Postdoctoral Fellow in immunology

A 3-year fixed-term postdoctoral position (SKO 1352) within the field of immunology is available at the Department of Diakonhjemmet Research and Teaching, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. The position will be available from November 2026.

This position is part of a new translational research center (KG Jebsen Center for Specific Autoimmune Therapy) aiming to develop antigen-specific B-cell depletion strategies for treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Project description

The K.G. Jebsen Center for Specific Autoimmune Therapy centers on the investigation of novel B-cell depleting therapies in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The successful applicant for this post doc position will monitor PAD2/PAD4-specific and ACPA-specific B cells in patients treated with B-cell depleting agents.

Duties of the position

• Help organize the clinical part of the project, help recruit and obtain biological samples from relevant patients.
• Isolation of immune cells from patient samples.
• Identification and characterisation of antigen-specific cells by flow cytometry and cell-culture assays.
• Cloning and recombinant expression of rearranged B-cell receptor genes from antigen-specific B cells and plasma cells.
• Writing of scientific papers and presentation of results at international conferences.