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Job #JPF10589

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Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 37B. The salary range for this position is $76,700-$85,000.

Application Window

Open date: October 21, 2025

Next review date: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The Project Scientist’s research will focus on defining innate and adaptive immune dysregulation in immunosuppressed transplant recipients following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Specifically, they will investigate how immunosuppressive therapies, particularly mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), affect the magnitude, quality, and durability of both cellular and humoral immune responses in kidney transplant patients. Using validated assays, the candidate will quantify and functionally profile these immune responses and employ systems biology approaches to characterize the peripheral immune landscape at the single-cell level prior to vaccination. This work aims to identify pre-vaccine immunological predictors of protective immunity and to uncover the mechanisms by which MMF impairs vaccine-induced immune responses. The candidate will assess how pre-vaccine MMF dose reduction influences the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients.

The applicant must have a PhD or MD/PhD with at least 5 years of post-doctoral experience in immunology. Proficiency in multicolor flow cytometry, immune cell functional assays, cytokine bead arrays, cell isolation and culture techniques, as well as single-cell RNA sequencing is required.

Interested applicants, please apply via this link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10589

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

PhD or MD/PhD

Application Requirements

Document requirements

+ Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

+ Cover Letter

+ Statement of Research

+ Bibliography

+ UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment:

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

Reference requirements

+ 3-5 required (contact information only)

Please provide name and contact information only.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10589

Help contact: [email protected]

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

+ “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

+ UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy (https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH)

+ UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties

+ APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/apm/apm-035.pdf)

Job location

Los Angeles, CA