Ajankohtaista

Doctoral Candidate for Food Chemistry and Food Development unit, Department of Life Technologies, fixed-term position for four years

Hakulinkki

PhD position is open in a project focusing on understanding the molecular mechanisms related to health-beneficial effect of plant-based foods such as whole grain products, and the role of gut microbiota in this interaction.  The project involves analytics with liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry metabolomics applications conducted on various different samples matrices originating from human dietary intervention trials as well as animal feeding trials with plant-based foods. An essential component of the PhD project is the establishment of cell culture methods to assess the molecular level impact of various food/microbiota derived compounds on cellular metabolic pathways and general biochemical response.    The expectation of competence 1) MSc degree in Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related field. 2) Previous research experience and knowledge     The successful candidate should have earlier experience on mass spectrometry analyses, as well as bioassays measuring e.g. inflammatory responses. Earlier experience on establishing and working on cell culture assays is regarded as benefit. Good spoken and written English is required for the position.    Period of employment and salary levels

The employment period will be for four years including a trial period of 6 months. The salary is determined by the collective agreement system of Finnish universities. The position belongs to our research personnel and the salary will be 2300 – 2700 eur/month in average.  Our selection criteria is based on the principle of finding the most qualified and suitable candidate for the work. In practice, this means that not only education and working experience but also personal qualities, motivation factors, language skills and other relevant criteria will be taken into account.

How to apply

Please submit your application no later than 20.02.2022 via the electronic application form of the University of Turku. Contact information and the link (Apply here)  to the application system can be found from the University of Turku recruitment page https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/open-vacancies 

Applications should contain 

• a motivation letter (max. 1 page) focusing on your strengths related to our research topic
• list of publications 
• degree certificates 
• a CV including contact details of at least two referees, meaning prior academic supervisors or persons acquainted with you and your work (name, working place, e-mail address) 

Further information

Professor Kati Hanhineva kati.hanhineva(at)utu.fi

HR Specialist Paula Luoma paula.luoma(at)utu.fi 

Post-graduate or post-doctoral scientist for cell therapy research project

https://www.veripalvelu.fi/meille-toihin/avoimet-tyopaikat/post-graduate-or-post-doctoral-scientist-for-a-cell-therapy-research-project

We are looking for a research scientist in cell or molecular biology to a research project focusing on genetic modification of T cells and NK cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors.

​The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service has a strategic interest in the development of novel cell therapeutics. Presently, mesenchymal stromal cells are being manufactured at the Advanced Cell Therapy Centre for treatment of patients, and we are also collaborating with industry in an R&D project aiming at developing a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-equipped T-cell product for patient treatment.

The Project / the Position

The research project is funded as part of the Academy of Finland Flagship program GeneCellNano (2020-2024). The person hired for this post will be employed by the University of Eastern Finland but carry out their work at the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service in Helsinki. The current funding covers one year and the work contract will be made for that period, and more research funding is applied for the continuation of the project. We will employ a post-doctoral scientist or a post-graduate researcher aiming at a PhD degree for the project. The scientist is expected to devote a part (10-20%) of his/her time to laboratory management.

We hope you could start your work in March-April of 2022.

The project is conducted in collaboration with research groups from the Universities of Helsinki and Eastern Finland. Your work involves planning the research, carrying out experiments and interpreting and reporting the results. You will operate within the iCell research group (https://www.bloodservice.fi/Research%20Projects/cell-therapy/icell ) that focuses on developing novel immune cell technologies.

Skills and experience

You have a suitable university degree and strong experience of cell culture experiments. Experience of immunology and molecular biology will be helpful. The project will employ animal tumor models. The work requires a self-driven and motivated scientist with previous experience of research. Collaboration and communication skills are also important. Describe in your application the experimental techniques in cell culture, immunology and molecular biology that you master, and how long you experience in these techniques is, your motivation for academic research and lab-work, as well as possible references.

How to apply and inquiries

For more information please contact senior medical officer Matti Korhonen matti.korhonen@veripalvelu.fi, tel. 050 396 9450 (telephone time 8.2. between 15-15.30, 10.2. between 16-16.30, 15.2. between 16-16.30, and 17.2. between 11-11.30). Eventual interviews will be conducted virtually.

Submit your application by 17.2.2022 via our application form.

Laborantti, QC

https://medixbiochemica.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_A&jid=59

Haemme laadunvalvontalaboranttia vakituiseen työsuhteeseen Espooseen.

Tehtävänä on immunodiagnostisten reagenssien (IR), vasta-aineiden ja antigeenien, laadunvalvonta.

Tehtävä sisältää seuraavien testimenetelmien käyttämistä ja niistä saatujen tulosten analysointia:

• FIA-menetelmä (fluorometric immuno assay) immunoreaktiivisuuden määrittämisessä manuaalisesti mikrotiitterilevyillä sekä käyttäen AutoDelfia immunoanalysaattoria
• IEF-menetelmä (isoelectric focusing) tuotteiden pI-alueiden eli varausprofiilin määrittämisessä käyttäen kapillaarielektroforeesilaitteistoa
• HPLC-SEC menetelmä (size exclusion chromatography) tuotteiden homogeenisuuden määrittämisessä nestekromatografialaitteistolla
• IgG Purity menetelmä tuotteiden puhtauden määrittämisessä käyttäen kapillaarielektroforeesilaitteistoa
• Laadunvalvontatulosten käsittely, katselmointi, raportointi toiminnanohjausjärjestelmällä, myyntiin vapauttaminen, sekä tarvittaessa laatupoikkeamien kirjaaminen toiminnanohjausjärjestelmään.
  

Noudatamme laboratoriossamme ISO13485 -standardiin sekä FDA:n QSR -vaatimuksiin perustuvan laatujärjestelmän edellyttämiä toimintatapoja

Hyvä englannin kielitaito on eduksi tehtävän suorittamisessa.

Tarjoamme sinulle mielenkiintoisen ja monipuolisen roolin kasvavassa kansainvälisessä bioteknologian yrityksessä. Pääset osaksi asiantuntevaa ja kannustavaa tiimiä ja saat mahdollisuuden kehittää omaa osaamistasi monipuolisten työtehtävien parissa.

Lisätietoja tehtävästä antavat:

hanna.kostia@medixbiochemica.com ,Quality System Manager ja terhi.kiviranta@medixbiochemica.com,Quality Control Manager

Hakemukset 9.2.2022 mennessä

Doc­to­ral Re­searc­her in Plant Ge­ne­tics

https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/avoimet-tyopaikat/doctoral-researcher-in-plant-genetics

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 University of Helsinki offers comprehensive services to its employees, including
occupational health care and health insurance, sports facilities, and opportunities for professional
development. The International Staff Services office assists employees from abroad with their transition
to work and life in Finland.

The Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme (OEB) of the Faculty of Biological and
Environmental Sciences comprises roughly 40 research groups which employ 40 principal investigators
and 120 researchers. The research programme is situated in the Viikki science park.

The Organismal and Evolutionary Research Programme invites applications for a

DOCTORAL STUDENT IN PLANT GENETICS

The doctoral student will be employed full-time for a fixed term of two years in the research group of
assoc. prof. Roosa Laitinen. The earliest starting date is 1st April 2022 or by a mutual agreement.

Roosa Laitinen´ s research group utilizes both global and local accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana to
understand the mechanisms of plant adaptation and evolution. We combine methods of genetics and
genomics to state-of-art molecular methods that are available for Arabidopsis. Our aim is to identify
genes that allow plants to adapt to changing environments and to translate the knowledge to improve
crop plants.

We are seeking a doctoral student to work on a project investigating the genetic factors underlying
plasticity in flowers and in leaves in response to different environments in A. thaliana. The aim is to use
take advantage of the natural variation in A. thaliana and use GWA analysis together with transgenic and
mutant approaches to identify genes that regulate growth plasticity in A. thaliana.

We seek highly motivated candidates with excellent communicational skills, and who can work both
independently and in team environments. Fluency in English is expected. The candidate should have
MSc degree in genetics, molecular biology, biology or related fields and to have proven academic ability
to take initiative and think independently as well as experience in working with plants.
For more information, contact assoc. prof. Roosa Laitinen: Roosa.Laitinen@helsinki.fi

The position is fixed-term (24 months) with a six-month probation period and requires traveling. Salary is based on levels 2-4 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance with the overall salary amounting to approximately 2200−3000 €/month (gross) depending on the stage of the doctoral studies and work performance. Standard Finnish pension benefits,
occupational health care and health insurance are provided for the University employees. The University offers comprehensive services including sports facilities, and opportunities for professional development.

PhD degree consists of the student’s own research work and studies specific to the doctoral candidate’s
discipline or research field, as well as transferable skills training, and career orientation and guidance (40
ECTS). English is the primary language of study in doctoral education. The University has 4,700 doctoral
students, one-fourth of them international students, and awards approximately 500 doctoral degrees
annually. The successful candidate will apply for the right to study for a doctoral degree in a PhD
program of the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/research/
doctoral-education/doctoral-schools-and-programmes).

Application should include the following documents as a single pdf file: motivational letter (max 1 page)
and CV (max 2 pages). Include also contact information of two persons who can provide a reference
letter based on request.

Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply link.
Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via
the SAP HR portal. The deadline for submitting the application is 15th February 2022.

Customer Experience Specialist, Voice of Customer

https://careers.blueprintgenetics.com/jobs/1481919-customer-experience-specialist-voice-of-customer

Blueprint Genetics is a leading clinical genetic testing company aspiring to bring world-class genetic knowledge to mainstream healthcare. As our company continues to grow, we are looking for an enthusiastic, service-minded Junior Customer Experience Specialist to join our Customer Experience team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop the customer journey, innovate touchpoints, and help bring our customer experience to the next level.

Job Description

As CX Specialist, you will get to work on various CX related tasks with an emphasis on Voice of Customer and design research. In this role, you will implement designs based on customer insights to ensure a positive customer experience through the different touchpoints of the Customer Journey. You will play a key role in making sure we continue delivering the exceptional customer experience we offer today and developing it further together with the rest of the skilled Customer Experience Team.

Your main tasks will include: 

• Developing and maintaining the ordering and reporting touchpoints and processes together with CX, Client Services and Production Services, Sales, and Marketing
• Gathering and using customer insights and market analysis to define and prioritize requirements for different touchpoints
• Developing and maintaining our customer insight funnels
• Coordinating cross-functional projects and following up on tasks, schedules, and targets during specific projects
• Developing and implementing the ordering and reporting processes through service design thinking approach
  
  

The ideal candidate has:

• 1 or 2 years of work experience in a similar position, for example from market research, UX research, service design

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Marketing, Service Design, Biosciences or other relevant fields of studies
• Experience in Voice of Customer data collection and management
• Desire to learn and understand the genetic testing market, the science behind it as well as the brand
• Ability to reliably deliver multiple projects on strict deadlines with strong attention to detail and focus on quality
• Research and analytical mindset with the ability to draw conclusions and turn them into concrete actions

• Excellent verbal and written skills in English is required
• Strong collaboration skills and experience from a cross-functional role

We are looking for colleagues who are committed to finding the best solutions possible for our customers. Since these are new positions in a recently established team, we are looking for someone with a hands-on approach, and some experience with standard design methods, but more importantly, eagerness to continue learning. We are working in an international and high-growth environment, so we aspire to find team members who have adaptability to change and eagerness to learn and grow with us. 

What we offer

We offer you meaningful work in an open, flexible, and collaborative company that values continuous learning. You’ll work with highly motivated colleagues and experts with versatile backgrounds, whilst having an opportunity to develop CX enhancing solutions at the forefront of health and life sciences. This new position provides a unique opportunity to help us in our mission to bring world-class genetic knowledge to mainstream healthcare.

During the past 18 months we have been working remotely and plan to continue with a hybrid model in the future as well. This is a full-time, permanent position.

How to apply

If you’re interested in continuing the discussion, all you need to do is submit your CV or share your LinkedIn profile with us through our online form. We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis and hiring them as soon as we find the ideal candidate. We hope to hear from you soon!

Reagenssituotannon laadunvalvontalaborantti, kesätyö

https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/job/190825BR/Reagenssituotannon-laadunvalvontalaborantti-kes%C3%A4ty%C3%B6

Thermo Fisher Scientific Suomessa

Suomessa toimipisteemme sijaitsevat Joensuussa ja Vantaalla, joissa työllistämme yhteensä yli 1,000 henkilöä mm. tuotannon, kokoonpanon, tuotekehityksen, markkinoinnin, myynnin, laadun, tukitoimintojen ja logistiikkaketjun tehtävissä. Työllistämme mm. eri insinööritieteiden osaajia, kemistejä, mikrobiologeja sekä bioinformatiikan osaajia. Vantaan toimipisteessämme kehitämme pipettejä ja kuoppalevylukijoita sekä kehitämme ja valmistamme kliinisen kemian sekä teollisen kemian analysaattoreita, laboratorioautomaatioratkaisuja sekä ruoan turvallisuuteen liittyviä tuotteita. Vantaan toimipisteemme sijaitsee aivan Vantaankosken juna-aseman vieressä. Lue lisää Suomen toimipisteistämme, innovatiivisesta työstämme sekä osaavista työntekijöistämme: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/finland

Katso kuinka ohjelmistoammattilaisemme Suomessa nauttivat innovatiivisesta työilmapiiristämme roolistaan ihmiskunnan auttamiseksi: https://youtu.be/wDm4NLxq3nI

Miten pääset työssäsi vaikuttamaan?

Tehtävässä pääset toimimaan reagenssituotannossa reagenssien laadunvalvonnan ja –seurannan monipuolisissa tehtävissä. Etsimämme henkilö on huolellinen, tarkka ja aikaansaava sekä pystyy itsenäiseen työskentelyyn, mutta osaa toimia myös osana tiimiä. Kyseessä on kesätyö ajalle 1.6.-31.8.2022.

Mitä tulet tekemään?

• Reagenssien laadunvalvonta ja -seuranta sekä arvojen tarkastus
• Sisäiset laaduntarkastustestaukset sekä laitteiden laadussapito
• Testaustulosten käsittely sekä raportointi

Mitä sinulta odotetaan?

• Kemian tai laboratorioalan tutkinto
• Joustavuutta ja oma-aloitteisuutta sekä hyviä kommunikointitaitoja
• Työkokemus laboratoriotyöskentylästä katsotaan eduksi

Hakemuksen ja CV:n pyydämme toimittamaan rekrytointijärjestelmämme, http://jobs.thermofisher.com/, kautta 28.2.2022 mennessä. Ref. 190825BR. Lähetäthän hakemuksesi pikaisesti, tehtävä täytetään heti sopivan hakijan löydyttyä.

Lisätietoja tehtävästä antaa Leena Manninen, Manufacturing Team Leader, leena.manninen@thermofisher.com.

Scientist / Senior Scientist

https://www.sympahr.net/public/pq.aspx?1e24f379&lang=en-US

We are currently looking to recruit a competent Senior Scientist / Scientist to strengthen our Vector Platform, Downstream team! We are searching for a skilled process developer for biological products.

Vector Platform Team is responsible for gene therapy virus vector productions and process development (Adeno, Lenti, AAV).

Your responsibilities will include…

• Laboratory experiments related to virus production and downstream process development (develop, optimize and scale-up/scale-out virus purification processes)
• Designing of the experiments, data analysis and interpretation of the results
• Generating and maintaining of Research and Development documentation
• Providing scientific and technological expertise and supervise KCT downstream personnel in lab

You could be the person if…

• You are individual with a strong scientific and technological expertise
• You produce clear, accurate and easily understandable documentation in English
• You have good laboratory hands-on experience and you are able to share your expertise with others and open to learn new techniques
• You have systematic, analytical and critical thinking skills required for biological data interpretation and capability to make decisions based on the data
• You are striving to understand science and have good attention to details
• You are able to innovate new ideas, approaches and views. You also enjoy developing yourself
• Your work style is independent but also you’ll be able to work in team (also as in a supervisor role)

In order to succeed, you should have a degree in the fields of biosciences or biotechnology and some previous working experience with viral vectors/proteins and processes/purification. PhD or MSc with several year work experience with e.g. Virology, Bioscience, Biotechnology is considered as an advantage. The nature of the development work requires ability to cope with changing situations and a mind-set willing to face and overcome challenges by can-do attitude. It is an advantage if you already have some experience in aseptic or GMP-work and/or you have knowledge on quality systems.

The official language at KCT is English, and good oral and writing skills are required to succeed in everyday work. Basic computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft office tools are required. The vacancy is permanent. We hope that you are able to join our team as agreed in February or March.

We offer modern facilities, inspiring atmosphere and a skilful motivated team. Our goal is to develop new gene and cell therapy products and processes for the future. We have extensive occupational health-care and working with us, you are entitled to good employment benefits, such as extensive occupational health-care and we support your physical and cultural free-time activities. We provide you wide initial training and a warm welcome. KCT is located in vibrant Kuopio, which offers a safe living environment, friendly atmosphere and clean nature.

Visit www.kct.fi or find us from LinkedIn. Please send your CV and application via our recruitment system as soon as possible but at the latest by 14th February 2022. We will process applications as they come in, and fill in the position as soon as we find the right candidate. For further information, please contact Vector Platform Manager Eevi Lipponen, eevi.lipponen(at)kct.fi.

Tutkijatohtori rintasyöpätutkimukseen

https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/application_edit_welcome.html?field_id=0&job_name=Tutkijatohtori+rintasy%C3%B6p%C3%A4tutkimukseen&job_id=12601&jc=14&lang=fi&place_id=158&did=5600

Akatemiatutkija Emilia Peuhu etsii tutkimusryhmäänsä motivoitunutta ja pätevää tutkijatohtoria ajalle 1.3.-31.8.2022 (on todennäköistä, että tehtävä jatkuu tämän jälkeen). Peuhun tutkimusryhmä (https://peuhulab.utu.fi/) toimii Turun yliopiston biolääketieteen laitoksella. Tutkimushankkeen tavoitteena on selvittää miten kudoksen jäykkyys, koostumus ja rakenne säätelevät rintasyöpää. Tutkimusta rahoittavat Suomen Akatemia, Sigrid Juseliuksen säätiö, ja Varsinais-Suomen sairaanhoitopiiri.

Rintasyövän etenemisen varhaisvaiheet tunnetaan edelleen huonosti. Tehtävä sijoittuu projektiin, jossa tutkitaan kudosjäykkyyden ja geeniekspression vuorovaikutusta spatiaalista transkriptomiikkaa ja kliinistä kudosmateriaalia käyttäen, ja siinä hyödynnetään tutkimusryhmän kehittämää kudoksen 3D bioprinttausmenetelmää.

Edellytykset

• Suoritettu tohtorintutkinto soveltuvalta alalta (esim. biolääketiede, lääketiede, molekyylibiologia tai biokemia)
• Kyky itsenäiseen tutkimustyöhön ja projektinhallintaan
• Hyvät viestintä-, vuorovaikutus- ja organisointitaidot
• Sujuva englanninkielentaito

Eduksi katsotaan

• Soluviljelytaidot ja kokemus ihmis- ja eläinkudosnäytteiden käsittelystä
• Bioinformatiikan osaaminen (R)
• Vahva kokemus molekyylibiologisista menetelmistä (RNA- ja proteiinieristys, kvantitatiivinen PCR, Western blot, kloonaus)

Tehtävän kelpoisuusvaatimuksista on säädetty Turun yliopiston johtosäännössä.

Palkka

Tehtäväkohtainen palkkaus määräytyy yliopistojen palkkausjärjestelmän opetus- ja tutkimushenkilöstön vaativuustasokartan tasojen 4 – 6 mukaisesti, jolloin tehtäväkohtainen palkanosa on 2591,28 – 3498,98 €/kk. Tehtäväkohtaisen palkanosan lisäksi maksetaan henkilökohtaiseen suoriutumiseen perustuvaa palkanosaa, joka on vähintään 6% ja enintään 50 % tehtäväkohtaisesta palkanosasta.

Valitun henkilön toivotaan aloittavan mahdollisimman pian, mutta aloituspäivä on sovittavissa. Tehtävässä on korkeintaan 3 kuukauden koeaika.

Hakeminen

Hakemukset tulee jättää viimeistään 10.2.2022 klo 23:59:59 Suomen aikaa yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella. Linkki hakulomakkeeseen löytyy kyseisen tehtävän tiedoista osoitteessa www.utu.fi/tyopaikat hakemuksen yläosasta kohdasta ”Täytä hakemus”.

Hakemukseen tulee liittää motivaatiokirje (korkeintaan 1 sivu), tohtorintutkintotodistuksen kopio, CV ja julkaisuluettelo. Hakemuksessa tulee ilmoittaa kahden suosittelijan tiedot (nimi, tehtävä ja sähköpostiosoite). Kärkihakijat haastatellaan pian haun päättymisen jälkeen.

Yliopisto on sitoutunut edistämään yhteisömme yhdenvertaisuutta, tasa-arvoisuutta ja moniarvoisuutta. Kaikkia kiinnostuneita hakijoita taustasta riippumatta kannustetaan hakemaan.

Lisätietoa tehtävistä antaa dosentti Emilia Peuhu, +358 504703420, emilia.peuhu@utu.fi

Hakuprosessiin liittyen voit olla yhteydessä henkilöstöasiantuntija Kristiina Nuutilaan, kristiina.nuutila@utu.fi, p. +358503135224

Lue lisää meistä työnantajana: Tervetuloa meille töihin.

Research Director / Senior Researcher, Integrated multiomics

https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=16&id=000012384&lang=fi

The A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences and the Institute of Biomedicine are institutes housing an international staff of 350 full-time scientists. They are part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and focus on biomedical research, including neurosciences (see A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi)  Institute of Biomedicine | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi))

We are now inviting applications for

Research Director / Senior Researcher, Integrated multiomics

The research is to be done in close collaboration with scientists from different research groups within UEF’s Neuroscience Research Community (NEURO-RC, see https://www.uef.fi/en/research-community/neuroscience-neuro ). The international UEFRAE2019 evaluation panel assessed NEURO-RC to be of outstanding quality in international comparison (score 6/6). The goal of the NEURO-RC is to understand the disease-specific and common molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy, and to identify biomarkers and novel therapeutic approaches for their prevention and cure by merging biological and computational neurosciences. To carry our research beyond state-of-the-art, the NEURO-RC combines unique preclinical and clinical datasets of molecular omics to the mechanistic and biomarker studies conducted in humanized disease models, and multilevel analyses performed using neuro-informatics-based approaches. Moreover, studies related to lifestyle and environmental factors will be integrated to these activities.

The currently open position will strengthen the activities of the university’s strategic research areas. Please see https://www.uef.fi/en/strategy-2030

The Research Director/Senior Researcher will work both as an expert in bioinformatics within the NEURO-RC, and as an independent group leader. The responsibilities also include supervision of doctoral theses, possibly teaching, and acquisition of external funding. We seek applications from highly committed researchers with international experience and an outstanding scientific track record in bioinformatics focused on omics data. An ideal candidate will have a strong background in state-of-the art bioinformatics focused on different kind of omics data (e.g., bulk/scRNA-seq, proteomics, metabolomics, spatial transcriptomics) combined with disease-related genetics. We expect that the candidate can analyze omics data in the multilevel fashion. Furthermore, to gain better insight on genotype-phenotype associations, interrogation of relevant disease models or tissue samples in a single cell level is strongly encouraged. Candidates are welcome to propose a highly innovative research project thematically linked to the scientific mission of the NEURO-RC being complementary to the existing research carried out in the community. The successful candidate is expected to actively collaborate within our interdisciplinary research community and take advantage of the infrastructures and networks available at the UEF. Experience in leading a research team, a strong track record in publishing and gaining research funding and collaborating with other research teams are considered an advantage.

The Research Director/Senior Researcher will be affiliated with Institute of Biomedicine (https://www.uef.fi/en/unit/institute-of-biomedicine) and will have access to the existing research infrastructure. We provide an opportunity to pursue an independent research project for five years. The position includes a yearly budget of 30 000 €/year for personnel and direct project costs for four years.

A person to be appointed as a Research Director/Senior Researcher shall hold a suitable doctoral degree and have good teaching skills. 

The position will be filled for a five-year term starting on 1 March 2022 or as agreed. The position is a fixed-term position due to it pertaining to a specific project. A probationary period will be applied to new members of the university staff. 

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities and is based on level 6-7 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff (3,498.98 – 4,033.80), In addition to the job requirement component, the salary includes a personal performance component, which may be a minimum of 6 % and a maximum of 50% of the job requirement component. Depending on the personal performance component, the salary will be approximately 3,708.92 – 4,921.24 €/month at the beginning of the employment relationship. 

For further information on the position, please contact: Mikko Hiltunen, Professor (mikko.hiltunen@uef.fi)

For further information on the application procedure, please contact: Saima-asiatTT@uef.fi

The electronic application should contain the following appendices:

• a CV (http://www.tenk.fi/en/template-researchers-curriculum-vitae) 
• a list of publications (http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/how-to-apply/appendices-required/guidelines-for-list-of-publications/)
• a motivation letter (no more than 1 page)
• a summary of a research plan (no more than 5 pages)
• names and contact information for 3 referees

The application needs to be submitted no later than 31.1.2022 (by 24.00 hours Finnish time) by using the electronic application form.

Bioin­for­ma­tician / FIMM & iCAN

https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/avoimet-tyopaikat/bioinformatician-fimm-ican

The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) is an international research institute focusing on human genomics and personalised medicine at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) of the University of Helsinki. FIMM integrates molecular medicine research, technology centre and biobanking infrastructures under one roof, promoting translational research in grand challenge projects, specifically, the impact of genome information from the Finnish population in personalised health and medicine, individualised cancer medicine, and digital molecular medicine. FIMM is part of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, composed of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the centres for molecular medicine in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and the EU-LIFE Community.

FIMM-HiLIFE & iCAN Flagship at the University of Helsinki is currently seeking a

Bioinformatician

to join the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland – FIMM, the leading precision cancer medicine research unit in Finland, and two iCAN Digital Precision Cancer Medicine projects.

FIMM is a translational institute with a driving mission to perform innovative research on patients and populations – utilizing molecular, genomic and health data – targeted towards understanding drivers of health and disease and delivering improvements to the safety, efficacy and efficiency of healthcare in Finland and beyond.

iCAN is part of the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme and hosted by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital. iCAN is an innovative multidisciplinary initiative that brings together some of the world’s leading actors in cancer genomics, translational and clinical cancer research, digital health, information technology, machine learning, patients and business to solve one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare – cancer.

The bioinformatician will be working in two closely related subprojects of iCAN Flagship project in cancer precision medicine of solid tumors, COMPORG (immuno-organoids & urological cancers) and iCAN-PEDI (functional precision medicine of pediatric solid cancers), advancing personalized cancer diagnostics and treatment. Our multidisciplinary teams work closely together with clinicians at the hospitals, and our aim is to integrate the clinical and omics data into an analysis platform to enable the cutting-edge cancer research and robust translation back to the clinics for the patient’s benefit.

We are looking for a bioinformatician with experience in omics data analysis and especially integration with other data, such as clinical data. Our omics data comes from, for example, high throughput drug testing, DNA/RNA sequencing, microscopic imaging, ligandome analysis and other approaches (e.g. single cell sequencing, metabolomics, pharmacogenomics). The candidate will also have to be able to build up a database for the ligandome data.

As a Bioinformatician, depending on your profile and experience, you will have the opportunity to
– Together with the iCAN data team, build the iCAN data analysis platform to enable integration of clinical and research data
– Manage our omics data and to develop computational pipelines to further integrate and analyze molecular profiling and imaging data for digital precision cancer medicine
– Work with large datasets in cloud environment
– Create software tools for clinical translation with the potential of revolutionizing treatment of cancer

Qualifications:
– Master’s degree (and/or PhD) in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, or equivalent
– Previous experience with omics data, data science or distributed computing environments is appreciated but not required – yet ability to quickly learn new things is essential
– Programming skills, especially in R and/or Python
– Understanding of database fundamentals
– Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; Finnish skills are not required
– Solution-seeking, proactive and respons

Salary and contract:
We will offer a competitive salary that will be based on previous qualifications, experience and performance in the position as based on the Finnish university salary (YPJ) system. The contract will start immediately and will be offered initially until the end of 2022. It may be extended thereafter. A six-month trial period will be applied.

To apply, please submit the application, together with your CV and salary request, through the University of Helsinki electronic recruitment system by clicking on Apply for job. Internal applicants (i.e., current employees of the University of Helsinki) please submit your applications by logging in to the SAP system: https://msap.helsinki.fi. Please apply no later than 31.1.2022.

For further information please visit https://ican.fi or contact Vilja Pietiäinen (vilja.pietiainen@helsinki.fi).