Biochemistry Post-Doc stipend, 4 months

Post-Doc stipend, 4 months, with a budgeted potential extension of an additional 12 months.


Interview period: Interviews are planned to commence 2020-08-15, the position may be filled from then if a suitable candidate is found. However, if interested, please make contact after that date to find out if interviews are still in progress.
Planned earliest project start: 2020-08-20
Who: Biatect AB is the employer
Where: KTH Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Alba Nova, Biochemistry laboratories
Topic: Portable rapid mass market bioassay with single molecule detection capability for arbitrary immunoassays
Research team: KTH Department of Industrial Biotechnology, KTH Applied physics/photonics, RISE, University of Lowell, Massachusetts, Department of Chemistry as well as a private ad-hoc commercialisation company, Biatect AB who will act as project coordinator.
The funding is for full time employment for 4 months to take an existing project from proof of principle to proof of concept using a real life immunologic bioassay. If the trials are successful, three postdoc stipends will be offered to run in parallel for 12 months to take the concept to a point near commercialisation.
The research will require intense laboratory work with a preliminary start 2020-08-20, only candidates with an existing housing solution at a moderate commuting distance from Alba Nova can be considered. No overseas applications. The research is cutting edge multi-disciplinary in nature, where branches of immunological biochemistry, organic synthesis as well as non-linear multi-photon laser activated processes are involved. Senior experts in all relevant fields are available for support. With the ongoing global pandemic Covid-19 it is obvious that the project has the potential to truly create a global paradigm shift in ultra-sensitive biomolecular combination tests, taking them from specialised laboratories to the pocket at home.

Postdoc qualifications: eligible candidates should have finished a doctoral degree in chemistry, biochemistry or in a related discipline no longer than 4 years ago, with extensive experience in organic chemistry and biochemistry.