Biobank Coordinator
- Employer
- Loyola University Chicago
- Location
- Maywood-Health Sciences Campus
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Biobank Coordinator
Position Number:8150540
Job Category:University Staff
Job Type:Full-Time
FLSA Status:Non-Exempt
Campus:Maywood-Health Sciences Campus
Department Name:OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES
Location Code:RESEARCH PROGRAM (06120A)
Is this split and/or fully grant funded? :No
Duties and Responsibilities:The Biobank Coordinator will carry out the efficient daily operation of the Loyola University Biobank.
The Loyola University Biobank is one of 4 interactive and cooperative cores within the Loyola University Clinical Research Office. The Biobank provides well-controlled, fully compliant, centralized mechanisms for research participant sample collection, storage and distribution. Standard operating procedures are in place to ensure samples are handled/processed appropriately. Specimens are then tracked by the sample management software via a barcode system which provides a real time electronic inventory of samples and a link to user defined sample information.
Project Coordination
– Interact with Biobank Director, other CRO leadership, CRO staff and researchers to support and coordinate projects
– Ensure necessary consents/authorizations are in place for sample collection
– Maintain study records and associated clinical data bases (RedCap) as needed
– Handle sample requests, procure needed authorizations, and process/deliver samples within agreed upon timelines
– Track tasks and deliverables to maintain accurate records and ensure projects meet timelines
– Performs additional duties as required as new studies are initiated
Sample Collection, Processing and Banking
– Ensure samples are collected and processed, labelled, stored and cataloged appropriately
– Perform DNA, RNA and protein extraction from blood and tissue samples
– Perform immunohistochemical staining of tissue samples
– Retrieve requested samples and prepare sample inventories/data reports as needed
– Prepare samples for shipping and receiving as needed per protocols
– Maintain sample data bases (freezerworks)
Biobank Management
– Maintain necessary biobank supplies
– Maintain service records and prepare invoices for services
– Work with the Biobank Director to ensure adequate updating and organization of protocols related to research studies, the overall organization of the biobank, as well as the maintenance and calibration of equipment.
– Operate and maintain a variety of scientific instrumentation (e.g. centrifuges, freezers, sample processing machines)
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum Experience:
Lab experience
Preferred: Research expertise, IATA certification
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum Experience:
Lab experience
Preferred: research experience, IATA certification
- Excellent communication skills related to:
- interacting professionally with researchers and clinicians
- interacting professionally with patients to obtain informed consent
- Documentation and writing skills
- Demonstrated leadership and motivational capabilities.
- Employment of universal biohazard safety precautions
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and established procedures
- Ability to perform basic filing, office procedures and word processing
- Ability to maintain accuracy and consistency
- Ability to finish tasks in a timely manner
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to deal calmly and courteously with people
- Ability to deal with stressful situations
- Ability to function independently and manage one’s own time and work tasks
- Ability to work as an effective research team member
- Ability to organize workflow
Preferred: IATA Certification
Computer Skills:n/a
Supervisory Responsibilities:No
Required operation of university owned vehicles:No
Physical Demands:Standing
Working Conditions:Irregular Hours
Quick Link for Posting:Organization
Working at Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic University and the only one located in Chicago. Shaped by our city and our Jesuit traditions, Loyola University Chicago offers students an educational environment unmatched for its diversity of thought and experience.
Loyola University Chicago comprises four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to eleven schools and colleges: Arrupe College, Quinlan School of Business, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Stritch School of Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Education, School of Law, School of Social Work, and Graduate School. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois.
With three campuses spread throughout the greater Chicago area, students have access to hundreds of cultural institutions as well as thousands of internships and networking opportunities with the city's Fortune 500 companies. Study-abroad programs at our Rome and Beijing Centers provide engagement with the global community and economy.
While rigorous programs of research and study are one hallmark of a Jesuit education, we're not just preparing students for a career, we're preparing them for life. We challenge our students to learn broadly, to think critically, to serve generously, to lead with integrity, to respect diversity. We come from all faiths and ethnic and economic backgrounds, with a common purpose of building a better society.
Recognizing Loyola’s excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications, and named the University a "best value" in its 2008 rankings.
Our faculty take a person-centered approach to education. They’re not just here to teach students what they know, they’re here to teach them to think critically and creatively and to reach for their own discoveries.
More facts about Loyola University Chicago:
- Total enrollment: 15,902
- 80+ undergraduate majors and 80+ minors
- 140+ graduate, professional, and graduate-level certificate programs
- More than 4,000 faculty and staff members
- 14:1 Undergraduate student/faculty ratio
- 150,000 alumni; 85,000 in Chicago
- One of only eight percent of all American colleges and universities to have a Phi Beta Kappa honor society chapter
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