Onsite associate, Histology Research Services

You'll join a close-knit team of five Biobank Scientists. The team is processing, registering, and re-labelling incoming human tissue samples and making sure they are available for Scientists. You’ll belong to our business department, Lab and Production Services, which supports leading pharmaceutical companies and laboratories all over the world, in Research and Development within the Life Sciences industry.

Education: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in a science-related discipline, or equivalent experience, is preferred

Experience:

• Prior experience in Biobanking or working with human biological samples

• Experience with histology techniques such as microtomy and staining

• Familiarity with various IT solutions, including proficiency in Excel for data transformation and analysis. Capacity to comprehend Information Management Systems (LIMS) and databases (training provided)

• Understanding and knowledge of compliance with global standards and regulations, adhering to defined SOPs within a Good Clinical Practice (GCP) environment

• Excellent interpersonal and customer communication skills, working within a team

• Receiving and registering Human Biological Samples and ensuring all samples are traceable in our systems

• Maintaining the inventory of Human Biological Samples in accordance with Good Clinical Practice, providing data manifests and sample labelling

• Performing sectioning and staining of samples and contributing to histology lab maintenance

• Tracking all work-in-progress using specialised informatics systems and databases

• Responding to internal and external customer queries

• Monitoring compliance and following up on key dates (e.g. end of check-out period for samples)

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