Summary
Join Karolinska Institutet, a leading medical university, as a Postdoctoral Researcher focusing on the exploration of plant-based traditional Chinese medicine for drug discovery and development. This role combines natural product research, mechanistic pharmacology, and translational in vivo studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher in In Vivo Pharmacology and Plant-Based Products, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Designation
Postdoctoral Researcher
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Type of Employment | Temporary position |
| Contract Type | Full time |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of Positions | 1 |
| Full-time Equivalent | 100% |
| City | Solna |
| County | Stockholms län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference Number | STÖD 2-1106/2026 |
Research Area
- In Vivo Pharmacology
- Pharmacognosy
- Experimental Therapeutics
Location
Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet
Eligibility/Qualification
- Required:
- PhD in pharmacology, pharmacognosy, biomedical sciences, or related field
- Extensive hands-on experience with rodent in vivo models
- Experience in bioactivity assays and experimental design
- Meritorious:
- Experience with natural product research or plant extracts
- Knowledge of inflammatory or autoimmune disease models
- Experience with LC-MS data interpretation
- Skills in molecular docking or computational analysis
Job Description
The successful candidate will participate in:
- Screening plant extracts and purified compounds using cell-based reporter and bioactivity assays (30-50% of the position)
- Investigating selected bioactive compounds in relevant in vivo models of inflammatory disease
- Characterizing novel compounds isolated from herbal extracts
- Conducting compound target identification and mechanistic studies, in collaboration with researchers at Uppsala University
- Evaluating promising drug candidates
- Carrying out mechanistic studies of antibody-mediated inflammation
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit the following documents in English or Swedish:
- PhD certificate
- A complete résumé including:
- Date of thesis defense
- Title of thesis
- Previous academic positions
- Current position
- Academic distinctions
- Committee work
- A complete list of publications
- A summary of current work (no more than one page)
Applications must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
Last Date to Apply
07 April 2026
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