Full Specialist

Full Specialist

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The scientist in this position will lead the wet lab component of a privately funded study to generate protein-protein interaction data for the top 255 high confidence autism risk proteins (for both wild-type and patient-derived missense versions of the relevant protein isoforms). The specialist in this role will also be responsible for leading highly parallelized and systematic functional screens, such as bulk proliferation screens using pooled CRISPRi or CROP-Seq experiments assessing hundreds of autism risk genes in parallel. Finally, the scientist in this position will be responsible for the design and conduct of experiments to "validate" hypotheses generated from the aforementioned data in human iPSC-based 2D and 3D neural models. To achieve these goals, the specialist will supervise two or more employees and/or trainees, and will be responsible for full oversight of staffing, performance management, and daily operations.

Required Qualifications:

* PhD in a relevant life sciences discipline.

* At least 3 years of postdoctoral training. Expertise in human cell culture.

* Minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience in a lab setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with highly parallelized CROP-Seq and CRISPRi screens.

* Experience generating iPSC-derived neurons. Specialized knowledge in the field of autism.

See Table 24B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $90,000-$188,200.

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.