[3DEM] EM faculty position in Gainesville, Florida

[Pullan, Lee]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - MICROBIOLOGY AND CELL SCIENCE
and
DIRECTOR of ELECTRON MICROSCOPY and BIOIMAGING LABORATORY in the
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH (ICBR)

The Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, in partnership with the
Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) at the
University of Florida, is seeking a dynamic individual for a tenure
accruing faculty position and the head of an electron microscopy and
bioimaging core laboratory.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a
strong, externally-funded research program in microbiology or cell
science, participate in teaching, and direct the Electron Microscopy and
Bioimaging Laboratory (EMBL) within UF's ICBR, Technical support staff
will be provided to perform the daily service tasks of this ICBR
research facility. As the director, the incumbent will be charged with
setting the vision and acquiring the resources to make the ICBR EMBL
among the best in the nation. Candidates with interests in applying
modern bioimaging technology, including electron microscopy, to
important problems in cellular or molecular biology are especially
encouraged to apply.

This is a 12-month tenure-accruing position that has 50% research, 25%
service, and 25% instructional components.  This assignment may change
in accordance with the needs of the units. Instructional
responsibilities will be to participate in teaching undergraduate and
graduate courses. The faculty member will also supervise graduate
student theses and dissertations. 

Required qualifications are a Ph.D. degree in cell biology or related
field, at least two years of postdoctoral research experience, and a
significant record of productivity, as demonstrated through refereed
publications, including published productivity in bioimaging.

Salary and startup package will be competitive. 
 
To apply, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of
research and teaching interests in one electronic file to the email
below. Request official transcripts of your graduate academic work to be
sent directly from institution to the address below. Also request that 3
referees send letters of recommendation to the email below and a signed
copy of the letter to the address below.  Review of applications will
begin March 15, 2007. Nominations of candidates are encouraged.  Women
and minorities are encouraged to apply.  Please forward all
applications, nominations and inquiries to:


Dr. Peter Kima
Chair, Search and Screen Committee
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
University of Florida, PO Box 110700, Gainesville, FL 32611-0700
Phone:	 (352)392-0384; Fax:	 (352)392-5922. E-mail: pkima at ufl.edu
		
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:   The Department of Microbiology and Cell
Science is an academic unit in the College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences within the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
of the University of Florida (http://microcell.ufl.edu).   It has well
established and extramurally funded programs in the areas of immunology,
microbial genetics, biochemistry, and physiology, as well as
host-parasite relationships, innate immunity, and biotechnology.  The
Department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees through the College of
Agricultural and Life Sciences; the undergraduate degree is also offered
through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  Research programs are
sponsored through the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.  The
University of Florida, a land-grant university and member of the
Association of American Universities, enrolls approximately 48,000
students in seventeen academic units, including the Colleges of
Agricultural and Life Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine, and the School Of Natural
Resources and Environment.  

The ICBR is a campus-wide center that provides state-of-the-art
scientific expertise, training, instrumentation, and technologies to
faculty, staff, graduate students, and other research partners
throughout the university, state and nation (www.biotech.ufl.edu). The
ICBR Core Laboratories, including the Electron Microscopy Bioimaging
Laboratory, are staffed by ICBR personnel who are expert in each of the
research laboratory technologies (genomics, proteomics, sequencing, gene
expression, mass spectrometry, microarrays, hybridoma, flow cytometry,
electron microscopy, molecular biomarkers, genetic analysis, and
bioinformatics). The staff also advises and offers scientific and
technical consultation for investigators, and is strongly committed to
developing new advances in their technology areas and to passing this
knowledge on to faculty users.

The University is located in Gainesville, Florida, a community with a
population of approximately 150,000 people in the metropolitan area,
located in North Central Florida, approximately mid-way between the
Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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