Lab Aide - Temporary

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

 

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

 

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

 

The Ring Lab of Synthetic and Systems Immunopharmacology is located within the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division and is a member of the Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center (IIRC). Their primary focus is on developing unique and first-in-class therapeutic drugs for cancer immunotherapy using cutting-edge protein engineering with directed evolution. The lab has developed therapeutics that are currently in clinical trials, such as ST-067 (a "decoy-resistant" IL-18), MDNA-11 (CD122-biased IL-2), and ALX-148/evorpacept (an ultra-high affinity SΙRPα decoy). Moreover, the Ring Lab is actively working on developing platforms for identifying new targets in cancer immunotherapy. These technologies include the REAP platform for discovering autoantibodies in patient samples, and high-throughput techniques in synthetic antibody engineering and proteogenomics to pinpoint new tumor antigens.

The Lab Aide will work under the direction of Dr. Ring, lab manager Alison Notestine, and senior lab members to support ongoing research projects. The position will help the lab aide increase their understanding of the scientific method by developing practical lab skills and reading scientific publications.

 

Responsibilities:

• Mastering basic molecular biology skills such as PCR, cloning, DNA extraction, and gel electrophoresis to support ongoing experiments. 
• Support high-throughput autoantibody profiling projects under the supervision of senior lab members. 
• Reading published research articles relevant to the fields of cancer immunology, cancer biology, and protein engineering. 
• Maintaining a detailed lab notebook for all experimental work and providing weekly updates during lab meetings.  

The ideal candidate is a reliable, organized, detail-oriented individual who is interested in implementing cutting edge experimental techniques in yeast display/phage display, protein engineering, and immunology. The lab aide should have a strong desire to master new methodologies, the motivation to keep up with current literature in the protein engineering, cancer biology and immunology fields, and effective communication skills.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from High School or equivalent with interest in the sciences. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A motivated undergraduate student with an interest in performing research.
• Course and/or lab experience in biology, chemistry, and mathematics/statistics to support wet lab research and data analyses.

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The hourly pay range for this position is from $20.76 to $29.54 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees access to a retirement savings plan, an employee assistance program, paid sick leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked), and prorated paid holidays (up to 11 days per year).   

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