Karolinska Institutet, the Department of Medicine, Huddinge

The Center for Infectious Medicine, the Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institute
The Department of Medicine at Huddinge comprises of seven units, three research centers, and a total of around 70 independent research groups. Our ambition is to be a leading department within medical research and education. At the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) (http://www.ki.se/cim) research focuses on studies of the human immune system. The vision is to be a world leading translational research center within immunology.

Description of research group and project
We are looking for a candidate to join our highly accomplished team as a laboratory manager. We offer a stimulating environment in a rapidly moving research frontier.

The Mjösberg group studies the development, regulation and function of a particular immune cell, innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), in humans, and how these cells contribute to pathology in mucosal organs such as the lung and gut. The studies are translational as they involve advanced basic molecular and cellular immunological investigations of precious human tissue samples to discover novel disease mechanisms and therapy targets in inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, allergy and asthma. The Mjösberg group consists of 2 PhD students and 4 postdocs working closely together with clinical partners at several Swedish hospitals and laboratory facilities at Science for Life Laboratories, Karolinska Institutet and abroad. The group is internationally recognized as a leader in the field through several high impact publications in recent years (Nat Immunol 2016, JACI 2018, JACI 2018).

Duties
The main responsibilities for the laboratory manager will be to support the group’s work through organizational, administrative (approx. 20%) and research-related (approx. 80%) activities. The administrative duties will be related to ordering, preparing documentation for different types of applications and permits, organizing databases and data sets. The applicant will also handle the group’s social media platforms and the website. The research-related duties are interaction with our clinical collaborators, collection and processing of lymphocytes from various types of fresh human tissues, including dissection of particular tissue structures. The applicant will also perform flow cytometric analysis (BD FACSFortessa and Symphony) and sorting (BD FACSAria and SONY sorter). Also other experimental methods will be used. It is expected that the applicant participate in project meetings, supervise students and other researchers if necessary, as well as contribute to other common lab duties.

Entry requirements
The candidate must hold a PhD degree in the field of biomedicine, medicine or immunology. The candidate must be very familiar with tissue processing, isolation and culture of primary cells. Experience in management of datasets and databases is a requirement, so is skills in flow cytometric analysis and sorting. The candidate should be self-motivated and be eager to learn and take on new tasks in a dynamic research environment. The candidate should have good communications skills and a proven ability to interact effectively and work productively in an interdiciplinary team. The applicant must have excellent organizational skills, be accurate and flexible, and have the ability to work under deadlines as well as being able to multitask. Fluency in English is a requirement as well as some basic skills and willingness to learn Swedish.

Application process
An application must contain the following documents in English:

  1. A personal letter explaining the interest in the position
  2. A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defense, title of the thesis, list of publications, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
  3. Contact details for two referees
  4. A summary of current work (no more than one page)
  5. Verifications for crediting of illness, military service, work for labour unions or student organisations, parental leave or similar circumstances

The application is to be submitted on Varbi.

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment According to agreement
Salary Månadslön
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100 %
City Huddinge
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number 2-4136/2019
Contact
  • Jenny Mjösberg, Jenny.mjosberg@ki.se
Union representative
  • Belinda Pannagel, SACO, Belinda.pannagel@ki.se
  • Carina Eklund, OFR, Carina.eklund@ki.se
Published 14.Aug.2019
Last application date 13.Sep.2019 11:59 PM CEST

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