Job description

Kjersti Julin (PhD) is a senior engineer at the Research Group for Host-Microbe Interaction (HMI), at the Department of Medical Biology (IMB). She is responsible for various laboratory facilities, keeping them operational and follow-up of HSE and CHESS.

She contributes to the group's projects where research is conducted on interactions between bacteria and humans with the aim of finding new therapeutic strategies for treating infections. She works within all the group's focus areas, which are:

1) Bacterial colonization, virulence, and pathogenesis.

2) Human microbiome as a target and tool for preventing infections.

3) Antimicrobial agents, activities, and resistance.

She also teaches lab courses for master's (MBI 3012), undergraduate (MBI 1002), and medical students (MED 2510 and 1501) and supervises master's and bachelor's students.