Bindery Assistant
Sanford Burnham Prebys is a preeminent, independent biomedical research institute dedicated to understanding human biology and disease, and advancing scientific discoveries to profoundly impact human health.
A full-time, academically minded staff-level BIOINFORMATICS SCIENTIST position is available in Dr. Jerold Chun’s lab. The position will be central to several teams in the lab that require bioinformatics and will interface with current bioinformatics personnel. The Chun lab is located at the heart of the biomedical research hub in La Jolla, California, and the position encompasses ongoing collaborations with UCSD, other academic institutions, and pharmaceutical partners. The focus of this position will be bioinformatic approaches to understanding mosaic neural genomes – RNA and DNA – in single cells of the brain. Representative publications:
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The scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute are making research breakthroughs in cancer, neuroscience, immunology, and children's disease. We are also at the forefront of finding solutions for health threats such as COVID-19, where we are working to identify drugs that may help millions of people. During our more than 40 year history, we have established an NCI-designated Cancer Center, designed one of the most sophisticated drug discovery centers in the nonprofit world, and created global collaborations that are leading to preventions, treatments and cures to improve human health.
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General knowledge to set up and maintain a variety of single function, hand and foot automated bindery machines, such as staplers, punches, drills and binding-glue devices. Under the direction of the operator, apply working knowledge assist in the set-up of more complicated binding machinery. Ability to make machine adjustments for differences in paper size or thickness, hole or margin distances, paper folds or other work requirements or material characteristics. Knowledge of basic arithmetic and fractions. Ability to apply such knowledge while accurately locating materials on machine surfaces. Skill in using hand tools (i.e. rulers, screwdrivers, wrenches) to make machine adjustments. Ability to set up, arrange, and hand collate as well as to fan, jog and stack various sizes of paper neatly.