Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist in the Coyote-Maestas Lab

Application Window

Open date: November 21, 2024

Next review date: Friday, Dec 6, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 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

Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist in the Coyote-Maestas Lab

Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences

University of California, San Francisco

The Coyote-Maestas Lab in the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences have a Junior/Assistant Specialist position available immediately. Salary will be commensurate with level of experience. The department is focused on developing new areas of therapeutic engineering, pharmacogenomics, computational biology, systems pharmacology, drug development and regulatory sciences.

The Coyote-Maestas lab studies membrane protein biology across scales including the biophysics of folding, the cell biology of trafficking, the structural biology of function, and the physiology of sensory perception. The lab's long-term goal is to integrate these scales to develop holistic models of how membrane proteins underlie our physiology and break in disease.

Primarily, the Coyote-Maestas lab uses high throughput screens connected with mechanistic phenotypic readouts to develop comprehensive models for how mutations alter membrane proteins. The lab collaborates widely to achieve it's goals with biologists, physicists, chemists, and computational biology. We seek highly motivated and talented candidates interested in high throughput sequencing-based approaches to studying receptor biophysics and biochemistry.

The successful candidate will participate in multiple research projects dependent on skills and interests, including some independent and others supporting current lab members.

This full-time position will include:

• Administrative and laboratory management duties.
• Performing molecular biology, DNA sequencing, mammalian cell culture, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and data analysis.
• Developing new screening assays and tools
• Working collaboratively on a range of exciting projects

Required Qualifications:

• Junior Specialist - Baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) or at least four years of research experience
• Assistant Specialist - Master's degree or a baccalaureate degree with three or more years of research experience
• Associate Specialist - Master's degree (or equivalent degree) or five to ten years of relevant experience
• Full Specialist - terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of relevant experience
• Familiarity with wet lab methods
• Excellent communication
• Proven ability to work as part of a team and an enthusiasm for science
• Organized
• Candidates must meet the required qualifications at the time of appointment.
• Candidate's CV must state qualifications/or if pending upon submission.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Molecular biology and cloning
• Mammalian tissue culture
• Genomics

Please apply online at https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05364, with a CV, cover letter, statement of research, and three references.

See Table 24B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $53,100-$188,200.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - CV must clearly list current and/or pending qualifications (e.g. board eligibility/certification, medical licensure, etc.).

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research

• Statement of Teaching (Optional)

• Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Please see the following page for more details: Contributions to Diversity Statement
  
  (Optional)

• Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

About UC San Francisco

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.

Job location
San Francisco, CA