Scientific Collaborator - 100%

• 19 September 2026
• 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Genève

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The Department of Surgery ensures the care of female and male patients 24h/24, both in elective and emergency cases requiring surgical intervention. It represents a center of excellence, not only Helvetic, but also European in several fields and in several of its surgical specialties.

Within this department, the Transplantation Service has the mission of ensuring the assessment, treatment, and medico-surgical follow-up of solid organ transplant patients (liver, kidney, pancreas, islets of Langerhans, small intestine, multivisceral transplantations). In 2024, the service performed 95 organ transplantations, including 50 livers, 38 kidneys, 3 pancreases, and 4 islet of Langerhans transplantations. Within the service, the Laboratoire d'isolement et de transplantation cellulaire (LITC) is the only human pancreatic islet isolation center in Switzerland. Clinically active since 1992, it prepares islets intended for transplantation in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (BPF/cGMP) and applicable Swissmedic and OFSP authorizations, and constitutes a hospital-university platform for research, innovation, and training in the fields of cellular transplantation and beta cell replacement.

Scientific Collaborator - 100%

As a scientific collaborator within the LITC, you contribute to the clinical activities of preparation and transplantation of islets of Langerhans as well as to the translational and clinical research projects of the laboratory.

You perform your missions in strict compliance with standard operating procedures, the LITC quality system, applicable BPF/cGMP requirements, and rules of traceability, biosafety, and aseptic handling in a controlled area. Your activities are carried out in accordance with the responsibilities, delegations, and authorizations defined in the quality system.

After having completed the required training and obtained the corresponding documented authorizations, you participate in the on-call service and islet isolation procedures. As part of your duties, you take note of information relating to the donor and the pancreas and contribute to their verification. You ensure the technical management of the organ and perform the various stages of isolation: preparation of solutions and material, dissection, enzymatic perfusion, digestion, harvesting, centrifugation, purification, counting, purity evaluation, and culture.

You perform and document the planned quality controls, contribute to the evaluation of their results, and ensure the packaging as well as the preparation of the islets for their transport and transplantation. Final decisions concerning the acceptance of the organ and the release of the batch fall to formally authorized persons in accordance with the quality system.

You complete and verify the preparation, batch, and traceability files, and ensure their accuracy and completeness. You report any deviation or non-conformity without delay and contribute to investigations, corrective and preventive measures, change management, and risk assessment.

You participate in the development, revision, and improvement of standard operating procedures. You also contribute to qualification, validation, training, audit, and inspection activities, in compliance with the separation of duties applicable in a regulated environment.

You contribute to the research projects of the LITC in the fields of beta cell replacement, insulin-secreting implants, biomaterials, organoids, preclinical models, immunoprotection, and regenerative medicine. You participate in the planning and implementation of experiments, the analysis and traceability of data, as well as the preparation of scientific reports and publications.

Finally, you participate in the supervision of students and trainees, scientific colloquia, and knowledge dissemination activities.

Qualifications

You hold at least a university or HES Bachelor's degree in biology, biomedical sciences, cellular biology, biotechnology, or a scientific field deemed equivalent. A Master's or a doctorate (PhD) in one of these fields is an asset.

Previous experience in the isolation of human pancreatic islets intended for clinical transplantation in a BPF/cGMP environment is an important asset.

You have participated in scientific research projects, from their experimental implementation to the analysis and presentation of results. A contribution to scientific publications is an advantage.

You demonstrate proven teamwork skills and great autonomy. You have a marked interest in clinical and translational research. You are capable of working in a multidisciplinary environment and managing urgent activities requiring precision and self-control.

You possess good skills in English, both oral and written.

Additional Information

The function requires availability to participate in the on-call service, including outside regular hours, nights, weekends, and public holidays.

• Start date: 01.11.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 100%
• Function class: 17
• Contract type: CDI
• Application deadline: 02.10.2026
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