Job description

Position overview Position title: Postdoc
Salary range: The UC postdoc salary scales set the minimum pay determined by experience level at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position:
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/april-2023-ase-gsr-postoc-salary-scales/t23.pdf
The current minimum salary range for this position is $60,000 - $69,385. Salaries above the minimum can be offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: July 2023 (flexible)

Position duration: The initial appointment is for a duration of 2 years with the expectation of extension based on satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Application Window
Open date: April 25, 2023

Most recent review date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Thursday, May 25, 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 lab of Dr. Spencer Diamond at UC Berkeley's Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) is recruiting postdoctoral scholars to join a highly collaborative team of researchers, including Prof. Jennifer Doudna and Prof. Jillian Banfield, who are tightly integrated within IGI's Berkeley Initiative for Optimized Microbiome Editing (BIOME). Projects will focus on characterizing model microbiomes using genome-resolved multi-Omics methods, statistical/metabolic modeling, and machine learning. The postdoc will apply these approaches to generate a systems level understanding of microbiomes including the importance of individual microbial species, microbe-microbe interactions, plasmids, and phages in the behavior of a whole microbiome. These efforts will be closely integrated with those of a multidisciplinary team from UC Berkeley, UCSF, and UC Davis to design strategies to alter microbiome behavior through targeted genetic editing. Specific projects are flexible but could range from modeling microbiome influences that contribute to inflammatory process in the human gut to characterizing the mobilome of livestock rumen. This work is supported by a long term fully funded grant program, will allow significant flexibility in project design, and is supported by IGI core resources such as large sequencing allowances and a comprehensive in-house computational infrastructure.

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
PhD (or equivalent international degree) required by the appointment start date.
No more than three years of post-degree research experience by start date.

Preferred qualifications
Doctoral degree in Microbiology, Computational Biology, Genomics, Systems Biology, Statistics or related discipline

Publication record in Microbiology, Metagenomics, Metabolic/Statistical Modeling, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology or related fields.

Demonstrated experience in the some or all the following areas:

Environmental Microbiology / Microbiomes
Genome Resolved Metagenomics
Microbial Statistical Ecology
Microbial Metabolism
Metabolic and/or Statistical Modeling
Network Analysis
Systems Biology
Machine Learning and Machine Learning Frameworks
NGS Data Analysis
Programming proficiency in R or Python
Training and Mentoring Junior Scientists
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Application Requirements

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

Cover Letter

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

3-5 required (contact information only) Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03939

Help contact: sdiamond@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.

Positions that are represented by a collective bargaining unit or agent have particular contracts. For more information, please refer to the relevant contract: Lecturer (IX) contract , Postdoctoral (PX) contract , Academic Researcher (RA) contract , and Librarian (LX ) contract . Questions about represented positions can be directed to the hiring unit.

Job location
Berkeley, CA

To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03939

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