The Project Scientist in the laboratories of Dr. Thomas Kremen will perform independent research to study soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries and healing. This individual will also be responsible for helping to supervise undergraduate and pre-doctoral student researchers, preparing manuscripts for publication in scientific journals, and assisting with the preparation of grant proposals. This position requires a Ph.D., M.D. with significant (e.g. several years) research experience in molecular biology, stem cell biology or related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience with cell culture and common molecular biology techniques. Animal surgery, histology, and tissue engineering experience are desirable, but not required. The Project Scientist position is a non-Senate position for 12-months in the first instance. Step and salary will be commensurate with experience. The assigned project is focused on characterizing the biology of healing soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries (e.g. tendon and cartilage injury repair). This will include investigating novel therapeutic approaches to enhance tissue regeneration in the setting of soft tissue-to-bone repair as well as post-traumatic osteoarthritis following intra-articular injury. This position will include collaboration with distinguished scientists including Karen Lyons, PhD here at UCLA and Shyni Varghese, PhD from Duke University.
Start Date: December 2nd, 2024
Specific Responsibilities include: study design, data acquisition, statistical computation, and literature review and manuscript preparation and some assistance with grant submissions.

Additional Duties:
• Supervision of undergraduates and pre-doctoral trainees, laboratory technicians and volunteers in the lab.
• Ability to work on multiple projects efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to work independently on scientific projects.
• Assist with preparation of grant proposals.
• Preparation of manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.
• Candidate should have 5 years research experience in molecular biology in an academic setting or equivalent.
• Candidate should have extensive experience in molecular biology and cell culture techniques including: PCR, qPCR, mammalian cell/tissue culture, protein assays, and DNA transfection/transduction).
• The candidate will report directly to the Principal Investigator and will successfully carry out experiments and analyze the data generated with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle several projects simultaneously.
• Ability to help and train various personnel with the above molecular biology and tissue culture techniques and make significant contributions to the design and execution of other laboratory members' experiments.