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The Clark lab is looking for talented scientists at all levels
- Postdocs – Focus areas for postdoc projects are described below. To apply, please email Iain with a brief description of your interests, a CV, and the names of three references.
- PhD Students – Students are encouraged to apply through the Berkeley/UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering. PhD students in the Berkeley/UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering who are interested in a rotation should email Iain directly.
- Undergraduates – Cal undergrads are encouraged to apply to projects posted on URAP. If no positions are posted, you may contact Iain directly. Due to the volume of inquiries, we may not be able to respond to all emails.
Open Positions
Postdoc – Single cell profiling of HIV-infected cells
Description: Our lab aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that control HIV latency. Specifically what, if any, are the unique properties of CD4 cells that harbor replication competent HIV provirus during long term antiretroviral therapy (ART). We have developed a unique method to detect and sort HIV+ cells using ultra-high throughput droplet microfluidics. We seek a talented postdoctoral researcher to further improve and apply this method to study HIV latency ex vivo.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate is a molecular virologist, hypothesis-driven, and interested in single-cell sequencing methods.
Demonstrated expertise in molecular biology and sequencing is required.
Additional experience in some of the following areas is preferred:
- HIV biology, virology or immunology
- Droplet microfluidics
- Single cell sequencing
- Bioinformatics
Postdoc – Single-Cell Bacterial Sequencing
We’re recruiting a molecular biologist with sequencing and genomics expertise to lead a single-cell bacterial sequencing project. Please apply here.
The goal is to link antibiotic resistance plasmids to their bacterial hosts in longitudinal stool and wastewater samples from rural western Kenya. These data will be used to estimate plasmid transmission rates within and between human gut microbiomes. The project is an international collaboration with the Pickering Lab (Berkeley), Erick Odoyo (KEMRI, Kenya), and the Julian Lab (Eawag, Switzerland), spanning field sampling, single-cell sequencing, and transmission modeling. This is a fast-paced project, funded by Wellcome Leap (https://wellcomeleap.org/programs/resistance-networks/), that includes technical milestones.
Basic qualifications
PhD in molecular biology, microbiology, genomics, bioengineering, or a related field.
Preferred qualifications
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record, as evidenced by first-author publications, of many of the following:
- Developing custom sequencing assays for Illumina or long-read technologies.
- Utilizing single-cell sequencing, split-pool barcoding, or other multiplexed indexing strategies.
- Executing complex molecular biology techniques and multi-day workflows.
- Bacterial culture and microbial genomics.
Research Staff – Research Specialist (BS/MS level)
Description: Our lab develops new microfluidic and molecular methods that generate large scale Illumina sequencing data. We are seeking a creative and driven early-career researcher to support ongoing experimental work.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate has molecular biology experience and has worked with Illumina sequencing data.
- Cloning, molecular biology, sequencing workflows
- Cell culture, iPSC culture preferred.