RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 1, SINGLE CELL INDEXING

Req #:	202341
Department:	BROTMAN BATY INSTITUTE
Job Location:	Health Sciences Center
Posting Date:	09/19/2022
Closing Info:	Open Until Filled
Salary:	Salary is commensurate with education and experience
Shift:	First Shift
Notes:	As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.

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The UW has an outstanding opportunity for Research Scientist/Engineer 1, Single Cell Indexing!

Background on the University of Washington and the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine: The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nations premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine is looking for a candidate to fill a unique scientist position at the intersection of cutting-edge technology development and medicine. The institute bridges the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Childrens Hospital. The Advanced Technology Lab (BAT-lab) is a new entity within this institute at the University of Washington. The mission of the Advanced Technology Lab is making cutting-edge -omics technologies, including many developed by labs at the member institutions, broadly available to the Institutes research community.

Position purpose:
We seek an individual with strong cellular and molecular biology skills for the Advanced Technology Lab at the Brotman Baty Institute. The scientist will be responsible for:

1) Developing and implementing protocols to prepare nuclei suspensions for single cell RNA and chromatin profiling from a diverse set of human and model organism tissues.
2) Performing single cell molecular profiling experiments

Duties & Responsibilities:

Scientific Operations (70%):
Optimize and implement protocols to prepare single nuclei suspensions from tissue
Perform single cell molecular profiling experiments
Perform quality control assays on incoming samples

Project Management (20%)
   Keep BAT-lab project management tools up to date to integrate with production schedule
   Sample organization and management

Collaboration (10%):
   Meet with collaborators to learn and incorporate best practices for single nuclei preps and single cell protocols
   Attend lab meetings
   Contribute data for figures, publications, reports, and presentations

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors degree in molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
3 months to 1 year of professional or academic experience in cell or molecular biology. This can be at the undergraduate level. We are seeking candidates that are eager to learn new skills as part of the single cell team.
Candidate should have an outstanding academic and professional track record.
Candidate should be an innovative and analytical thinker with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. Must be highly disciplined and organized.
Successful candidate will be highly self-motivated and enthusiastic about taking a hands-on approach to collaborative scientific discovery efforts.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

Experience in cell or molecular biology, specifically Illumina sequencing, RT-qPCR or tissue preparation.

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