Histology Technician 80-100% (m/f/d)

We are looking for a motivated and committed Histology Technician for our client, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. based in Basel, for a 12 month assignment.

In Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development Organization (pRED) we believe the rapid advances in science, technology, digital and big data are our greatest opportunity to rethink how we tackle some of the world's toughest unmet health care needs and to have an even more profound impact on patients and society. At pRED we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines.

Together we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility where our amazing people are empowered and inspired to bring forward amazing innovation at speed. Within pRED, the goal of the Institute of Human Biology (IHB) is to disrupt the traditional drug discovery process through innovative, big and bold ideas focused on advancing our ability to use more predictive human model systems.

You will work closely with an experienced histology technician to establish and adapt innovative tissue technologies to Human model systems at IHB. You will interact on a weekly basis with students and scientists developing those models. You will also collaborate with the other histology departments within pRED and share access to certain instruments.

• Support the characterization of human model systems through robust and standardized pathology workflows
• Innovation of tissue based technologies applied to human model systems
• Working on histological evaluation; pathology procedures; immunostaining and quantitative image analysis techniques
• Coordinate among the IHB teams and with the PS Pathology chapter the tasks to be done and perform pathology related experiments (tissue processing, sectioning, staining, imaging, documentation).
• Working in the laboratory

• You have a university degree, BSc or MSc, in biology or a life science discipline or an apprenticeship in biology/medical lab environment and justify a strong understanding of cell biology, physiology, and/or tissue engineering
• Min. 2 years of work experience with manual and automated pathology procedures: tissue processing (trimming, dehydration, embedding), sectioning (microtome/cryostat), clearing methods, immunostaining (histology, IHC, IF), in situ hybridization, scanning (brightfield and fluorescence), antigen retrieval
• Experience with histology evaluation is an asset
• Ability to design, test and optimize multiplex IHC/IF stainings including on challenging samples (e.g. organoids and microfluidic chip formats)
• Manual and automated quantitative image analysis (ImageJ, Imaris and/or HALO)
• Excellent organization, documentation and interpersonal skills
• English min. B2; German is a plus
• Team player, adaptable, and flexible
• Self-organized, proactive, and problem-solving attitude

• Confocal microscopy
• Spatial phenotyping
• 3D in vitro cell culture
  

Are you interested? Don't hesitate and send us your complete application documents online today.

We will also process applications by post, but will not return them for administrative reasons. We look forward to hearing from you!

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