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The University of Helsinki, founded in 1640, is one of the world’s leading universities for multidisciplinary research.
The university has an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members.
The Department of Chemistry ) at the Faculty of Science carries out research on the chemistry and its applications at an international level and provides academic teaching based on high-quality research.
Radiopharmaceutical chemistry research is a part of the Research Programme in Molecular Science at the Department of Chemistry.
The Tracers in Molecular Imaging (TRIM) research group develops new molecular imaging tools and radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for different biomedical applications including oncology, image-guided drug delivery, neurology, and radiation therapy.
Postdoctoral Position
The Academy of Finland -funded postdoctoral project aims to develop PET and multimodal imaging tools for the tracking of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in vivo in the course of cancer immunotherapy.
In this project, your task will be to set up the cell and animal models used for the biological evaluation of the targeted imaging probes for tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes including T and NK cells labelled with radioactive isotopes including 18F, 68Ga and 89Zr and fluorescent labels.
Your work will involve cell culture, primary lymphocyte isolation, maintenance of transgenic mouse lines, and biological evaluation of the developed tracers in vitro in cell models and in vivo in mouse tumour models with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, tissue gamma measurements, fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.
You are expected to present your findings in scientific meetings and workshops, prepare funding applications for travel and research grants, as well as prepare manuscripts for publication in international scientific journals.
Salary
The salary will be in accordance with the University salary system (for teaching and research personnel, level 5).
In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance.
The starting salary will be approximately 3300–3700 €/month.
How to apply
Applications should include (1) a CV with a list of publications, (2) contact details for two references, (3) a brief description of research experience (1–2 pages) with clear indication on the motivation to apply for this position, (4) a copy of a PhD degree certificate, and if available (5) course certificate from an animal experimentation course with the description of the course contents.
Please submit your application via the University of Helsinki Recruitment System by clicking the Apply for the position button below. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal.
