The Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) Seeks a “Laboratory Research Technician: exosome-based liquid biopsies”
Reference: 2024-054-01
Application deadline: Hasta la cobertura de la plaza
Number of vacancies: 1
Job description:
The Prostate Cancer Research Group is seeking an experienced Research Technician to join our group to conduct exosome-based liquid biopsy assays.
Our group focuses on studying and testing hypothesis-based targeted therapies in prostate cancer and we are especially committed to applying the potential clinical value of our findings to clinical trials. Among our different research lines, part of the group is focused on developing exosome-based liquid biopsy assays, including wet and dry lab scientists. Find more about our research here: https://www.vhio.net/prostate-cancer-translational-research-group/
We are seeking an organized, motivated and team-oriented individual with previous experience working in a clinical/translational research laboratory either in the academic or private sector. The candidate should have previous experience in working with patient plasma/blood samples as most of the projects they aim to develop novel liquid biopsy NGS tests, as well as in-vivo experiments with mouse models.
Tasks:
- Processing, aliquoting and storage of prostate cancer patient’s blood and plasma samples from different studies.
- Maintenance of a biological sample database
- DNA and RNA extraction from tissue, saliva and plasma/blood samples.
- Drug trials in pre-clinical models: experiments with cell lines and mouse models.
- Exosome biology and biomarker applications
Mandatory requirements:
- Experience with handling human samples
- Experience with in-vivo mouse work (including certification to work with mouse models)
- Experience in cell culture and molecular biology techniques
- Experience with maintaining databases
- Exceptional attention to detail, scientific rigor, and strong organisation, troubleshooting and multitasking skills.
- Capacity to work in teams
Additionally, the following will also be favourably considered:
- Experience in next-generation sequencing
- Experience with ddPCR and qPCR
- Experience with liquid biopsy analytes and/or assays
- The candidate is expected to be able to communicate well in English, even if it is not his/her first language.
Additional information:
What we offer:
- 📈The opportunity to develop your professional career in a competitive environment.
- 🧠To be part of a center that is in constant development, seeking excellence in research and collaborating with leading teams.
- 🫱🏻🫲🏾We offer and promote a diverse and inclusive environment, and welcome all people equally, regardless of age, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.
- ✨VHIO has been awarded the HR Excellence in Research Badge HRS4R – VHIO that identifies the institutions and organisations as providers and supporters of a stimulating and favourable working environment for Research.
- 🪴We care about our environment and understand the importance of sustainability. We have the GreenVhio program, which you can be a part of.
Working conditions:
- 📝Permanent contract.
- 💶Salary according to qualifications and experience following VHIO pay scales.
- 💳Flexible remuneration program (includes restaurant vouchers/cards, transport, medical insurance, and “baby daycare” voucher).
- ⏰Flexible working hours and measures to balance work, family, and personal life, and promote gender equality, as established in the VHIO collective agreement.
- 🗺️23 days of holidays and 5 personal days.
- 🎓Fully subsidized Catalan, Spanish, or English courses.
Application:
Potential candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and letter of intent, to selecciorrhh@vhio.net including the reference “Ref. 2024-054-01” in the subject line of your email.
About VHIO:
Under the leadership of Josep Tabernero, the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), has established itself as a comprehensive cancer center of proven excellence internationally. It is also thanks to VHIO’s optimal organizational structure based on a purely multidisciplinary and translational model that VHIO talents continue to anticipate and tackle the many unresolved questions in combatting this multifaceted and heterogeneous disease.
Located within the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, our researchers closely collaborate and interact with Vall d’Hebron physician-scientists. Translational science and clinical research are therefore tightly connected which promotes superb interaction and teamwork which, in turn, accelerates the bench-bedside-bed cycle of knowledge. This privileged environment affords VHIO direct access to patients as well as the entire spectrum of oncology professionals who care for them, and a second-to-none appreciation of how cancer science can translate into more powerful, targeted treatments and better practice for the care of patients.
VHIO’s pioneering model and programs, coupled with its belief in combining strengths through cross-border collaborations, continue to spur advances in reversing cancer resistance, halting metastatic spread, and more effectively treating even the most undruggable tumor types.
VHIO’s translation toward precision oncology: https://www.vhio.net
Vall d’Hebron Institute Oncology (VHIO) endorses the Requirements and Principles of the European Charter for Researchers, the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers promoted by the European Commission and follows Equal Opportunities policies.
On 10th April 2018 VHIO was awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” logo. Our Institute was consequently granted permission to use the HR Excellence in Research Award logo as demonstration of its stimulating and favourable work environment in line with the Charter & Code.
