Assistant Researcher

Description of workplace
The research group conducts research in the field of diabetes, particularly insulin secretion, metabolism, and stem cells. For several years, the research has been at the forefront of the field, with many significant publications in internationally high-ranking journals. The group is led by Professor Hindrik Mulder and Associate Professor Malin Fex and consists of research and technical staff. The operations are located at CRC in Malmö. You can read more about our exciting research here

Within the research group, we value a good working environment with respect and care in our relationships with one another, and we strive for a workplace that is perceived as developmental and stimulating for all employees. We continually work to create conditions for job satisfaction, development, and participation for all staff. We care about both physical safety and the psychosocial work environment.

We offer
Lund University is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation, and a favorable occupational pension. We also have a flexitime agreement that creates good conditions for a balance between work and leisure. Read more on the university's website about being employed at Lund University: Work with us

Duties and responsibilities
The work duties includes: dissect human pancreas from organ donors, operate PRISM (an instrument for isolating human islets from organ donors), conduct advanced scientific studies in the laboratory, differentiate stem cells into insulin-producing cells, culture pancreatic islets and stem cells and supervision of students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral researchers in the field of islet research.

Qualifications
The employment requires:

• Ph.D. in medical science.
• Experience in islet cell research.
• Experience in isolating human pancreatic islets.
• Has transplanted human islets into mice.
• Cultured and differentiated stem cells into insulin-producing cells.
• Published articles in scientific journals.
• Presented research at national and international scientific conferences.
• The tasks require that you are driven, can work independently, and have a good collaboration skills. 

Additional qualifications for the position are:

• Measure insulin and other hormones from insulin and stem cells.
• Operates the Seahorse XF analyzer.
• Can perform western blotting, RNA sequencing, and quantitative PCR.
• Can culture islets and clonal cells.
• Stain stem cells and insulin-producing cells with antibodies and use confocal microscopy.

Other
The employment is a fixed-term 12 months employment (SÄVA) with preliminary start date 2025-06-01 or as agreed. 100 %. 

How to apply
The position is applied for via the university's recruitment system. The application must contain a
personal letter with justification as to why you are interested in the employment and in what way the employment matches your qualifications. The application must also contain a CV, diploma or equivalent and other things that you wish to invoke (copies of grades, information for references, letters of recommendation, etc).