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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Part Time

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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">RESEARCH SCIENTIST ENGINEER 3<BR><BR><BR>Req #: 84062<BR>Department: OPTHALMOLOGY<BR>Job Location: Health Sciences Center<BR>Job Location Detail: Van Gelder Lab <BR>Posting Date: 10/23/2012 <BR>Closing Info: Closes On  11/06/2012<BR>Salary: Salary is commensurate with education and experience. <BR><BR><BR>The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation?s 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.<BR><BR>The mission of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington is to provide high quality medical and surgical vision care for patients, develop new knowledge and treatments for eye diseases through clinical and basic research, and prepare the next generation of physicians and vision scientists to meet 21st century challenges in ophthalmology and vision research.<BR><BR>TheDepartment of Ophthalmologyhas an outstanding opportunity for aResearch Scientist 3. The successful candidate with conduct work in the following areas of research: molecular biology of ocular inflammatory disease; characterization of the Ocular Surface Microbiome<BR><BR>The purpose of this research project is to characterize pathogens involved in chronic ocular inflammation and ocular surface disease using molecular biology techniques.<BR><BR>The mission of the Department of Ophthalmology at UW is to provide high quality medical and surgical vision care for patients, develop new knowledge and treatments for eye diseases through clinical and basic research and prepare the next generation of physicians and vision scientists to meet 21st century challenges in ophthalmology and vision research.<BR><BR>Job Duties include:<BR>? Coordination of patient-derived samples<BR>? DNA extraction and manipulation<BR>? Deep DNA Sequencing<BR>? DNA sequence analysis<BR>? Maintenance of comprehensive database of sequence and clinical data<BR><BR>For detailed information on Benefits for this positionclick here.<BR>Requirements:<BR>PhD in Biological Sciences or related field<BR>Two or more years experience in a related area of equivalent combination of education/experience.<BR>Experience in DNA purification, manipulation and sequencing<BR>Familiarity with Linux, sequence analysis mandatory<BR>Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except where there are legal requirements such as license/certification/registration.<BR>Desired:<BR>Familiarity with high throughput sequencing (Illumina platform) highly desirable.<BR><BR>Familiarity with PERL programming a plus<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Condition of Employment:<BR>Part of the application process for this position includes completing an on-line cover letter assessment to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. The cover letter assessment will a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </font></td>
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