Scientist - Histology
About The Position
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner. Our Laboratories Functional Service Partnership (FSP) team plays a direct role in advancing drug development by creating sustained groups of talent within our customers’ organizations to provide long-term support. Through this collaborative approach, our professionals bring their commitment to excellence, industry knowledge, and operational strength directly into customer environments, helping to enhance capabilities and advance the delivery of life-changing therapies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
- Scientist: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years’)
- OR Masters degree
- In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
- Hands-on experience with immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, or related tissue-based assays
- Experience handling FFPE and/or frozen tissue samples
- Familiarity with molecular biology techniques
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience maintaining laboratory documentation and experimental records
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced research environment
- Strong interest in spatial biology and emerging tissue profiling technologies
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to generating high-quality data
- Ability to troubleshoot laboratory workflows and optimize experimental procedures
- Enthusiasm for working in a multidisciplinary environment focused on advancing preclinical research
- Strong recordkeeping and compliance with SOPs and data integrity standards
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Nice To Haves
- Strong interest in emerging spatial biology technologies
Responsibilities
- Perform spatial biology workflows using FFPE and frozen tissue specimens
- Prepare tissue sections for downstream analysis, including: Deparaffinization (dewaxing), Antigen retrieval, Immunofluorescence staining, Slide mounting
- Prepare, optimize, and validate antibody panels
- Evaluate antibody staining quality, specificity, and reproducibility
- Support execution of multiplex imaging studies and assist with operation of imaging instrumentation
- Prepare tissue samples for spatial transcriptomics workflows, including slide preparation and sample quality assessment
- Assist with optimization and execution of spatial transcriptomics sample preparation
- Maintain detailed records of staining conditions, antibody performance, sample preparation, and assay outcomes
- Assist in the development and optimization of new tissue-based assays
Benefits
- competitive remuneration
- annual incentive plan bonus
- healthcare
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
- 10 paid holidays annually
- paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
- accident and life insurance
- short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
