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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
Located at the University of Washington in Seattle, the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) is a unique interdisciplinary environment where world-class researchers create new biomolecules. Our mission is to create proteins that solve modern challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability. Joining our team means becoming part of one of the largest and most innovative public universities in the world. Your work here will support scientific inquiry and help ensure that laboratory breakthroughs lead to positive impact.
POSITION PURPOSE
As a member of our Core R&D Labs, you will make important research contributions that accelerate progress in protein design. These teams develop new research methods, collect experimental data, and help interpret results. These activities are performed in collaboration with other scientists at the Institute for Protein Design or its collaborators; they are not available for external contract work.
You will initially join the Biologics, Vaccines, Production, and Process Development Research Core. These interdisciplinary teams utilize standard techniques or develop new processes to study and produce biologics and vaccines as therapeutic candidates for indications like Malaria, COVID, TB, etc. Emphasis is placed on developing processes that are translatable or viable upon scale-up manufacturing.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
80%) Work with other Core R&D Lab members to accomplish research goals. This includes:
- Produce proteins utilizing microbial systems with standard production techniques.
- Produce proteins utilizing mammalian cell systems with standard production techniques.
- Purification of Proteins using high-throughput autosamplers in conjunction with AKTA FLPCs.
- Characterize proteins using biophysical techniques such as: SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, UV-Vis, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Electron Microscopy (EM).
- Review, analyze, and troubleshoot all experimental results.
- Document protocols run in the wet lab.
- Follow standard operating procedures and working guidelines.
- Mentor IPD researchers on Core-specific workflow.
- Work directly with Principal Investigators, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and laboratory staff in assisting with and conducting experiments.
10%) Maintain databases and inventories. This includes:
- Preparation and maintenance of standard laboratory stocks and reagents necessary to research workflow.
- Maintain inventory for all chemicals, supplies, reagents, and biological samples.
- Maintain and troubleshoot laboratory equipment.
- Work with Laboratory Manager to assist with laboratory-wide EH&S compliance.
5%) Assist with managing undergraduate research assistants.
5%) Present scientific data, attend meetings and team-building events.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or any other relevant field and one year experience with protein expression and characterization using biophysical techniques, OR equivalent combination of education/experience.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Experience with protein expression in microbial systems like E.coli using IPTG and autoinduction.
- Development and optimization of purification methods for gravity and FPLC assisted IMAC, IEX.
- Characterize proteins using biophysical techniques by SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, UV-Vis, DLS, HPLC and EM.
- Attend project specific meetings and communicate results effectively to team members.
- Strong communication and organization skills and great attention to detail, and ability to thrive in both individual tasks and team environments/assignments.
- A willingness to acquire new skills and learn on the job.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- The ideal candidate will be someone who has had one (1) or more years of relevant protein biochemistry experience in a laboratory setting in addition to standard chemistry/biochemistry laboratory courses during their undergraduate degree. Hands-on experience with protein purification systems and equipment is highly desirable.
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