About the position 

Applicants are invited for a 3-year position as Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Nutrition based at the Department of Nutrition at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. The position is part of a project investigating how genes and lipids contribute to the development of fatty liver disease.

The Department of Nutrition aims to provide teaching and research at a high international level and recruit the best colleagues and students within our field both nationally and internationally. The department is responsible for nutrition teaching for medical, clinical nutrition, and dentistry students. We are approximately 100 employees engaged in many research projects within nutritional sciences.

More about the position

The appointment is a fulltime position for a period of three years. Research activities will take place in the group headed by Associate Professor Frode Amador Norheim (Molecular Metabolism). The project includes the use of molecular and cell biology methods, RNA sequencing, lipidomics, cell culture, and dietary interventions in mice. 

The research group aims to develop strategies to slow down or reverse the progression of chronic diseases. One of the main focuses of the group is to understand how fatty liver can progress to a condition with liver inflammation and subsequent scarring. The research group collaborates closely with the research groups of Knut Tomas Dalen, Coen Campsteijn, and Gareth Sullivan at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. 

We are seeking highly motivated and competent postdoctoral candidates with broad experience in molecular nutrition and offer skill development in a stimulating academic environment. The main purpose of the fellowship is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines. For more information, please visit our website: The Postdoctoral Programme - Faculty of Medicine.

Qualification requirements

• Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in Molecular Nutrition or related fields. Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date. Appointment is dependent on the public defence of the doctoral thesis being approved.
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Experience in studying metabolic processes in cell culture.
• Good experience with molecular analyses (e.g., RT-qPCR, immunoblotting, cryo-sectioning and histology, ELISA, lipid analyses).
• Experience with dietary intervention studies and metabolic phenotyping in mice, preferably Phenomaster (TSE System)
• Experience with oral gavage/glucose tolerance tests in mice, and measurement of body composition, preferably TD-NMR (Minispec MF90II, Bruker).
• Authorization to work with animal research (LAS301, FELASA C). 
• Experience with statistical analysis, e.g., of data from metabolic phenotyping, RNA sequencing, and lipidomics.

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.
• 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 Postdoctoral Fellow, position code 1352 in salary range NOK from 579 700 to 657 300, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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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:

• Application letter.
• CV.
• A complete list of publications.
• Transcripts and certificates.
• Contact information for 2-3 references.

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) and Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO (Norwegian).

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