Junior/Assistant Specialist - Koskella Lab - Department of Integrative Biology

Position overview Position title: Junior Specialist/Assistant Specialist
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position: [ https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t24-b.pdf ]. The current base salary range for this position is $49,000 - $63,000. Off-scale salaries' which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: June 2023

Position duration: One year with the possibility of extension based on satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Application Window
Open date: May 16, 2023

Next review date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Jun 16, 2023 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

The Koskella lab in the department of Integrative Biology focuses primarily on how plant-microbiome, plant-pathogen, and bacteria-phage interactions occur, both as model systems for understanding fundamental principles and with the aim of leveraging these findings for design of novel disease management strategies. The lab integrates ecological and evolutionary thinking with cutting-edge microbiological and molecular approaches to gain insight to microbiome establishment and function, within-microbiome interactions, and the role that microbiota and phages play in shaping disease.
This position is to assist with completion of a funded project to examine the effect of phage growth with non-host bacterial strains on their morphology and evolution.
The Specialist will be based in the Koskella Lab and will lead a series of experiments in which phage particles are grown in varying bacterial community backgrounds in order to determine how this ecological complexity impacts phage morphology (using microscopy) and/or fitness on hosts.

Other responsibilities include:
Co-culturing bacteria and phages in a sterile setting, preparing phage cultures for electron microscopy, analyzing images, and running experiments to measure bacterial fitness.
General lab maintenance tasks, such as autoclaving waste, filling pipette tip boxes, and making growth media.

Lab : https://naturesmicrocosm.com/

Contract : https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/contract.html

Salary Scale : https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t24-b.pdf

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Bachelor's degree or enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program, or equivalent international degree.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent international degree.

Preferred qualifications
Previous microbiological experience especially familiarity with sterile technique, and bacterial and/or virus cultivation.
Strong organizational abilities
Attention to details.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter

Statement of Research (Optional)

Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley. More Information and guidelines .

Reference requirements

3 required (contact information only)
Letters of reference are not required at this time. We will seek your permission before contacting your references. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality ( http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html ) prior to submitting their letters.
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03960

Help contact: bkoskella@berkeley.edu

Campus Information

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.

The University of California, Berkeley 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. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs - With Updated Interim Amendments . All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/or Deferral based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Exhibit 2 , Section II.C. of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Attachment for applicable deadlines. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of being Up-To-Date on seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please refer to the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program Attachment . (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

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Job location
Berkeley, CA

To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03960

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Salary : $49,000 - $63,000