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Pacific Northwest

Manage day to day operations of a clinical research laboratory. Oversee specimen acquisition, processing, storage and shipment. Manage, train and supervise junior staff. Gene sequencing, genotyping and genetic risk assessment. PCR, qPCR, rtPCR and NG Sequencing. Plasmid manipulation, purification and engineering including transformation, transfection and mutagenesis. Protein chemistry including manufacture and purification. Maintenance, calibration and minor repair of laboratory equipment including freezers, centrifuges, pipettes, thermal cyclers, incubators, liquid handlers and robotics. Maintaining relationships with customer service representatives for ordering supplies and consumables.

SNiP genotyping, solution formulation, subject recruiting, PCR, gel electrophoresis, Sanger sequencing, blood processing.