Apply tissue culture and pancreatic islet isolation skills in person at North Campus Edmonton on diabetes and transplant research.

The Laboratory Technician reports to Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Pepper within the University of Alberta Department of Surgery. This one-year-plus-one-day term supports designing, implementing, and analyzing diabetes and transplant-related research projects. Work includes pancreatic islet isolation from small and large animal models and humans, alongside transplantation and metabolic follow-up.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assist with designing diabetes and transplant research projects
- Assist with implementing diabetes and transplant research projects
- Assist with analyzing diabetes and transplant research projects




- Perform tissue culture and pancreatic islet isolation
- Transplant islets into rodent type 1 diabetes models

Requirements:

- Ability to work in person at North Campus Edmonton
- Ability to culture tissue and isolate pancreatic islets
- Ability to work with animal models and human tissue
- Ability to perform metabolic follow-up and graft collection
- Ability to support research under Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Pepper

Support diabetes and transplant research through tissue culture, islet isolation, rodent transplantation, and graft analysis at North Campus Edmonton.

📌 Pancreatic Islet Laboratory Technician (Edmonton)
🏢 The University of Alberta
📍 Edmonton