step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Percent time: 100
Anticipated start: Winter/Spring 2026
Position duration: Initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal based on performance and funding availability.
Application Window
Open date: February 25, 2026
Next review date: Friday, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Final date: Friday, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Position description
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for up to three Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist positions in the Upadhyayula Lab, in the area of Biological Science.
The Advanced BioImaging Center (ABC) at UC Berkeley aspires to be a world leading multidisciplinary imaging center that drives important biological discoveries through critical new advances in all aspects of imaging technology and that drives the dissemination of that technology through a multi-pronged education strategy to scientists around the world. ABC was intentionally designed to maximize scientific productivity and impact by adopting groundbreaking imaging technologies such as the next-generation adaptive optical multifunctional microscope, incorporating the high-level technical expertise of instrumentation scientists, applied mathematicians, and computational scientists, and building worldwide collaborations aimed at tackling the challenges posed by terabyte and petabyte-scale imaging data processing, visualization, and dissemination.
The positions involve close collaboration on a number of new and ongoing empirical projects in the fields of microscopy and data analysis. The incumbent will work on tera-to-petabyte scale research data and will have the opportunity to gain exposure to and training with a broad set of research topics and methodologies. The roles exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
The duties of the positions include:
- Operate and maintain the next generation multi-functional adaptive optical microscope(s) and other pre-commercial optical microscopes.
- Develop new imaging and data processing tools
- Assist with data acquisition using advance pre-commercial microscopy systems to image biological samples ranging from cells in culture, such as bacteria, mammalian cells, and organoids to intact organisms, such as zebrafish or mice, etc.
- Be involved in the applications of these tools for biological imaging; collaborate with Postdocs and graduate students on specific projects to test, learn and implement for general and specific use cases.
- Be an integral part of the expert team working together with computational scientists and biologists in experimental design to tackle complex biological questions in a quantitative manner.
- Train and assist students and researchers in the use of software applications
- Train and assist users with their imaging or data processing tasks.
- May supervise undergraduate students.
- General organization and management of software documentation.
