Associate researcher in Urological Cancers - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description of the workplace

Professor Anders Bjartell is group leader at the Division of Urological Cancers, Department of Translational Medicine. The research group is internationally well-known in the area of translational and clinical prostate cancer with a large collaborative network. The group includes senior researchers, postdocs, technical and administrative personnel and is funding by long-term grants from EC, the Swedish Scientific Council, the Swedish Cancer Society and other national and international grants. 

Within the research group, we safeguard a good work environment with respect and consideration in our relationships with each other and strive for a workplace that is perceived as developing and stimulating for all employees. We work constantly to create conditions for job satisfaction, development, and participation for all employees. We care about both physical safety and the psychosocial work environment.

On offer

Lund university is a public authority and thereby offers various benefits, a generous amount of annual leave as well as a favorable occupational pension scheme.

Work duties and areas of responsibility

In your role as associate researcher you will take a lead in project management related to preclinical development of drugs based on molecular targets in prostate cancer, supervision of technical personnel and postdocs, reporting and publishing of results, and communication and collaboration with other research groups and life-science companies.

The work is related to preclinical development of anti-cancer drugs in prostate cancer. In vitro and in vivo methods, PCR, Flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, multiplex immunofluorescense and xenograft in animals. Additional tasks may be included.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• PhD in relevant field.
• Experience from molecular cancer research in and academic and industrial environment.
• Experience in the aforementioned work duties.
• Personality and team work are of utmost importance as well as to learn new methods critically evaluate, interpret and publish experimental data.  
• Previous experience from development of cancer drugs in vitro and in vivo.

Additional requirements:

• Project management in development of cancer drugs, preclinical immuno-oncology and in vitro methods including flow cytometry.

Terms of employment

The employment as an associate researcher is a full time fixed-term employment during the period 2022-09-15 - 2024-09-13.

Application instructions

The employment is applied for through Lund University's recruitment system. The application has to include a motivational letter addressing why you are interested in the position and how you are suited for it. The application also has to include a CV, relevant diplomas or equivalent materials that you wish to include (copies of grades, references, letters of recommendation etc).

This position does not have a set salary, please include salary demands in your application.