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Research Associate II - QC Assays - Kandeel Laboratory

Employer
City of Hope
Location
Duarte, California
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 7, 2020

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Discipline
Life Sciences, Cancer Research
Position Type
Full Time
Organization Type
Healthcare/Hospital

Job Details

About City of Hope
City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 6000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.

Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.

Position Summary
We have an immediate need for a Research Associate II (RAII) position to become a quality control (QC) member for the islet cell transplant program in the Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope. Under the direct supervision of the QC Manager, or designee, the RAII performs a variety of QC assays required for the quality assessments of human islets isolated from cadaveric donor pancreata for clinical transplantation and/or basic science research use.

This position requires excellent laboratory skills, great attention to detail at the bench, and meticulous documentation practices. In addition, this position will require occasional flexible work schedule, including occasional weekend on-call due to the nature of the transplantation timeline.

Key Responsibilities include:
  • Culturing human islets for QC assays.
  • Use of microscope to count islet numbers and perform viability assessments.
  • Conduct islet function tests, including ELISA, media and buffer preparations.
  • Responsible for islet sterility testing submission and recording the results.
  • Responsible for equipment management and maintenance of the QC lab and its systems in a cGMP compliant state.
  • Responsible for maintaining records of work performed.
  • Participate in review and creation of new and existing SOPs.
  • Assist PI on research projects when no donor samples on hand towards obtaining research grants.


Qualifications
Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:
  • Bachelor's degree in biological sciences, plus 2 years of related research/clinical/laboratory experience; or
  • Master's degree, plus 1 year of related research/clinical/laboratory experience.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent skills for organizing the given multiple tasks.

Preferred education experience and skills:
  • Experience in cell culture.
  • Proficiency computer skills; eg. Excel.

City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 5,000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.

Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research.  City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s 20 leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.

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