Senior Research Assistant at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon

Job Description:

Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.


Senior Research Assistant

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2024-29480
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Research
Portland, OR (Waterfront)

Overview

One senior research assistant position is available for a motivated candidate to join the Zhang laboratory in the Division of Oncological Science within the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The Division of Oncological Science is a collaborative and multidisciplinary division with a broad range of expertise and well established research programs in the following four disciplines: cancer system biology, medicinal medicine, cancer data science, and cancer population science.

This position will assist in research that shows how temporal, spatial, and dose perturbation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes predispose to leukemia development and how could we use the leukemia specific vulnerabilities, including the haploinsufficient phenotype observed in patients with chromosome and copy number deletions to develop synthesize lethal therapeutics. Please check Zhang lab’s webpage (https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/zhang-lab/research) for detailed information.

Duties include:

• Maintain long-term tissue cultures for experimental purposes
• Plan and perform experiments related to the research goals of the project, including Molecular and cellular biology assays, flow cytometry, mammalian cell culture, biochemistry assays, utilization of in-vivo models and associated techniques, cell isolation and DNA/RNA purification from bacterial cultures, mammalian cell cultures, in-vivo models and patient samples.
• Maintain mouse colonies, breed mice and perform in vivo experiments
• Collect, record, organize and analyze data
• Read literature, data and figure preparation, attend and present at lab meetings

Responsibilities

Education & experience:

• Bachelor's in relevant field AND 1 years of relevant experience OR Equivalent combination of training and experience
• In vivo mouse experiment experience

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one time
• Ability to learn new experimental and analytical techniques
• Must know how to plan and prepare different projects and experiments ahead of time
• Must know how to troubleshoot independently
• Must have a high sense of responsibility, analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently after training
• Must be proficient with computers running Windows and PC applications e.g. MS Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint)
• Task-oriented and are flexible with different working schedules

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Experience of working with transgenic mouse model
  5+ years of relevant experience
  R or other computational Data Analytics method

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