Description

Your tasks

Tissue Bank Bern

• Registration and Management of Biobank Samples and Data
• Assist in the acquisition and handling of biological samples for research projects
• Perform tissue sectioning using a microtome and cryotome, ensuring quality and precision
• Communication with researchers and pathologists to organize sample collection and sample delivery
• Administration of biobank documents
• Devices cleaning and maintenance
• Consumables ordering

• Support in selecting blocks and sections from the archive
• Support in preparing for dispatch

Requirements

• Technician / Science background (MUST be experienced in histology – previous experience as lab tech)
• English and German fluency (B2 or higher, written and spoken)
• Cryostat and FFPE cutting experience (demonstrable in CV experience)
• Microsoft Office (particularly Excel usage)
• Flexibility, sense of responsibility and precise working methods
• Motivation in career development (growing and learning)
• Ability to work in an organised manner
• Customer-oriented skill set (answering phone calls, and emails and interacting with clients and researchers)
• Strong communication skills
• Capacity to work independently as well as in a team
• Previous experience with biobanks (sample registry, etc) – is a plus, not a must

We offer

We offer you an interesting position in a modern research laboratory at the University of Bern and the opportunity to help shape the future in a dynamic and progressive working environment with a wide range of tasks.

For further information, please contact Ms. Cristina Graham Martinez, Deputy Head of Translational Research Unit, at +41 31 684 12 39 or cristina.graham@unibe.ch.

Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your electronic application (please send your CV, certificates and diplomas in one continuous PDF file) to: bewerbung.igmp@unibe.ch.

University of Bern, Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, Human Resources, Murtenstrasse 31, 3008 Bern, www.igmp.unibe.ch.