Cell Culture Laboratory Technician

ZeClinics is HIRING a Cell Culture Laboratory Technician! 

ZeClinics offers an exciting opportunity for a research assistant to be part of the team, whose mission is to tailor cutting-edge science and technology to empower biomedical research and personalized medicine. We are opening a new department where, by combining excellence from different disciplines in natural science, engineering and informatics, we will provide outsourcing research tools for modeling neuropsychiatric disease with relevant human translatability. We encourage a creative working environment driven by the pioneering spirit of seeking new horizons, boldly envisioning the future, and turning it into reality.

DUTIES:

• Human pluripotent stem cell culture and reprogramming.
• Generation of reporter lines using CRISPR/Cas9.
• Generation of novel 3D cell cultures like organoids.
• Support the Project Managers in the establishment of novel protocols.
• Perform the experimental tasks related to both scientific services offered by the company to third parties and research and development pipelines.
• Analyze the data generated from experimental approaches and support project managers in redacting reports.
• Planning, organization, and coordination of lab duties.
• Support the Lab manager in organizing stocks, orders, and storage of material and products/reagents.
• Organize the data derived from the experiments and lab books to ensure full traceability of results.
• Support quality validation following GLP-like and GLP regulations and drafting SOPs.

STUDIES:

Holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (and equivalent) in biotechnology, biology, biomedical laboratory science, or a related discipline will be necessary.

EXPERIENCE TO VALUE:

• Experience with eukaryotic cell culture technologies and life cell assays will be essential.
• Experience in maintaining, manipulating, and differentiating human iPSC will be an asset.
•  Proven experience in cellular and molecular biology will be essential
• Experience in the field of microscopy or flow cytometry will be positively valued.
• Knowledge in the neuroscience field, as well as neuropsychiatric disease biology, will be positively evaluated.
• Previous experience in Quality Management systems, the regulatory field, and the GLP environment will be positively valued.
• Good documentation skills and good documentation practice.
• A goal-oriented and resilient personality who brings projects to success with proactive team effort

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Ability to work independently and interact with several collaborators.
• Exceptional organizational skills with strict attention to detail.
•  Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.

LANGUAGES

• Good command of the English language, both verbal and written, will be essential.
• Spanish/Catalan will be positively evaluated.
• The ability to speak, read and write in other languages (i.e., Italian, French, Japanese, and German) will be a plus.

CONSIDERATIONS

Working in ZeClinics means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. We are passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs worldwide. We comet to those areas where we believe we can change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life.