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WCMM postdoc program

WCMM Linköping launches a new Postoc program searching for the next generation of leading scientists! Apply now for a Postdoc position supervised by one of our PIs. You can find more information on their research and projects on their websites.

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) at Linköping University is part of a national initiative supporting medical research at four selected universities in Sweden. For over 10 years the WCMM center Linköping has fostered researchers in a wide range of subjects connected to molecular medicine, focusing on the interface between medicine and technology.

List of PIs

Hakon Blomstrand, Linda Bojmar
Cancer
"Decoding Tumour Landscapes: Molecular Insights & AI-Powered Histology"

Claudio Cantù
Genomics and Cell Signaling
"Discoverying the evolutionary origin of multicellularity"

Markus Heilig, Daniela Calvigioni
Systems neuroscience
"Adolescent stress and the interoceptive brain: circuit mechanisms of maladaptive valence encoding"

Frank J. Hernandez, Lasse Jensen
Infectious disease modeling, translational drug
delivery, and in vivo pharmacology
"Zebrafish Infection Models for Precision Drug Delivery Systems and Antibiotic Evaluation"

Fredrik Iredahl, Claudio Cantú
Epidemiology-Multiomics
"Understanding How Genome and Lifestyle Shape Cardiovascular Health"

Janos Fuzik
Circuit Neuroscience
"All-optical synaptic connectome imaging of brain states in anxiety"

Walker Jackson
Neurodegeneration
"Translation control mechanisms in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration"

Johan Mellergård, Mika Gustafsson
Bioinformatic tools for exploring and identifying mechanisms that drive disease activity and progression in multiple sclerosis.
"MicroRNAs, protein profiling and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging as markers, mediators and prognostic tools for disease activity and progression in multiple sclerosis"
Marie Larsson, Alexa McIntyre
Molecular biology and Adaptive immunity
"Defining the Role of RNA-Associated Condensates in Dendritic Cell Activation and T-Cell Priming During Immune Homeostasis and Chronic Dysregulation"

Julie Lasselin, Daniel Wilhelms
Immunology
"Testing the role of ambient temperature on fever and inflammatory responses"

Francisca Lottersberger, Marcin Szczot
Molecular Biology - Genome integrity
"Genome editing and genome stability – method, analysis and applications in vivo"

Antonios Pantazis
Ion channel biosynthesis and engineering
"Investigating the cellular mechanisms of ion channel biosynthesis and engineering of new channel types."

Shariel Sayardoust, Pierfrancesco Pagella
Translational Bioengineering and Precision Dentistry for Oral Infections
"Integrated Bioengineering Frameworks for Precision Dentistry to Detect, Treat, and Model Oral Infections"

Jörg Schilcher, Anders Eklund
AI-Driven Precision Orthopaedics
"Sweden’s Health data for Advancing Precision mEdicine in Orthopaedics - SHAPE -"

Amanda Welin, Niklas Boknäs
Laboratory haematology
"Advancing platelet disorder diagnostics through imaging flow cytometry"

Daniel Wilhelms
Emergency Medicine
"Break or feed a fever? Impact of ambient temperature and antipyretic use on immune responses and illness duration in febrile infections"

Requirements and Application

Requirements/eligibility:

  • You have a PhD or are about to receive a PhD in molecular medicine or related area
  • The date of your doctoral degree should be no more than four years before the application deadline, exceptions are made for e.g. parental or sick leave
  • You must have an excellent English language level
  • Preferably you have obtained your PhD in a country other than Sweden
  • You should typically not be at LiU at the time of application but can have been in the group for a maximum of three months at application deadline

Conditions:

  • The Postdoc position will be limited to two years with possibility to extend
  • The position will be a fellowship with stipend (29 000 SEK/month tax free). In some cases, employment with individual taxable salary is possible.

Application:

You apply directly to one of the PIs listed by sending the following documents via email

  • CV (max two pages) including three references
  • List of publications
  • Copy of PhD diploma
  • Motivation letter including your qualification plan for the postdoctoral period
  • Copy of your passport

Application deadline is February 1st, 2026

Process and timeline:

  • The PI will select the strongest candidate
  • The PI and selected Postdoc candidate will send an application to the evaluation board with deadline February 28th, 2026
  • Final decision is made by the Steering Committee in April 2026
  • Start date preferably in spring/summer 2026, individual arrangements will be made

Read more about Linköping University, , Sweden and the .

Questions? Please contact Lisa Dobrosch, WCMM Senior Coordinator at lisa.dobrosch@liu.se

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