Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

At campuses of the University of California, Junior Specialists are entry-level researchers with a two-year cap on employment in this position. UC Davis faculty have begun advertising these openings. 

Go to https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply and look for Junior Specialist positions with an "apply by..." date in the future. New positions will appear probably through mid summer.

As of 16 May 2023, the following PREP sites still have openings. I will add to this list as I get info.

Several labs at UC Davis currently are searching for junior specialists (i.e., lab techs in a one-to-two- year position focused on research, rather than lab management)

• María Maldonado, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology -- see https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05309
• Grey Monroe, Plant Genomics lab -- see https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05259

...and others.

Dr. Florentine Rutaganira (UC Davis alumna, now an Assistant Professor at Stanford) seeks research assistants! And her lab has the BEST name. a name as cool as the BESt lab.

This just in:

"I am reaching out to inform you that we will begin to accept applications on March 15th, 2022, for the 2022/23 NIH PREP program in Molecular and Cell Biology (http://cend.globalhealth.berkeley.edu/prep/). The application deadline is April 15, 2022, and early submissions are encouraged."

Contact them directly for more info.

UCSF, one our sister campuses in the Bay Area, is hosting a postbacc matchmaking event for students graduating by June 2022.

Get more info here. Deadline to apply: 1 Dec 2021.

Dan Starr and Gant Luxton are hiring! Starr and Luxton run a joint lab funded by an Allen Distinguished Investigator Award.

Research aspects of this job will be using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to engineer mammalian tissue culture lines to test how LINC complexes and the cytoskeleton interact to regulate the biomechanics of the cell. Cell culture transfection, immunostaining, genome editing, live microscopy, and biophysical assays will be the primary approaches. 

The PREP site at the University of Georgia unexpectedly has an opening. Program starts on 15 July.

The University of Georgia (UGA) has one of the strongest and most diverse programs in infectious disease research and training in the US. 

Contact prep@uga.edu for more info.

The Cientifico Latino Graduate School Mentorship Program (GSMI) provides one-on-one guided mentorship for STEM doctoral program applicants. Professionals across several STEM disciplines volunteer with Cientifico Latino to review graduate school applications and do mock interviews for those who are applying to graduate school this Fall 2021. Last year, 80% of GSMI applicants received acceptances into STEM graduate school programs!

Interested in a 1 year full time research position at Cornell in the Clare Casteel lab in fall? Plants-virus-insects, MPMI (molecular plant microbe interactions...cool stuff), molecular biology, chemical ecology!

For more info, see https://www.casteellab.com/

Note that she's looking for postdocs, too...