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Junior Islet Cell Scientist
| Posting date: | 29 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,964.00 to £43,780.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35964.00 - £43780.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-24-0881 |
Summary
The main responsibility of the post holder is to assist in the isolation of human islets to GMP standards for clinical and research uses. The other responsibilities are to share with the Hepatocyte Isolation Team the day to day running of the Cell Isolation Unit for isolation of human cells. The duties will include monitoring the performance of the laboratory, maintaining supplies of reagents and necessary equipment. 1. Assist in the isolation of human pancreatic islets of Langerhans for clinical cell transplantation and for research. 2. Share the responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Cell Isolation Unit, including environmental monitoring of air pressures and flows and microbiological contamination testing as required for the licensed laboratory by HTA Authority. 3. Responsible for provision of sterile reagents and equipment for isolation of human islet cells in the Cell Isolation Unit. 4. Responsible for maintaining supplies of consumables required for islet cell isolation and looking after the stock reagents for islet isolation. 5. Perform research in evaluation of the quality and quantity of islet cell or surrogate islet cells to enhance the understanding of human cell transplantation.