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Human Islet Isolation Associate

3 months ago


Duarte, California, United States City of Hope Full time
Thank you for your interest. Please note, the purpose of this posting is to recruit for on-going and future positions.

For consideration, please email your resume to Dr. Meirigeng Qi at

Pay Rate:
$32.00-$48.81 per hour


Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.

Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission:
Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

Responsible for manufacturing and isolating of human islets from pancreas donors under limited supervision for transplant and research purposes.

Participate in the efforts to achieve compliance with all Federal (FDA) and State accrediting agency requirements in the manufacturing and testing of isolated human islets in the Cellular Therapeutic Production Center (CTPC).

Perform manufacturing activities and development tasks as directed by supervisor.

Provide qualification and validation support for manufacturing processes and quality assurance procedures that are essential to the cGMP production of biomedical products.

Cooperate with Quality Assurance group (QA) and Quality Systems (QS) to ensure the quality of product and cGMP compliance. Required to be on-call and respond to emergency calls.

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Be on arranged rotating schedule involving 24/7 on call time (including holidays and weekends). Must respond to emergency calls at all times.
  • Maintain constant communication and coordination with Supervisor, Manufacturing Team and Organ Acceptance Team prior to each potential islet isolation.
  • Conduct islet manufacturing (both transplant and research) and related research development under cGMP guidelines.

These tasks include but not limited to:

real-time documentation, islet culture, islet sampling, islet assessment, tissue harvest and achieve, assist in developing SOPs, and attend meeting and conference for continuous education.


  • Set up of the equipment/devices in cGMP facility and prepare media prior to pancreas arrival. Responsible for performing routine inventory and re-stocking.
  • Other additional tasks include: organization of the cGMP facility, reagent preparation and aliquoting, and, preparing and autoclaving tubing sets per SOP.

Your qualifications should include:

  • BS degree in biological science or related field.
  • Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.

Preferred qualifications:

  • B.S. or M.S. in biological science or related field.
  • Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical industry experience.
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