Research Associate in Histology (m/f/d)

Beschreibung

For our international partner, Roche Diagnostics International Ltd. based in Schlieren, we are looking for a qualified and motivated Research Associate for 12 months with option for extension.

Roche Innovation Center Zurich (Schlieren-Zurich), a 100 % affiliate of Roche Pharmaceuticals, is active in the research, development and commercialization of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease. We offer a stimulating and truly international environment. To further strengthen our organization, we are looking for 2 research associates in Histology.

In this position you will join a highly motivated team devoted to cancer research. The team specializes in histology support to the preclinical in vivo experiments aimed to test the efficacy of clinical drug candidates.

Tasks

• Handling of automated tissue processor and paraffin auto embedder
• Frequent paraffin block preparation and sectioning
• Frozen cryostat sectioning
• Basic histology staining
• Immuno-histochemistry techniques: fluorescent and chemical dual labelling procedures
• Standard microscopy, confocal and scanner microscopy both Olympus and Ventana platform
• Good knowledge of tissue quantification software like Definiens, Halo and VisioPharm.
• Presentation of results to the team

Must Haves

• Education in Life Sciences (Bs, Ms or Apprenticeship with experience)
• Proven experience working in lab, preferably Histology
• Experience in mouse-handling and mice studies
• English speaker

Nice to Have

• Microtome sectioning
• Cryo-sectioning
• Standard and immuno-staining techniques
• Microscopy Scanner
• Graph-Pad Prism software

Are you interested? Do not hesitate and submit your complete application documents online today.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, social origin, religion/belief, age or identity.

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