In the last three years, Atlas Antibodies has given opportunities to Master’s students to join us for a 20-week program for doing their thesis. Since then, five students have taken the chance. After finishing the program, they were offered a job at Atlas Antibodies. Here is one of those stories.

Hi! I'm Linus Sandström, Laboratory engineer, R&D at Atlas Antibodies.

I did my first days at Atlas Antibodies in January 2022. I moved from Umeå to Stockholm to begin my Master's thesis at Atlas Antibodies. Moving to Stockholm and taking my last course before graduating with a Master of Science in Biotechnology was quite a big step for me. I did not know what to expect. I was nervous but also very excited.

However, the welcoming at the company was very good, and I was welcomed with open arms and instantly felt like a part of the group. After setup and introduction, I immediately started my project, "Evaluating and optimizing antigen retrieval buffers in mouse monoclonal antibodies."

A lot of discussion and investigations

The project was based on the application of immunohistochemistry (IHC), and it gave me a lot of new knowledge about IHC, tissue-specific proteins, and antibodies.

During the whole project, I got a lot of support and encouragement from my co-workers at Atlas Antibodies. The project involved a lot of discussion and investigations to find reasons that explained the result.

This was a bit tricky but gave me the chance to improve my investigation and problem-solving skills.

Switching to a permanent role

When my Master's thesis was finished, I switched over to a permanent role at Atlas Antibodies as a Laboratory engineer in R&D. This was a goal I had before starting my Master's studies, to get a job at Atlas Antibodies and to stay in Stockholm.  

My time here at Atlas Antibodies as a Master's student has been both very exciting and educational. All these experiences and new learnings I got at Atlas Antibodies are surely things that I'm going to carry with me in my career. Since I have now got a permanent job at Atlas Antibodies, I have a perfect chance to keep developing and getting even more experience.

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