Laboratory Scientist

at  The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research brings together world leading researchers and clinicians, collaborating locally and globally, to improve human health. Our mission is to harness all the information encoded in our genome to better diagnose, treat, predict and prevent disease. From the individual patient with rare disease, to the many thousands affected by complex, widespread illness, we are pioneering discoveries across diseases that have the deepest impact on our community.

ABOUT GARVAN

Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.
Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.
We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

The key responsibilities include:

• Undertake work in a high-throughput and dynamic NGS laboratory
• Ensure that all information is appropriately tracked through the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
• Handle and monitor key performance indicators for assays and instrumentation, such as QC and sequencing run metrics
• Participate in the development of new processes and procedures – including wet lab validation, documentation writing and implementation
• Participate in improving lab protocols to increase efficiency, or to minimise risks and potential issues associated with lab activities
• Troubleshoot laboratory issues, as required
• Other lab-associated duties, as delegated
• Help to ensure the laboratory activities in compliance with NATA regulations and ISO17025 by following SOPs and reviewing controlled documents.
• Actively participate in Garvan Sequencing Hub meetings, in addition to internal and external stakeholder meetings (as required)