Career Outcomes

Companies joined by trainees after graduation include:

• Absci
• Abcam
• Agilent Technologies
• Biogen
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Dow Agrosciences/Corteva
• DuPont Pioneer
• Entera Health
• Illumina
• Matrix Genetics
• Novovax
• Prevention Genetics
• Proliant
• Qualterra
• Seagen

Foundations and government lab placements include:

• Battelle Northwest National Laboratories
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
• US Food and Drug Administration

Other notable career placements for our trainees:

• Faculty, Hampton University
• Faculty, University of Washington
• Patent Law, Perkins Cole LLP
• Data Analyst, Lee & Hayes (law firm)
• Patent Agent, McCoy Russell Law Practice
• Medical Writer, SciMentum

Career Placement Data

Trainee Spotlight Stories

Nathan Treff, PhD

Director of Molecular Biology Research

Nathan Treff is the Principal Investigator for the REI division’s Molecular Genetics Basic Science Research Laboratory and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.

Education

Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington State University and postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Serono Reproductive Biology Institute.

Research Interests

Molecular genetics including genome-wide microarray analysis of gene expression and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), chromatin immunoprecipitation, electrophoretic mobility shift, northern blot assays, quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, short tandem repeat and SNP genetic fingerprinting, protein-antibody array, western blot, ELISA, cloning and sequencing, protein and nucleic acid purification, single cell whole genome and transcriptome amplification, and systematic gene ontology analysis of gene expression.

Expertise

As the REI Division’s PI, Treff has developed and led a new molecular biology research team towards improving the treatment of infertility. He is dedicated to education and advancement in reproductive medicine, and to facilitating basic and translational research using state-of-the-art molecular biology approaches.

Media

• Life in Real Time: Dr. Nathan Treff & QuantStudio 12K Flex qPCR System
• Dr. Nathan Treff’s work and how Applied Biosystems is helping his lab advance the science of reproductive medicine.

Jennifer E. Adair, PhD

Associate Professor Clinical Research Division
University of Washington School of Medicine

Fleischauer Family Endowed Chair in Gene Therapy Translation Fred Hutch

Education

Washington State University, PhD, Genetics and Cell Biology (Summa Cum Laude)

Research Interests

• Hematopoietic stem cells and transplantation
• Retroviral Integration Site Analysis
• Gene therapy for genetic and infectious diseases and cancer
• Induced pluripotent stem cells
• Accessibility and portability of clinical gene therapy platforms

Clinical Expertise

• Glioblastoma
• Fanconi Anemia
• HIV
• Inherited immunodeficiencies
• Non-malignant bone marrow failure disorders

Media

• Dr. Adair’s Website
• Newly-developed ‘gene therapy in a box’ could save millions of lives – Geekwire
• Point-of-Care Gene Therapy Is Out of the Box – Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
• Jennifer Adair, PhD, Recognized as ‘Outstanding new Investigator’ – The ASCO Post
• Experiment at Fred Hutch raises hopes in battling brain tumors – The Seattle Times
• Stem cell shield ‘could protect cancer patients’ – BBC News