Project Scientist
Position overview
Application Window
Open date: May 10, 2024
Next review date: Monday, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position description
The Department of Biological Chemistry is recruiting for a Project Scientist position in Professor Weizhe Hong’s laboratory.
Job requirements
- Participate in the planning of grant goals and gathering pilot data for such proposals
- Responsible for writing research papers for publication
- Responsible for writing grant proposals for submission to federal agencies
- Responsible for progress reporting to granting agencies
- Seek funding to establish own independence
- Responsible for supervising lab helpers and work-study students
- Responsible for providing guidance and advice to other lab trainees when asked
Job responsibilities include supporting the PI by conducting research into the neural mechanisms of social behavior by investigating the role of mPFC in social responses to cold stress. Responsibilities also include assisting the PI in study design, day-to-day tasks related to project management, data analysis, manuscript preparation and submission, and supervising graduate/undergraduate students/junior postdoctoral fellows working in this group.
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Qualifications
Ph.D. in biochemistry or a closely related field of study.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter (Optional)
Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
- 2-4 required (contact information only)
Please provide contact information for 2 references.
Help contact: iwong@mednet.ucla.edu
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