Assistant Researcher- Wu Lab

The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is now recruiting an Assistant Researcher. The job duties include:

• Lead a research team investigating complex disease mechanisms.
• Contribute high-quality data for research grants, manuscripts, and scientific presentations.
• Mentor graduate students, post-doctorate fellows, and junior staff and provide guidance on study design, data analysis, and innovative methodologies.
• Oversee project progress, coordinate partner efforts, and report outcomes to leadership and funding agencies.
• Assists identify new funding opportunities, coordinate submission of new project proposals and preparation of manuscripts.
• Cultivate relationships with academic, industry, and funding partners.

This position requires a scientist qualified for independent research at the level of principal investigator and is for the job classification of Professional Researcher. It is not a faculty research position.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. with emphasis in medical sciences, cell biology, neurodegeneration, or related field and a minimum of 5 + years of industry and/or academic experience
• A thorough understanding of the drug discovery process, including target identification & validation, assay and drug screen development.
• The candidate should have strong practical experience establishing high throughput microscopy-based screening assays with extensive experience using integrated lab automation systems.
• Technical proficiency in standard cellular and molecular biology techniques including culturing of cancer, primary and iPSC derived cells.
• Proficiency in planning, preparing and analyzing various OMICs technologies (transcriptomics, proteomics metabolomics) to develop hypothesis and identify novel targets.
• Experience in iPSC differentiation workflows.
• Experience in CRISPR technologies, including arrayed knockdown, overexpression and optical pooled screening technologies.
• Proficiency analyzing large microscopy, video and tabular datasets using Python or R with working knowledge of machine learning and deep learning approaches.
• Excellent problem-solving ability, drive for results, and a strong sense of urgency are critical.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong leadership ability to foster a science-driven, goal-oriented culture that values innovation, teamwork, and accountability with experience managing collaborative projects among multiple laboratories.
• Experience writing research proposals, progress updates and peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Track record of independent research
• Completion of post-doctoral fellowship

Please apply online at https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05149, with a CV, cover letter, and three contacts.

See Table 13B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $90,200-$117,900.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

UC San Francisco seeks candidates whose experience, teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. The University of California 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.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
* "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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