The Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, invites applications for three tenure track Assistant Professorships, each with a joint appointment in an appropriate academic department, to be appointed between August 2012 and August 2013. The Institute seeks to strengthen its next generation of research on the genetics of behavior and its interface with rodent model and human brain science. Successful candidates may include, but are not limited to, individuals whose research on the genetics of behavior utilizes one or more of: statistical genetics; behavioral genomics; computational biology; molecular biology; neurophysiology; brain imaging; or computational neuroscience. Appointees will participate in the research and teaching missions of both the Institute and their academic departments.
Minimum requirements are a PhD, MD, or equivalent terminal degree. Applicants should submit a cv, a statement of research and teaching interests, 3 to 5 sample research papers, and 3 letters of recommendation at www.jobsatcu.com (job #816857).
Application review will begin May 1, 2012, and continue until the positions are filled.
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the InstituteThe Institute has three federally funded training programs. One training grant, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, supports one post doctoral fellow and five predoctoral students. A second training grant, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, supports one postdoctoral fellow and four predoctoral students. A third training grant, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, supports two postdoctoral fellows and four predoctoral students. Individuals interested in applying for a postdoctoral fellowship should initially contact a Faculty Fellow with whom they would wish to work.
Postdoctoral fellowships are available for research in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse, utilizing pharmacogenetic and behavior genetic strategies. Laboratories contributing to this multidisciplinary postdoctoral training program range from those conducting human epidemiological and genetic studies to those undertaking molecular biological, genomic and proteomic studies of animals. Units of the University of Colorado involved in the program are the Departments of Pharmacology, Psychiatry, and Medicine in the School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO; the School of Pharmacy at the Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO, and the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Behavioral Genetics in Boulder, CO. This training program is now in its 31st year and supports 8 postdoctoral fellows. Preference will be given to candidates early in their postdoctoral training. Initial inquiries should be sent to the Training Grant Administrator, Donna Moye (donna.moye@uchsc.edu, 303-724-3627).
Executive Committee: Paula Hoffman (Principal Investigator), Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Nancy Zahniser, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; John K. Hewitt, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Investigators, consultants, and preceptors: Michael Browning Allan Collins, Thomas Crowley, Richard Dietrich, Mark Dell'Acqua, Robert Freedman, Paula Hoffman, Christian Hopfer, Lawrence Hunter, Kent Hutchison, Thomas Johnson (ibg.colorado.edu/tj-lab), David Jones, Sherry Leonard, Dennis Petersen, Richard Radcliffe, Paula Riggs, James Sikela, Andrew Smolen, Michael Stallings, Boris Tabakoff, Vasilis Vasiliou, Jeanne Wehner, Michael Zawada, Christine Wu, Kim Heidenreich, Marissa Ehringer and Thomas Beresford.
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