Postdoc in Adolescent Brain Development, Jens Hjerling-Leffler group (scholarship)

Postdoctoral scholarship in Prof. Jens Hjerling-Leffler's lab in the Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. The lab studies how cell type-specific adolescent development of the nervous system influences the aetiology of psychiatric disorders, combining postmortem samples, mouse models of genetic risk, transcriptomics and large-scale human genetics of schizophrenia. The postdoc leads projects on synaptic pruning and connections during adolescence using virus-based neural circuit mapping with molecular and pharmacological tools, works with computational researchers and leads collaborations in international consortia. The tax-free scholarship is set for twelve months at a time and paid every six months. Applications close on 12 November 2026 (reference STÖD 2-4357/2026).

PhD in biology, biochemistry, genetics or neuroscience (or all degree requirements met before the intended start), practical experience with mouse models and virus-based neural circuit mapping, published work and proficient English. Scholarships are for foreign researchers coming to Sweden for postdoctoral education, for at most two years within four years of the doctorate; people resident in Sweden or educated wholly or partly at KI or another Swedish institution are not eligible.