Laboratory technician analytical chemistry

We need to expand our group working within a project aiming to identify pharmacologically active substances from traditional Chinese medicinal plants. This is an exciting and fruitful project with a developed work structure. 

You will contribute to extraction of plant material and chemical analyses of components thereof, including isolation and characterization of pure compounds. 

We seek a person with interest in plant chemistry, preferably with some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. You will be working partly at Karolinska Institutet and partly at Uppsala University. The candidate is required to have a master exam and experience of natural products chemistry/pharmacognosy, experience in methods for extraction and isolation of compounds from plants, experience in working with modern instruments for separation, experience in mass spectrometry and experience in working with electronic lab notebooks. Furthermore, we see that you have experience in a research lab using Waters mass spectrometers and Shimadzu HPLC systems, curating and maintaining chemical libraries and that you are a good team player.

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

The position is located within the Department of Medicine, Solna. The department consists of eleven divisions and each division consists of several research groups. The position is located within the research group Per-Johan Jakobsson https://ki.se/en/meds/team-per-johan-jakobsson. This is a group of about 15 persons which belong to the Division of Rheumatology, working within rheumatology, chronic inflammation and cancer.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form.