Senior Research Assistant/Research Associate

SupportFinity™; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SupportFinity™ is seeking a Research Associate to join the Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology Department. The role focuses on supporting cancer research through animal handling, tissue processing, and advanced molecular techniques. Ideal candidates will have relevant Bachelor's or Master's degrees and experience in a lab environment. OHSU fosters diversity and inclusion among its staff, encouraging individuals from varied backgrounds to apply.

We offer opportunities for career advancement within our facilities in Portland, assisting innovative research that enhances human health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in relevant field AND 1 year of relevant experience.
• Master's Degree in relevant field AND 3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the animal colony and perform surgeries and necropsies.
• Assist with tissue processing and molecular techniques.
• Design and run flow cytometry panels with provided samples.
• Participate in classes and seminars to enhance working knowledge.

Skills

Animal handling

Molecular techniques

Immunological techniques

Flow cytometry

Cell culture

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Master's degree in relevant field

Job description

Oregon Health & Science University |

Oregon Health & Science University | Posted Mar 13

Full-time

Portland

Negotiable

Unknown

Department Overview

This position is a member of the Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology Department at OHSU. Support investigators in the conduct of original research in service to OHSU’s mission to improve human health, building and leveraging platform-based tools and biological understanding while working in a team. Work will be focused on Cancer research involving animal handling, including surgery, necropsy and animal tissue processing. Duties include working with rodents, flow cytometry, basic immunohistochemistry, basic cellular and molecular procedures. Candidate must be experienced in working within a team, collaboration, data management, and support of investigators’ discoveries and scholarly work.

Function/Duties of Position

• Animal experimentation: Work with researchers in managing the animal colony, taking measurements, harvesting tissues for experimentation, animal surgeries and necropsies.
• Wet lab duties: Assist researchers with processing animal and human tissues/blood, labelling, organizing materials for experiment days. Basic to advanced cellular and molecular techniques. Basic to advanced immunologic methodologies with tissue specimens, tissue culture and relevant assays. Use of aseptic techniques and statistical applications (Prism/GraphPad).
• Flow cytometry: Assist researchers with designing and running flow cytometry panels, using animal and human cells and tissues. Experience with FlowJo would be helpful. Assembling flow cytometry data to generate graphs, and evaluation of statistical significance of data.
• Career Development: Participate in appropriate activities that enhance general knowledge of or ability to do assigned work. This includes, but is not limited to the following: attend classes, seminars, and other training forums; stay current in relevant literature; participate in preparation of scholarly work; participate in staff meetings and other informational sessions; read vendor documentation as appropriate to position; interact with peers and other employees to receive and disseminate information.

Required Qualifications

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

Research Associate

• Master's Degree in relevant field AND 3 years of relevant experience OR
• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 5 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree with major courses in field of research (tissue biology, immunology, cancer biology) plus two years of applicable experience outside of the classroom.
• 1 years experience required molecular and immunologic techniques
• 1 years experience required animal handling and research
• Prefer 2 years of relevant experience, including two years of hands‑on experience with animal handling, molecular and immunologic experimental techniques
• One year experience with the following,
  • Small animal handling and colony management
  • Small animal surgeries, knowledge of mouse anatomy, necropsies.
  • Flow cytometry
  • Basic to advanced cellular, molecular, immunologic experimental techniques.
  • Understanding of basic statistics and some of its applications to biomedical science.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one time.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills, both written and verbal.
• 2 years experience with the following,
  • experience in a professional, team-oriented biology environment.
  • Animal handling and experimentation.
  • Flow cytometry experience.
  • Immunohistochemistry

Why apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington.

OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti‑racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply.

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