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Under the direction of the Program Director, the position is responsible for the management and administration of GPS-BIOMED (Graduate Professional Success in the Biomedical Sciences), a professional development program for graduate students and postdocs funded by the NIH-BEST initiative. Responsibilities include coordinating all of the activities including career development workshops, mixers, and seminar series; organizing an annual orientation event and the registration process for participants; and cultivating an alumni network that will serve as mentors and speakers for a variety of events. In consultation with the Program Director and other participants, the Coordinator will invite speakers for workshops, seminars, and mixers, and will serve as the primary liaison with internship partners, local biotechnology businesses, external contractors, and program evaluators.

Familiarity with the NIH-BEST initiative as well as diverse career paths for biomedical PhDs preferred. Familiarity with the Southern California industries, science policy fellowships, and advocacy training is also a plus.

The Invention Transfer Group (ITG) offer graduate students, post docs, or professional students at UCI a hands-on introduction to university technology transfer and intellectual property management. Under the direction of a Licensing Officer at ITG, fellows will assist the office in conducting technology assessments, prior art searches, writing invention summaries, and initiating market research of UCI inventions. This opportunity gives fellows experience analyzing innovative technologies, and an understanding of the patenting and commercialization processes, while providing an excellent resource to the UCI inventor community.

We are looking for a senior mechanical engineer that has broad experience in development. They must be able to work on a variety of projects, create designs and mechanisms in Solidworks and manage the prototyping and testing of systems using our extensive in-house prototyping capabilities.
Omnica is a unique place to work where your creativity and ability to get things done can be realized. Most employees here are long term with an average tenure of at least 15 years. We want to add to that experience base with people who are passionate about their craft and have medical device experience.

The Research Associate is responsible for assisting senior R&D staffs to design, develop, and validate clinical diagnostic
assays spanning a wide range of Next-Generation sequencing and microarray technologies.

Position Duties & Responsibilities:
– Aid in the design and development of clinical diagnostic assays for use in a CLIA/CAP regulated setting.
– Participate in drafting Standard Operating Procedures for new assays.
– Perform research experiments, such as primer design and preparation, PCR, electrophoresis, gel imaging and
analysis, Sanger Sequencing, Next-Gen sequencing library preparation, aCGH microarray labeling, and
sequencing analysis.
– Perform general research and development laboratory maintenance tasks.

Position Requirements:
– BS or MS degree in a life sciences field: Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related field.
0-2 years laboratory research experience in an academic or industrial setting.
– Strong understanding of molecular and cellular biology.
– Expertise with Microsoft Office products, especially Word and Excel.
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate and work effectively and
positively with all levels of the organization.

*Contact Aarani Arulmol, the Associate Project Manager of R&D at Ambry Genetics.

The primary duties of this position are to assist other Automation Team members in assay automation development, as well as support the Clinical Laboratory by aiding in recovery and troubleshooting validated laboratory instruments. This position also plays a role in designing, optimizing, validating, maintaining, and troubleshooting automation tools for our clinical diagnostic assays.

*Contact Aarani Arulmoli, the Associate Project Manager of R&D at Ambry Genetics.

This position is responsible for initiating the development and managing the progress of multiple assays/tests. The
position will evaluate relevant literature, research data, new technologies, and software programs to support new assay
development at Ambry.

*Contact Aarani Arulmoli, the Associate Project Manager of R&D at Ambry Genetics.