Research assistant

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Arguably, the greatest challenge in MS today is that disability accrual occurs even with highly effective treatments such as antiCD20, suggesting independent CNS inherent processes, which remain incompletely understood for lack of reliable evaluation tools. Applying a multimodal strategy to address molecular mechanisms of disease worsening we will identify novel biomarkers correlating with clinical and imaging outcomes.

Your mission

This is a short term position to perform clinical and technical feasibility analyses for an ambitious long term project with the goal of setting up techniques for cell-specific degeneration and cell state markers to be used in context of a clinical treatment trial (Protect-MS, Clinicaltrials.gov identifier; NCT04480307). The project is a cooperation between Fredrik Piehl´s and Maja Jagodic´s research groups.

Your profile

Required qualifications are a medical degree with documented skills in clinical neurology, preferably with experience from managing clinical care of MS patients, as well as laboratory experience, preferably including techniques used in molecular biology (extraction of RNA and DNA, PCR) and cellular immunology (flow cytometry). We also require good command of English in both speech and writing. We also would like to see good administrative abilities, being able to work independently with a high sense of responsibility and to be a good team worker.

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: Solna

Read more about the research groups you will be part of (Piehl and Jagodic)

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest March 25, 2021.

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

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