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Junior or Assistant Specialist - Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology - School of Public Health
Position overview
Position title: Junior Specialist or Assistant Specialist Salary range: The anticipated salary range is $49,000 - $63,000. Percent time: 100% Position duration: This is a one-year term with the possibility of renewal, contingent on performance and availability of funding. Application Window

Open date: December 16, 2022

Next review date: Friday, Feb 3, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Jun 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

The Wolf Lab in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology (School of Public Health) and the Center for Computational Biology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a Junior/Assistant Specialist, in the area of gut microbiome research.

This position will support the Wolf Lab by performing microbial culturing techniques and gnotobiotic animal husbandry. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic biologist with the ability to learn new techniques and troubleshoot experimental systems. The microbiota of the mammalian gut is a complex community of individual microbial strains shaped by diet, microbial competition, and the host. The Wolf lab studies the assembly and function of the gut microbiota in vitro (anaerobic culture) and in vivo (gnotobiotic mice). The Specialist position will support the lab's research in both model systems and interact with Ph.D. students and other trainees.

Position Duties include:

• Bacterial culturing and careful management of laboratory stocks.
• Molecular biology techniques such as DNA isolation, PCR, and sequence library preparation.
• Daily care of research animals in the germ-free/gnotobiotic facility as well as experimental protocols. This may include maintenance of flexible film isolators and supply cylinders, colony management, cage cleaning and sanitation, animal observation, and collection of experimental samples.
• Purchasing equipment and reagents.

UC Berkeley has an excellent benefits package as well as a number of policies and programs to support employees as they balance work and family.

Lab: https://www.awolflab.com/

Benefits: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/health-plans/index.html
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree) program

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree)
Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biology or a related field
• Interest in microbiome research
• Experience in Laboratory research
• Experience with caring for laboratory animals
• Must be organized and attentive to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Willingness to learn new techniques

Application Requirements
Document requirements

• 
  Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
  
• 
  Cover Letter - 1-2 pages
  

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03779

Help contact: kleviege@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 contract, Postdoctoral contract, Research Series contract, and Librarian contract. Questions about represented positions can be directed to the hiring unit.
Job location
Berkeley, CA

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