Undergraduate scholarship in microbiology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet conducts research and teaching within immunology, infection biology, cell biology and cancer. MTC have about 40 research groups and our key words are multidisciplinary, bridging, national and international collaborations.

Division

The Henriques-Normark Group research focuses mainly on host-bacterial interactions, with projects ranging from bacterial regulatory systems to innate immune responses in the host. The main research program includes studies on the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of pneumococcal infections, from the clinical side to more basic approaches looking at host-pathogen interactions. In our group, you will be able to gather knowledge ranging from basic microbiology, bacterial regulatory systems and immune response of the host to epidemiological and clinical studies.

Your mission

We are looking for a student to work mainly on the development of molecular tools to study the Type VII Secretion System (T7SS) of Streptococcus oralis. This project will focus on the characterization of the T7SS and its potential application as an antimicrobial therapy.

Technologies include work on Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus pyogenes such as bacterial cell culture in BSL2, genomic DNA and plasmid extraction, PCR, mutant construction, expression of tagged proteins, protein purification and western blot. Maintaining a lab notebook with thorough and organized data, as well as oral and written communication of the results will be required.

The student will be assigned an undergraduate scholarship. Limtited time period is 9 months.

Your profile

A scholarship on undergraduate and graduate level education aim to provide undergraduate or advanced level students early practical experience of research work to strengthen the link between education and research and encourage future studies at the doctoral level.

The scholarships can either be given for studies within an existing course, or for a shorter period of practice research experience (documented by an individual study plan / research plan) for admitted students at undergraduate or advanced level.

The scholarships may only be awarded to:

• Persons admitted (and registered in Ladok) to undergraduate education or advanced level at KI.
• Persons admitted (and registered) to basic education, or advanced level at a university with which KI collaborates.

The scholarships may be established for a maximum of 12 months, divided into a maximum of four courses / periods.

In addition to the aforementioned requirements, the applicant must have:

• We are looking for someone with an understanding of microbiology theory and previous laboratory experience working with bacteria, especially growth and culturing, purifying genomic and plasmid DNA, PCR techniques, SDS-PAGE and Western blot, cloning and creating bacterial mutants.
• The applicant should be methodical and organized in work and have good record keeping skills.
• Successful applicants must have the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a group.
• Tha applicant should have excellent English communication skills, both oral and written.

Meritorius for the position:

• Have a specialization in microbiology and molecular biology.
• Looking to complement their studies with a short lab project.

Type of scholarship

The amount is tax free and can be established for a maximum of twelve months.

What do we offer?

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.

Location: Solna

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Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2023-09-10.

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

An application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• A complete curriculum vitae.
• Cover letter.
• Certificate of registration.

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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