RESEARCH SCIENTIST 2
Req #: | 177398 |
Department: | IMMUNOLOGY |
Job Location: | South Lake Union |
Posting Date: | 02/27/2020 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
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UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for six consecutive years.
The lab of Dr. Tait Wojno in the UW Department of Immunology has an excellent opportunity for a Research Scientist 2. The lab studies how immune responses and inflammation are regulated during helminth infection and allergic disease. Intestinal helminth parasite infection and allergic disease affect billions of humans worldwide, causing significant morbidity. Following helminth infection, mammals mount a Type 2 inflammatory response that helps to expel parasites and repair parasite-induced tissue damage. Allergic disease features a similar Type 2 immune response that causes pathological inflammation in response to allergens. Ongoing studies in the laboratory aim to dissect cellular and molecular pathways that control the innate, adaptive, and epithelial network that orchestrates the Type 2 immune response.
The Research Scientist 2 will perform immunologic research in an Immunology laboratory studying immune responses to parasites and allergens with general guidance from the PI. The RS2 will be able to evaluate, select and apply standardized procedures and techniques to in vitro studies, in vivo studies in murine models, and ex vivo studies of human patient samples. This work will be focused on assessing how various factors, including cytokines and lipids, present in mucosal and barrier tissues such as the lung and intestine control innate immune responses during helminth infection and allergy. The RS2 will report to the faculty PI directing the research activities but will be expected to work with existing lab members to drive the project forward.
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