Research Laboratory Associate - Dermatology - 141228
UC San Diego Health · San Diego, CA
FULL-TIME
Posted Sep 8, 2026
Job Description
Payroll Title
SRA 3
Department
Dermatology
Hiring Pay Scale
$36.13 - $58.11 / Hour
Worksite
Campus
Appointment Type
Career
Appointment Percent
100%
Union
RX Contract
Total Openings
1
Work Schedule
Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday
#141228 Research Laboratory Associate - Dermatology
Filing Deadline: Tue 9/22/2026
Apply Now
UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 09/11/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Description
Under supervision, the research associate will be responsible for performing experiments using biological materials (e.g., primary immune cells, cell lines, mammalian tissue samples), carrying out tasks required for general biological laboratory maintenance, storage, organization, and analysis of data using basic computer programs. Responsible for overseeing the breeding and utilization of all the mice in the lab mouse colony as well as independently performing mouse surgeries. Laboratory tasks include preparation of reagents/solutions and assistance with immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry protocols. The position also requires ensuring compliance with facility safety and regulatory procedures. Incumbent will plan, design and performing scientific analysis of research projects including writing analysis plans and reports. Will identify and perform appropriate analyses methods and approaches for skin research and service projects. Will assist the PI in the development and modification of research designs for studies in skin development. Responsibilities include assisting in writing manuscripts, writing and submitting IRB applications and progress reports to funding agencies such as NIH, focusing primarily on analysis, methods and results sections. Will also assist graduate students and others in their scientific analysis.
Additional responsibilities include maintaining lab safety protocols, analysis of bioinformatics data, and training of new postdoctoral fellows or graduate students. The research associate will be responsible for keeping a record of all safety protocols, interface with UCSD’s Environmental Health and Safety personnel to ensure compliance and train all new students in the lab about safety requirements. For the analysis of bioinformatics data, the research associate make innovative contribution pertaining to design experiments to understand the genome-wide binding of transcription factors and analyze the transcriptomes of cells with knockdowns of specific genes. For the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the associate will train the students in techniques such as primary immune cell cultures, animal work, viral transductions, and tissue culture work.
Minimum Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience performing surgical procedures on small lab animals. Demonstrated knowledge of sterile techniques.
- Demonstrated experience and skills with all facets of the lab to provide effective training.
- Demonstrated experience making independent innovative contribution pertaining to design and analysis of experiments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of basic genetics, mouse physiology, mouse reproduction, and mouse biology.
- Strong theoretical knowledge of biology, immunology, cell biology or related field.
- Demonstrated experience with techniques for protein expression and purification.
- Demonstrated experience performing scientific analysis and design of research projects.
- Demonstrated experience with mouse colony management.
- Demonstrated experience with data analysis using basic calculations and Excel software.
- Demonstrated experience with PCR/QPCR.
- Demonstrated skill in accurate record keeping and ability to organize analyze and calculate data.
- Demonstrated experience with basic cell culture techniques.
- Demonstrated skill in performing ChIP-Sequencing.
- Demonstrated skill in performing RNA-Sequencing.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
- Employment is subject to a criminal background check.
- Occasional evenings and weekends may be required.
- Willingness to work with animals including rodents, mice and rats.
- Ability to work safely with biohazards materials.
Pay Transparency Act
Annual Full Pay Range: $75,449 - $121,324 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)
Hourly Equivalent: $36.13 - $58.11
Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
Apply Now
If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.
If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.
UC San Diego Health Sciences is comprised of our School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, and our Student Health and Well-Being Department. We have long been at the forefront of translational — or "bench-to-bedside" — research, transforming patient care through discovery and innovation leading to new drugs and technologies. Translational research is carried out every day in the hundreds of clinical trials of promising new therapies offered through UC San Diego Health, and in the drive of our researchers and clinician-scientists who are committed to having a significant impact on patient care. We invite you to join our team!
Applications/Resumes are accepted for current job openings only. For full consideration on any job, applications must be received prior to the initial closing date. If a job has an extended deadline, applications/resumes will be considered during the extension period; however, a job may be filled before the extended date is reached.
To foster the best possible working and learning environment, UC San Diego strives to cultivate a rich and diverse environment, inclusive and supportive of all students, faculty, staff and visitors. For more information, please visit UC San Diego Principles of Community.
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.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
UC San Diego is a smoke and tobacco free environment. Please visit smokefree.ucsd.edu for more information.
UC San Diego Health maintains a marijuana and drug free environment. Employees may be subject to drug screening.
Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
- "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
- UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
- UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
- Abusive Conduct in the Workplace
SRA 3
Department
Dermatology
Hiring Pay Scale
$36.13 - $58.11 / Hour
Worksite
Campus
Appointment Type
Career
Appointment Percent
100%
Union
RX Contract
Total Openings
1
Work Schedule
Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday
#141228 Research Laboratory Associate - Dermatology
Filing Deadline: Tue 9/22/2026
Apply Now
UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 09/11/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Description
Under supervision, the research associate will be responsible for performing experiments using biological materials (e.g., primary immune cells, cell lines, mammalian tissue samples), carrying out tasks required for general biological laboratory maintenance, storage, organization, and analysis of data using basic computer programs. Responsible for overseeing the breeding and utilization of all the mice in the lab mouse colony as well as independently performing mouse surgeries. Laboratory tasks include preparation of reagents/solutions and assistance with immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry protocols. The position also requires ensuring compliance with facility safety and regulatory procedures. Incumbent will plan, design and performing scientific analysis of research projects including writing analysis plans and reports. Will identify and perform appropriate analyses methods and approaches for skin research and service projects. Will assist the PI in the development and modification of research designs for studies in skin development. Responsibilities include assisting in writing manuscripts, writing and submitting IRB applications and progress reports to funding agencies such as NIH, focusing primarily on analysis, methods and results sections. Will also assist graduate students and others in their scientific analysis.
Additional responsibilities include maintaining lab safety protocols, analysis of bioinformatics data, and training of new postdoctoral fellows or graduate students. The research associate will be responsible for keeping a record of all safety protocols, interface with UCSD’s Environmental Health and Safety personnel to ensure compliance and train all new students in the lab about safety requirements. For the analysis of bioinformatics data, the research associate make innovative contribution pertaining to design experiments to understand the genome-wide binding of transcription factors and analyze the transcriptomes of cells with knockdowns of specific genes. For the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the associate will train the students in techniques such as primary immune cell cultures, animal work, viral transductions, and tissue culture work.
Minimum Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience performing surgical procedures on small lab animals. Demonstrated knowledge of sterile techniques.
- Demonstrated experience and skills with all facets of the lab to provide effective training.
- Demonstrated experience making independent innovative contribution pertaining to design and analysis of experiments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of basic genetics, mouse physiology, mouse reproduction, and mouse biology.
- Strong theoretical knowledge of biology, immunology, cell biology or related field.
- Demonstrated experience with techniques for protein expression and purification.
- Demonstrated experience performing scientific analysis and design of research projects.
- Demonstrated experience with mouse colony management.
- Demonstrated experience with data analysis using basic calculations and Excel software.
- Demonstrated experience with PCR/QPCR.
- Demonstrated skill in accurate record keeping and ability to organize analyze and calculate data.
- Demonstrated experience with basic cell culture techniques.
- Demonstrated skill in performing ChIP-Sequencing.
- Demonstrated skill in performing RNA-Sequencing.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
- Employment is subject to a criminal background check.
- Occasional evenings and weekends may be required.
- Willingness to work with animals including rodents, mice and rats.
- Ability to work safely with biohazards materials.
Pay Transparency Act
Annual Full Pay Range: $75,449 - $121,324 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)
Hourly Equivalent: $36.13 - $58.11
Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
Apply Now
If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.
If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.
UC San Diego Health Sciences is comprised of our School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, and our Student Health and Well-Being Department. We have long been at the forefront of translational — or "bench-to-bedside" — research, transforming patient care through discovery and innovation leading to new drugs and technologies. Translational research is carried out every day in the hundreds of clinical trials of promising new therapies offered through UC San Diego Health, and in the drive of our researchers and clinician-scientists who are committed to having a significant impact on patient care. We invite you to join our team!
Applications/Resumes are accepted for current job openings only. For full consideration on any job, applications must be received prior to the initial closing date. If a job has an extended deadline, applications/resumes will be considered during the extension period; however, a job may be filled before the extended date is reached.
To foster the best possible working and learning environment, UC San Diego strives to cultivate a rich and diverse environment, inclusive and supportive of all students, faculty, staff and visitors. For more information, please visit UC San Diego Principles of Community.
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.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
UC San Diego is a smoke and tobacco free environment. Please visit smokefree.ucsd.edu for more information.
UC San Diego Health maintains a marijuana and drug free environment. Employees may be subject to drug screening.
Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
- "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
- UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
- UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
- Abusive Conduct in the Workplace
Benefits
- Disability Insurance
Additional Details
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
- Country
- US
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