POSTDOCTORAL POSITION

Research program: Characterization of neural stem cells.

Required background experience of applicant:
Molecular biology and/or neurobiology.

Supervisor/host: Professor Jonas Frisén (jonas.frisen@ki.se)

Period: 1-4 years.

Position financed: Yes.

Project financed: Yes.

Selected publications: (For the complete list click HERE.)

Johansson, C.B., Momma, S., Clarke, D.L., Risling, M., U. Lendahl and Frisén, J. (1999) Identification of a neural stem cell in the adult mammalian central nervous system. Cell, 96: 25-34.

Frisén, J., Holmberg, J. and Barbacid, M. (1999) Ephrins and Eph receptors: multitalented directors of nervous system development. EMBO J., 18: 5159-5165.

Clarke, D.L., Johansson, C.B., Wilbertz, J., Veress, B., Nilsson, E., Karlström, H., Lendahl, U. and Frisén, J. (2000) Generalized potential of adult neural stem cells. Science, 288: 1660-1663.

Momma, S., Johansson, C.B. and Frisén, J. (2000) Get to know your stem cells. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol., 10: 45-49.

Holmberg, J., Clarke, D. and Frisén, J. (2000) Regulation of repulsion versus adhesion by different splice forms of an Eph receptor. Nature, 408(6809): 203-6.

Carlén M, Cassidy RM, Brismar H, Smith GA, Enquist LW, Frisén J. (2002) Functional integration of adult-born neurons. Curr. Biol. 12(7): 606-8.