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Faculty Positions:

DIRECTOR

CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The University of California, Davis, invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the Center for Neuroscience, an interdisciplinary unit involving faculty from two different Colleges and the School of Medicine at UC Davis. The integrative and interactive core faculty of the Center for Neuroscience are housed in three research buildings devoted to neuroscience research. Research interests of the current faculty are broad, including molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, and translational research. The Center provides research space, a variety of shared research facilities, seminar programs, and administrative support for faculty members, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and distinguished visitors.  The Davis campus has made a major commitment to the development of neuroscience through the Center, and will continue this commitment in the future. 

We seek as Director an outstanding individual with interests and abilities that are sufficiently broad to provide intellectual and administrative leadership for all neuroscientists at UC Davis. This person should have the ability to work collegially within a diverse environment. In addition to recruiting new faculty, we envision a Director who will be an integral part of facility and building expansion and who will foster bridges between the existing faculty and the School of Medicine, the Center for Mind and Brain, and the M.I.N.D. institute. The Director’s research could be in any area of neuroscience ranging from molecular to cognitive neuroscience.

The new Director will have a faculty appointment at the professorial level in an academic department in one of the colleges and schools with programs in neuroscience.  The appointment carries an administrative stipend.

All applicants should send a letter of interest or nomination, a curriculum vitae, and the names of at least five references by February 1, 2009 to:

CNS Director Search Committee
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
UC Davis
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616

The University of California, Davis, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect for differences.

Postdoctoral Postions:

POST DOC

CNS White Matter Development and Disease

Multiple positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Wenbin Deng to study CNS white matter intury and repair, with a specific emphasis on degenerative and regenerative mechanisms of white matter axons and glia.  Candidates will have the opportunity to obtain experience and training in animal models of human disease, neural/stem cell culture techniques, and morphological and biochemical/cellular/molecular biological methods.  Excellent salary with benefits, as well as state-of-the-art core services, will be provided.  The research is in part supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH R01 NS059043 and R01 ES015988), National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), Roche Foundation (RoFAR), Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF), Johns Hopkins CAAT, United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation (UCPREF), University of California TSR&TP, Children's Miracle Network (CMN), and Shriners Hospitals for Children (SHC) research grants.  Candidates should have a Ph.D. and/or M.D., experience in elecrophysiology, or molecular biology of the brain or stem cells, and a good publication record.  Please send CV and contact information of three references to: Dr. Wenbin Deng.

Staff Positions:

JUNIOR SPECISLIST – FULL TIME
CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE
SALARY: $33,672 annually
START DATE: 07/01/09 or soon thereafter
APPLICATION DUE DATE: None; applications will be screened on a rolling basis with intent to conduct reviews in the last week of June.
POSITION DESCRIPTION

A Junior Specialist position is available immediately in the laboratory of Prof. Edward Jones. The Jones lab is funded by the NIH to develop web-based Brain Atlases.  We are seeking a dynamic, collaborative, and goal-oriented individual to join the Atlas group. Required experience includes strong communication skills and fluency in English, flexibility and enthusiasm to work in an interdisciplinary team, computer skills and some web programming. The incumbent’s responsibilities will include brain tissue preparation for microscopy, scanning images and uploading to the web, and serving as the web master. Training will be provided, if necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in IT or in Biology with a strong background in web building/ digital imaging technologies and a demonstrated interest in neuroanatomy.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send a comprehensive application, including contact information of three professional references, to: Prof. Edward Jones, Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA 95618 (email: ejones@ucdavis.edu).