73 Biology/Biotechnology/Life Sciences jobs

Building on a successful multiyear initiative to hire, support, and retain leading research scientists with a strong commitment to promoting the success of underrepresented students, the Division of Life Sciences in the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences announces an open rank faculty position with a tenure-track, Academic Senate appointment in one of the departments of Life Sciences ( www.lifesciences.ucla.edu ). The departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Integrative Biology and Physiology; Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics; Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology; Institute for Society and Genetics, and Psychology are all partnering in this search, as are many associated research institutes. Candidates must have a PhD in a field relevant to one of the above departments and a history of commitment to the mentorship of students from underrepresented and underserved populations in addition to an outstanding record of scholarly publications and grant...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Nearly every facet of human experience is colored by the sense of sight. The effortlessness and immediacy with which this sense conveys physical, social, and aesthetic qualities of one's environment belie the extraordinary complexity of the brain mechanisms involved. Our acute dependence upon these mechanisms is brought to the fore, however, by a variety of developmental, traumatic, and disease-related disorders of visual perception and visually-guided behavior. While rarely life- threatening, such disorders can be profoundly debilitating, impairing activities that we have come to take for granted, such as reading, driving, or...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Laboratory research focuses on how genes and molecules orchestrate the development of an embryo. The knowledge obtained may help to discover new molecules and specific gene/cell treatments to prevent and cure diseases affecting mankind both in the adult and embryonic stages, as well as inducing endogenous in vivo regenerative responses that may allow for tissue and organ regeneration. Position Description:   Funded post-doctoral positions are immediately available for individuals with a good grounding in molecular and/or developmental biology, methods such as CRISPR mediated genome editing, RNA sequencing and epigenetics....

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Position Description:   A postdoctoral researcher/bioinformatics specialist position is immediately available for three years to lead a project focused on tissue-specific and temporal variation in gene expression. The candidate will work in a highly collaborative team of researchers at Salk and at collaborating institutes in the U.S. Position Tasks: Compile large scale multi-tissue time-series gene expression data from rodents and non-human primates. Analyze full-length transcripts to find splice variants. Integrate gene expression and genome sequence data to find cis-acting elements. Integrate gene...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description The goal in the lab is to understand the molecular and circuit mechanisms of reward-based action learning, focusing on the cortico-basal ganglia circuitry and dopamine function. Position Description:   We are currently seeking a highly motivated and independent postdoctoral fellow interested in studying the basal ganglia circuits and behavior. Research in the laboratory focuses on the molecular and circuit mechanisms of action learning and selection, using a combination of behavioral, optogenetics, slice/in vivo electrophysiology and imaging techniques. The successful candidate will employ electrophysiology and/or...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description The McVicker laboratory studies how human genetic variation affects gene regulation by combining experimental approaches with computational analyses. We are especially interested in identifying pathogenic regulatory variants that act in immune cells and cancer cells. Currently, we are developing new tools to discover somatic regulatory mutations in cancer genomes, and manipulating cell lines with high-throughput CRISPR technologies to discover new regulatory sequences. In much of our research, we develop sophisticated computational and statistical methods so that we can extract subtle signals from noisy experimental data....

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Post-doctoral position available for individual interested in signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, and metabolism. Experience in RNA sequencing, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and in bioinformatics helpful. Candidate should enjoy working independently in a collaborative setting. Interest in metabolic physiology desirable; we have state of the art facilities to study the role of the CREB pathway in different metabolic states. Our lab also employs genetics to gain insight into the role of the CREB pathway in glucose and lipid metabolism as well as in the development of insulin resistance and type II diabetes. We use...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Laboratory research focuses on understanding the etiology of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer to develop better prevention, diagnostic, and treatment strategies. This work focuses on leveraging changes to glycosylation and the cross-talk between ductal cells with their microenvironment during disease pathogenesis. We rely heavily on three-dimensional organoid mono- and co-culture systems as well as genetically engineered mouse models. Through collaborations with both clinicians and pharmaceutical companies, we will bridge the divide between basic science and patient care. Position Description Post-doctoral positions are...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description The research focuses on important problems related to cancer initiation, detection, progression, metastasis and treatment. These projects are based on our recent observations concerning cell state plasticity that arises during cancer progression. Specifically, we are using a single cell RNA sequencing, epigenetic profiling, and developing novel in vivo and in vitro strategies involving mouse models and organoid cultures to determine how cancer cells undergo developmental reprogramming to generate intra-tumoral heterogeneity and metastasis. We use computational methods based on mouse cancer models and human databases. Our work has...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description The Stites Laboratory studies the relationships between mutations, cancer (and other diseases), and the response to treatment. Projects typically involve a combination of experimental and computational biology, and most members of the lab are either traditional experimental biologists or purely computational scientists. Position Description:   The Stites lab is looking for experimental postdoctoral researchers who work in cancer biology, cell biology, and or biochemistry. Multiple hypothesis-driven experimental projects for which a computational biology foundation is already present are available for motivated experimental...

Posting Details Posted : September 24, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant II position is responsible for assisting with research in genetics and diseases in marmoset models. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, she/he will assist in the transgenesis of marmosets and the analysis of the phenotype of the...

Posting Details Posted : September 23, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY  The Research Assistant I position is responsible for performing various cell and molecular biology and biochemistry techniques; mouse handling and colony maintenance, minor mouse surgeries, mouse breeding and weaning, genotyping, flow cytometry and cell...

Posting Details Posted : July 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. The Opportunity: Melding the principles of directed evolution and engineering to rationally design novel biological devices  —macromolecules, viruses, and cells — that transform the detection and treatment of diseases ranging from genetic syndromes to cancer, inflammation and...

Posting Details Posted : October 19, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Regulatory Laboratory at the Salk Institute uses data science tools to analyze large scale data ranging from genomics to human lifestyle datasets. The Bioinformatics Analyst I position will work closely with other members of the lab and the PI to advance both genomics and...

Posting Details Posted : September 29, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant I position is responsible for performing gene sequencing techniques and general lab support.  Our laboratory works on many large-scale genomics projects and therefore has a considerable amount of automation involved in sequencing library...

Posting Details Posted : October 12, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant II is responsible for research support and some lab management duties in support of the Principal Investigator’s (PI) studies. The position is responsible for maintenance of neurobiology techniques in support of the lab and the Principal...

Posting Details Posted : October 23, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Large-scale-single-cell methylome profiling is the current state-of-art for studies that require the DNA methylation profiles at base resolution in heterogenous tissues. Single cell DNA methylation profiling offers the advantage of obtaining uniform genome wide coverage at...

Posting Details Posted : October 23, 2020 Part-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Under direction, position performs tasks and experiments in support of academic research projects. He will be involved in liver fibrosis /cirrhosis   project.  Responsibilities may include: mouse and cell work, food and drug administration by injection or oral...

Posting Details Posted : October 23, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant III is responsible for all lab managerial duties in support of the Principal Investigator’s (PI) studies along with overseeing the maintenance of the lab mouse colony and performing experiments to assist members of the lab.  Duties include...

Posting Details Posted : August 20, 2020 Full-Time 0 --> Locations Showing 1 location Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA Salk Main Campus La Jolla, CA, USA +0 more less Job Details Description Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant I position is responsible for performing various Neurobiological techniques; mouse handling and behavioral assays in support of the Principal Investigator (PI) and lab research goals. Other duties include assisting with general laboratory maintenance,...