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Your responsibilities

The main responsibility is to advance research in two research projects. One involves the development and testing of organic electrodes for deep brain stimulation, and the other investigates what happens in the brain during premature birth. In both projects, the majority of the work is conducted through experiments in mice. The work includes, among other things, stereotactic surgery, histological techniques, behavioral analysis, and gene expression analysis.

As a postdoc, you will primarily conduct research. Teaching may also be included in the duties, but no more than one-fifth of the working time.

Your qualifications

To be eligible for employment as a postdoc, you must have completed a PhD or have a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD. Your degree must be completed no later than the time the employment decision is made.

It is meritorious if your degree was completed no more than three years before the last application date for this position. If there are special reasons, it may be considered as completed earlier, for example, in cases of various types of statutory leave.

We are looking for you who have a PhD in neurobiology or a related field. Extensive experience in stereotactic surgery and behavioral analysis in mice is a requirement for the position. Similarly, extensive experience in gene expression analysis, histology, confocal microscopy, and quantification of immunohistochemistry is required, as well as experience working with organic electronics in mouse models and using mouse models for issues related to premature birth. You must also have in-depth knowledge of how the immune system and the brain interact.

Expertise in microglia biology is meritorious.

Good knowledge of English and basic knowledge of Swedish is required.

You are energetic, resilient, structured, and have good ability to collaborate with others.

Your workplace

You will work at CSAN (https://liu.se/forskning/csan), which integrates knowledge and methods from various areas of neuroscience, both basic and clinical. CSAN brings together research groups within adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, neurobiology, clinical neurophysiology, and neuroeconomics.

About the position

The position is a fixed-term appointment for one year, with the possibility of extension for a total employment period of up to three years.

The postdoc position is full-time.

Start date: 2026-09-01. Selection begins in week 29.

Salary and benefits

The University applies individual salary setting.

Read more about benefits for employees at liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/formaner (https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/formaner).

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/hjalp-for-sokande (https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/hjalp-for-sokande).

Application

You apply for this position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must be received by Linköping University no later than 2026-07-02. Applications received after the last application date will not be considered.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, as this enriches and develops our operations. For us, it is obvious to uphold everyone's equal value, rights, and opportunities. Read about our work with equal conditions (https://liu.se/artikel/lika-villkor/).

We look forward to receiving your application!

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