The lab is located at the University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, Medicum in the Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, starting from September 2020.

Open positions

Motivated students and postdoctoral scientists with an excellent research background, a creative mindset and eagerness to tackle new endeavours are encouraged to apply.

We are interested in understanding how dysfunctional mitochondria are signalling and adapting their metabolism by the use of specialised molecular biology methods in combination with state-of-the-art omics approaches.

If no open position exists, we will aspire joint applications to acquire competitive fellowships.

Finland offers beautiful nature, secure social aspects and repeatedly ranks first on the World Happiness Report.

To apply, please supply a CV and potential references and most importantly your motivation for mitochondrial biology.

Christopher B. Jackson, PhD, Docent in Molecular Cell Biology

Positions

2020- present Principal Investigator, Academy of Finland Research Fellow

2015 - 2020           Postdoc, Stem Cells and Metabolism (Prof. A. Wartiovaara), Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland

                                   Project: Mitochondrial tissue-specific responses in mitochondrial myopathy

                                   Funded by Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc and Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research Postdoc fellowships 

 2015                Visiting scientist, Mitochondrial Biology Unit (Dr. M. Minczuk), University of Cambridge, UK

 2013 - 2015       Postdoc, Institute of Clinical Chemistry (Dr. J.M. Nuoffer), Inherited Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

2009 - 2013 PhD student, Division of Human Genetics, University Hospital Bern (Prof. S. Gallati), Switzerland

2007 - 2009 MSc student, M.E.Müller Institute of Structural Biology (Prof. A. Engel), University of Basel, Switzerland