Karolinska PhD Studentship, Insulin Transport – Biology MSc, Stockholm, Sweden

Karolinska Institutet invites applications for a Karolinska PhD Studentship in insulin transport in Stockholm, Sweden. A master’s degree is required, and the application deadline is 3 December 2026.

Job Details

Company: Karolinska Institutet

Position: Doctoral student in nanotechnology and metabolism

Research Group: Nanomedicine and Spatial Biology

Location: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FyFa), Biomedicum, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

KI Doctoral Position: Project Details

The Karolinska PhD Studentship involves an interdisciplinary project investigating the mechanisms regulating insulin transport across blood vessels and their role in insulin resistance and diabetes.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility must be certified by the application deadline following KI’s documentation requirements for doctoral education:

  • A master’s degree (second-cycle qualification), or at least 240 credits of which at least 60 are at advanced level, or substantially equivalent knowledge.
  • English proficiency equivalent to English B/English 6 at Swedish upper secondary school.

Required Skills

  • Practical laboratory experience in cell or molecular biology (for example mammalian cell culture, fluorescence microscopy or biochemical assays).
  • Very good English, spoken and written.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team and to plan and document experimental work in a structured way.

Meritorious:

  • Experience of DNA nanotechnology.
  • Super-resolution, confocal or light-sheet microscopy and quantitative image analysis.
  • Work with zebrafish or mice with laboratory animal science training.
  • Knowledge of insulin signalling, metabolism or diabetes.
  • Analysis of single-cell sequencing or other omics data.
  • Interest in AI-assisted computational models combined with laboratory work.

Salary

Doctoral studentship with a contractual salary, maximum 4 years full-time. Employees have access to a gym and reimbursement for medical care.

How to Apply

For this Karolinska PhD Studentship, submit through the Varbi recruitment system with a personal letter and CV, degree projects and publications (if any), any other documentation of the skills described, and documents certifying general and specific eligibility. Applications in English are preferred.

Contact

Ana Teixeira ([email protected])

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