The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) is located 12 miles west of the OHSU main campus, and sits on 162 acres of land featuring forested areas, research and administration buildings, indoor and outdoor animal housing, a pond, and 2-mile perimeter walking path. Our mission is to improve human health and the quality of life through the support of nonhuman primate research programs that advance our knowledge of the causes, preventions, treatments, and cures of debilitating diseases.
The successful candidate will join an active research team focusing on clinically-relevant strategies for the treatment of premature birth and perinatal brain injury at the Oregon National Primate Research Center of OHSU. This position will support ongoing pre-clinical studies exploring perinatal physiology using macaque models of human disease. The successful candidate will be expected to develop skills relates to working directly with non-human primates and post-mortem collection of samples, in addition to standard laboratory procedures and techniques such as blood and sample processing, tissue histology and flow cytometry, data entry, statistical analysis of data, and reporting of research findings in written and oral formats. The successful candidate will contribute to general lab support duties, including scheduling of experiments, maintenance of laboratory supplies and equipment, lab organization and inventories, autoclaving, and disposal of waste. Normal work schedule has some flexibility but is routinely Monday through Friday (9am-5pm).The position includes occasional early mornings, evenings, weekend, holiday or overnight work as required by the scope of the NHP studies.
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2. Data Analysis/Records/Report Preparation:
3. Organize, clean and maintain equipment used in animal studies and lab operations
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