Science - 6 December 2019

online @sciencecareers.org

From 3 December 2019

to 7 January 2020 ,

CNRSisrecruiting

250 newresearchers.

carrieres.cnrs.fr/en

Weneedyou

tobuildtheworldoftomorrow.

http://web.mit.edu

Department of Biological Engineering

Division of Comparative Medicine

Director/Tenured Faculty Position

The MIT Division of Comparative Medicine in partnership with the MIT Department of Biological

Engineering, invites applications for the Director, at the tenured faculty level, with a start date of

1 July 2020 or a mutually agreeable date thereafter. Applicants should hold a DVM from an AVMA

accredited veterinary school by the beginning of employment, with demonstrated expertise in a discipline

which applies molecular/cellular bioscience to the study of the microbial/host interface in health and

disease with interests in microbial pathogenesis, microbiome bioinformatics, immunology, oncogenesis,

or pathobiology. The selected candidate will develop and sustain a vigorous extramurally funded research

program,supervisegraduateandpostdoctoralfellowsandteachgraduatelevelclasses.

The Division of Comparative Medicine has three basic missions: education, research, and the provision

of managing and overseeing a comprehensive animal husbandry, clinical, and diagnostic program for all

research animals maintained at MIT. The Director will provide direction and administrative coordination

to facilitate the Division’s role in providing expertise and support to investigators using animals in

biomedicalresearchandteaching;toconductgrantfundedresearchanddevelopanimalmodelspertinent

to biomedical research; to provide postdoctoral training to veterinarians seeking careers in biomedical

research; develop scientists within the Division who can successfully compete for grants.

The Division, consisting of approximately 180 personnel, has centralized administrative responsibility for

all AAALAC accredited facilities, consisting of 193,000 square feet on the MIT campus. This responsibility

underliestheoverallcommitmentoftheInstituteinprovidingacomprehensiveanimalcareanduse

program.

Candidates must register with the BE search website at http://be-fac-search.mit.edu, and must

submit application materials electronically to this website. Candidate applications should include a

description of professional interests and goals in both teaching and research. Each application should

includeacurriculumvitaeandthenamesandaddressesofthreeormorereferenceswhowillprovide

recommendation letters. References should submit their letters directly at http://be-fac-search.mit.edu.

Applications received by December 15, 2019 will be given priority.

Questions may be directed to: Prof. Angela Belcher ([email protected]), Head - Department of Biological

Engineering, MIT 16-343 Cambridge MA 02139.

MIT is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer

Confusedaboutyour

nextcareermove?

ScienceCareers.org/booklets

Download Free Career

Advice Booklets!

FOCUS ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION