Senior Lab Manager - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Your mission

We are looking for a highly self-motivated and ambitious person to elucidate cardiogenesis in animal models. The position will include work with animal congenital heart disease models, cells and embryos and to perform molecular cell biology and imaging techniques. The candidate will be responsible for setting up and organizing the project and as such be responsible for his/her own academic and research activities, elaboration and test of hypothesis, adaptation of existing or new scientific techniques and data analysis.

Your profile

The successful candidate is required to have a strong background in translational medicine, hold both a M.D. and Ph.D. degree and have experience in NHP heart development/disease. Fluency in English both spoken and written is a requirement. The candidate’s personal skills will be highly valued.

Specific background and skills required.

• PhD in Molecular Medicine or Cell Biology
• MD
• Laboratory Animal Science Function A course certificate or equivalent
• Strong background in in translational medicine
• Background in embryogenesis, cardiogenesis and heart regeneration
• Documented experience in CRISPR-Cas9 and molecular cloning
• Experience of mice study, such as pathogenesis of heart diseases including myocardial infarction, infarction/reperfusion and heart failure
• Experience in primate cell-line culture and differentiation, and primary cell/tissue culture
• Experience with Immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy

Meriting skills

• Experience in adult mice myocardial injection, Langendorff and cardiomyocytes isolation
• Experience in adult mice renal capsule transplantation
• Experience with NHP model, including physiology, pathology and cardiovascular disease
• Experience in microangiography

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

Application

An employment application must contain the following documents:

• A cover letter
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defense, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, and current position
• A copy of degree certificates and course certificate for Function A or equivalent
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)
• One letter of recommendation

Welcome to apply at the latest 2021-06-23

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Permanent position is initiated by a six month’s trial period.

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