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Responsibilities

Quantitative analysis of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using Cryo-EM is challenging due to heterogeneous samples, lack of training data, and sample variability. In this project, we aim to develop AI/ML workflows for improved quantitative analysis of LNPs. Your responsibilities will include optimizing data collection parameters for automated analysis pipelines; developing, optimizing, and implementing AI/ML workflows; and validating analyses using physicochemical methods. The research will be conducted in close collaboration with experimental LNP PhD/postdoc projects in the Barriga Lab and with M. Carroni at the Cryo-EM facility at SciLifeLab. Other responsibilities may include teaching, supervision, and contributions to collaborative projects or grant applications.

The Barriga Lab is an interdisciplinary group combining biology, physics, and chemistry to enhance our understanding of biological processes, with a specific focus on structure-function relationships in lipid systems for drug delivery (primarily lipid nanoparticles). The group has extensive expertise in large-scale research infrastructure for studying lipid systems and linking them to biological analyses.

https://barrigalab.com/ (https://barrigalab.com/)

The group is part of the Nanobiotechnology Division within the Department of Protein Science and is located at SciLifeLab in Solna.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A completed PhD degree or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Documented expertise in AI/ML methods (neural networks).
• Documented expertise in advanced image analysis (e.g., classification, quantitative analysis).
• Experience in supervising or co-supervising master's or PhD students.
• Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork.
• Proof of ability to work independently.

Merits

• At the final application deadline, no more than three years have passed since the PhD degree or an equivalent foreign degree was awarded.
• Experience working with Cryo-EM.
• Experience working with lipid nanoparticles.
• Experience working with scattering (small angle).
• Ability to communicate (written, oral) in English as it is part of daily work.
• Awareness of diversity and equal treatment issues (with a particular focus on gender equality).

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

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Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are primarily responsible for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.

The application should include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copies of degree certificates and transcripts from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in either of these languages.
• A cover letter describing your motivation for the research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals, as well as key competencies related to the position. Max 2 pages long.

The application must be received by KTH no later than the final application date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the Position

The employment is permanent, but for a maximum of two years.

A postdoctoral position is a time-limited merit-based appointment with a primary focus on research, intended as a first career step after the PhD.

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