Laboratory engineer

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Laboratory Medicine consists of seven divisions and is active in many areas of Laboratory Medicine. The department is involved in advanced basic scientific, clinical and epidemiological research. The department is one of the largest departments of education at Karolinska Institutet.

A position as Laboratory engineer is now available at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of biomolecular and cellular medicine (BCM).

Your mission

We are seeking a highly motivated and service minded person with the capability to meet customers in a structured and service orientated way. Daily activities include receipt and registration of materials, histological processing and sectioning of paraffin embedded, and frozen samples, staining and digitalizing slides, and documentation of staining results and protocols.

Your profile

The successful applicant must:

Have equivalent training to biomedical analyst
Have a good knowledge of rodent anatomy
Be skilled in tissue handling, including tissue processing, histochemical techniques, tissue structure and embedding for correct positioning and microscopic evaluation.
Be skilled in preparation of paraffin sections and cryosections.
Be skilled in immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization
Be proficient in written and spoken English.
Have good social skills required to work independently and as a part of a team.

Characteristics regarded as an advantage are:

Experience with molecular staining.
Experience in brightfield and fluorescence microscopy as well as basic interpretation.
Has FELASA education or function A (laboratory animal science)
Knowledge and experience of GLP.

What do we offer?

BCM is focused on gene and cell therapy approaches as well as being the host for several core facilities within preclinical and clinical medical research. BCM is located within TRACK, Translational Research Center Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (old CRC), which is a common resource for researchers from different departments at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital. A large part of the clinical laboratory research at Karolinska University Hospital is performed at TRACK.

The present opportunity for a laboratory engineer is at Core Facility for Morphologic Phenotype Analysis (FENO), which is part of BCM. FENO focuses on comparative pathology as a service function and competence center, primarily for scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital but also elsewhere. FENO provides expertise on necropsy techniques, gross morphology, and histological examinations including sample preparation, staining, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization for bright field and fluorescent microscopy. FENO is involved in a variety of research areas, and offers an exciting working environment with a broad scope in a growing field. The majority of projects involve analysis of rodent models.

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. 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 a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Flemingsberg

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 10th of April 2022.

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.

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