Two lab technician positions at Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM)

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

The central scientific interest of Myriam Aouadi’s lab is to understand the interaction between the immune system and metabolism at the molecular and cellular level, with the ultimate goal of applying the developmental principles, logic, pathways, technology, and model systems to unravel human metabolic disease. We use several different approaches to study immunometabolic diseases, including next generation sequencing, gene manipulation and in vivo systems.

Your mission

We are looking to recruit two experienced technicians who will be working with the group leader as well as postdoctoral fellows to investigate molecular regulators of liver and adipose tissue inflammation and function in the context of obesity and diabetes. The full-time positions are for 1 year with the possibility of extension.

You will have the opportunity to put your experimental skills to good use as well as learn new techniques. Your experimental duties will be varied including opportunities to use cutting-edge technologies for the isolation, identification, and characterisation of primary cells, generating data that is key to the progression of our projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities will include animal experimentation, sample collection and analytical techniques, including quantitative PCR, western-blotting and cellular staining for microscopy, FACS analysis and library preparation for sequencing.
As part of an expending team, you will bring your technical skills into a fast-moving working environment, providing essential data that helps drive projects forward.
You will also contribute to the writing and organization of inventories, protocols and ethical permissions (mouse and human).

Your profile

Requirements:

Must hold at least a bachelor degree
Experience in immunohistochemistry, cell culture, qRT-PCR, Western blotting, flow cytometry, single cell RNAseq Documentated experience working on liver diease
Experience with rodents
Excellent interpersonal skills are required.
The applicant must speak and write fluent English.

Meritorious:

Experience working with mouse models of obesity and metabolic diseases
Documented experience with animal experimentation (Felasa certification)
Experience in imaging techniques particularly in liver
Excellent organizational skills
Emphasis will be placed on qualities as responsibility, flexibility, teamwork and ability to solve problems.

What do we offer?

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Flemingsberg

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 26/3 2021.

An employment application must contain the following documents in English:

A complete curriculum vitae, and 2 reference contacts
Personal letter

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all