Position overview Position title: Tory Burch Post Doc Employee Salary range: Salary commensurate with experience and based on UC Berkeley Postdoc series salary scale Percent time: 100 Position duration: 1 year appointment Application Window
Open date: March 21st, 2022
Next review date: Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar whom will receive a Tory Burch Fellowship.
At the IGI, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to realizing the promise of genome engineering. We strive to provide a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive, and reflects the diversity of our community, with equal opportunity in hiring, development, and advancement.
The Tory Burch Women Innovators Program at the IGI is committed to solving gender inequity in bio-entrepreneurship. The program supports those whose work involves the development of solutions for some of the world's greatest problems. The successful candidate will align with the IGI's mission of bridging revolutionary genome-editing and biotechnology tool development to affordable and accessible solutions in human health, climate, and agriculture and will work toward building a world where such technology is routinely applied to treat genetic disease, enable sustainable agriculture, and help achieve a carbon-neutral economy.
This Program is intended to:

• Promote gender equity in science and entrepreneurship.
• Encourage individuals who may not have considered becoming an entrepreneur to explore their ideas in a supportive community environment.
• Support this early-stage participant as they develop their ideas such that they may be more prepared to enter later stage opportunities.
• Enable the translation of genomics and biotechnology research into impactful solutions, including commercial applications.
• Provide financial, scientific, and educational support to the participant and build a lively community of scientists, advisors, mentors, and entrepreneurs.

Applications are welcome from any areas of biomedical, agricultural, and climate change research. Particular interests include the following:

• Genome engineering tools and applications
• Biomedical research
• Artificial intelligence as it relates to biomedical or agricultural research
• Crop engineering and sustainability
• Carbon neutral economy
• Microbiome research
• Therapeutic delivery technology

The Tory Burch Post Doc will engage in a variety of learning opportunities and networking events during the program. The faculty mentor will guide the Post Doc on scientific and business practices, introduce them to other advisors, and provide additional resources to them.
The participant may also receive additional funding support for materials, supplies, and the use of core facilities.
Labor Contract : https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/px/contract.html
Department : https://innovativegenomics.org/
Tory Burch Program : https://innovativegenomics.org/tory-burch/
Qualifications Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• Ph.D. or equivalent international degree, or enrolled in Ph.D. or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

• Ph.D or equivalent international degree is required by the start date.
• No more than four years of previous postdoctoral research experience.
• Applicants cannot have previously been in a tenured or tenure track position.

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to supporting gender equity in the field of bio-entrepreneurship.
• Record of success in research.
• Alignment with the IGI's mission and demonstration of sound scientific principles and likelihood of product solution and success, market and societal impact.
• Eligibility to work in the United States is required. This position does not allow for visa sponsorship.
• Must be able to work in person at the UC Berkeley campus.

Application Requirements Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Project Proposal and Video of Interest - Describe in fewer than 4 pages and a maximum of 2,000 words (including references, tables, and figures):
The area of research, the problem being addressed, the solution being envisioned, the hypotheses being tested.
The potential significance, impact of the research, and the reason why commercialization is envisioned.
The goals of the 1-year project and the milestones needed to achieve these goals.
Present your idea and the opportunity for real-world impact through commercialization in a video of 2 minutes or less.

• Clearly include the video link at the bottom of your proposal.
• Use a YouTube/Vimeo URL only, either public or unlisted.
• Please do not password-protect your video or submit full video files.

Reference requirements
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Help contact: l.bardet@berkeley.edu
Campus Information
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality ( http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy ) prior to submitting their letter.
As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19 . All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. For new University of California employees, the applicable deadline is eight weeks after their first date of employment. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.)
Job location Berkeley, CA
To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03385
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