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BSD SUR - Transplant Surgery: Research - Islet Lab
About the Department
The Section of Transplantation is built on a strong history of surgical
excellence, including the first-ever animal organ transplant in 1904.
Over the years, the section has gone on to achieve many more \'firsts,\'
including the first successful living donor liver transplant and the
first heart-liver-kidney transplant in the world. Today, UChicago
Medicine is home to one of the busiest organ transplant centers in the
nation and offers more transplant options than any other program in
Illinois.
What our surgeons can achieve in the operating room would not be
possible without the ongoing work that is done in our laboratories, and
this is especially true in the Section of Transplantation. Our
researchers are well known for their basic science research in
transplantation tolerance and clinical trial work around islet cell
transplantation for diabetes.
Job Summary
Under moderate direction from the Islet Processing Lab Director,
executes preparation for islet isolation and transplantation and
participates in the islet isolation procedures and subsequent processing
for clinical islet transplantation.
Responsibilities
- Manages reagent preparation for the human pancreatic islet
isolation.
- Actively participates in human islet isolation process.
- Prepares supplies in the cGMP (current Good Manufacture Practice)
facility and routinely checks inventory.
- Performs quality control and release criteria tests of final islet
product in compliance with internal Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs), lab policies, and applicable regulations.
- Assists in equipment maintenance and troubleshooting along with
general maintenance of laboratory and office space.
- Perform materials preparation, washing, and sterilization.
- Assists in drafting and implementing improvements of SOPs and other
laboratory documentation.
- Maintains clear, accurate, complete, and timely reports of
experiments.
- Maintains records to ensure compliance with biosafety, radiation
safety, animal protocols, compliance reports, instrument
maintenance, and supply orders.
- Notifies Lab Director of any potential violations of regulations.
Coordinates compliance with institutional, state, and federal
regulatory policies, procedures, directives, and mandates.
- Participates in research with laboratory animals.
- Supports data collection and analytical needs of research projects.
Conducts literature reviews and helps write reports and manuscripts.
Ensures project compliance with different policies, procedures,
directives, and mandates.
- Takes responsibility for the following non-laboratory duties:
transcribing and coding data; developing data collection
instruments; presenting research; and recruiting and scheduling
research subjects. Acquires higher-level skills and knowledge in the
process.
- Takes responsibility for the following laboratory duties:
recognizing abnormal results and varying conditions or procedures to
correct problems; setting up and performing experiments. Analyze the
meaning, significance, causes, and effects of the subject.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related
field.
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Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5
years of work experience in a related job discipline.
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Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in related field.
Experience:
- A minimum of 2 y ars of laboratory experience.
Preferred Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe
Acrobat.
- Ability to work in a sterile environment applying aseptic techniques
for reagent preparations.
- Ability to understand and follow standard operating procedures.
- Ability to work with mice.
Working Conditions
- Ability to adjust work schedule to meet the demands of the islet
isolation process (i.e., nights and weekends).
Application Documents
- Resume (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
When applying, the document(s) MUSTbe uploaded via the My
Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of
the application.
Job Family
Research
Role Impact
Individual Contributor