The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University has a broad research profile with strong research groups focused on cancer, autoimmune and genetic diseases, among others. One of the fundamental ideas at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby closer collaboration between medical research and healthcare.
Research is conducted in cancer precision medicine, cancer immunotherapy, genomics and neurobiology, molecular tools and functional genomics, neuro-oncology and neurodegeneration, and vascular biology. Parts of the activities are also integrated with the departments of oncology, clinical genetics, clinical immunology, clinical pathology, and hospital physics at the Academic Hospital.
The department has teaching assignments in a number of program educations, independent courses and international master’s programs within the Faculty of Medicine and the Science and Technology discipline. The department has a turnover of around 500 million SEK, of which just over half is external research grants. The number of employees is around 345, of which around 100 are doctoral students, and there are a total of over 700 active in the workforce. Please read more about the department’s activities here: www.igp.uu.se
Job duties
The candidate should have a strong background and interest in data mining and mathematics,
especially for single-cell RNA sequence and spatial transcriptomic data. Willing to learn new
knowledge and have good communication skills. At least a master’s degree in bioinformatics and
relevant archiving is required.
Qualification requirements
Background in bioinformatics. Proficient in Python, R, Bash, Java,
bioinformatics tools and machine learning and has experience in analyzing and interpreting
biological data, scRNA-seq data and spatial transcriptomic data.
About the employment
The position is permanent, probationary period may apply. The position is full-time. Access by agreement. Location: Uppsala
Information about the position is provided by: Xingqi Chen, xingqi.chen@igp.uu.se
Welcome with your application no later than April 1, 2025, UFV-PA 2025/169.
