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RESEARCH SCIENTIST (Project/Temporary)

University of Washington • Seattle, WA • 2w ago

Req #: 247258

Department: LABORATORY MEDICINE & PATHOLOGY

Appointing Department Web Address: https://dlmp.uw.edu/

Posting Date: 06/23/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 07/08/2025

Salary: $5160 - $5500 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

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.

The Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology has an outstanding opportunity open for a Temporary Research Scientist.

The field of research this position is engaged in involves pathology of kidney diseases specifically using electron microscopy techniques, as well as identifying biomarkrers of kidney disease progression.This position supports research projects aiming to discover mechanisms of kidney disease with special focus on Fabry disease and diabetic kidney disease.

Duties Include:

Specimen processing (10%)

electron microscopy (10%),

morphometry (10%),

cytospin assay (5%),

cell culture (5%).

The hire will be involved in defining research problems in the field of pathobiology of kidney diseases (10%)

Proposing hypotheses and designing experimental approaches to test those hypotheses (10%)

Planning for conducting the research projects in phase (10%)

Analysis of data (10%)

Developing conclusions from the results and generating new hypothesis (10%)

Presenting the results at local, national or international scientific meeting (5%)

Assisting with grant writing (5%)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in Biological Science

Experience can substititute for education

2 years of basic laboratory skills, basic math skills, knows working with Microsoft Office applications

Light microscopy skills, immunofluorescence microscopy.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Electron microscopy skills, Adobe Photoshop, molecular biology, morphometry.

Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter, and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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