| Job Title | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Medical Technologist / Associate Medical Technologist | 31/12/2024 |
| Senior Research Assistant | 20/12/2024 |
Medical Technologist / Associate Medical Technologist
Associate Medical Technologist Reports to the Medical Technologist
Medical Technologist Reports to Lead Scientist (Genome Diagnostics and Precision Health)
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform daily and routine laboratory operations, equipment maintenance and calibration
- Process and analyse clinical specimens by molecular testing methods following standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Extract DNA/RNA from clinical tissue samples (e.g., whole blood, buccal swab, saliva, tumour, and normal tissues) and perform cell culture work
- Conduct quality control (QC), library preparation and operate next / third generation sequencing systems, laboratory equipment and analysers
- Assist in implementing QC, documentation, internal audit and external quality assurance programmes to meet the accreditation standards
- Aid in developing new protocols and evaluating new sequencing technologies
- Participate in research and development activities
- Perform any other duties assigned by senior officers
Additional Duties for Medical Technologist
- Monitor laboratory daily operations, workload, quality, and quantity for HKGP
- Supervise and train AMT in research and development
- Evaluate and develop methodologies in cell culture, conventional and molecular cytogenetics and molecular genetic tests
- Assist in preparing SOPs, evaluating method and instrument and developing next/third-generation sequencing technology
- Coordinate with service providers for alignment
Requirements:
We are seeking a high-calibre candidate for the post of Medical Technologist / Associate Medical Technologist who possesses:
Associate Medical Technologist
- Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory sciences, biochemistry, biology or equivalent
- Certificate of Registration (MLT Part I) and a valid Practising Certificate issued by the Medical Laboratory Technologists Board, Hong Kong (MLT Board)
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in genetic research laboratory or medical laboratories with provision of genetic testing
- Preferably with 2 years of working experience in short/long-read sequencing (QC and preliminary data analysis) and quality management systems (e.g. developing SOPs and operation manuals)
Medical Technologist
- Master’s degree in biological sciences, laboratory sciences, or related disciplines
- Certificate of Registration (MLT Part I) and valid Practising Certificate issued by the Medical Laboratory Technologists Board, Hong Kong (MLT Board)
- Preferably at least 3 years of relevant experience in an accredited medical laboratory with provision of conventional cytogenetics and molecular genetic testing
- Preferably with 3 years of working experience in short/long-read sequencing (QC and data analysis) and quality management systems (e.g. developing SOPs and operation manuals)
Office Location: Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin
Remuneration:
Successful candidate will be offered attractive remuneration and be appointed on an initial two-year contract (subject to mutual agreement for contract renewal).
Application:
Interested parties should send full resume enclosing current and expected remuneration together with availability to recruitment4@genomics.org.hk on or before 31 December 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Senior Research Assistant
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, implement and support software tools for daily processing of whole genome sequencing and other omics datasets
- Manage data associated with Hong Kong Genome Project (HKGP), ensuring data quality and integrity, and conduct genome data analysis
- Benchmark and enhance software tools for genome data processing and analysis
- Work closely with vendors to support the installation, maintenance, and optimisation of software and hardware systems used for the HKGP
- Prepare documentation and reports, such as specifications, standard operating procedures, user manuals and dashboards
- Perform any other duties assigned by senior officers
Requirements:
We are seeking high-calibre candidate for the post of Senior Research Assistant who possesses:
- a bachelor’s degree or above in Biomedical Sciences, Bioinformatics or related disciplines with at least 2 years of programming working experience; alternatively, a postgraduate degree in one of the above areas
- Proficiency in Python and/or other computer programming languages
- Experience performing data analysis on large biomedical or clinical datasets
- Familiarity with source code management systems (e.g., Git)
- Proficiency in working in Unix/Linux environment
Preferred Attributes:
- Experience in human genomics or biomedical research
- Familiarity with open-source bioinformatics tools
- Experience using workflow orchestrators (Nextflow preferred) and container technologies
- Good communication skills
- Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese
Office Location: Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin
Remuneration:
Successful candidate will be offered attractive remuneration and be appointed on an initial two-year contract (subject to mutual agreement for contract renewal).
Application:
Interested parties should send full resume enclosing current and expected remuneration together with availability to recruitment3@genomics.org.hk on or before 20 December 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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