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At the division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology The Lanner laboratory is working towards novel treatments of Age-related macular degeneration and Diabetes through the use of human embryonic stem cells. The laboratory is working in the interface of regenerative stem cell-based medicine, transplantation technology and advanced material biology with close collaboration with clinical and industrial partners. We will now recruit a Research specialist to work within our efforts to treat Diabetes using differentiated pluripotent stem cells.

Your mission

As a Research Specialist in the Lanner Lab you will work in an integrated team with members from several labs at Karolinska Institutet with diverse expertise stem cell based regenerative medicine, large scale cellular manufacturing and cell sorting, advanced biomaterials, and pancreatic beta cell signaling. In this team you will work to scale up our manufacturing protocols towards pancreatic islets and beta cells for transplantation in preclinical animal models with clear focus towards clinical translation. You will also supervise PhD students and contribute to collaborative efforts and secure external funding.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as a Research Specialist, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a Swedish doctoral degree, the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise as well as have documented research experience after defending their doctoral dissertation.

To be eligible for employment as the Research Specialist, prior experience of stem cell culture and development of differentiation protocols towards pancreatic lineages is required. Experience in flow cytometry, imaging, genome editing, transcriptional analysis, biomaterials and Diabetes are all beneficial. Excellent communication skills with documented history, ability to easily integrate into the laboratory environment and interact both socially and scientifically with other colleagues and collaborators is essential. The candidate should be ambitious, strongly motivated to develop the project and successfully troubleshoot emerging issues.

Assessment criteria

It is particularly meritorious that the applicant has shown

• Expertise of stem cell culture, hESC and iPSC
• Expertise in development of differentiation protocols to functional stem cell derived islets
• Expertise in flow cytometry and bead purification
• Expertise in imaging
• Expertise in genome editing
• Expertise in scRNA transcriptional analysis 

It is meritorious that the applicant has shown

• Expertise in type 1 and 2 Diabetes 
• Good communicative and social skills
• Experience from protecting and filling IP 
• Highly driven and ambitious, with a strong commitment to continuous development and achieving high-quality results

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 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 benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Flemingsberg

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Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents:  PhD certificate, resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest May 12, 2025.

The application must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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