Interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships (2 years) at the Chemical Biological Centre
Job Type：Postdoctoral
Salary：350,000 SEK per year
Employment Hours：Full time
The Chemical Biological Centre (KBC), jointly with several departments at Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), offer four postdoctoral fellowships that will be affiliated with interdisciplinary projects (see list below).
The selected candidates are expected to start as soon as possible.
The application deadline is 9 April 2024, 14:00 CET.
The Postdoctoral Programme is funded by the Kempe Foundations and aims to encourage new synergies in interdisciplinary research, train outstanding young researchers, and stimulate cutting-edge research in Umeå.
In this call, four (4) postdoctoral fellowships are open to all nationalities.
The Postdoctoral Fellows will:
Develop a collaborative project under the supervision of two PIs;
Obtain a 2-year full-time fellowship exempt from tax (350,000 SEK/year), supported by grants to the PIs for project running costs (150,000 SEK/year);
Have access to core facilities and technical platforms such as Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS), Protein Expertise Platform, metabolomics, proteomics, X-ray, NMR (850-400 MHz), Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM), and Biochemical Imaging Centre Umeå (BICU) that form a node in the National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI);
Participate in activities to strengthen networks and collaborations in academics and industry;
Be involved in the strong postdoc community, Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS), which fosters networking and career development and organises social events.
To qualify as a postdoctoral fellowship holder, the candidate is required to have completed a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree in the relevant field.
This requirement is usually fulfilled after successfully completing all the requirements of the doctoral programme, including passing their dissertation defence. This qualification requirement must be fulfilled no later than the application closing date.
Candidates should have completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the application closing date. If there are special reasons, candidates who completed their doctoral degree prior to that may also be eligible.
Special reasons include absence due to illness, parental leave, appointments of trust in trade union organisations, military service, or similar circumstances, as well as clinical practice or other forms of appointment/assignment relevant to the subject area.
The candidate is expected to have a strong track record in a relevant field of research, documented by first authorships in peer-reviewed original publications. The ability to take the initiative and function independently and as part of an international team is required.
The candidate should also desire to work in a diverse, inclusive, interdisciplinary, and highly collaborative environment. Good oral and written communication skills in English are essential.
Application
The application should include:
A Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages).
A motivation letter including research interests, qualifications, and motivation for applying to the particular project idea selected from the list (max 2,000 characters with spaces). Each applicant can only apply to one of the advertised projects.
A complete publication list, including both published papers and preprints accessible via online archives. Please include DOI information. Journal impact factors (Ifs) and information about citations or reads should not be included.
A detailed description of up to three (3) publications/preprints that you consider your scientifically most valuable work, answering the following questions (max 3,000 characters with spaces):
a. Why do you consider these publications to be the scientifically most valuable?
b. What were your specific contribution(s) to each publication?
c. What was your role in the writing and publication process?
Names and contact details of at least two reference persons.
A verified copy of the doctoral degree certificate or documentation that attests completing all the requirements of the doctoral programme, including the date for passing the dissertation defence.
Step 1:
Submit your complete application in a single PDF file marked with reference number FS 2.1.6-489-24, both in the file name and in the subject field of the email, to medel@diarie.umu.se.
Online application deadline: 9 April 2024 at 14:00 CET
Step 2:
A short list of candidates will be invited to submit a short research proposal based on the project idea and to participate in the final interview. The interviews are performed by a panel of PI researchers.
Final interviews will be completed by early-mid May 2024.
For more information, please contact Professor Bernt Eric Uhlin, Coordinator for the evaluation committee (bernt.eric.uhlin@umu.se) or Professor Stefan Björklund, Scientific coordinator of KBC (stefan.bjorklund@umu.se).
We welcome your application!
Research environment
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest institutions of higher education, with over 37,000 students and 4,700 faculty and staff. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields.
Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the mechanism for the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here.
At Umeå University, everything is nearby. The cohesive campus environment makes it easy to meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture where we rejoice in each other’s successes. Read more about Umeå University as a workplace.
The Chemical Biological Centre (in Swedish “Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum”, KBC) is an interdisciplinary centre for basic science-oriented research in life/natural sciences, technology, medicine and forest sciences at Umeå University (UmU) and the Swedish University for Agricultural Science (SLU).
The centre is unique in its collaborative structure and offers an advanced scientific infrastructure with several state-of-the-art technical facilities.
Our goal is to promote a positive, creative and interdisciplinary environment for research combined with an excellent graduate and undergraduate education.
Umeå University also offers a strong postdoc community with the Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS), which fosters networking amongst postdocs, organises social and career development events and works towards improving the postdoc experience at Umea campus. Check out their website: https://umeapostdocs.com/, and do not hesitate to get in contact with them early on!The Chemical Biological Centre (KBC), jointly with several departments at Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), offer four postdoctoral fellowships that will be affiliated with interdisciplinary projects (see list below).
The selected candidates are expected to start as soon as possible.
The application deadline is 9 April 2024, 14:00 CET.
The Postdoctoral Programme is funded by the Kempe Foundations and aims to encourage new synergies in interdisciplinary research, train outstanding young researchers, and stimulate cutting-edge research in Umeå.
In this call, four (4) postdoctoral fellowships are open to all nationalities.
The Postdoctoral Fellows will:
Develop a collaborative project under the supervision of two PIs;
Obtain a 2-year full-time fellowship exempt from tax (350,000 SEK/year), supported by grants to the PIs for project running costs (150,000 SEK/year);
Have access to core facilities and technical platforms such as Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS), Protein Expertise Platform, metabolomics, proteomics, X-ray, NMR (850-400 MHz), Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM), and Biochemical Imaging Centre Umeå (BICU) that form a node in the National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI);
Participate in activities to strengthen networks and collaborations in academics and industry;
Be involved in the strong postdoc community, Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS), which fosters networking and career development and organises social events.
To qualify as a postdoctoral fellowship holder, the candidate is required to have completed a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree in the relevant field.
This requirement is usually fulfilled after successfully completing all the requirements of the doctoral programme, including passing their dissertation defence. This qualification requirement must be fulfilled no later than the application closing date.
Candidates should have completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the application closing date. If there are special reasons, candidates who completed their doctoral degree prior to that may also be eligible.
Special reasons include absence due to illness, parental leave, appointments of trust in trade union organisations, military service, or similar circumstances, as well as clinical practice or other forms of appointment/assignment relevant to the subject area.
The candidate is expected to have a strong track record in a relevant field of research, documented by first authorships in peer-reviewed original publications. The ability to take the initiative and function independently and as part of an international team is required.
The candidate should also desire to work in a diverse, inclusive, interdisciplinary, and highly collaborative environment. Good oral and written communication skills in English are essential.
Application
The application should include:
A Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages).
A motivation letter including research interests, qualifications, and motivation for applying to the particular project idea selected from the list (max 2,000 characters with spaces). Each applicant can only apply to one of the advertised projects.
A complete publication list, including both published papers and preprints accessible via online archives. Please include DOI information. Journal impact factors (Ifs) and information about citations or reads should not be included.
A detailed description of up to three (3) publications/preprints that you consider your scientifically most valuable work, answering the following questions (max 3,000 characters with spaces):
a. Why do you consider these publications to be the scientifically most valuable?
b. What were your specific contribution(s) to each publication?
c. What was your role in the writing and publication process?
Names and contact details of at least two reference persons.
A verified copy of the doctoral degree certificate or documentation that attests completing all the requirements of the doctoral programme, including the date for passing the dissertation defence.
Step 1:
Submit your complete application in a single PDF file marked with reference number FS 2.1.6-489-24, both in the file name and in the subject field of the email, to medel@diarie.umu.se.
Online application deadline: 9 April 2024 at 14:00 CET
Step 2:
A short list of candidates will be invited to submit a short research proposal based on the project idea and to participate in the final interview. The interviews are performed by a panel of PI researchers.
Final interviews will be completed by early-mid May 2024.
For more information, please contact Professor Bernt Eric Uhlin, Coordinator for the evaluation committee (bernt.eric.uhlin@umu.se) or Professor Stefan Björklund, Scientific coordinator of KBC (stefan.bjorklund@umu.se).
We welcome your application!
Research environment
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest institutions of higher education, with over 37,000 students and 4,700 faculty and staff. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields.
Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the mechanism for the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here.
At Umeå University, everything is nearby. The cohesive campus environment makes it easy to meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture where we rejoice in each other’s successes. Read more about Umeå University as a workplace.
The Chemical Biological Centre (in Swedish “Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum”, KBC) is an interdisciplinary centre for basic science-oriented research in life/natural sciences, technology, medicine and forest sciences at Umeå University (UmU) and the Swedish University for Agricultural Science (SLU).
The centre is unique in its collaborative structure and offers an advanced scientific infrastructure with several state-of-the-art technical facilities.
Our goal is to promote a positive, creative and interdisciplinary environment for research combined with an excellent graduate and undergraduate education.
Umeå University also offers a strong postdoc community with the Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS), which fosters networking amongst postdocs, organises social and career development events and works towards improving the postdoc experience at Umea campus. Check out their website: https://umeapostdocs.com/, and do not hesitate to get in contact with them early on!
2024.04.09
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