Laboratory Assistant Jobs

The Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has assembled a multidisciplinary team of scientists to respond to serious viral disease threats, including AIDS, chronic viral infection-associated diseases, newly emerging viral diseases and infectious diseases of the elderly. Our programs are intended to span the continuum between basic and clinical science, in which discoveries are rapidly advanced from the level of molecular and cellular biology through animal models and ultimately into clinical testing. The development of this unique program in immunology and virology provides an important training opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at OHSU. This is why an important part of our mission is the training of young scientists in newer academic disciplines emerging at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute.

The Estes Laboratory works to elucidate determinants of local and systemic inflammation leading to tissue pathology, disease progression, and viral reservoir persistence, as well as tests therapeutics to modulate the immune landscape, restore immune homeostasis, and reduce viral reservoirs by utilizing non-human primate models of human disease (both viral and non-viral etiology). This lab focuses on how uncontrolled inflammation generates significant morbidity and mortality in many infectious (e.g. HIV) and non-infectious (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease) diseases.

This employee will be responsible for organizing, recording, and storing samples for active studies in addition to database maintenance of historic samples and reagents. Basic knowledge of computers and troubleshooting is expected. This individual will also be involved in maintaining daily lab functions, buffer and stock supplies, washing dishes, and weekly/monthly equipment support. Additional responsibilities include histopathology support for the Laboratory’s Scientific Program, which includes (but not limited too) processing tissues, whole slide imaging, and reagent testing under direct supervision. A successful candidate will have great attention to detail, manual dexterity, and exceptional organization skills.