Graduate student/ Cytokine signaling in cancer

Molecular Immunology group at University of Tampere investigates the molecular mechanisms of cytokine signaling using multidisciplinary approaches with a goal to implement this information to dissect disease mechanisms and evaluate novel therapeutic strategies. The research focuses on two areas of cytokine signaling: 1) JAK kinases and other disease-related pseudokinases 2) SND1 (Tudor-SN) in in vivo disease models, with special emphasis on cancer and hematological diseases. The project details will be discussed in the job interview.

http://www.uta.fi/med/tutkimus/tutkimusryhmat/laaketieteellinenbiokemia/silvennoinen.html

Recent publications:
Ungureanu et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011,18:971; Bandaranayake et al., Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012, 19:754; Shan et al., Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014, 21:579, Silvennoinen et al, Blood, 2015,125: 3388, Silvennoinen et al., Cancer Cell, 2015, 28:1, Hammarén et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 2015, 112: 4642.

We are looking for a highly motivated science-driven researcher to join our team. Salary is based on the standards of the University of Tampere salary system.

Major funding:

Academy of Finland, Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Finnish Cancer Foundation, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Medical Research Fund of TaUH, Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Please send your application including standard CV, one-page motivation letter and names of two references with contact information as one pdf-document to Olli.Silvennoinen@uta.fi  with a notification “Researcher position" in the title of the mail.

For further information, please contact
Prof. Olli Silvennoinen

e-mail: Olli.Silvennoinen@uta.fi

tel: +358 50 3595740

The closing date for applications is September 15, 2016.