Job Opportunities

Opening for Imaging Tech in Light Microscopy

A position is available immediately in the Light Microscopy Core Facility at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. The facility provides access to microscopes and image analysis resources for the entire Duke University and Medical Center campus. The position involves a broad range of responsibilities associated with assisting users with the microscopes and general running of the facility. The position is diverse and interesting and would suit a candidate eager to enhance their microscopy skills.

Responsibilities will include:

Requirements - Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline, good communication skills, research experience involving microscopes (ideally MetaMorph and confocals), and good computer skills. Applications and questions can be addressed to sam.johnson@duke.edu.
Review of applications will begin 1 August 2007.
Further details of the facility can be viewed at http://microscopy.duke.edu

 

Positions in Systems Biology

Duke University seeks applications for open rank, tenure track positions in the broad field of cellular systems biology.  We seek applicants from both experimental and quantitative/computational disciplines with research interests in the molecular bases of cellular function, development, and evolution.  These new appointments will substantially enhance existing Duke strengths in experimental and modeling approaches to understanding the complexity of genetic, metabolic, and signaling networks. Successful applicants will have appointments in one or more Duke departments based on mutual interests.  All appointees will be affiliated with the Duke Center for Systems Biology, a cross-school, campus-wide academic center that is also one of the NIH-supported National Systems Biology Centers.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current and proposed research, reprints of 2 or 3 key publications and a statement of teaching interests via the web at www.academicjobsonline.org. Junior candidates should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website or sent directly to:
Systems Biology Search, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338. 

Senior candidates should give the names of three potential referees.  We have begun to review applications and will continue as they arrive.

Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; women and members of minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.