The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine: On a mission to hire in 2017

Shannan Morris

The Jackson Laboratory's research institute in Connecticut is transforming medicine by improving care, lowering costs, and increasing life span and health span.

Jeff Chuang's lab is interested in computational and mathematical approaches to analyzing such large data sources in order to understand how genomes function and make these findings clinically relevant. 

Elissa Chesler researches the genetics underlaying behavior and identifies with the biological basis for relationships among behavioral traits. 

Scientists in Connecticut research the complex genetic causes of disease and develop genomic solutions tailored to each person's unique genetic makeup.

Olga Anczukow's lab focuses on characterizing the role of of alternative-splicing misregulation in breast and ovarian cancer by using 3D cell culture and PDX models. 

George Weinstock, Ph. D., leverages advanced technologies to investigate infectious diseases, human and other mammalian microbiomes, and their clinical impact. Julia Oh, Ph. D., studies the human microbiome for its potential to deliver treatments for infectious and other diseases. 

The Jackson Laboratory is committed to continue our growth in research to cure diseases such as breast cancer, diabetes, muscular dystrophy, and Alzheimer's. 

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The drive to advance precision medicine at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX) in Farmington, Conn. began in 2014. To continue the momentum, JAX is now seeking to hire over 60 genomic researchers, bioinformaticians, software/IT engineers and administrative staff to join JAX’s world-class faculty and staff in their quest to find precise genomic solutions for disease.

Candidates are encouraged to learn about JAX opportunities and to apply for open positions.

Growth at JAX has been rapid since the research institute opened its permanent facility. “When we opened JAX’s Farmington campus in 2014, I was the second hire and the excitement was — and still is — palpable,” says Site Director Yu-Hui Rogers. “The state of Connecticut’s long-term commitment to bioscience and The Jackson Laboratory’s reputation as a world-class research organization were big draws for me, and, as we’re finding with the incredible pace at which JAX is hiring, we are attractive to top scientists from around the world.”

JAX faculty currently conduct research in the areas of cancer, microbiome neuroscience, immunology, aging/metabolism and reproduction/development. Leveraging JAX’s strengths in mammalian genetics and human genomics will allow JAX to identify complex causes of disease and develop diagnostics and therapeutics to empower the global medical community and Connecticut’s growing bioscience industry. Additionally, JAX has developed predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs to develop the skills necessary for career advancement.

JAX researchers are collaborating with Connecticut’s leading medical institutions — including the University of Connecticut Health Center, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and the Yale University School of Medicine. JAX team members enjoy a uniquely collaborative environment that fosters interdisciplinary “team science” with no departmental barriers and superior scientific support services to foster innovative research. JAX has also developed collaborations with leading institutions around the country and around the world. Recent work with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center seeks to use JAX’s new cancer profiling assay to pinpoint where in the body cancers arise when their origin is unknown. The data generated will guide therapy decisions based on the genetics of each patient’s tumor cells.

JAX’s hiring mission in 2017 kicks off with a Career Forum on March 28 and will continue throughout the year. Within the next few years, discoveries at JAX will not only advance personalized medicine, but will continue to grow Connecticut’s bioscience industry.

Learn more about opportunities at JAX at www.jax.org/careers.