Associate/Full Specialist - Molecular Imaging Center - Cancer Research Laboratory

The UC Berkeley Cancer Research Laboratory (CRL) is seeking to hire a Specialist to serve as the manager of the Molecular Imaging Center, to begin as soon as possible. The Molecular Imaging Center (MIC) houses and maintains 18 light microscope systems on the UC Berkeley campus. The MIC provides training, access, guidance and collaboration for the UC Berkeley research community, with primary user groups from the biological sciences. The successful candidate will help manage a small team and coordinate an annual international microscopy workshop.

Responsibilites:

Day-to-day management of the core facility and staff.

The MIC has 1-2 fulltime Staff Research Associates (SRA) and several part time undergraduate employees (Laboratory Assistants) and interns. Specialist oversees troubleshooting, upkeep, benchmarking, and general maintenance of all the instruments, including training and directing staff in these procedures. Keeping the facility relevant for the future, including Testing, specifying, and integrating new equipment as needed, including protocol development testing, specifying, and integrating new equipment as needed; developing new protocols and workflows; streamlining data management and transfer, etc.

Specialist oversees all of the laboratory space dedicated to the MIC and must update Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) documents, biosafety certification (BUA), chemical inventories, laser safety procedures, and other safety measures as needed (e.g., COVID-19).

Record-keeping and billing for recharge instruments. The CRL uses iLabs (Agilent CrossLabs) platform for reservations and billing. Maintaining the iLabs, SecondLab, and MIC website (Wordpress).

Organizing workshops and events, including an annual multiday international microscopy meeting. Defining sessions, speakers and budget, recruiting session chairs and sponsorships, finding venue and advertising. Implementing new event website (Stova).

Interfacing with service personnel from various vendors. Interfacing and negotiating with sales representatives. Seeking out and evaluating new technology.

Writing instrumentation grants. Writing letters of support for faculty grants. Assisting with grant-writing and submission.

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree)

Five years of research lab experience or master's degree (or equivalent international degree).

Master's degree or equivalent international degree and experience with light microscopy, including confocal, live cell imaging, and image analysis.

The successful candidate will be able to collaborate with researchers from diverse specialties on campus, including molecular and cell biology, immunology, neuroscience, bioengineering, chemistry, physics, and more. Leading an independent research project is not required, but we seek someone who can collaborate on the design and execution of microscopy experiments, including experimental design, sample preparation, image acquisition and optimization, creating good controls, acquiring quantitative data, data analysis routines, and AI. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be able to contribute intellectually to projects and that their contributions will be recognized by co-authorship on publications.

The successful candidate will be familiar with at least some of the instruments currently in the facility, including laser scanning confocal, spinning disk confocal, lightsheet, slide scanner, automated systems (Zeiss CellDiscoverer), optogenetic stimulation, multiphoton systems, and fluorescence lifetime imaging via time correlated single photon counting. The candidate should also have research experience in fields related to Molecular and Cellular Biology and/or Neuroscience.

Enthusiasm for training new users of the facility and maintaining equipment in working order is essential. In addition, the Specialist must demonstrate a great ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with a diverse population of users, including faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and to a lesser extent outside researchers.

Candidate must have excellent communication skills and be able to interact well with faculty, students, vendors, technicians, EH&S specialists, inspectors, building and facilities staff.

Experience with Zeiss Zen, Nikon Elements, 3i Slidebook, Matlab, napari, Imaris, python, FIJI, AI, and/or automated microscopy desired. Workshop or event management, teaching or outreach experience a plus. Experience with data management, large data transfer, and/or image analysis routines desirable.

Experience with purchasing and negotiations a bonus. Grant-writing experience highly desired; the ideal candidate will be willing and able to write grants to purchase or upgrade instruments, as well as contribute to multi-faculty grants.

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