Team
Lab Culture and Philosophy
We are a great team of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Our focus is to provide an excellent scientific training environment and personalized mentorship in preparation for the next step in your career. We are highly committed to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in science.
Here are some of the cornerstones of the lab philosophy:
1. Increase gender and racial diversity. We welcome everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or age. Since its start in 2018, my lab has been purposefully diverse; 50 % women, 30 % international, and 30 % underrepresented minorities. Why? Besides the benefit of being surrounded by wonderful and accepting colleagues, several studies have shown that gender-diverse teams produce more novel and higher-impact scientific discoveries.
2. Increase socioeconomic diversity. We do not offer unpaid internships for students that often volunteer without pay in basic science labs. Instead, you will be offered a scholarship or an hourly pay for your work to minimize some of these socioeconomic inequalities.
3. Advocacy. An important aspect of valuable mentorship is to actively advocate for trainees. As a member of the lab, you will get nominated for awards and speaker opportunities.
4. Getting credit. You will also be a contributing author on manuscripts you are involved in.
Katrin J. Svensson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Stanford School of Medicine
Affinity group leader at Stanford Diabetes Research Center
Head of the Metabolic Core Facility at Stanford University
Associate Editor, Endocrine Reviews
Current Lab Members
SOME Alumni
How to join the lab
UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
Undergraduates and postgraduate students are welcome to gain experience in basic research. We have several opportunities for paid undergraduate research projects, or you can apply for postbac programs or internships. To ensure equal opportunities independent of financial background, we do not offer unpaid internships.
For summer programs, deadlines are usually in January - please reach out early
The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
REACH Racial Equity to Advance a Community of Health (REACH) Initiative at Stanford Medicine
Postbaccalaurate Program https://postbacs.stanford.edu/Postbac Program ChemH
Diversity Programs: Office of STEM Outreach.
Stanford Human Performance Alliance undergraduate fellowships.
Other undergraduate scholarships can be found here.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
We always welcome graduate students from any of the Stanford graduate programs. We are affiliated with Cancer Biology, CBI, Biophysics graduate programs, but also welcome students from Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Chemistry programs. How to choose a lab and a mentor? This article written by Ben Barres provides insightful advice for students (and postdocs) when selecting a lab and a mentor. If you are interested in a rotation, please send an email to katrinjs(at)stanford.edu.
For incoming Stanford graduate students accepted into one of the Biosciences programs, consider applying for a 8-week transition program for incoming graduate students from diverse backgrounds https://oge.stanford.edu/inclusion/advance/
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with an interest in cellular signaling pathways, biochemistry, genomics, proteomics, metabolism and mammalian physiology. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or M.D. with relevant training. Please submit your CV and research interests by email to katrinjs (at) stanford.edu. The laboratory has an excellent track record in postdoctoral scholars receiving independent funding.
We are recruiting postdoctoral fellows from historically underrepresented backgrounds through PROPEL. https://propel.stanford.edu/
We are recruiting postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented backgrounds through PRISM. https://postdocs.stanford.edu/fellowships-and-funding-support-diversity-postdoc
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow for an interdisciplinary project between Stanford and EMBL, Germany. https://med.stanford.edu/lifesciencealliance/research/projects/metabolism.html
Stanford Postdoctoral fellowships via Human Performance Alliance.
Postdoctoral fellows from Denmark are encouraged to apply for the Stanford Bio-X and Novo Nordisk foundation fellowship.
For all other prospective postdoctoral fellows, here is a comprehensive summary of available postdoctoral fellowships.
RESEARCH TECHNICIANS
Are you interested in learning molecular biology techniques, biochemistry, metabolism and mammalian physiology to prepare you for graduate studies? As a technician, you will gain experience in contributing to or leading a research project, publish your work, and presenting your work at local conferences. To be considered for a full time position, we would like a 2-year commitment. Please submit your CV and contact information for references by email. Please include a short description of your research experiences and long-term goals.
CONTACT
Katrin J Svensson, Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94305
Email: katrinjs(at)stanford.edu
Office: R238 (Edwards) Lab: R224 (Edwards)