Lab technician position in Immunometabolism at Karolinska Institutet - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Division
Established in June 2013, the Karolinska Institutet/AstraZeneca Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (KIAZ ICMC) represents a unique and exciting opportunity for academic scientists to collaborate and work side-by-side with scientists from the pharmaceutical industry to discover and develop the next generation of medicines to treat cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. More information about AZ/KI ICMC can be found at http://ki.se/en/medh/integrated-cardio-metabolic-centre-icmc

Duties
The central scientific interest of Myriam Aouadi’s lab is to understand the interaction between the immune system and metabolism at the molecular and cellular level, with the ultimate goal of applying the developmental principles, logic, pathways, technology, and model systems to unravel human metabolic disease. We use several different approaches to study immunometabolic diseases, including next generation sequencing, gene manipulation and in vivo systems. More info at https://aouadilab.com and https://ki.se/en/medh/myriam-aouadi-group.

We are looking to recruit an experienced technician who will be working with the group leader as well as postdoctoral fellows to investigate molecular regulators of liver and adipose tissue inflammation and function in the context of obesity and diabetes. The full-time position is for 1 year with the possibility of an additional extension.

You will have the opportunity to put your experimental skills to good use as well as learn new techniques. Your experimental duties will be varied including opportunities to use cutting-edge technologies for the isolation, identification and characterisation of primary cells, generating data that is key to the progression of our projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities will include animal experimentation, sample collection and analytical techniques, including quantitative PCR, western-blotting and cellular staining for microscopy, FACS analysis and library preparation for sequencing.
• As part of an expending team you will bring your technical skills into a fast-moving working environment, providing essential data that helps drive projects forward.
• You will also contribute to the writing and organization of inventories, protocols and ethical permissions (mouse and human).

Entry requirements

• Must hold a Master or a recent (less than 1 year) PhD degree
• Strong expertise working with mice and preferably mouse models of metabolic diseases
• Documented experience with animal experimentation (Felasa certification)
• Excellent in vitro laboratory skills
• Expertise in flow cytometry and knowledge of immunology and metabolism would be appreciated.
• Histology, immunohistochemistry, imaging techniques
• Ability to maintain good relationship with the department and animal facility as well as with external collaborators
• Support of all the projects in the lab
• Excellent organizational skills
• The applicant must speak and write fluent English. Ability to write and speak Swedish would be preferable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required. Emphasis will be placed on qualities as responsibility, flexibility, teamwork and ability to solve problems.

An employment application must contain the following documents in English:

1. A complete curriculum vitae, and 3 reference letters.
2. Personal letter

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

Location:Flemingsberg

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