From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sun Oct 6 19:34:55 2002 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 5211817AAC for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:34:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21ED517A9E for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:34:52 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id AB30617A79; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:34:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9716917B63 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:54:29 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id E1B2B17B5E; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:54:27 +0100 (BST) To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net From: napokrywka@vassar.edu (Nancy Pokrywka) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Tenure track Bioinformatics position Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F83917B63 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:54:24 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from smtp.vassar.edu (mail05.vassar.edu [143.229.1.33]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 47C3317B5E for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:54:22 +0100 (BST) X-Received: (qmail 19532 invoked by uid 0); 4 Oct 2002 17:43:23 -0000 X-Received: from pokrywka.vassar.edu (HELO ?143.229.41.25?) (143.229.41.25) by mail04.vassar.edu with SMTP; 4 Oct 2002 17:43:23 -0000 X-Sender: napokrywka@pop.vassar.edu X-To: dros@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:34:50 +0100 (BST) X-Razor-id: c3947a3668402be049a162d027656bcc99a639e1 Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk BIOINFORMATICS Tenure-Track Position at Vassar College The Department of Biology at Vassar College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of assistant professor. We seek a biologist whose research and teaching interests include bioinformatic approaches. Areas of expertise may include but are not limited to the following: evolution, functional or comparative genomics, microbiology, cellular and molecular biology, physiological systems, or protein biochemistry/proteomics. The successful candidate should expect to develop an upper-level course on bioinformatics as well as teach at the introductory and intermediate levels. Development of a research program with student participation is expected and start-up funding is provided. A Ph.D. in biological science is required and postdoctoral experience is preferred. This position is funded in part by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Vassar College. Vassar College is a highly selective, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country, Vassar is renowned for pioneering achievements in education, for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the beauty of its campus. Vassar is located in the scenic Hudson Valley, 70 miles north of New York City. The Department of Biology (http://biology.vassar.edu/) consists of 15 faculty and eight administrative/technical support staff. Faculty research interests span the breadth of modern biology. Resources include the department's own building with an epiflourescent and confocal microscopy laboratory, a phytotron facility, an attached greenhouse, an animal vivarium, computing facilities, and a field station on a 500-acre ecological preserve. The department offers programs in Biology, Biochemistry and Biopsychology, and actively participates in multidisciplinary programs such as Cognitive Science, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Science, Technology and Society. The department is proud of its long?standing tradition of involving undergraduates in research, and it's strong record of securing funding from external sources, including NIH, NSF, ONR, HHMI, the American Heart Association, and the Research Corporation. Send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, representative reprints, a statement of research interests and goals, a statement on teaching interests, and three letters of reference to Mark Schlessman, Chair, Department of Biology, Box 731, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604; schlessman@vassar.edu. Review of applications will begin on 8 November 2002 and continue until the position is filled. --- .