Senior Research Associate

Job description

Department Overview The Teresa Zimmers and Leonidas Koniaris laboratory uses human biospecimens, cell culture models, and mouse models to interrogate and understand the physiological response to injury or illness including liver injury, kidney injury, burn injury, and cancer. We seek novel targetable mechanisms to block adipose and muscle wasting in cachexia in order to promote function, quality of life, healing, and survival. The laboratory is highly collaborative, working closely with other labs and centers at OHSU and around the world. Funding is derived from OHSU, the Brenden Colson Center, the Knight Cancer Institute, NIH, and the Veterans Administration. The Senior Research Associate will work jointly under PI’s Zimmers and Koniaris and will execute various murine injury models, in vitro studies, and analyses of human biospecimens. The position requires expertise in mouse modeling including surgery, common cell and molecular biology techniques, including cell and tissue processing, cell culture, tissue dissociation, DNA/RNA isolation, PCR, Western blotting, ELISAs, and gel electrophoresis. The candidate must possess exceptional organizational skills and a detail-oriented mana...