Research Project Coordinator / Lab Manager at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon

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Oregon Health & Science University

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Research Project Coordinator / Lab Manager

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2024-30597
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Research
Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)

Overview

In the Andres lab, the role of Senior Research Associate has two components. These include Lab Manager and Research Associate.

The Lab Manager is responsible for the organizational management of the Andres Lab. Their prime objective is to coordinate the day-to-day operations of the lab while ensuring research expectations set by the Principal Investigator (PI), collaborators, and sources of funding are met. The Lab Manager must secure compliance of regulatory requirements for the lab and its members including those required to work with hazardous materials, rodent models, and human samples. The Lab Manager stocks the lab with all the resources and equipment necessary to maintain workflow. The Lab Manager also works with the PI to design, implement, and evaluate various research projects. They handle the labs fiscal allocation of the budget and spending and oversee the training and supervision of Research Assistants or summer students. The Lab Manager is also responsible for maintaining The Andres Lab website.

In addition to the role of Lab Manager, the individual also has Research Associate responsibilities. The Research Associate is responsible for overseeing and executing experiments for both focus areas of the Andres Lab. The first focus area is the Andres Lab’s NEC animal model and all related experiments. This involves independent management and design of multiple co-ocurring experiments involving neonatal mouse pups, genetic rodent colony management, oral gavage, and use of a hypoxic chamber. This also includes intestinal tissue harvest and procesing, enteroid generation and propogation, immune cell isolation and culture, immunostaining and microscopy, molecular biology, such as PCR, qRT-PCR, and western blotting. The second research focus of Andres Lab is human milk extracellular vesicles. The tasks for this focus area involve isolating extracellular vesicles via density-gradient ultracentrifugation, quantifying by Nanoparticle Tracking analysis, and running various downstream analyses or experiments including, imaging and cell uptake studies, microRNA sequencing, proteomics, and oral gavage into rodant models.

In addition to research skills training, our team prioritizes mentorship and training in career development.

Responsibilities

• Master's in relevant field AND 1 year of relevant experience OR Equivalent combination of training and experience.
• May require specific experience in particular area of research
• Experience in wet bench laboratory
• Working as part of a team
• Working independently
• Working in dynamic, fast paced environment
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks.
• Ability to master detail-oriented techniques and procedures
• Excellent Recordkeeping
• Computer skills
• Must have excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills: both written and verbal
• Experience in cell culture
• Experience in tissue handling
• Experience in molecular biology techniques
• Ability to multi-task
• Flexible
• Strong problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Degree in biologic sciences.
• 3+ years in wet bench laboratory
• Laboratory and/or mouse handling.
• Mouse handling experience
• Molecular biology skills
• Cell culture techniques
• Bioinformatic experience Extracellular vesicle biology
• Microscopy
• Immunostaining

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