1st Laboratory Assistant/1:e laboratorieassistent

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is regularly ranked as one of the world’s top 100 higher education institutions. The University has 41 000 students and 7 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

The Faculty of Medicine is a part of Lund University, and is responsible for education and research within medicine and healthcare. Our academic programmes are closely linked with the healthcare system and are firmly anchored in the faculty’s strong research tradition. Our research spans a broad field within experimental preclinical research, near-patient clinical research and health sciences research. The Faculty of Medicine, with its 1,800 employees and 2,700 students in Lund and Malmö, is a knowledge-intensive meeting place for students, teachers and researchers from all over the world.

Work description: Work duties are a) assisting or performing surgery of experimental animals in connection with pharmacological experiments, b) preparing pharmacological experiments, including determining and calculating appropriate doses, c) histological work, such as identification of recording and injection sites after experiments, d) setting up and performing behavioral experiments with intact models of rabbits.

Qualifications: Required qualifications are a) experience of small animal surgery b) experience of histological techniques, especially for labeling monoamine systems, c) knowledge of cerebellar anatomy and function, d) knowledge of monoamine pharmacology. Required qualifications are also knowledge of neuroscience and behavioral science at the MSc level, including the basics of animal learning and experience of rabbit models of behavior research.

Type of employment: Temporary employment, 100 %, for 6 months.



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