Multi-million investment in infection research at Umeå University

Kempestiftelserna, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Umeå University invest SEK 67.5 million in the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS).

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Open position: Group Leader/Researcher in Molecular Infection Medicine

The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, MIMS, is looking for an excellent young researcher to become Group Leader for innovative research in molecular infection medicine. The topic includes but is not limited to research on the biology of bacteria, viruses, parasites and the microbiome and how these interact with the immune system of the host. MIMS has a strong track record of research into microbial (including viral) pathogenesis, and provides excellent access to national research infrastructure, including cutting edge cryo-electron microscopy.

Application deadline: 31 July 2023.

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CELEBRATION OF THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF THE NORDIC EMBL PARTNERSHIP FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates the signing of its renewed agreement for the next ten years between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Umeå, and Helsinki.

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Open position: Postdoctoral Fellowship: autophagy in viral infection

MIMS Investigator Lars-Anders Carlson, Associate professor at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, and UCMR Director Prof. Yaowen Wu, Department of Chemistry, are looking for a postdoctoral fellow for their joint project on autophagy in viral infection. 
Application deadline: 31 May 2023.

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Open position: Two postdoctoral researcher positions are available in the Cava lab

Two postdoctoral positions are offered in the lab of Felipe Cava, former MIMS Group Leader, currently Senior PI at MIMS and Professor in Molecular Biology at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden.

The offered positions are for 1) a postdoctoral researcher in microbiology, and 2) a postdoctoral researcher in data-driven antimicrobial-resistance research. 

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