Postdoctoral Researcher in Advanced Quantitative Microscopy

Do you want to contribute to improving personalized diagnostics and understranding kidney physiology?

Join us for an opportunity to work in a creative and international environment at the forefront of developing advanced microscopy tools. With access to state-of-the-art facilities and interdisciplinary collaboration, you can contribute to enhancing diagnostics and advancing scientific understanding of biological tissues.

Your mission

In this position, you will:

• Develop and optimize quantitative microscopy methods for kidney tissue analysis.
• Work with advanced confocal microscopy, STED microscopy, and light sheet microscopy.
• Analyze and quantify microscopy data to map biological structures and functions.
• Collaborate with researchers and clinical partners.
• Publish and present research findings in scientific settings. 

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral fellow, you must have:

• A doctoral degree in physics, biotechnology, biomedicine, or a related field.
• Experience in advanced microscopy and image analysis.
• Documented ability to conduct independent research.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with super-resolution microscopy (e.g., STED).
• Knowledge of kidney physiology or biological tissue analysis.
• Programming skills for image analysis. 

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. At Karolinska Institutet, 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 benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Learn more about the research group

Application

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

• PhD certificate
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome to apply at the latest 2025-01-31

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

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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