Research Infrastructure Specialist within Infectious Medicine (Temporary position)

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) core facility at ANA Futura, Center for Infectious Medicine, is an infrastructure at KI Campus Flemingsberg developed to meet the pre-clinical and clinical research environments needs for work with infectious microorganisms, e.g., pathogens that can cause severe human disease and may be transmitted through air. The Center for Infectious Medicine has a stimulating research environment with the vision of being an internationally leading translational research center in immunology

Your mission

Today's research often requires technologically advanced methods and tools. This places high demands on the employees' skills. We are now looking for a temporary research infrastructure specialist during a 6-month period, for the ANA Futura BSL3 Core Facility. The ANA Futura BSL3 Core Facility supports large-scale propagation and concentration of infectious microorganisms, antimicrobial screening, pathogen-host interaction analysis, and tissue/in vitro culture work. The duties of a research infrastructure specialist include providing qualified expertise as well as technical and/or methodological service and development. Your role includes providing support and training to our customers so that the work is carried out in accordance with our guidelines and governing documents. You must also follow up on service and quality assurance of the instrumentation in close collaboration with technical staff. In addition, tasks such as participating in research and education, or administrative work may be included.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Research Infrastructure Specialist the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise and been awarded a doctorate or a qualification from a foreign higher education institution deemed equivalent to a Swedish degree of doctor. The applicant must also have demonstrated technological and methodological expertise to be able to support work within the facility. The applicant should have solid experience of microbiological work at biosafety level 3 (BSL3). Have good insight into biosafety regarding work with human microorganisms and sample materials to be performed at biosafety levels 2 and 3. Experience of working with airborne infection is an advantage.

Assessment criteria

We are looking for a person with a PhD in the areas of microbiology, immunology, cell biology or molecular biology/life sciences with publications in internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals. The person should be scientifically driven with good communication skills and the ability to collaborate and work productively in a team. The candidate should also have a strong, documented background in culturing/handling viruses or bacteria as well as experience in performing functional microbiological or immunological analysis as well as flow cytometry. In filling the position, we will place special emphasis on academic skills, demonstrated competence in research, a strong commitment and excellent communication skills. Fluency in English is a requirement.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative, international and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Flemingsberg

Read about our BSL3 lab here

Read about Centre for Infectious Medicine (CIM) here

Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. The application must be written in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's merit portfolio for research infrastructure specialist/senior research infrastructure specialist (link)

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

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