulation of Aging at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Research group and project
Two postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Christian Riedel at the Karolinska Institutet/AstraZeneca Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (ICMC). The research group studies the molecular mechanisms that regulate aging and age-related disease. Focus of these fully funded positions is to investigate aging-regulatory signaling pathways and their downstream transcription regulatory events, with a particular interest in aging-regulatory transcription factors, their fundamental mechanisms of action, and how they synergize with cofactors and the chromatin landscape in the regulation of stress-resistance and longevity promoting genes.
Our research uses diverse model systems, most importantly the nematode C. Elegans and mammalian tissue culture, and combines biochemistry (e.g. proteomics), cytology, and high-throughput sequencing techniques (e.g. ChIP-Seq and mRNA-Seq) with high-throughput genetic screening approaches (RNAi), to understand the regulation of aging at molecular and mechanistic resolution.

See also: http://ki.se/en/medh/christian-riedel-group or http://riedellab.org

The positions are for 2 years with the possibility of an additional two-year extension.

Division
The Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (ICMC) has recently been established as a research collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to address a variety of strategic research areas in the fields of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It creates a unique interface between academia and industry, provides outstanding infrastructure, and aims to develop innovative therapeutic approaches.

Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical universities. Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Duties
The postdoctoral fellows are expected to play a leading role in experimental design, experimentation, analysis, and the presentation/publication of results.

Qualifications/Entry requirements
The applicants should have a PhD degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Physiology, or similar. They are expected to be talented, highly motivated, and hardworking researchers, with a good understanding of biochemical, molecular biology, and genetic techniques. Applicants with backgrounds in transcriptional regulation, epigenetics, aging biology, or endocrine signaling, as well as prior experience with either C. elegans or tissue culture systems are particularly encouraged to apply. Also prior experience in next generation sequencing methodologies or proteomics will be appreciated. Strong emphasis will be placed on the applicants’ scientific track-record, in particular peer-reviewed publications.
All applicants should have good communication skills and be proficient in spoken and written English.

A person is eligible for a position as postdoctoral research fellow, only if he/she has obtained a PhD no more than seven years before the last date of this postdoc employment.

How to apply
Please follow the following link to the official job posting at Karolinska Institutet and submit your application through the MyNetwork recruitment system.

Alternatively, you can also send an email to christian.riedel@ki.se.