PhD Student in Immunology & Immunogenetics

Karolinska Institutet; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Karolinska Institutet invites applications for a PhD student position in immunology within the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology. The successful candidate will work on a project combining wet laboratory work with computational analyses to explore adaptive immunity and immunogenetics.

The position offers a doctoral studentship with a contractual salary for up to 4 years full-time, and opportunities for international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Robust understanding of immunogenetic analysis and hands-on experience with molecular biology techniques including single cell PCR, monoclonal antibody isolation, and genetic analysis of complex genomic loci and expressed antibody repertoires.
• Experience in coding and computational analysis for medical research.

Responsibilities

• Engage in a doctoral research project combining wet lab and computational approaches to study adaptive immunity and immunogenetics.
• Apply high throughput genotyping, monoclonal antibody isolation, deep immune-repertoire sequencing and genomics techniques to investigate human immunogenetic variation.

Skills

Immunogenetic analysis

Molecular biology techniques

Single cell PCR

Monoclonal antibody isolation

Genomic locus analysis

Antibody repertoire analysis

Computational analysis

Programming

Job description

Karolinska Institutet invites applications for a PhD student position in immunology within the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology. The successful candidate will work on a project combining wet laboratory work with computational analyses to explore adaptive immunity and immunogenetics.

The position offers a doctoral studentship with a contractual salary for up to 4 years full-time, and opportunities for international collaboration.