Postdoctoral fellow/Ph.D. Student Positions

at the Centre for Biotechnology, BioCity Turku, Turku, Finland

One to study molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte differentiation.
One to identify biomarkers and study molecular mechanisms of immune response in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

We are seeking scientists to join our international research group to work on human lymphocyte biology and T1D. The positions start as agreed and are initially for 3 years (with an option for an extension).

Successful applicants are science driven, enthusiastic and self-initiative. Applicants are expected to have a relevant degree in life sciences. The applicants should have previous experience in molecular and cellular biology and protein chemistry.

The salary is in accordance with the State’s salary system (Universities) for teaching and research personnel level 5-6 (Postdoctoral fellow), where the work specific salary component is between 2682 – 3145 €/month or level 2-3 (Ph.D. Student), where the work specific salary component is between 1825 – 2008 €/month. In addition, there is a share increase based on the personal performance, which is, at most, 46,3% of the base salary.

Please send your application, CV and contact information for three references to Terhi Jokilehto ( terhi.jokilehto@btk.fi ). Closing date for the applications is December 15, 2010 at 3.45 pm.

For further information contact Prof. Riitta Lahesmaa, e-mail: riitta.lahesmaa@btk.fi

For more information about the Centre see www.btk.fi

Relevant recent publications:

Elo, Järvenpää, Tuomela et al. Genome-wide profiling of interleukin-4 and STAT6 transcription factor regulation of human Th2 cell programming. Immunity. 2010 Jun 25;32(6):852-62.

Ahlfors et al. SATB1 dictates expression of multiple genes including IL-5 involved in human T helper cell differentiation. Blood. 2010 Sep 2;116(9):1443-53.

Elo et al. Early suppression of immune response pathways characterizes children with prediabetes in genome-wide gene expression profiling. J Autoimmun. 2010 Aug;35(1):70-6.

Moulder et al. Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of the Nuclear Fraction of Human CD4+ Cells in the Early Phases of IL-4 Induced Th2 Differentiation. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2010 May 13.

Tahvanainen et al. PRELI is a mitochondrial regulator of human primary T helper cell apoptosis, STAT6 and Th2 cell differentiation. Blood. 2009 Feb 5;113(6):1268-77.

Filén et al. Quantitative Proteomics Reveals GIMAP Family Proteins 1 and 4 to Be Differentially Regulated during Human T Helper Cell Differentiation.

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