Situated in Seattle on the vibrant Pacific Northwest coast, the Northwest Genome Engineering Consortium (NGEC) offers the rare opportunity for highly qualified researchers and support staff to conduct cutting-edge work in targeted gene therapy.
The NGEC is funded through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, a grant designed to address especially complex research problems that require expertise across multiple scientific disciplines. The goal of the NGEC is to develop and apply gene repair and targeted gene therapy to the treatment of single gene disorders of the immune system and blood cells. Because of the concerns regarding leukemogenic transformation observed in replacement gene therapy trials, gene repair and targeted gene therapy are on the forefront of research work in molecular medicine.
Seattle is home to some of the world’s most prominent experts in scientific disciplines crucial to developing gene repair and targeted gene therapy: homing endonuclease biology and engineering, stem cell biology, and DNA repair.
The NGEC brings together a world-class, seven-laboratory investigative team distributed among three internationally respected biomedical research institutions: Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Working for a consortium lab will provide the chance to be directly exposed to investigators with exceptional expertise across multiple disciplines – as well as a fervent dedication to the larger mission of saving lives through research and developing the next generation of leading researchers. The chance to collaborate across the range of expertise available within the NGEC and throughout the larger Seattle biomedical research community provides a unique training environment for both graduate student level and postdoctoral researchers.
The NGEC includes the opportunity to obtain independent support for postdoctoral work through the Interdisciplinary Training in Genome Engineering program, and members of consortium labs as well as any trainees supported through the Interdisciplinary Training in Genome Engineering program are provided access to leading-edge technology through the NGEC Cell and Virus Core, which provides high throughput sequencing, flow cytometry analysis and sorting, and lentiviral vector construction and production support.
Positions are open now that will offer challenge and a chance to discover the unknown.
For information about exciting postdoctoral fellow positions available at the NGEC, please contact Jennifer Eastberg, PhD, NGEC project coordinator.
Current openings for NGEC research scientists and technicians are available at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Graduate students interested in carrying out PhD training may apply to these University of Washington programs and join the labs of renowned NGEC scientists:
The Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Washington is designed for students with a strong interest in research who plan a career in academic medicine.