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Oregon Health & Science University is hiring a Senior Core Scientist to lead and oversee core service functions, procedures, and daily operations supporting researchers' projects and grant commitments. The role involves providing expert technical guidance, training staff and users, managing operations, and contributing to the development of new imaging services within the Advanced Light Microscope Core.

Highlights

Oversee design and daily operations of core microscopy services supporting research goals
Provide expert technical consulting and training on multiphoton excitation and advanced light microscopy systems, particularly ZEISS microscopes on the ZEN platform
Maintain and troubleshoot imaging systems, ensuring service quality and compliance
Advise investigators on appropriate imaging modalities for their experiments
Contribute to development of new imaging workflow, services, and training materials
Assist with project billing, fee estimation, and financial monitoring for core services
Required qualifications: PhD with 3 years relevant experience, or Master’s with 7 years, or Bachelor’s with 15 years of relevant expertise
Preferred skills include experience with quantitative microscopy data analysis and proficiency in open-source (FiJi/ImageJ, CellProfiler) and commercial image analysis software (Arivis, Imaris, Volocity)
Serve as mentor for junior staff and participate in user education seminars/webinars
Position is regular part-time, about 8 hours per week, within OHSU’s Department of Neurology

Senior Core Scientist Full Description

Department Overview:

OHSU is Oregon’s only public academic health center and an institution of higher learning, with schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and public health. OHSU is also a national research hub, with thousands of scientists developing lifesaving therapies and deeper understanding of health and disease. Across the missions of healing, teaching and discovery, OHSU turns discoveries into lifesaving care.

The Advanced Light Microscope Core is the university-wide shared resource for OHSU researchers to access technical expertise in designing light microscopy projects and access to instrumentation and software to execute them. Services provided include technical consulting on sample preparation and instrument selection, assistance with image data acquisition, training for unsupervised instrument operation, and assistance with workflow development for data analysis. Function/Duties of Position:

From the General Core Scientist Descriptor Matrix:

GENERAL FOCUS:

The Core Scientist family provides technology expertise for researchers across campus. Core Scientists provide service functions in a core that, depending on the core, include service projects, assay services, or equipment training. Core management duties include responsibilities for service quality assurance and compliance, project and request tracking, financial duties around recharge mechanisms, and user outreach. Core leadership duties include operational and financial oversight, reporting, staff recruitment, training and mentoring, and staff and user management.

GENERAL SCOPE:

Oversees the design of core service functions, procedures, and day-to-day operations in support of customers' research goals and grant commitments. Monitors results, responds to unusual outcomes, and develops and implements modifications to address any technical or design issues.

Performs work of the highest difficulty using extensive knowledge of specialized technology. With expert knowledge of research practices and core technologies, directs and trains staff in methodology/Standard Operating Procedures.

Serves as a mentor to junior staff. Contributes to new service development. Assists with billing. May have responsibilities in developing fee and service cost estimates for projects and monitoring expenditure and income. May be tasked with operations compliance with applicable regulations. Trains users on advanced instrument use and verifies that proper training procedures are followed. Participates in user education webinars/seminars. Required Qualifications:

PhD AND 3 years’ relevant experience OR
Master’s Degree in relevant field AND 7 years’ relevant experience or core-relevant expertise OR
Bachelor’s in relevant field AND 15 years of relevant experience or core-relevant expertise

From the Advanced Light Microscopy Core Descriptor Matrix. Proficiency in lower level core scientist roles is assumed, plus this role periodically or regularly performs a majority of the following:

Understands multiphoton excitation principle and can train users in operating microscopes with multiphoton lasers.
Skilled in maintaining and troubleshooting most imaging systems in the core.
Can advise investigators on the relative merits of different modalities as they pertain to their imaging projects.
Can identify gaps and participates in development of new imaging services and training materials.
Assists in evaluation of new technologies and their development as new services.
Demonstrated experience operating advanced ZEISS microscope setups run under the ZEN platform.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with quantitative data analysis of light microscopy data (publications).
Proficiency with open-source image data analysis software (e.g., FiJi/ImageJ, CellProfiler, QPath, or ilastik)
Proficiency with at least one commercial image data analysis packages (e.g., Arivis, Imaris, or Volocity).

All are welcome: Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.

Original Job Description

Department Overview:

From the General Core Scientist Descriptor Matrix:

GENERAL FOCUS:

GENERAL SCOPE:

PhD AND 3 years’ relevant experience OR
Master’s Degree in relevant field AND 7 years’ relevant experience or core-relevant expertise OR
Bachelor’s in relevant field AND 15 years of relevant experience or core-relevant expertise

From the Advanced Light Microscopy Core Descriptor Matrix. Proficiency in lower level core scientist roles is assumed, plus this role periodically or regularly performs a majority of the following:

Understands multiphoton excitation principle and can train users in operating microscopes with multiphoton lasers.
Skilled in maintaining and troubleshooting most imaging systems in the core.
Can advise investigators on the relative merits of different modalities as they pertain to their imaging projects.
Can identify gaps and participates in development of new imaging services and training materials.
Assists in evaluation of new technologies and their development as new services.
Demonstrated experience operating advanced ZEISS microscope setups run under the ZEN platform.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with quantitative data analysis of light microscopy data (publications).
Proficiency with open-source image data analysis software (e.g., FiJi/ImageJ, CellProfiler, QPath, or ilastik)
Proficiency with at least one commercial image data analysis packages (e.g., Arivis, Imaris, or Volocity).

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