项目介绍

2025年3月13日

About the job

Applications are invited for a 3-year position in a Research Fellowship as PhD Candidate in Structural biology and Chromatin to be based at the Department of Molecular Medicine, Division of Biochemistry, University of Oslo.

The Research fellowship is funded by the University of Oslo and will be linked to the research group “Structural biology and chromatin” led by Associate Professor Nikolina Sekulic.

More about the position

The fellowship period is 3 years and devoted to carrying out a project entitled “Spindle-associated protein BuGZ – mode of action and development of anti-mitotic drug“. The project aims at understanding the role of BuGZ in chromatin during mitosis and kinetochore formation. We use various biochemical and biophysical approaches (cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, SAXS, SANS, hydrogen-deuterium exchange). In addition, we collaborate with cell biology groups to link structure with function.

The research fellow must take part in the faculty’s approved PhD program and is expected to complete the project within the set fellowship period. The main purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

The applicant must, in collaboration with her/his supervisor, within 3 months after employment, have worked out a complete project description to be attached to the application for admission to the doctoral program. For more information, please see our web site (https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/phd/application/).

Qualification requirements

• Applicants must hold a master’s degree (120 ECTS) or equivalent in biochemistry or similar with minimum grade B (ECTS grading scale) or equivalent. The Master’s degree must include a thesis of at least 30 ECTS
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English 

In addition, the following qualifications will be considered positively

• Experience in gene technology methods such as PCR, DNA isolation, gene cloning, sequence analysis, mutagenesis
• Competence in production and purification of recombinant proteins in bacterial and insect cells
• Experience in proteomics techniques such as mass spectrometry (in particular hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry – HDX-MS)
• Experience with graphical programs for protein analysis (Pymol, ChimeraX…) and with working in the terminal window

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Personal skills

• Able to independently perform experiments, analyze and interpret the results
• Operate as a team player in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Self-motivated with high performance standard
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

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We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway’s best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Doctoral Research Fellow, position code 1017 in salary range NOK from 536 200 – 575 400 depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

Read more about the benefits of working in the public sector at Employer Portal.

Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.

Application

Your application should include:

• Cover letter statement of motivation and research interests
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work)
• Copies of educational certificates (academic transcripts only)
• A complete list of publications and academic works
• List of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click “Apply for the position”.

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews. 

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can’t, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian),  Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO (Norwegian) and Regulations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the University of Oslo.

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.