Job description

Position overview Position title: Assistant Project Scientist
Salary range: The posted UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the salary scale(s) for this position [ https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-b.pdf ]. The base salary range, from the salary table, for this position is $68,400 - $87,000. Off-scale salaries' and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: May 16, 2023

Position duration: Two years with the possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding.

Application Window
Open date: March 31, 2023

Next review date: Sunday, Apr 30, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Sunday, Apr 30, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Lead a project examining the ciliary signaling in the motor circuit of the embryonic zebrafish using light activate dreceptors and fluorescent biosensors and behavioral imaging. This project utilizes many disparate skills: molecular biology techniques to construct the receptors and fluorescent biosensors, zebrafish handling, imaging, and biochemical techniques to express the biosensors, make stable lines, and image the embryonic zebrafish, and finally image analysis in MATLAB to quantify the output of the biosensors and of motor function of the fish. Oversees the work of one undergraduate student and aid in the training of rotation students.

Lab : https://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/isacoff/index.html

Contract : https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/contract.html

Salary Scale : https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-b.pdf

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
This position requires a PhD in Biophysics, Neurobiology, or related field, with a strong background in both image acquisition/analysis and zebrafish neuroanatomy. Cell culture and molecular biology skills are highly recommended. Good communication and leadership skills essential.

Preferred qualifications
Zebrafish skills: husbandry, microinjections, mounting, imaging, immunohistochemistry, stable line generation, genotyping.
Molecular biology: standard cloning techniques, gibson assembly and restriction enzyme cloning.
Analysis: MATLAB: quantitative image analysis and data analysis.
Cell culture: maintenance, transfection, imaging.
Imaging: epifluorescence, confocal, analysis.
Mentoring: rotation students and incoming lab members

Application Requirements

Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter (Optional)

Statement of Research

Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley. More Information and guidelines .

Reference requirements

3-5 required (contact information only) Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03858

Help contact: sawiese@berkeley.edu

Campus Information

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs - With Updated Interim Amendments . All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/or Deferral based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Exhibit 2 , Section II.C. of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Attachment for applicable deadlines. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of being Up-To-Date on seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please refer to the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program Attachment . (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

Positions that are represented by a collective bargaining unit or agent have particular contracts. For more information, please refer to the relevant contract: Lecturer (IX) contract , Postdoctoral (PX) contract , Academic Researcher (RA) contract , and Librarian (LX ) contract . Questions about represented positions can be directed to the hiring unit.

Job location
Berkeley, CA

To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03858

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