Radiochemist

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS) conducts research and education in the field of neuroscience from the molecular level to the society level. The clinical research and education is conducted in collaboration with Region Stockholm as well as other research groups from Karolinska Institutet and other universities.

Your mission

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a non-invasive molecular imaging technique increasingly used in functional studies of the brain in healthy volunteers and patients. The PET group at Karolinska Institutet is one of the world leading research groups in this area. One of the major applications of PET in drug development is to study drug-receptor interactions in vivo, with results helping to optimize treatment with both new and established drugs. These activities are conducted in a comprehensive collaboration between the PET group at Karolinska Institutet and various pharmaceutical companies.

The work primarily consists of application of organic chemistry techniques to the production of tracers labelled with short-lived radionuclides for PET. You will mainly work with routine production of11C and 18F-labelled radiotracers for PET as well as in different research projects for development of noveltracers. As the PET group is performing translational studies, you will produce PET tracers to be used in both animals and humans.

Your profile

We are looking for a skilled and motivated radiochemist with at least 2 years of experience in production of 11C and 18F-labelled radiotracers in GMP laboratory conditions.

Productions of 11C and 18F -labelled tracers for human studies must be conducted in accordance with GMP regulations. We are looking for radiochemist who has excellent experience of working in accordance with GMP. As a chemist working with GMP documents you will be expected to update and write new documentation for projects you participate in.

To qualify the applicant must hold a University diploma in Organic Chemistry. Proper knowledge of analysis and analytical chemistry techniques, such as HPLC, GC, LC-MS etc. is a merit.

The work will be conducted in an environment of close collaboration with specialists from multiple fields. The ability to cooperate and coordinate activities is therefore of great importance. In addition, you must have good knowledge of English in both speech and writing.

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

Welcome to apply at the latest 1st of August 2021.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form.

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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