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MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGIST

Assistant Professor
Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
University of California, Davis

The Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, in the College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, invites applications for a faculty position in Physiology at the assistant professor level.  The section is continuing its initiative to build a program emphasis in Muscle Biology and encourages applicants specializing in skeletal, cardiac or smooth muscle physiology to apply.  Areas of significant interest include, but are not limited to, exercise physiology and adaptation, muscle growth and atrophy, motor control, metabolic signaling and control, calcium signaling, and muscle mechanics.  Successful applicants will be expected to establish a vigorous research program supported by extramural funding, and contribute to the teaching mission of the Section, including the Exercise Biology major.   The successful applicant will be part of a growing group of muscle biologists that include two recent hires with interests in thick filament regulation of muscle contraction (Samantha Harris, Ph.D.; University of Washington) and the role of the proteosome in muscle disease (Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.; UCLA).

The Section has grown steadily since its inception in 1993 to include 32 ladder rank faculty who conduct research encompassing a general theme of integrative biology, ranging from muscle physiology and biomechanics, molecular endocrinology, environmental physiology, cell physiology, aging, molecular, cellular, and developmental neurobiology, systems neuroscience, and animal behavior.

Candidates must possess a Ph.D. or M.D. degree with significant post-doctoral experience. Applicants should send a letter describing their research plan and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, copies of representative publications, and the names of at least five persons from whom references can be obtained to: Sue Bodine, Chair, Muscle Physiology Search Committee, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8519.  All materials must be received by January 4, 2008 to be assured full consideration.  For more information on the position and UC Davis in general, please visit the following web site: www.npb.ucdavis.edu/facultypositions/. 

The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.