Research assistant – laboratory management

Karolinska Institutet; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 312,000 - 379,000; Full time

Job summary

Karolinska Institutet's SciLifeLab Helleday/Rudd Laboratory in Solna is seeking a research assistant to support daily laboratory operations, organize stock, and ensure orderly workflows.

You will handle ordering under current agreements, register deliveries, and assist with UBW invoicing, buffer preparation, cell culture, and waste disposal. A Bachelor’s in molecular biology/biochemistry, strong organizational skills, and Swedish/English fluency are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, or related field.
• Strong organizational skills and high responsibility.
• Fluent Swedish and English, spoken and written.
• Experience with Office tools and database management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily laboratory operations and inventory.
• Handle ordering and procurement according to agreements.
• Register deliveries and manage UBW invoicing.
• Train new personnel in instrument use and safety.
• Organize cleaning days and maintenance tasks.

Skills

Laboratory management

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Bilingual Swedish/English

Office & database management

Education

Bachelor's degree in molecular biology/biochemistry

Tools

UBW

Microsoft Office

Database management

Job description

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Oncology-Pathology (OnkPat), SciLifeLab Helleday/Rudd Laboratory

The Helleday/Rudd Laboratory is located at SciLifeLab and consists of approximately 25 researchers, doctoral students, and postdocs. The overall goal of our operations is to improve cancer treatment and treatments of inflammatory diseases. Our work encompasses both basic and translational research. The research group is multidisciplinary, with expertise in cell biology, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology from both academia and industry.

Your mission

We are seeking a research assistant for our research groups to take responsibility for and facilitate laboratory operations, laboratory organization, and ensure good order and structure in the laboratory.

The duties include the following tasks:

• Responsible for the daily operations of the laboratory so that it functions optimally. Inventory of lab stock and replenishment of consumables.
• Responsible for ordering and procurement in accordance with current agreements and ensuring that KI's purchasing and procurement rules are followed.
• Retrieve and unpack ordered materials, inform the requester, and register deliveries in databases.
• Ensure that applicable agreements and discounts are received on all orders.
• Responsible for invoice processing in UBW.
• Perform general laboratory tasks such as buffer preparation, aliquoting reagents, preparing agar plates, culturing cells and waste handling.
• Responsible for ensuring that instruments, lab equipment, and apparatus function satisfactorily, organizing repairs, and ordering service.
• Develop and update databases regarding substances, antibodies, restriction enzymes, etc.
• Responsible for the storage of cell lines and -140°C freezers, and minus 80 freezer organization and updating of freezer content.
• Responsible for inventory and updating of the chemical storage.
• Responsible for the introduction and training of new laboratory personnel in instrument usage and lab safety.
• Organization of cleaning days.

Your profile

• We are looking for a driven person with a Bachelor's degree or comparable education in molecular biology, biochemistry, or related fields, who possesses basic laboratory skills.
• As a successful applicant, you are highly responsible, service-oriented, organized, meticulous, and flexible. You must have very good organizational skills.
• You should enjoy being busy and be able to switch quickly between different tasks.
• You are social, helpful, and appreciate an international workplace where both Swedish and English are spoken.
• You enjoy working and interacting with others.

The following qualifications are required:

• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and database management.

The following qualifications are advantageous:

• Experience in lab management within molecular/cell biology, high-throughput screening, protein purification, assay development, or medicinal chemistry.
• Experience in working under sterile conditions, culturing bacteria and growing eukaryotic cells.
• Experience working in UBW.

Since the role ensures that the work in the research groups run efficiently and smoothly, great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Karolinska Institutet strives to maintain gender balance, be free from discrimination, and offer equal opportunities to all.

What do we offer?

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.

Location:

Science For Life Laboratory, Solna

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