The Department of Biomedicine and The Phenotyping Core Facility at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as an academically qualified technician within cardiovascular phenotyping as per 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a time-limited 50% position (18.5 hours/week) ending 31 December 2030. The position is time-limited due to the temporary nature of the tasks, which are primarily related to the commissioning and initial operation of new large-scale equipment for the Phenotyping Core. The position is contingent upon external funding and will end when the project concludes.
The Department of Biomedicine.
The Department of Biomedicine prioritises diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a diverse and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalised medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree programme. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department’s modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in professional scientific basic research.

As an academic employee at the core facility your primary tasks are operation and maintenance of phenotyping services and user supervision. You contribute to daily core facility management through user interaction and bookkeeping. In your daily work, you have a close interaction with competent colleagues. Your tasks will include overlooking of a variety of services, as well as guiding and coordinating research protocols.

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Working with a variety of animal models
• Maintenance and calibration of equipment for imaging and biological phenotyping
• Making and writing SOPs and experiment protocols
• Management of research data
• Teaching and supervision of researchers at the university and externally using core facility equipment
• Collaborating with facility staff, research industry, vendors, and other affiliated personnel
• Performing experimental studies on behalf of the core facility

This is a a half-time position where work hours and days will be negotiated to fit the core facility and employee.
You will report to Professor Vladimir Matchkov.