Research Assistant-Tissue Bank Coordinator
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital rank among the top 10 percent of the nation’s independent hospitals to receive federal research funds. Our robust research organization includes groundbreaking bench research, clinical trials and developments in health policy, and is funded by the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, industry and private individuals. Externally funded research will top $66M in the coming fiscal year. Our dual mission of advancing knowledge and training our experts to become investigators of the future drives forward with one goal in mind: quickly turning innovative research into pioneering care.
Tufts Medical Center has the following position:
Research Assistant-Tissue Bank Coordinator:
This position requires preparation of fresh human tissue and blood specimens for frozen storage for subsequent research and diagnostic use as well as maintenance of the computerized database for the frozen tissue archive. Under the supervision of the Medical Director of the Tissue Bank and/or surgical pathologists and hematologist/oncologists, the Tissue Bank Coordinator may perform the following tasks and assume the responsibility for duties including the following:
-Sampling fresh human tumor and normal tissue from surgical pathology specimens for cryopreservation under direct supervision of a surgical pathologist.
-Separate buffy coat cells from whole blood samples by density-gradient centrifugation; wash and cryopreserve mononuclear cell samples.
-Preparation of plasma/serum samples for cryopreservation.
-Conduct nucleic acid extraction and storage from tissue and cell samples
-Transfer samples to liquid nitrogen freezers for long-term storage
-Retrieve samples from liquid nitrogen freezers and prepare them for distribution
-Abstract diagnostic data for frozen samples and enter the information into the computerized database
Knowledge of and experience with complex laboratory practices including cell separation and nucleic acid extraction and knowledge of and adherence to infection control procedures. Good organizational skills to maintain careful records of specimen information. Good computer skills required for data entry and database development and management. At least one year working in a biomedical research or clinical research laboratory. Bachelor degree in biological science is required.
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Jim Mack
Employment Specialist
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Box 795
Boston MA 02111
Jmack1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Location: Boston
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