What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist I position at Katalyst CRO?
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Job Description:
The role involves scanning of histological slides, processing slides using digital pathology applications, generating and analyzing precise data and ensuring timely and reliable delivery of results. Responsibilities include quality assurance, data storage management, and assisting in sample sourcing, while adhering to safety and compliance standards. The candidate will support pathology staff, apply scientific principles, learn new techniques, and maintain laboratory efficiency under supervision.
Responsibilities:
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- Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences is hiring entry level candidates for several positions for contract research in Clinical trials of drugs, biologics and medical devices.
- We have a few immediate job opportunities available in Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Research field. We work with University hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and recruiting partners.
Job Description:
The role involves scanning of histological slides, processing slides using digital pathology applications, generating and analyzing precise data and ensuring timely and reliable delivery of results. Responsibilities include quality assurance, data storage management, and assisting in sample sourcing, while adhering to safety and compliance standards. The candidate will support pathology staff, apply scientific principles, learn new techniques, and maintain laboratory efficiency under supervision.
Responsibilities:
- Produce high-quality histological scans and manage data storage.
- Perform quality assurance on digital pathology outputs for accuracy and reliability.
- Run digital pathology applications on scanned slides, ensuring results are delivered to pathologists before or alongside glass slides.
- Compile results into formats suitable for reports and presentations.
- Collaborate with pathology and computational toxicology teams to support operations and workflow integration.
- Adhere to corporate standards for conduct, safety, and compliance (code of conduct, GxP, etc.).
- Assist in wet lab processes and sample retrieval for digital evaluation.
- Follow experimental protocols fully and assess results with guidance.
- Report experimental variances.
- Apply basic scientific principles to research activities.
- Learn and implement new protocols or techniques effectively.
- Maintain and optimize laboratory equipment and operations.
- B.S./B.A. Biology/ Chemistry or related field, with 0-1 years relevant experience.
- 1-3 years of experience within a histology/ pathology laboratory.
- Prior experience of slide scanning and/or image analysis.
- Histology slide scanning.
- Basic image analysis.
- Basic knowledge of Python.
- Familiarity with histology stains (nice to have).
- Familiarity with basic histological techniques (nice to have).
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
