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Work assignments 

The research will mainly be based on ABIS (All Babies in Southeast Sweden; (www.abis-studien.se), a birth cohort of 17 000 individuals born Oct 1st 1997-Oct 1st 1999, who have been followed with regular questionnaires and biological samples (a new follow-up is ongoing). Several national registers are connected such as the Swedish National Diagnosis register, the Drug prescription register.

ABIS is founded by and still leads by Johnny Ludvigsson, Senior Professor of Pediatrics, head of the research group. The ABIS study has so far resulted in >150 scientific publications, and 15 PhD Thesis based on ABIS. The main areas have so far been studies on the development of Type 1 diabetes, but also studies on celiac disease, JIA, IBD, autism, obesity, allergy and recently also psoriasis.

The selected scholar will be involved in biostatistical/epidemiological research on the etiology of Type 1 diabetes and other immune-mediated diseases. Epigenetic studies will be continued, and also studies on protein and metabolomic patterns in relation to epigenetic patterns and pancreatic beta cell function.

Beside ABIS, the scholar will also be able to get involved in the EU-project INITIALISE, with the objective of elucidating how exposures and genome impact gut microbiome, host immune system and metabolism, and how the interplay of these factors impact life-course health, especially immune-mediated diseases, behavioural outcomes and metabolic outcomes.

As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.

Qualifications

To be qualified to take employment as postdoc, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree. This degree must have been awarded at the latest by the point at which LiU makes its decision to employ you.

It is considered advantageous if your doctoral degree is no older than three years at application deadline for this job. If there are special reasons for having an older doctoral degree – such as taking statutory leave – then these may be taken into consideration.

We are looking for someone with special competence in epigenetics, methylation analyses, olink-proteomics. Shot-gun-proteomis, and you should have knowledge and experience using both R and Linux-based pipelines, and be good in bioformatics and data analyses. You should have competence regarding extraction and profiling,quantification and analyses of circulating and exosomal miRNA biomarkers. We also think you have experience of writing scientific papers; A strong publication record is meriting, and it is a merit if you have knowledge about ABIS and in best case have worked with development of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.

You are expected to work well in a group of postdocs and also participate in practical handling of biological samples, collaborate with others in managing the ABIS biobank and registries, deliver samples and data to other research groups. We seek for a person that is a creative, hardworking and enthusiastic team-player.

The workplace

You will take part in research activities at the Division of Children’s and Women’s Health (BKH), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping university under supervision of Professor Johnny Ludvigsson.

The employment

This employment is a temporary contract of two years with the possibility of extension up to a total maximum of three years.

The employment is full-time.

Starting by agreement. 

Salary and employment benefits

The university applies individual salaries.

More information about employee benefits is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than 11 september 2026. 
 
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered. 
 
Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application. 

Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University. 
 
In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.