Category: Job Opportunities

Vevo Therapeutics in San Francisco is seeking a talented and motivated Research Associate to join their team. This position is laboratory-based and will require close work with team members to maintain cancer cell lines and support their Mosaic and Validation experiments. We are looking for a candidate that is a dedicated team player, capable of assisting with several projects at once, and one who thrives in a collaborative environment between multiple innovative individuals. Scientists that demonstrate self-motivation and enthusiasm for scientific bench work are strongly encouraged.

The Lipinski lab’s research is dedicated to understanding how genetic and environmental influences interact in causing common human birth defects, like clefts of the lip and palate. We are recruiting a research intern to our ongoing investigation into the role of DNA methylation in orofacial clefting. Following training the team member will be responsible for conducting animal experiments, tissue dissection and imaging, modified CRISPR/cas9, qPCR, DNA and RNA extraction, and methylome transcriptome data analyses. The successful candidate will also engage our research team and campus collaborators to plan experiments, analyze and interpret data, and prepare research manuscripts.

The Spearman lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin studies single ventricle congenital heart disease using a variety of techniques including cell culture, single cell RNA-seq, and Western Blots, among others. No prior research experience is required and 1:1 mentoring from Dr. Spearman makes this position an ideal opportunity for students who plan to pursue an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD. If you have questions please email Henry Rousseau ’23 (henry@rousseauhome.com) or Dr. Andrew Spearman (ASpearman@childrenswi.org).

The Division of Medical Genetics is looking to bring on 2 strong candidates to support its genetic counseling team as Genetic Counselor Assistants.  These positions are full-time, salaried positions with benefits.  The genetic counselor assistant will be embedded in an active academic clinical division (both inpatient and outpatient responsibilities) and will be involved in patient care and translational research.

The Bandopadhayay Lab (www.bandolab.org) at DFCI (with co-affiliations with Boston Children’s Hospital and the Broad Institute) is seeking a motivated research assistant to join our efforts to find better treatments for children with brain tumors. We apply cutting-edge genomic technologies to identify drivers of childhood cancers and to determine mechanisms of resistance to current and novel treatments. Our lab is highly translational and spans efforts from acquiring patient samples to generating and analyzing high-throughput datasets from those samples through to functional genomics and mechanistic biology. To that end, the individual will engage in experiments that utilize molecular biology techniques such as cell culture methods, recombinant DNA and gene transfer technology, and other cell biology assays including the use of genetic perturbation approaches such as CRISPR and base-editing technology. There will be opportunities to learn and assist in computational methods of analysis. The individual will also
assist in daily laboratory operations and organization.

The PCC Community Wellness  Gap Year program is a cohort of individuals who are interested in pursuing advanced degrees in any healthcare field (medical school, PA school, nursing, etc.) who would like to gain experience serving underserved populations. Our goal is to provide an enriching program with physician/provider mentors, RN managers, intra-cohort support, and applied professional experience while bringing eager minds into our organization to learn from our staff and help push to create change. Gap Years at PCC facilitate access to important primary care and substance use treatment with our team of physicians, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, social workers, and care coordinators. 

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is looking for an exceptional candidate for a Research Associate position in the Golub Lab. This position affords the exciting opportunity to be part of a research effort to define the molecular basis of hematologic malignancies and define novel therapeutic strategies for these difficult to treat cancers.

OHSU PREP is a one-year, NIH-funded research intensive postbaccalaureate research program. The focus of OHSU PREP is to support the development of diverse postbac researchers in STEM and enhance their transition to a PhD program in biomedical research. In addition to a year-long sustained research experience, OHSU PREP scholars receive individualized competency-based professional and career skill development and opportunities that allow for cultural immersion through interactions with near-peer mentors (i.e., graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and OHSU faculty. We believe in breaking down the systemic barriers that exist in academia and provide the necessary support to all of our OHSU PREP scholars to succeed in graduate school and beyond.
Please do not hesitate to contact PREP at (PREPtograd@ohsu.edu) if you have any questions about our program or the application.

The NDSU CHANGE program provides mentored research experiences to recent college graduates. Participants in the CHANGE network join a cohort of trainees in a robust training environment that provides professional development and mentorship from a diverse network of biologists from Universities, federal government, industry, and nonprofits. Participants will join a cohort of recently graduated students and will be immersed in hands-on research during our year-long program. Students earn $32,500, with an additional $4,000 to cover health care expenses. For more information, including descriptions of potential research projects, please visit the CHANGE RaMP Network Website (https://www.ndsu.edu/researchgroups/change/) -or- email Rebecca Reichenbach, Program Coordinator (rebecca.reichenbach@ndsu.edu)  or Tim Greives, Program Director (timothy.greives@ndsu.edu)

Emily Johnston is an assistant professor and pediatric oncologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Carleton grad (’04). She does research on disparities in end-of-life care. Emily is hiring a clinical research coordinator to join the team.  The coordinator would be a part of a multidisciplinary research team and would help with bereaved parent surveys and interviews, chart reviews, and coordinating study activities, among other duties.  There are also opportunities for shadowing, taking classes, and writing manuscripts.  The job is posted on Handshake. Students can also reach out to Emily for more information (eejohnston@uabmc.edu).