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Assistant Project Scientist Position in Cardiology – Sallam Lab 2025-2026 University of California Los Angeles Requisition Number: JPF10255 The laboratory of Tamer Sallam in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a position at the level of Assistant Project Scientist. The candidate will conduct research on the impact of gene regulation on cardiometabolic diseases such as atherosclerosis, fatty liver, and obesity. Experience with noncoding RNA biology is required. The research activities will entail using cellular, molecular, computational and animal models. Analysis of murine phenotypes in metabolism, transcriptomic data (both Bulk and single cell and single nuclear seq) as well as multi-ome seq and ATAC seq. The candidate will perform in vivo overexpression and loss of function studies. Strong communications skills including presentation of data and preparation of manuscripts is required. A Ph.D. degree is required. The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star . To apply, please visit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10255 The University of California 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: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction jeid-e6c918b53c034947a3d32fd0563de8b4