Laboratory assistant - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund (IKVL) is one of six institutions at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University. The department has a broad collaboration, both within the faculty and within other units at the University. IKVL also has a well-developed collaboration with Skåne University Hospital (SUS) and Region Skåne as well as the surrounding community and business. This is to promote clinical and experimental translational research, development and education.

The research group

Sepsis (when an infection becomes life threatening) is a neglected public health problem affecting as many as cancer, with a higher mortality rate than myocardial infarction and is very expensive. Sepsis is a complex syndrome, akin cancer and should not be classified as a single disease, rather many different depending on 1. the bacteria causing the infection, 2. Organ focus of the infection, and 3. perhaps most importantly, in which inflammatory stage the individual sepsis patient is when searching care.

Our group focuses on knowledge, incidence, epidemiology, long-term complications, pathophysiology, biomarkers, diagnostics and new treatments for sepsis. We focus on mapping out the sepsis progression in order to "personalize" sepsis diagnosis and treatment. We also study the special groups of sepsis; such as meningitis, neutropenic and postoperative sepsis. In order to increase public awareness of sepsis we cooperate with the Swedish Sepsis foundation.

Within the department, we ensure a good working environment with respect and consideration in our relationships with each other. We are constantly working to create the conditions for job satisfaction, development and participation for all employees.

The research group is now looking for a laboratory assistent for a temporary employment with proposed start date 2021-01-01 (or by agreement) and with an ending date 2021-06-30.

Work tasks

As a laboratory assistant, you will work with the following tasks:

• P2 level laboratory safety
• Cytocentrifugation
• Immunofluorescence staining
• Widefield microscopy
• Image quantification and analysis
• ELISA and other immunoassay

Other existing tasks within the research group may also be relevant.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedicine or similar
• Experience from clinical intervention studies of COVID-19
• Experiense of working with P2 level laboratory safety
• Experiense of working with Cytocentrifugation
• Experiense of working with immunofluorescence staining and microscopy
• Experiense of working with image quantification and analysis
• Experiense of working with ELISA and other immunoassay

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities. You should be an ambitious team player and excited about learning new things.

Highly desirable:

• Preparatory research education
• Knowledge of SPSS program

Instructions for the application:
The application must contain a personal letter describing how you fulfil the desired qualifications, a CV and diploma.

Other
The University applies individual salary setting. Feel free to state salary claims in your application.