Would you like to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural work environment? Are you enthusiastic about developing your skills in mass spectrometry-based methods with applications in nutrition and health? Then this ad is for you! Laboratory engineers provide the fundamental conditions to maintain an ambitious tempo and high quality of our research. We conduct research in close collaboration with national infrastructures in biobanking and bioanalysis and your work will be central in such collaborations.
Information about the division
The division of Food and Nutrition Science is one of five divisions at the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering. Food and Nutrition Science is one of the leading units in the area in Sweden with strengths in nutritional and computational metabolomics, dietary biomarkers, micronutrient metal nutrition, nutritional immunology as well as marine food science and nutrition. The division has a wide range of modern analytical equipment for chromatography coupled with mass spectrometery, an in vitro human cell laboratory, and a microbiology laboratory. We also conduct human intervention trials at a site at University of Gothenburg. The division has also extensive collaborations with Chalmers Mass Spectrometry Infrastructure and The Swedish NMR center (University of Gothenburg). The division focuses on nutritional solutions for health and disease prevention by studies on the molecular, cellular, and whole-body level. It also has a strong focus on sustainable use of food raw materials and on many different quality aspects of food.
Job description
As a research engineer at the division of Food and Nutrition Science, you will be part of a team of in total 3 research engineers and you will be working in a research group with 20 researchers, PhD-students, engineers, bioinformaticians and administrative staff. Your primary responsibility will be to conduct untargeted metabolomics analysis in biological samples from humans. This includes planning of the laboratory work, sample preparation and clean up, running and maintaining LC-qTOF-MS and LC-MS/MS instruments and report results. You will be supported by experts in mass spectrometry and the research team. You will also be involved in method development and to improve the workflows and methods at the division as well as maintain relevant registries and risk assessments in order to guarantee safe working environment in the laboratories. This position will report to the division head who is also the group leader of the research group you will be affiliated with.
Qualifications
You should have a MSc in relevant field and have experience in using and maintaining different analytical instruments including HPLC´s and mass spectrometers. You work comfortably in a research environment and have excellent time management skills and be responsible and precise. The work requires high level of independency, but is done as part of the team and, therefore, good communication and collaboration skills are essential. You should be fluent in speaking and writing in English.
Contract terms
Temporary employment, he period for the position is between 1/11 2021 until 31/12 2022.
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Name, Ref 20210407 and be attached as PDF files, as below:
CV
Personal letter
Other documents (optional):
• Copies of completed education, grades etc. Two references that we can contact should be provided at a possible interview.
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Application deadline: 1 November, 2021
For questions, please contact:
Professor Rikard Landberg, Head of Division
E-mail: rikard.landberg@chalmers.se
Phone: + 46 723 509386
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