FIMM employs nearly 300 researchers and scientific support personnel in an international and inclusive environment. The majority of our staff have a degree in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, or medicine. FIMM offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of science and technology to improve human health and well-being. We are a dynamic and highly motivated organization with a friendly, flexible, and supportive working culture.
NORPOD a collaborative postdoctoral program of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine is looking for outstanding candidates for Postdoctoral Researcher in Functional Cancer Microbiome. The partnership is a network of four national research centers across the Nordics and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The Najumudeen lab at FIMM is looking for Postdoctoral Researcher in collaboration with Chinmey Dwibedi’s group at MIMS (Sweden) through the NORPOD program.
The Postdoctoral Researcher’s role includes among other things identification of cancer organoid cultures; using mouse models to understand microbial adaptations and guiding students and technicians in designing and conducting molecular biology experiments.
A successful candidate has a PhD degree in a relevant field; research experience in at least of the fields: cell or cancer biology, functional genomics and/or transcriptomics; and excellent English skills, both written and oral.
Please see the full job announcement and apply by August 15, 2025.
NORPOD a collaborative postdoctoral program of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine is looking for outstanding candidates for Postdoctoral Researcher in Functional Cancer Microbiome. The partnership is a network of four national research centers across the Nordics and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The Kilpinen group at FIMM is looking for Postdoctoral Researcher in collaboration with Dong Won Thomas Kim group at DANDRITE (Denmark) through the NORPOD program.
Data analysing from developing neurons in vitro, including scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, high-content imaging, and smFISH; inference of gene regulatory networks, developmental trajectories, and cell-state dynamics; and guiding students and technicians in designing and conducting molecular biology experiments.
A successful candidate has a PhD degree in a relevant field; scientific competence in computational biology; and excellent English skills, both written and oral.
Please see the full job announcement and apply by August 15, 2025.
FIMM is looking for top candidates for FIMM-EMBL Group Leader positions. Successful candidates provide innovative contributions to existing research at FIMM and the University of Helsinki more broadly. The candidates should have a background for instance in human genetics, systems medicine, population health and precision medicine. We encourage especially international candidates with strong background in AI and/or data science to apply.
A fitted candidate has an MD/PhD, PhD or equivalent degree, postdoctoral training and a track-record of high-impact publications in the top journals in the field and international mobility. The candidate is expected to significantly complement this budget through other national or international grants and/or industrial collaborations.
FIMM offers a five-year agreement for the selected candidates with the potential of an additional four years based on evaluation by the FIMM Scientific Advisory Board.
Please see the full job announcement and apply by August 10, 2025.
The University of Helsinki is seeking splendid candidates for Bioinformatician position in the newly established HiLIFE Biodata unit, which is located in the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM).
The job includes among other things collaboration with researchers to understand their goals, and guide experiment design and data analysis; to deliver high-quality, reproducible data analysis solutions and help with the unit's training activities.
A successful candidate has at least a PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, data science, computer science, genetics or other relevant field; has experience in analysing high-throughput life science data and holds excellent skills in English language and is service-minded.
Please see the full job announcement and apply by August 15, 2025.
The Machine Learning in Biomedicine (MLBioMed) research group at FIMM is looking for outstanding candidates for a Postdoctoral position. The project is developing machine learning models for large-scale pan-cancer multiomics data. The chosen candidates work reponsibilites include among other things designing deep machine learning models for large-scale cancer datasets; collaborating with experimentalists and clinical partners and writing scientific articles, conference presentations and grant applications.
A successful candidate has a PhD (or equivalent) in computer science, data science, statistics, bioinformatics, or a related discipline; has published in the field of machine learning, computer science, bioinformatics, or computational biology; has experience with deep learning frameworks; and holds excellent skills in English language.
Please see the full job announcement and apply by August 31, 2025.
The University of Helsinki is extensively involved in national and international research infrastructures. International researchers choose the University of Helsinki for its excellent reputation in the most competed and esteemed grants such as ERC grants, honours and prizes awarded to our researchers. Arrival and family support will be arranged to employees from abroad for their transition to work and life in Finland.