About the position

Position as Researcher available at the Department of Biosciences (IBV), University of Oslo.

The appointment is a fulltime position and is for a period of three years. 

Starting date as soon as possible from October 2025. Place of work is Department of Biosciences at Blindern, Oslo.

Project description

The Department of Biosciences (IBV), University of Oslo (UiO), invites applications for a Researcher in molecular biology and epigenetics. This position is associated with the recently funded project "Unraveling the molecular mechanisms that imprint epigenetic fate during adipogenesis," supported by the Norwegian Research Council. This project will be supervised by Pierre Chymkowitch (IBV, UiO).

What skills are important in this role?

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition to be among Europe's leading communities for research, education and innovation. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

Qualification requirements:

• Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell biology or related field. Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date. Only applicants with an approved doctoral thesis and completed defence are eligible for appointment.
• Expertise in transcription, chromatin and epigenetic regulation
• Theoretical and practical experience with the study of SUMOylation
• Experience with:
  • the culture of human and mouse adipocytes
  • molecular mechanisms of development and differentiation of adipose stem cells
  • either RNA-sequencing, ChIP-sequencing, HiC, ATAC-seq, Bisulphate-sequencing
• Molecular biology (RT-qPCR, cloning, purification of nucleic acids, etc)
• Biochemistry (Protein purification / extraction, chromatography, Immuno-precipitation, etc)
• At least one 1st author publication in an international peer-reviewed journal (or available as a preprint) within the last 2 years
• We request the candidate being qualified, and ready to work with mice in a Norwegian animal facility
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English

Desired qualifications:

• Crispr / siRNA screens
• Experience with high-throughput sequencing data analysis (e.g., CAGE, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, or Hi-C)
• Expertise in statistical modeling for biological data
• Knowledge of enhancer-promoter interactions and 3D genome organization

All candidates and projects will have to undergo a check versus national export, sanctions and security regulations. Candidates may be excluded based on these checks. Primary checkpoints are the Export Control regulation, the Sanctions regulation, and the national security regulation.

What are we looking for in you?

Personal skills:

• Ability to communicate science
• Ability to collaborate with researchers from different fields and at different career stages
• Willingness to be part of a team to share knowledge and skills
• Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration
• Enthusiasm for answering important biological question
• Strong organizational skills
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal skills.

We can offer you

• 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.
• Committed colleagues in a good working environment. 
• 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 Researcher, position code 1109 in salary range NOK from 595 000 - to 700 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund. 

Inclusive work life 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.

How to apply

The application must include:

• Cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing career goals, scientific work and research interest)
• CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity)
• Copies of educational certificates, academic transcript of records
• A complete list of publications and up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone 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.

Formal regulations

The best qualified candidates will be invited for interviews.

According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

Please see Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO. 

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

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Questions about the position

For questions about the position, please contact:

• Pierre Chymkowitch, pierre.chymkowitch@ibv.uio.no

For questions about Jobbnorge, please contact:

• HR adviser Nina Holtan, nina.holtan@mn.uio.no