Biobank Core Tech Officer | Sample Processing & LIMS

HKUMed – The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Medical benefits

Continuing professional development

Free access to on-campus gyms and libs

Job summary

HKU – The University of Hong Kong invites applications for a Technical Officer/Senior Technical Assistant in the Biobank Core of the Centre for PanorOmic Sciences (CPOS). The position is a two-year fixed-term contract with gratuity and retirement benefits, with potential renewal subject to performance.

The successful candidate will support sample processing, equipment maintenance, and data management in CPOS using LIMS, and liaise with users to coordinate service logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Biomedical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related discipline.
• Strong passion for science and technologies.
• Self-motivated, responsible, conscientious, meticulous; and enjoy teamwork.
• Good command of spoken and written Chinese and English.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Prior experience in processing clinical samples would be an advantage.
• Proficiency in using microtome and cryostat for FFPE, and frozen tissue sectioning and embedding would be an advantage.
• Candidates with higher qualifications or more experience may be considered for appointment as Technical Officer

Responsibilities

• Support core services for sample processing and equipment maintenance
• Support data management in the Biobank Core using LIMS
• Liaise with users to coordinate service logistics

Skills

Teamwork

Bilingual Chinese & English

Meticulous

Self-motivated

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Biomedical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or a related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Microtome

Cryostat

FFPE embedding

Job description

HKU – The University of Hong Kong invites applications for a Technical Officer/Senior Technical Assistant in the Biobank Core of the Centre for PanorOmic Sciences (CPOS). The position is a two-year fixed-term contract with gratuity and retirement benefits, with potential renewal subject to performance.

The successful candidate will support sample processing, equipment maintenance, and data management in CPOS using LIMS, and liaise with users to coordinate service logistics.