Other Postdoc Positions Available
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
(Posted 11/18/09)
MBARI invites applications each year for several postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. Fellowships may require occasional trips to sea. Awards are typically for two years.
Located in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the nation’s largest marine sanctuary, MBARI places a balanced emphasis on science and engineering, with established programs in marine robotics, ocean physics, chemistry, geology, and biology, as well as information management and ocean instrumentation research and development. Candidates must be awarded their Ph.D. degree prior to commencing the two-year appointment between September 2010 and March 2011.
Applicants are encouraged to communicate with potential research sponsors at MBARI for guidance on project feasibility, relevance to ongoing MBARI research, and resource availability.
Application deadline: Friday, December 11, 2009
Selected candidates will be contacted in early March 2010.
Application requirements:
- Curriculum vitae
- At least three professional letters of recommendation
- Succinct statement of the applicant’s doctoral research
- Potential research goals at MBARI
- Supplemental Information form
Addressyour cover letter to:
MBARI, Human Resources
Job code: Postdocs-2010
7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
Please submit your application materials by email to jobs_postdocs@mbari.org (preferred), or by mail to the above address,or by fax to (831) 775-1620.
Tenure Track Position in Biological Oceanography/Marine Ecology at UNC-Chapel Hill
(posted 10/13/09)
The Marine Sciences Department (MASC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor. We seek applications from marine ecologists and biological oceanographers who will develop an innovative, externally funded and highly visible research program that integrates with existing strengths in the UNC Marine Sciences Program, and teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels. MASC is a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary department that blends the four traditional fields of oceanography (biological, geological, chemical, and physical) to investigate critical marine processes spanning all temporal and spatial scales. For additional information, please see the expanded advertisement on www.marine.unc.edu.
Qualified applicants should submit their applications on-line at jobs.unc.edu/1001985 which should include a cover letter, CV, statements of research and teaching interests, and three representative publications. A copy of the cover letter should also be sent directly to:
Chair of the Biological Oceanography/Marine Ecology Search Committee, Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
340 Chapman Hall, CB #3300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3300
Please arrange to have 4 letters of recommendation sent directly from your referees to the same address. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2010, but the search will continue until the position is filled. The University of North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer.
T32 Postdoc Training Position. The Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center is searching for an individual who may be interested in GI malignancies with particular focus on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Projects available include the role of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and HCV viral proteins and their interaction with signal transduction cascades in the molecular pathogenesis of this disease; the role of alcohol and steatosis in producing liver injury as well as inhibiting the regenerative process and transgenic animal models of hepatocarcinogenesis. This position is restricted to US Citizens or Permanent Residents.
Interested candidates may contact Jack R. Wands, MD, Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Tel: 401-444-2795Postdoc Fellowship, VA Medical Center. Investigate signaling mechanisms important in regulating endothelial barrier function involving both in vitro tissue culture and in vivo rodent models. NIH grant funded through early 2012.
Interested candidates may contact Elizabeth Harrington, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Alpert Medical School, Providence VAMC, For further info: Vascular Research Laboratory.
Recently published work regarding this line of investigation is listed below:
Brown CardioPulmonary Research Training Program is seeking applicants for postdoctoral training for NIH-sponsored program co-directed by Drs. Gideon Koren & Sharon Rounds, Dept. of Medicine, Brown University (www.brownmedicine.org/cardiopulmonary/index.html).
Trainees will train in one of three tracks—
Post-Doctoral Candidate in Perinatal Brain Research Laboratory
A Postdoc candidate position is available. Our laboratory is concerned with understanding the effects of brain ischemia on blood-brain barrier permeability to cytokines and potential anti-cytokine neuroprotective strategies using the fetal sheep model. The work will potentially yield neuroprotective strategies that will prevent the development of cerebral palsy in infants. This exciting position includes participation in experiments in pregnant sheep, which include surgical preparation, physiologic studies, molecular biological, immunohistochemical, immunological analysis in the fetal sheep brain, computerized analysis of hemodynamic measures in the fetus, and EEG analysis of the fetal brain. This exciting neuroscience opportunity in an extremely productive laboratory will permit the post-doctoral candidates extensive opportunity for publication in prestigious peer review journals. The position requires Ph.D. degree preferably, familiarity with neuroscience in molecular and biologic approaches. However, MS will be considered. Experience with laboratory benchwork, data acquisition, statistical analysis is preferred, but not required. These are an ideal position for a recent Ph.D. graduate willing to make a commitment for five years to a newly funded RO1 grant.
Contact: Dr. Barbara Stonestreet, 274-1122, x1229 or Bstonestreet@wihri.org
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE
Two Faculty Positions at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology
(posted 10/13/09)
As part of a major initiative associated with the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks two outstanding researchers to expand our highly active research groups at the interface of mathematics and biology. We seek individuals who will reach across traditional boundaries to develop transformative science, making use of exciting new developments in the life sciences, mathematics and computational science. These are tenure-track positions at levels appropriate to experience.
Animal Infectious Disease Modeling: We seek an outstanding scientist with a strong record of research in the mathematics and modeling of animal infectious diseases, to start August 1, 2010. A Ph.D. is required and a DVM/VMD or equivalent degree would be beneficial. Post-doctoral experience is preferred. A commitment to excellence in teaching is expected. Teaching responsibilities will include graduate-level courses appropriate for a diverse group of biology, mathematics, wildlife and veterinary students. We seek a creative colleague who will develop an innovative research program using mathematical approaches to address fundamental and applied questions in animal infectious disease. This position may be based in the College of Veterinary Medicine (Department of Comparative Medicine or Pathobiology) or the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, or the Department of Mathematics, with possible joint appointments between these or other units.
Mathematics for Biology at Below-Organism Level: We seek an outstanding researcher with a strong record in the mathematics and modeling of biological systems below-organism level. A Ph.D. is required and post-doctoral experience is preferred. A commitment to excellence in teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels is expected. Teaching responsibilities will include graduate-level courses in the area of the applicant that would be appropriate for a diverse group of biology and mathematics students. Candidates are expected to have sufficiently strong mathematics experience appropriate for appointment to the faculty of Mathematics or the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, although base and joint appointments are also possible in other units including the Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Department of Microbiology.
For more information:
http://www.nimbios.org/facultysearch/