Technical assistant in Precision medicine at University of Zurich and ETH Zürich

Cancer is a complex tissue disease that involves multiple cell types including tumor, immune and stromal cells. These cells influence each other to dictate the outcome of the disease. Characterizing the cellular components and understanding the workings of the tumor is critical to identify the most appropriate treatment for each individual patient.

Our group is among the pioneers in the development and application of single-cell approaches for the comprehensive analysis of tumor ecosystems. Our mass cytometry based approaches enable simultaneous analysis of over 40 protein and transcripts in single cells in suspension and in tissues.

We are looking for a highly motivated technical assistant to join the lab and provide technical support in tissue sample preparation, antibody validation, tissue section/single cell staining and data acquisition based on mass cytometry and imaging mass cytometry (IMC) approaches.

This work will be embedded in the European IMMUcan and the TumorProfiler consortia of basic researchers, clinicians and data analysists from industry and academia with the goal to characterize the tumor microenvironment of thousands of patients to ultimately improve treatment decisions. The technical assistant will be located at the University of Zurich.

Technical assistant in Precision medicine at University of Zurich and ETH Zürich

• work in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team at the interface between the clinic, academia and industry
• perform antibody labelling, testing and validations for IMC
• prepare tissue samples for immuno-fluorescence and IMC
• generate imaging mass cytometry data and perform basic data analysis
• perform quality control of IMC data and immuno-fluorescence images

You are a highly motivated technical assistant with expertise in tissue handling and demonstrated ability to work in a highly organized and reliable way, with a passion for science who would like to work in a collaborative multidisciplinary research environment that combines systems biology, tumor biology, bioinformatics, and biomedicine.

Ideally, you have:

• an education as a laboratory technician or an equivalent degree
• excellent skills in handling clinical samples
• technical experience in single-cell analysis and/or tissue imaging
• a desire to work in a collaborative environment
• a good proficiency in English (German is optional)

We offer varied and interesting work in an inspiring and socially relevant environment.
Diversity and inclusion are important to us.

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