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Specialist in the Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco

Coordinate mouse research by:

• instructing research staff on how to maintain IACUC compliance
• helping to prepare IACUC protocol submission and modifications and plan experimental design
• managing a large rodent colony, including genotyping
• training staff to perform stereotaxic surgeries
• maintaining necessary documentation of procedures and surgeries conducted in the lab
• coordination of animal purchases, transfers, imports and exports including MTAs

Assure chemical and biohazard safety by:

• conducting safety training for new lab members
• maintaining chemical inventory and updating control banded SOPs
• overseeing chemical and biohazardous waste management
• ensuring regulatory compliance with EH&S
• managing Controlled Substances Authorization inventory, documentation, and purchases

Manage equipment use and lab space by:

• participating in lab purchase decisions and inventory planning
• overseeing use of a wide variety of specialized lab equipment, including maintenance, repairs, installation, and recertification
• supervising lab operational duties, including maintenance of cell culture rooms, chemical and animal use areas
• submitting and coordinating Facilities and UCSF Logistics service requests
• maintaining equipment inventory and asset tags
• disposing of e-waste and surplus lab equipment

Coordinate with lab and university staff to:

• supervise and schedule support staff activities, including performance reviews
• ensure service needs and problems are quickly addressed by meeting with building management and department staff
• plan for major events, including infrastructure and facilities projects that will affect the lab

Required Qualifications:

• Specialists appointed at the junior rank must possess a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) or at least four years of research experience.
• Specialists appointed at the Assistant rank must possess a master’s degree or a baccalaureate degree with 3 or more years of research experience
• Specialists appointed at the Associate rank must possess a master’s degree (or equivalent degree) or five to ten years of relevant experience.
• Specialists appointed at the full rank must possess a terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of experience in the relevant specialization.
• Contributes to published research and trains lab members in technical skills related to animal survival surgery.
• Experience maintaining a large rodent colony, ensuring regulatory compliance with IACUC, and drafting animal use protocols.
• Experience using and maintaining specialized equipment, managing asset inventory, chemical inventory, controlled substances and biohazardous ma

Preferred Qualifications:

• Post-graduate training or equivalent of 10 years experience preferred.
• Management experience
• Experimental skills:
  • intracranial viral injection
  • intracranial microendoscope and canula implantation
  • primary neuronal cell culture
  • cryosectioning, histology and immunostaining techniques
  • rodent tattooing and equipment maintenance
  • rodent tissue collection and DNA extraction
  • standard and qPCR analysis

Please apply online at https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05687, with a CV, cover letter, and two references.

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.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
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