"Ashouri Lab - Junior or Assistant Specialist"

The Ashouri Lab has an opening for a part-time junior or assistant research specialist who is interested in understanding how immune tolerance is broken in autoimmune diseases. Our lab is focused on understanding the T cell dysregulation that drives human autoimmune disease. We utilize mouse models, human samples, along with molecular, cell-based, genetic, and multi-omic technologies including paired single-cell RNA and TCR-sequencing. A major driving force of the lab is to identify the TCR specificities, gene expression profile, and signaling networks of cells involved in antigen recognition in autoimmune diseases.

The research candidate will contribute to ongoing projects in the lab. The junior or assistant research specialist will be expected to assist with managing day-to-day lab operations, perform general lab duties, help maintain the mouse colony (of which genotyping is included), and be a positive lab citizen. We are looking for someone who is conscientious, eager to learn, reliable, and can work independently on troubleshooting and resolving experimental problems. The successful candidate will have the exciting opportunity to build on prior lab experience to learn about cell biology and immunology in an academic laboratory setting. The research specialist will report directly to Dr. Judith Ashouri-Sinha, MD, but will work closely with collaborators within our group. An exceptional research specialist may grow to lead their own independent project, develop new ideas, become familiar with the literature, and be an active, hands-on contributor to the Ashouri Lab. Candidates interested in pursuing MD, PhD, or MD/PhD training will benefit most from this laboratory experience.

Required qualifications:

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written).
• Willingness and ability to learn new methods and skills for changing research priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a research team.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, coordinate work tasks with others, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Familiarity with standard wet lab techniques (e.g. preparation of reagents/chemicals, basic tissue culture, PCR, western blot, DNA/RNA purification) and/or computational analysis of large datasets.
• Junior Specialist - must have (or be in process of obtaining) a bachelor's degree (or equivalent degree) or four years of research experience.
• Assistant Specialist - must have (or be in process of obtaining) a master's degree or a baccalaureate degree with 3 or more years of research experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience working with mice, performing mouse injections.
• Prior experience in flow cytometry or other immune profiling methods.
• Prior experience in aseptic tissue culture, western blotting, PCR.
• Prior experience in immunology research.

Please apply online at https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05795. Applicants' materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.

See Table 24B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $55,000-$70,700.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.