Assistant, Associate or Full Project Scientist - Emergency Medicine
Job Description
The Department of Emergency Medicine ( at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body and invites applications from candidates for Project Scientist positions.
The selected candidates will be responsible for:
- Surgical procedures to produce animal stroke models in mice and rats for the studies of molecular mechanisms of stroke brain injury and for testing brain protective interventions.
- Gene construct preparation.
- Confocal and electron microscopic imaging analysis.
- Transgenic mouse models, including designing, producing, and characterizing gene constructs, transgenic mouse characterization, etc.
- Molecular and biochemical analysis such as gene cloning and expression, Western and Northern blotting, ELISA assays, in situ hybridization, etc.
- Research data analysis and publication.
- Training, teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and other research staff.
The program is highly interdisciplinary, utilizing animal surgery, cell culture, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and quantitative histological analysis.
Appointments will be at the Assistant, Associate or Full Project Scientist level based on background and years of experience.
Minimum Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application): Candidates must have a MD or PhD in health related fields.
Preferred Qualifications
Candidates with 3+ years of experience in the following areas are preferred: animal models of brain ischemia, confocal and electron microscopy, molecular cloning, transgenic animal construct preparation, molecular and biochemical characterization of transgenic gene constructs in cell culture, and therapeutic antibody development.
Application Requirements
Document requirements:
- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity.
The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.
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.
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