• Job Description

  Req#: JR005404

  Job Summary
  The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is seeking a Scientific Curator – Cell Products to join our team. This fully remote role is essential to advancing JAX’s mission by ensuring that scientific data is accurately captured, standardized, and integrated across internal and external platforms.

  The Scientific Curator promotes the adoption of institutional metadata standards and supports individual laboratories and scientific services in submitting high-quality data and metadata. This enables proper tracking and reuse of scientific datasets across the organization. The role also involves working with external collaborators to manage the integration of externally sourced data with in-house data, ensuring consistency and scientific integrity.

  In addition, the Scientific Curator serves as a key liaison between research teams and JAX’s technical groups—including JAX Data Science and Research IT—helping to translate complex research needs into actionable improvements in software and data infrastructure.

  What You Contribute

  • Review and extract relevant data from scientific publications and experimental results.
  • Annotate and standardize biological, chemical, or clinical data using controlled vocabularies and ontologies.
  • Collaborate with researchers and database developers to refine data models and improve curation workflows.
  • Conduct validation, error-checking, and consistency reviews to ensure data quality.
  • Stay informed on scientific advancements and incorporate new knowledge into JAX databases and systems.

  What You're Good At

  • Master’s degree in Molecular Biology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related life sciences field is required; Ph.D. preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in scientific data curation, bioinformatics, or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of scientific literature, experimental techniques, and data interpretation.
  • Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and databases such as UniProt, GenBank, and relevant data standards.
  • Experience with data annotation and ontologies (e.g., Gene Ontology) is highly desirable.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Perl is a plus.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, analytical thinking, and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to exercise discretion, judgment, and diplomacy in a high-profile environment.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

  The salary range is $65,018 - $108,857. Salary will be determined based on qualifications and relevant experience.

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  About JAX:

  The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

  Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visit www.jax.org .

  EEO Statement:

  The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.

• About the company

  The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution. It employs more than 2,100 employees in Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California; and at a genomic medicine institute in Farmington, Connecticut. Leads the search to cure diseases rooted in our DNA.

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