The UCSD School of Medicine is one of the nation's most prestigious medical schools and a preeminent institution for education, biomedical research, and clinical care. In 2012, the School of Medicine ranked 15th out of the nation's 120 research-intensive medical school programs by U.S. News and World Report. The School of Medicine's faculty of 1,400 physicians and researchers are consistently ranked in the top two nationally in research funding per faculty member. The school welcomes 125 new medical students each year and has joint degree programs with the UC San Diego general campus and San Diego State University in public health, clinical psychology and audiology.

UC San Diego Health Sciences encompasses the School of Medicine, the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and UCSD Medical Center. As a top-tier academic medical center, its role is to provide leadership in improving health through research, education and patient care. UC San Diego Health Sciences has long been at the forefront of "bench-to-bedside" research, transforming patient care through discovery and innovation leading to new drugs and technologies.

The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments within the School of Medicine with approximately 171 Faculty, 50 postdoctoral fellows (both MDs and PhDs) along with over 300 support staff (not including hospital staff). In addition, the Department has 57 clinical residents and fellows distributed across the Divisions. The missions of research, education and patient care are intertwined, and are integral to the goals of the department.

The Department has undergone significant growth in recent years with a consolidated budget of approximately $106 million including sponsored projects expenditures of approximately $54 million and clinical revenue of over $52 million. This expansion of the Department'sresearch and clinical portfolio is expected to continue in the next few years.

The Department's 18 divisions include Academic General Pediatrics, Child Development & Community Health; Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology; Cardiology; Dermatology; Dysmorphology; Emergency Medicine; Endocrinology; Gastroenterology; Genetics; Genome Information Sciences; Hospital Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Neonatology; Nephrology; Pharmacology & Drug Discovery; Rehabilitation Medicine; and Respiratory Medicine.

In 2001, physicians and leadership of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Rady Children's, and Children's Specialists of San Diego (CSSD) unified pediatric patient care, research, education and community service programs, creating a university-affiliated children'shealth system to serve the region. Over the past two decades, an extensive list of joint programs has developed, with many physicians and researchers playing a role at both institutions.

This affiliation has consolidated the clinical, teaching, research and public service programs of the UCSD School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics with San Diego's only health care system dedicated to the health and well-being of children. In 2009, this partnership wasfurthered by the creation of Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego, a Medical Foundation, and is now recognized as having global leaders in research, technology, translational medicine, education and clinical excellence.

Under supervision, serve as research associate in a human immunology and genetics laboratory, assist with performing PCR, qRT-PCR, gels, DNA/RNA/protein isolation, mouse husbandry and in vivo and ex vivo experiments, bacterial and yeast cloning and transformation, sequence analysis, cell culture (primary, established and transformed cell lines), data analysis and presentation, database management, lab safety, and ordering of supplies. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Experience with molecular techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA/RNA protein isolation.

• Demonstrated experience with mice handling, and basic procedures.

• Experience with cloning and transformation of yeast and/or bacteria.

• Demonstrated experience with mice handling, breeding, management, procedures.

• Theoretical knowledge of basic human genetics and molecular biology.

• Micropipetting and dilutions experience.

• Demonstrated experience with cell culture, preparation of buffers and agarose gels, gel loading and imaging.

• Experience writing/editing protocols and manuscripts.

• Computers skills using a Macintosh and Microsoft Office.

• Demonstrated experience with database management of clones/samples, including data entry, manipulation and creation of data reports.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.