Laboratory Technician in Functional Precision Medicine (m/f) 80-100%
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- Veröffentlicht:25 April 2025
- Pensum:80 – 100%
- Vertragsart:Festanstellung
- Sprache:Englisch (Fliessend)
- Arbeitsort:Zürich
International drug response profiling (DRP) program for pediatric leukemia
Kinderspital Zürich as an employer
Kinderspital Zürich is the largest university children's hospital in Switzerland with about 2,500 employees, and is one of the leading centres for paediatric and youth medicine in Europe. Although the hospital may be big, it's the little ones that count: up to 100,000 patients are cared for each year across 47 faculties, where we do everything in our power to ensure their well being. 'Kispi' not only offers cutting-edge devices and the highest quality of care, but also a good sense of interpersonal issues. Alongside its comprehensive range of paediatric medicine and surgery facilities, the children's hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.
Your responsibilities
- Cell culture and drug screening: Handling, culturing and treating primary human leukemia cells using modern instrumentation ensuring standard operating procedures are followed.
- Fluorescence microscopy and image analysis: Imaging of single cells using viability dyes and surface antibodies for detection of cellular subpopulations. Analysis of recorded datasets using established machine learning based image processing pipelines.
- Biobanking and inventory management: Maintaining records of patient samples, antibody and drug stocks, lab inventory and equipment.
- Reporting: Generating actionable drug screening reports, integrating clinical data from referring hospitals and routine diagnoses. Assuring QC metrics are met and contributing to data interpretation.
Your profile
- Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Biomedicine (or a related field), or a completed professional education as a Laboratory Technician with 3+ years of work experience
- Experience in common laboratory techniques in particular cell culturing and microscopy
- Strong attention to detail with ability to follow GCP guidelines, high independence and strong organizational skills
- Basic knowledge in R and interest to learn new computational tools
- Strong communication skills that will enable effective documentation and reporting of DRP activities in an interdisciplinary team of biologists and clinicians
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of German is a strong plus
PD Dr. sc. nat. Beat Bornhauser
Head of Research
+41 44 249 70 55
Head of Research
+41 44 249 70 55
Kinderspital Zürich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zürich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zürich
