Entry-Level Biorepository Lab Technician

Partner's Healthcare; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham's CHCB is seeking a Technical Research Assistant - Level I to join our biospecimen biorepository team. You will perform laboratory tasks, manage sample handling, and support data entry in the Laboratory Information Management System under supervision.

Bachelor's degree in life sciences is required. Training is provided, and you will work with large longitudinal cohorts and collaborate with researchers across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences is required.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills are essential.
• Comfort handling human biological and frozen specimens; robotics experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• No direct patient care; prepare project files and retrieve biospecimens from LN2 freezers, print labels, aliquot, add QC samples, and update records.
• Create ship lists and arrange local deliveries or courier shipments; store samples and update permanent storage records.
• Assist in kit creation, process incoming biospecimen collections via SOPs, and input data into LIMS.
• Learn to use LIMS and UNIX; discuss process improvements with upper management.
• Monitor freezer health and assist with maintenance; support occasional freezer emergencies and general lab activities.

Job description

Mass General Brigham's CHCB is seeking a Technical Research Assistant - Level I to join our biospecimen biorepository team. You will perform laboratory tasks, manage sample handling, and support data entry in the Laboratory Information Management System under supervision.

Bachelor's degree in life sciences is required. Training is provided, and you will work with large longitudinal cohorts and collaborate with researchers across sites.