Job Description

Summary

Are you ready to start your scientific career with a bench-based role in the fast-paced and collaborative environment of Canadian biotech? If you’re a creative problem solver who is enthusiastic about working on a team, and enjoys learning new laboratory techniques, then this position is for you!

As a Research Technologist in the Pluripotent Stem Cell (PSC) Core facility, you’ll be working collaboratively with teams across the R&D Department to maintain high quality human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) for use in testing new and existing products and platform technologies. You will spend your days in the lab performing and troubleshooting standard procedures to culture and characterize hPSCs, analyzing data, and crafting reports to present to your team. This position is perfect for recent BSc graduates who want to continue honing their laboratory skills and develop as researchers while contributing to innovative science around the globe.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain, distribute, and monitor cell quality of hPSC lines for use in internal PSC-related projects
• Perform lab maintenance and operational tasks to keep lab environment organized
• Execute experiments with input from the supervisor, including establishing or optimizing protocols for inter-departmental use
• Troubleshoot experiments and procedures, document experimental observations, identify and analyze unexpected trends in data, and present findings at departmental meetings
• Provide training or consultation on laboratory techniques and product protocols to teams across the R&D department

Knowledge and Qualifications

• BSc. in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry or related area, with 6 months - 4 years relevant lab experience (i.e. academic, industry and/or co-op lab experience) preferred
• Practical experience in aseptic mammalian cell culture is highly desirable, familiarity with a variety of laboratory techniques such as flow cytometry, qPCR, and microscopy is an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting your own data to small and large groups and writing reports
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and data interpretation preferred
• Ability to function well in a team-oriented environment

This role requires being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as per STEMCELL’s vaccination policy, the current recommendations by local health authorities and as required by public health orders in place from time to time, including any COVID-19 boosters as recommended by local health authorities and as required by public health orders in place from time to time. #Bench #LI-Onsite STEMCELL Technologies Inc. is a privately-owned biotechnology company based in Vancouver that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Scientists performing stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media, cell separation products, instruments, ancillary reagents and contract assay services. We create novel, useful, standardized products of unfailing quality and deliver them to more than 70 countries via our many regional offices plus distribution centres in Vancouver, Seattle, Grenoble and Singapore. Driven by our love of science and our passion for quality, we see ourselves simply as “Scientists Helping Scientists” – standing by our customers to provide outstanding products, technical support and training. We have over 1000 science-oriented employees globally, including 250 PhDs/MScs, with most others holding a BSc or engineering degree. STEMCELL is proud to be the largest Biotechnology employer in Canada. This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented, creative and dynamic environment. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and significant career development opportunities. To apply please select the apply button. You will then be directed to a login screen asking you to set up an account. You must set up an account in order to apply. Create an account by selecting the create account button. You will then be asked for your email and to create a password. Your Password must be eight characters long, contain at least one special character, one capital letter, and a number.Once you have created your password you will be asked to upload your resume. Uploading your resume will provide the ability to auto-populate your application with information from your resume. If you prefer to manually complete all of the fields in the application you can do this by clicking next. You can upload your cover letter as an attachment in the attachments screen. Thank you for your interest in STEMCELL!