Company Profile
Company Overview
The Jackson Laboratory (www.jax.org) is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution and National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center with more than 1,400 employees in Bar Harbor, Maine, and Sacramento, California. Its mission is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human diseases, and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community. Its research staff of more than 500 investigates the genetic basis of cancers, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, glaucoma, diabetes and many other human diseases and disorders, as well as normal development, reproduction and aging. The Laboratory is also the world's source for more than 4,000 strains of genetically defined mice, is home of the mouse genome database and is an international hub for scientific courses, conferences, training and education.
Company History
In the early 1900s Clarence Cook Little, a young Harvard student, was studying with some of the nation’s first mammalian geneticists. Dr. Little became president of the University of Maine, and used to bring students to Mount Desert Island for biology field studies. Later he was recruited to become president of the University of Michigan.
Throughout his academic career Little socialized with the wealthy automobile barons of the day, many of whom lived in Detroit and summered in Bar Harbor. And it was Edsel Ford and Roscoe B. Jackson, head of the Hudson Motorcar Company, who helped Little to set up his laboratory in Bar Harbor in 1929. The Laboratory’s campus is on land originally donated by George Dorr, a Little family friend and the philanthropist who organized the gifts of land that established Acadia National Park.
In the eight decades since The Jackson Laboratory was founded, the Maine location has had many advantages. Before the advent of air conditioning, the cool coastal climate was ideal for maintaining mouse colonies—mice breed poorly in hot weather. And its distance from large urban centers fostered a close-knit, highly collaborative institutional culture that continues to this day. Today, the Laboratory recruits top scientists from around the world who are attracted to Maine’s quality of life as well as the Laboratory’s scientific prominence.
Benefits
We offer our employees an excellent benefits package that goes well beyond standard medical and dental. All of this and more. Join our team and make a difference.
Benefit Plans
Medical & Dental Plans that cover spouses, dependants and domestic partners
Life Insurance Plans
Disability Plans
Short and Long Term Disability
403(b) Pre-tax Savings Plan with Generous Employer Match
Time Off
Vacation, Holidays and Leave of Absence Plans
Sick Leave and Disability
Care of Newborn/Newly Adopted Child and Family Care Leave
Value Added Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Credit Union Office on Campus
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Health Office
JAXfit Wellness Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Subsidized commuter program
EOE/AA Employer