Vacant job

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world's leading universities. We have approximately 46,000 students and 8,500 employees in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our strive to understand, explain, and improve our world and people's conditions.

Workplace Description

The position is located at the Microbial Evolutionary Genetics (MEG) laboratory, led by Johannes Cairns at the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University.

The research group studies microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance, and microbial interactions using experimental evolution, microbial ecology, and bioinformatics. The laboratory collaborates closely with national infrastructures such as SciLifeLab and has international partnerships.

The position will contribute to ongoing experimental work, including an in vitro model for urinary tract infections (UTI) as well as other eco-evolutionary microbiology projects.

The research environment is interdisciplinary and international, and the selected candidate will work closely with researchers and students in the group, including postdocs, PhD students, and technical staff.

Research group website: https://johannescairns.github.io/meg-lab/ (https://johannescairns.github.io/meg-lab/).

What We Offer

Lund University is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation time, and a favorable occupational pension.

We also offer access to modern research infrastructure and interdisciplinary scientific environments within the Faculty of Medicine, as well as working conditions that support a sustainable balance between work and private life, in accordance with Lund University's policies.

Read more on the university's website about being employed with us: Work with us (#).

Tasks and Responsibilities

You will:

• Work with the setup and optimization of an in vitro model for urinary tract infections
• Establish and maintain microbial culture systems
• Work with defined microbial communities, including synthetic two-species co-cultures
• Perform bacterial cultures, sampling, and phenotypic analyses
• Assist in experiments related to antibiotic response and experimental evolution
• Perform basic analysis of experimental data

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