In the Staff Research Associate I/II (SRA I/II) position you would be an integral member of the Kampmann lab at the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (IND). The Kampmann lab develops and uses innovative technologies to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms of human diseases and to discover new therapeutic strategies. A major focus of our research is on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. To this end, we have established a CRISPR-based functional genomics platform for genetic screens in human iPSC-based models of disease (Tian et al., 2019; Neuron). Our lab is part of the UCSF research community, the Chan Zuckerberg Neurodegeneration Challenge Network, the Tau Consortium and other collaborative research groups, providing us with an outstanding network of collaborators and access to other cutting-edge technologies. We are an interdisciplinary group of postdocs, graduate students and staff research associates. We are proud of our lab culture of intellectual curiosity, collaboration, support, diversity, and fun! Read more about our lab at kampmannlab.ucsf.edu.

In this position, you will be working as a member of a research team developing innovative, CRISPR/Cas9-based functional genomics approaches to understand the disease mechanism and to identify potential therapeutic strategies. You must be willing to work in a team, be organized, enjoy problem solving, and have strong communication skills. As you become familiar with our methodology, there will be opportunities to work independently on research projects. Based on your interest and expertise, you will be able to contribute to bioinformatics analysis of data as well. Past staff research associates have been integral co-authors on high impact publications in the lab.

Responsibilities include experiments based on mammalian cell culture (including iPSCs and iPSC-derived neurons and glia), molecular biology (including construction of DNA vectors, and qPCR), preparation of samples for next-generation sequencing, performing flow cytometry, biochemistry, functional assays, imaging, performing basic statistical calculations, and other duties as assigned. There may be a component of animal husbandry and working with murine models of disease in the vivarium. No more than 30% of the time will be spent on lab management tasks, such as glass washing, autoclaving, preparing and aliquoting buffers and media, pouring bacterial plates, cleaning of waterbaths, accepting deliveries, checking inventory.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $26.00 - $31.04 (Hourly Rate).

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