Job Postings

Even though some of the job openings listed below may have been filled, the information is still left here because the person who went the details is almost always a grad from RIT (and thus would be a good contact for any future positions at the organization listed)

Kelly Harsch, a Biotech grad, recently sent an email mentioning an open position in her lab at the Lerner Research Institute, a part of the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The position requires a B.S. in life sciences or chemistry, with some experience in HPLC and other lab techniques desirable. Kelly's lab focuses on prostate cancer, and the work involves folate metabolism and how it applies to pCA and folate assays. The Manager of her lab is Dr. Warren Heston. If you are interested in learning more about this position, you are invited to contact Kelly at harschk@ccf.org, or call the lab at (216) 444-8196 and ask for Kelly. The Human Resources Employment contact is Miriam J. Barton, Director, Human Resource Services, Dept. of Human Resources/W17, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 - Tel: (216) 445-1386; Fax: (216) 444-6096; Email: bartonm1@ccf.org

Nick Spittal, a recent Biotech grad who also earned his MBA from RIT (BS/MBA option)m sent an email on Dec 3, 2001 saying that his company, Chesapeake Biological Laboratories in Baltimore, MD, has several positions opening up for BS grads. Click here to see Nick's email. He invites graduating seniors to contact him if they would like more details (see his email for his address)

Dr. Dan Cortright, of Neurogen Corp, Branford, CT, called on May 15, 2001 seeking applications from graduating seniors for a position at Neurogen. Applicants should be familiar with biochemistry, molecular biology and some analytical chemistry. Contact Dr. Cortright by email (dcortright@negn.com) to find out more about the position. Interested persons can submit a resume by email to Dr. Cortright, either included in the body of the email or as an attachment (suggest in Word or Rich Text Format).

Mario Roma, a May, 1996 RIT Biotech grad, send a recent email (April 26, 2001) indicating that the Cornell University Laboratory of Food Microbiology & Pathogenisis of Foodborne Diseases, (Ithaca, NY) in which he works will be hiring one or two research technicians. Interested persons can contact Mario by email at mmr26@cornell.edu, or Dr. Martin Wiedmann, the Laboratory Director, by email at mw16@cornell.edu.

Jamie Moore, a May, 2000 RIT Biotech grad who now works at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, MA sent a recent email (April 19, 2001) indicating that Whitehead Institute's Center for Genomic Research is expanding and invites anyone interested in exploring opportunities there to get in touch with her by email (jmoore@genome.wi.mit.edu).

Kourtney Ricks, a May, 2000 RIT Biotech grad who now works at the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) in Silver Spring, MD (near Washington, DC), sent a recent email (April 12, 2001) indicating that her department (Viral Diseases) is looking to hire some new people as Virology Research Assistants. Applicants should have tissue culture experience - the positions would be involved with making and testing DNA vaccines for dengue and oropouche viruses. She invited anyone who is interested in working for the NMRC to contact her by email (RicksK@NMRC.NAVY.MIL) and she would get resumes to the right persons there.

Nick Samper, a Biotech grad, sent an email on January 31, 2001 mentioning that his employer, Biogen (in Cambridge, MA), has many job openings. Nick appears to offer his assistance to recent grads from RIT who might be interested in exploring jobs there. See his email for more details.

The Center for Cancer Biology at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences has "several opportunities" in Molecular and Cell Biology Research. Click here for a detailed job description. Application includes a resumes and cover letter sent to the attention of Katie Scoville, Administrative Assistant, Center for Cancer Biology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, P.O. Box 633, Rochester, NY 14642

Ying-Ying Li, an RIT Biotech grad, sent an email on Nov 9, 2000 about an open position at her current employer, Neurogen Corporation (located in Branford, CT - near New Haven). Click here to read Ying's email for more details and her current email address at Neurogen.

Sharon Polidoro, an RIT Biotech grad, sent an email on Nov 1, 2000 about an open position at her employer, Panacos Pharmaceuticals (located in Gaithersburg, MD - near Washington, D.C.). Click here to read Sharon's email for details about the position and method of applying.

Craig Garafola, an RIT Biotech grad, sent an email to Dr. Evans about a possible open position at his employer, Carnegie Institute of Washington (located in Baltimore, MD). If you are interested in the position, click here to read Craig's email or contact Dr. Evans (imesbi@rit.edu)

Dr. Maurice Zauderer, Ph.D. Scientific Director, Vaccinex, L.P. (a very rapidly growing Biotechnolgy company in Rochester, NY) sent an email on October 7, 2000 indicating that Vaccinex is "looking to hire additional personnel both immediately and, very likely, throughout the next two years". Dr. Zauderer seeks "qualified students looking for a challenging technical position". Robert Onofrio, a May, 2000 RIT Biotech grad, is Vaccinex's most recent hire. Click here to see Dr. Zauderer's complete email message (including contact information). Click here to read a Vaccinex press release that was published in the local Rochester & Democrat newspaper.

Mike White (took several courses here at RIT and is married to a Biotech grad) sent an email (Oct 4, 2000) announcing an open position in his lab at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Missouri. Click here to see the details and contact information for this position.

Leah Speakman, an RIT Biotech grad who now works at Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines here in Rochester, sent an email (July 8, 2000) indicating that Wyeth-Lederle has an open position. "...the position was advertised in the March 30, 2000 issue of Science as well as in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (late May/early June). The job is in the DNA Technology Group of the Molecular Biology Dept. The group concentrates on DNA sequencing, oligonucleotide synthesis, and PCR as a service function. We also do discovery research pojects on the side (as our time permits). The goal of our research is to assist in the identification of novel vaccine candidates against bacterial pathogens. Send resumes to:

Jennifer Letts-Painter, a 1999 RIT Biotech grad who now works for Praelux, Inc, in Lawrenceville, NJ just outside of Princeton, sent an email on June 14, 2000 mentioning an open position at Praelux. "We were a start-up when I joined last year, but now we are a 'tiny little division of Amersham Pharmacia Biotech'. We're very small (14) but its a fantastic place to work. The position is for an experienced cell culture tech, 16-30hrs/week, possibly full time if we find the 'right person'. Anyone interested can email me at jpainter@praelux.com for the actual listing and info. Also, if anyone wants to know what it's like working for a start-up, I'd be happy to share. Thanks bunches! (I'd take the job, but I'm having too much fun in my position.)" Jennifer (Letts) Painter, Associate Scientist, Praelux, Inc. 17-A Princess Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648; phone: (609) 620-0220, ext. 222

Ying-Ying Li, a 1998 RIT Biotech grad who now works at Neurogen in Brandford, CT, sent an email on June 5, 2000 indicating that Neurogen has open positions for B.S. grads in their behavior department. Interested persons are invited to contact Ying-Ying by email at yli@nrgn.com. Neurogen's job posting website can be found by clicking here

Pharmasset, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia is recruiting both Junior and Senior R&D positions posted on May 31, 2000. Experience in cell culture, virology, molecular biology techniques, and biochemistry of nucleosides and nucleotides is preferred. Pharmasset was referred to RIT by Phil Tharnish, a 1996 RIT Biotech grad, who is working at nearby Emory University/Atlanta VA Medical Center. Persons interested in positions with Pharmasset, Inc. should fax a resume and three references to (678) 395-0030. Pharmasset's website is www.pharmasset.com, but this website does not seem to be active.

Rich Karalus, a 1989 Biotech grad now in a post-doc research position at SUNY-Buffalo, sent an email to the Department on April 18 indicating that the Department of Microbiology lab he works in has an Open Position for a laboratory technician. Click here to read his email and to see how to apply for the position. You can certainly mention his name in your application letter, if you'd like.

Shane Kurowski, a recent Biotech grad, sent an email to the Department on January 7, 2000 describing an Open Position at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, California (near Los Angeles). Shane has worked there for a couple of years and finds it to be a great place. Click here to read Shane's email if you are interested in learning more about the position and getting in touch with Shane at Amgen. He has invited persons to send him an email or call him (email address and phone number are included in his email message).

Karen Bresciano, a recent Biotech grad, is leaving her position at the University of Rochester to return to New Hampshire (her home state). She sent an email on March 27, 2000 saying that she is helping her supervisor there to find a replacement. Karen has invited anyone who is interested in finding out more about the position to send her an email at picaboo99@yahoo.com

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Website Description

Hundreds of organizations that hire biology and biotechnology grads now post actual job openings on the web. This website is designed to make your job search very easy without having to take a lot of time to search out and review open positions, a key step in landing the job that is best for you. There is also a separate website for life science organizations on this list that also posts jobs and co-op/internships in science management positions.

Get your resume ready and then use this site to begin exploring the literally hundreds of exciting open positions available with a very wide variety of employers throughout the entire US. If you would like some help in getting comfortable with job searches, please feel free to contact me (Tom Frederick, gtfsbi@rit.edu). I think you will find the easy access to jobs and job information to be of considerable value!!

Some of the links may not always be active (try later). You will not always find jobs posted at every job site (organizations continuously update their job postings). You may not always find jobs listed at a particular job posting site that interest you or for which you feel you are qualified. However, you WILL find literally hundreds of open positions among the job posting sites included in this webpage that WILL fit your interests and for which you ARE qualified!!

Tom Frederick
Biological Sciences Department
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Office: Room A-358 in the College of Science new building addition
Phone: (716) 475-2205 (with an answering machine if I am not in my office)
Email: gtfsbi@rit.edu

This site is organized into THREE categories as follows:

1. An alphabetical listing of over 950 organizations that have actual job postings in the Life Sciences on the web. You can quickly locate an employer by name or simply go down the list looking at job postings for each organization.

2. These same organizations are also listed by state, so that you can take a look at life science job openings that might be available in a part of the country in which you'd like to live and work after graduation.

3. Several excellent free job search websites that may be useful if you want to customize your search. Also, some life science organizations do NOT have their own job posting websites, but list their positions at these on-line job search services. These listings are available for viewing FREE of charge. Also, there is NO charge to you if you apply for a position listed on these search service sites (the employer pays any fees). However, each of these search websites will be limited in the number and the types of organizations that will be included in their job search databases. They also sometimes require a lot of time to organize your search so that you can get useful information. If you want some assistance in learning how to use one or more of these job search sites, please feel free to get in touch with me (Tom Frederick, gtfsbi@rit.edu).