Suomen Solubiologit ry

Project Planner in Systems Biology / Immunology / Metabolism

https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Project-Planner-in-Systems-Biology-Immunology-Metabolism/1360158257

The Research Program Unit at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki invites applications for a fixed-term 

Project Planner

position at the Meilahti Campus, starting June 2026 (or as agreed) for an initial period of 12 months, with the possibility of extension by agreement.

We are seeking a highly motivated project planner to join an international team. Project Planner will support the Principal Investigator in matters related to grant application writing, project management and laboratory management.

Job description

The goal of this position is to provide high-level project planning, coordination, and research administration support to the Principal Investigator and research team. You will help ensure that projects progress efficiently from idea generation and grant preparation through implementation, compliance, and publication. The role is designed to strengthen the lab’s capacity for competitive grant success, high-quality project delivery, and timely dissemination of results.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Grant support: Coordinate grant applications, support proposal writing/editing, and assist with reporting, milestones and deliverables; 
2. Project management: Organize meetings, document decisions and action points, and proactively follow up on bottlenecks across parallel projects;
3. Governance and compliance: Coordinate ethics applications and amendments; manage and track agreements and data/sample transfers (e.g., MTA/DTA), in line with institutional policies and GDPR requirements;
4. Collaboration coordination: Serve as a key coordination point for collaborations with clinicians, biobanks, and core facilities; support logistics for data/sample access and transfers;
5. Publication support: Support projects toward manuscript completion by coordinating inputs, timelines, revisions, and submission steps; assist with dissemination planning when needed;
6. Lab operations: Support lab management tasks such as documentation systems, onboarding routines, and practical coordination that improves efficiency and reproducibility.

The content of the position may be adjusted based on the selected candidate’s expertise.

Requirements

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A PhD degree in one of the fields: Systems Biology, Immunology, Metabolism, RNA biology
• Experience in research project preparation, administration, or research support roles
• Ability to work independently and professionally on multiple parallel processes, supporting the PI and the team
• Excellent scientific writing, communication, interpersonal, and networking skills
• Excellent command of English

The role also involves collaboration with our partners worldwide.

The chosen applicant is expected to reside in Finland while employed by the University of Helsinki.

What we offer

Depending on the appointees’ qualifications and experience, the salary of the Project Planner will be ca. 3900 €/month. A six-month trial period will be applied.

The University of Helsinki offers comprehensive services to its employees, including occupational health care and health insurance, unemployment and pension fund, a generous holiday package, sports facilities, and opportunities for professional development (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/careers).

How to apply

Applications should be submitted through the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the ”Apply now” button.

Internal applicants (i.e., current employees of the University of Helsinki) submit their applications by using the “Employee login” button.

The application needs to include the following appendices:

1. CV including names of two (2) referees with their contacts
2. Motivation letter 

The closing date for applications is 30th July, 2026. The position will be filled on a rolling basis as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

For further information on the position, please contact Dr., PI Ping Chen, ping.chen (at) helsinki.fi. 

If you need technical support with the recruitment system or additional information about the application process, please contact HelsinkiUni Help, uni-help (at) helsinki.fi.

About us

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki is committed to high-quality medical research and research-based education across medicine, dentistry, psychology, and logopedics, including an international Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine. The faculty also contributes actively to healthcare expertise and ethical discourse, aiming to be a leading multidisciplinary institution.

In addition to its research and teaching activities, the faculty serves as a significant expert organisation in the healthcare sector and contributes to the discourse on ethics in the field. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki constitutes the academic medical centre together with HUS Helsinki University Hospital and the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE). This medical centre has been successful in international comparisons, ranking among the top 10 medical campuses in Europe and the top 50 globally. The faculty aims to be one of the best medical research faculties in the world, while reinforcing its status as a distinguished institution of multidisciplinary education in healthcare.

Tutkijatohtori, immunologia, määräaikainen; MediCity

https://duunitori.fi/tyopaikat/tyo/tutkijatohtori-immunologia-maaraaikainen-medicity-stsur-20394604?utm_source=loimu&utm_medium=email

Työpaikkakuvaus

Lääketieteellisessä tiedekunnassa on avoinna tutkijatohtorin määräaikainen tehtävä professori Marko Salmen johtamassa immunologian tutkimusryhmässä ”Leukocyte Traffic and the Immune Response”. Tehtävä rahoitetaan Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiön projektista.

Tutkimusryhmä selvittää immuunivasteen käynnistymistä tulehduksessa, syöpätaudeissa ja rokotuksissa (Salmilab). Keskeisiä kiinnostuksen kohteita ovat antigeenien pääsy perifeerisistä kudoksista imusolmukkeisiin imuteiden kautta, imusolmukkeen tukisolujen merkitys immuunivasteessa, myeloidisten valkosolujen erilaistuminen ja toiminta sekä tulehduksen ja syövän immunologiset biomarkkerit. Tutkimuksessa hyödynnetään laajasti mikroskooppipohjaisia biokuvantamismenetelmiä, virtaussytometriaa, yksisoluomiikoita ja funktionaalisia immunologisia analyysejä kokeellisissa malleissa.

Tutkimusryhmä toimii Turun yliopiston lääketieteellisen tiedekunnan MediCity tutkimuslaboratoriossa (MediCity) ja kuuluu Suomen Akatemian InFLAMES-lippulaivaan.

Tehtävänkuvaus

Etsimme motivoitunutta tutkijatohtoria tutkimaan immuunivasteen säätelyä imusolmukkeessa.

Tehtävässä tutkitaan solu- ja molekyylitason mekanismeja, jotka välittävät imunesteen mukana tulevien antigeenien siirtymistä lymfasuonista imusolmukkeeseen ja antigeenien vaikutusta imusolmukkeen lymfaendoteelisoluihin, fibroblasteihin ja imusolmukkeen residentteihin myeloidisiin soluihin. Tavoitteenamme on kehittää uusia keinoja, joiden avulla elimistön immuunivastetta pystytään muokkamaan paikallisesti halutussa imusolmukkeessa syöpä- ja tulehdustaudeissa sekä rokotuksen aikana.

Tehtävään kuuluu laboratoriokokeiden (ml. in vivo mallit) toteuttamista, kudos- ja solunäytteiden analysointia biokuvantamisen ja omiikkateknologioiden avulla, uusien menetelmien kehittämistä, väitöskirjatutkijoiden ja muiden opiskelijoiden ohjaamista ja tieteellisten artikkeleiden kirjoittamista. Tehtävässä on myös mahdollisuus kehittää uusia projekteja ja lähestymistapoja sekä osallistua opetukseen, mikä tukee tutkijatohtorivaiheen jälkeisiin uravaiheisiin siirtymistä.

Valtaosa työstä tehdään lähityönä Turun kampuksella.

Etsimämme henkilö

Edellytämme seuraavia:

• Tohtorin tutkinto immunologian, solubiologian, biokemian, biologian, lääketieteen biolääketieteen tai muiden soveltuvien biotieteiden alalta
• Merkittävä kokemus immunologisesta, vaskulaaribiologisesta tai syöpäbiologisesta tutkimuksesta
• Kyky sekä oma-aloitteiseen ja itsenäiseen työhön että ryhmätyöskentelyyn
• Erinomainen suullinen ja kirjallinen englannin kielen taito
• Korkeatasoinen tieteellinen tuotanto.
• Laadukkaat vuorovaikutustaidot.

Seuraavat taidot katsotaan eduksi:

• Kokemus yksisoluomiikoista, bioinformatiikasta, biokuvantamisesta, virtaussytometriasta ja/tai in vivo tulehdusmalleista

Tehtävän kelpoisuusehdot löytyvät Turun yliopiston johtosäännöstä (johtosääntö). Arvostamme yhdenvertaisuutta ja monimuotoisuutta työyhteisössämme. Kannustammekin erilaisia taustoja omaavia päteviä hakijoita hakemaan avoimia tehtäviämme.

Tarjoamme

Tarjoamme sinulle vastuullisia ja mielenkiintoisia työtehtäviä sekä mahdollisuuden kehittää osaamistasi ja uraasi monipuolisessa toimintaympäristössä. Työskentelet ammattitaitoisen ja innostavan tutkimusryhmän jäsenenä. Pääset mukaan n. 60 tutkimusryhmää käsittävään monitieteiseen ja kansainväliseen InFLAMES lippulaivaan. Pystyt hyödyntämään myös Turun yliopiston muiden immunologiaan keskittyneiden ohjelmien (esim. IMMUFELLOW MSCA COFUND -postdoktoraalikoulutus (IMMUFELLOW) ja kansallinen tohtorinkoulutuspilotti (Immudocs) järjestämää koulutusta ja verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia. Käytössäsi on myös monipuolinen ja moderni immunologiseen tutkimukseen erinomaisesti sopiva tutkimusinfrastruktuuri samassa rakennuksessa (Turku Bioscience; Turku Bioimaging).

Terveys, diagnostiikka ja lääkekehitys sekä immunologia ovat Turun yliopiston profiloitumisalueita. Korkealaatuinen perustutkimus ja tiiviit yhteydet yliopistosairaalaan luovat pohjan kansainväliselle huippututkimukselle.

Palkkaus ja koeaika

Palkka määräytyy yliopistojen työehtosopimuksen mukaisesti. Tehtävä kuuluu opetus-ja tutkimushenkilökuntaan. Tutkijatohtorin keskimääräinen palkka työsuhteen alussa on koulutuksesta, osaamisesta ja kokemuksesta riippuen noin 3700-4000 eur/kk.

Työsuhde alkaa sopimuksen mukaan syksyllä 2026. Tehtävä täytetään 2-3 vuoden ajaksi sopimuksen mukaan, ja siinä on kuuden kuukauden koeaika. Tehtävän jatkosta on mahdollisuus neuvotella.

Hakuohjeet

Jätäthän hakemuksesi sähköisen rekrytointijärjestelmämme kautta 17.08.2026, klo 16.00 mennessä.

Hakijoiden on liitettävä hakemukseensa:

• Tutkintotodistukset suomen- tai englanninkielisinä tai virallisesti käännettynä jommalle kummalle kielelle
• Motivaatiokirje (enintään 1 sivu)
• Ansioluettelo (enintään 3 sivua)
• Julkaisuluettelo
• Erillinen luettelo enintään 5 tärkeimmästä julkaisusta ja selvitys omasta roolista niissä
• Kahden suosittelijan yhteystiedot
• muut mahdolliset tehtävän täyttämiseen vaikuttavat asiakirjat

Huomaathan, että hakulomakkeen lopussa on lisäksi yksi pakollinen videokysymys.

Lisätietoja antaa

Lisätietoja avoimesta tehtävästä antaa prof. Marko Salmi (marko.salmi(at)utu.fi).

Hakuprosessissa avustaa henkilöstöasiantuntija Anne Jackson (anne.jackson(at)utu.fi) pe 3.7.2026 asti ja jälleen alkaen 10.8.2026. Muina aikoina hakua koskeviin teknisiin kysymyksiin liittyen voi lähettää viestiä osoitteella HR-Kupittaa@utu.fi; teknistä apua on kuitenkin saatavilla heinäkuussa rajoitetusti.

Ota yhteyttä:

Sähköposti: No-Reply-eRekry@utu.fi

Tietoa hakijalle

Hakulomaketta ei voi tallentaa keskeneräisenä. Voit kuitenkin palata muokkaamaan ja täydentämään hakemustasi sen lähettämisen jälkeen aina hakuajan päättymiseen saakka. Saat linkin hakemuksesi muokkaamista varten sähköpostiisi, kun olet jättänyt hakemuksesi järjestelmään.

Sinulla on 6 tuntia aikaa työhakemuksesi täyttämiseen ennen aikakatkaisua.

Ohjeet työpaikkahakemuksen jättämiseen

Doctoral Researcher, Multimodal Cancer Imaging

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4431662138

The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher position at the A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences on the Kuopio Campus. The position focuses on multimodal cancer imaging and will be filled for a fixed term of 3 years from 1 September 2026 onwards (or as agreed). Please find more information below and submit your application by 6 August 2026.

Role and Salary

The cross-disciplinary consortium project “Cancer immunotherapy utilizing multifunctional vector technology, PET imaging and metabolic MRI“, funded by the Research Council of Finland, focuses on the development of a novel preclinical cancer immunotherapy against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and on the development of advanced PET and MRI techniques (in particular deuterium and carbon based metabolic MRI and state-of-the art diffusion MRI) for the detection of therapy related cell death in preclinical animal models. The candidate will work in the multimodal imaging arm of the project and will develop methods that will be then applied to cancer therapy models in collaboration with our partner developing immunotherapy approaches on the same campus. During the project, you will become familiar with laboratory animal handling, preclinical multimodal imaging (MRI and PET, including method development), data analysis and scientific communication. The primary task of the Doctoral Researcher is to carry out their doctoral research in accordance with the approved research plan. The goal is to complete the doctoral degree as a full-time student within a maximum of four years.

We require that the candidate to be appointed as a Doctoral Researcher is qualified to pursue postgraduate studies, i.e., the selected candidate must be eligible, apply and be accepted to the Faculty’s Doctoral Programme as soon as possible from the start of the employment (in the beginning of employment the title will be “Project Researcher” and will change to “Doctoral Researcher” upon acceptance to the Faculty’s Doctoral Programme).

Your main responsibilities will include:

• conducting research in accordance with the aims of the project
• designing and performing multimodal imaging experiments in preclinical animal models
• collaborating with other scientists within the consortium
• reporting and creating high-quality scientific publications.

As our new Doctoral Researcher, you will work in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Eastern Finland on the Kuopio campus. The position will be filled for a fixed term of 3 years as from 1 September 2026 (or as agreed). The position will be filled for a fixed term due to it pertaining to the Doctoral Researcher candidate’s own doctoral degree. If the title will be a Project Researher in the beginning of the contract, the position will be filled for a fixed term due to it pertaining to the specific project tasks. A trial period is applied to all new members of staff.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system for Finnish universities. The salary comprises two components: a job-related salary element and a personal salary element. In this position, the job-related salary element is EUR 2,331,67/month, based on level 2 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff. The personal salary element can be a minimum of 6 % and a maximum of 50 % of the above-mentioned sum. Depending on the personal salary element, the salary will be approximately EUR 2,700–2,845 /month at the beginning of the employment relationship.

Our requirements

We are looking for motivated candidates who have a background in, e.g., biomedicine or pharmacy and are also interested in technical aspects, such as programming and data analysis. Alternatively, the candidate may have a background in engineering or physics, but has a strong interest in biology/medicine. The Doctoral Researcher will work in a collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary research environment with opportunities for international collaboration, mobility and conference attendance.

Requirements

• Does not have a doctoral degree at the time of the call deadline.
• Is eligible for postgraduate studies; holds a Master´s degree in a relevant discipline such as biomedicine, pharmacy, biology, physics or a similar field; or has completed an applicable study programme abroad which in the awarding country gives eligibility for corresponding postgraduate education. Students in the final stages of their Master’s degree may also apply provided that they deliver a copy of their degree certificate to the faculty by 31 August 2026.
• Has willingness to work with preclinical animal models. The necessary accreditations for performing animal procedures will be organized during the project where needed.
• Has excellent/good skills in spoken, read and written English.

Advantages

• Has good communication skills to facilitate collaboration within the consortium.
• Can work independently to formulate and solve research problems.
• Has strong motivation for science and learning new things.
• Knowledge of MRI/MRS and/or PET is an asset but not required.
• Previous experience in cancer biology or animal work is an asset but not required.
• Experience in programming, e.g. knowledge of Python, MATLAB or similar, is an asset but not required.

Your benefits

You will have access to the university’s staff benefits, including

• extensive occupational health care
• a broad selection of staff training
• staff discount on lunch in our campus restaurants, as well as on a range of other services and
• affordable sports services.

Please read more in the Work at UEF section on our website.

You will have an opportunity to work in an interesting, meaningful and diverse role as part of our international, creative, participatory and inclusive academic community.

Enjoy your life in Finland! Known for its cleanliness, welfare know-how, modern technology and superb education system, Finland is an exotic and safe country to work in. Please visit the Life in Finland section on our website to learn more.

How to apply?

Submit your application by using our electronic application form no later than 3 August 2026 by 24:00 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+3).

Please note that you must include the following appendices in your application

• A motivation letter (max 1 page)
• A CV (Template for CV, website) including a list of publications (Instructions, Research Council of Finland website), if applicable
• Copies of your academic degree certificates / diplomas and copies of certificates / diplomas relating to your language proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates/diplomas
• Contact information for 1–2 referees
• Any other documents with which you wish to demonstrate your merits for the position.

If your diploma is not in English, Finnish or Swedish, an official English translation must be provided. All translations must be issued either by the awarding educational institution or an authorized translator. Each page of the official translation must bear the translator’s stamp and/or signature. Official translations must be accurate translations of the original documents. Translations made by the applicants themselves are not accepted.

Questions?

For further information on the position, please contact Mikko Kettunen, mikko.kettunen@uef.fi.

Technical support for the Varbi system is available: hraivi@uef.fi (not the week 29), varbituki@uef.fi (not the weeks 29 and 30) and throughout the summer: support@varbi.com.

The Faculty of Health Sciences operates at the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland. The Faculty offers education in medicine, dentistry, nutrition and pharmacy, as well as in some other central fields of the health care sector. The Faculty is research-intensive, and its internationally recognised research activities are closely linked to the strategic research areas of the University. There are approximately 3 090 degree students and about 580 PhD students in the Faculty. The faculty has 800 staff members.