Pediatrics Genomics R&D Scientist & WGS Lead

UC San Diego; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

UC San Diego, Department of Pediatrics, seeks a laboratory professional to lead research and development in molecular biology and genomics. The role involves designing workflows for nucleic acid extraction and sequencing, mentoring staff, and collaborating with wet-bench and computational teams.

The successful candidate will maintain familiarity with current literature, contribute to manuscript preparation and grant writing, and present results at conferences.

Qualifications

• Advanced theoretical knowledge of molecular and cellular biology, typically attained by an advanced degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge and expertise in a variety of molecular assays.
• Demonstrated experience in making original contributions to manuscript preparation and grant writing.
• Demonstrated experience in making significant independent contributions to research designs of various ongoing research projects.
• Acute attention to detail, resourceful, and capable of handling the changing needs of the research lab.
• Demonstrated skill in problem solving, analytical and critical thinking, and effective planning and organization.
• Excellent computer and data management skills.
• Excellent experience using microscopy to perform experiments.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a team player, and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Willingness and ability to work with biohazardous materials.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with numerous types of laboratory equipment related to uses, maintenance, and repair.
• Experience learning new laboratory procedures quickly.

Responsibilities

• Independently developing novel strategies for specialized extraction methods to maintain DNA integrity.
• Independently developing novel strategies for highly accurate and scalable whole genome sequencing.
• Collaboration with informatics computational biologists to design sample and data management andanalysis workflows.
• Mentorship of technical staff on new methods, troubleshooting, equipment maintenance and repair, inventory, etc.
• Participation in manuscript preparation and grant writing.
• Presentation of results at local/national/international conferences.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Molecular biology

Genomics

Project coordination

Mentorship

Data analysis

Laboratory management

Literature review

SOP development

Education

Advanced degree in molecular biology or related field

Tools

qPCR

Next-generation sequencing

Microscopy

Laboratory equipment maintenance

Job description

UC San Diego, Department of Pediatrics, seeks a laboratory professional to lead research and development in molecular biology and genomics. The role involves designing workflows for nucleic acid extraction and sequencing, mentoring staff, and collaborating with wet-bench and computational teams.

The successful candidate will maintain familiarity with current literature, contribute to manuscript preparation and grant writing, and present results at conferences.