Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical Physiology

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Laboratory Medicine consists of seven divisions and comprises advanced basic scientific, clinical, and epidemiological research. In addition, it is one of the main educational departments at Karolinska Institutet. A postdoctoral position is now available at the Division of Clinical Physiology.

About the research group

One of the division's main research topics is the importance of skeletal muscle and the cardiovascular system for physical working capacity in health and disease. We focus on situations where working capacity and muscle function have been shown to be important for function, disease progression or side effects of treatment, e.g. ageing, heart failure and cancer. In addition, we strongly believe that a better understanding of how ageing and age-related diseases affect skeletal muscle mass and function will provide new opportunities for interventions. The candidate will have access to state-of-the-art human exercise facilities and pre-clinical labs in a creative and translational environment at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. The supervisor team combines expertise in cardiovascular and skeletal muscle physiology, and with medical expertise in clinical physiology.

Your mission

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead a study investigating muscle alterations in patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for the coordination and execution of the study, including both practical and analytical tasks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Overall project management and coordination of study activities
• Collection, organization, and management of demographic and clinical data
• Handling of biological samples, including the processing and preservation of muscle tissue
• Application and optimization of immunohistochemical techniques for tissue analysis
• Interpretation and documentation of histological findings

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.

We are looking for a candidate with experience in data analysis from clinical trials.

Qualifications:

• PhD in biomedical sciences or a related field
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Experience with human tissue handling, particularly muscle samples
• Practical and theoretical expertise in working with skeletal muscle, RNA and protein measurements
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Previous experience with human physiological assessments and experience in cardiovascular and skeletal muscle physiology and testing are optional and meriting. A keen interest in science and the ability to interact effectively and work productively in a team as well as a good ability to communicate in English is required. Emphasis will be placed on personal skills, knowledge, and abilities, as well as on documented previous work.

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: Flemingsberg, Huddinge

Read about The Department of Laboratory Medicine

Read about The Division of Clinical Physiology

Application

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

•  A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defense, 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)
• Contact details to three professional references
• Cover letter 

Welcome to apply at the latest 30 May.

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

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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