Employment in the SCMM
Faculty Position in Mass Spectrometry
The Sealy Centers for Molecular Medicine (SCMM) and for Cancer Cell Biology and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTMB are seeking an outstanding candidate for a tenure-track faculty position at the Associate or Professor level. The ideal candidate will have an established, extramurally funded program in the biological sciences with a strong focus in mass spectrometry. Areas of special interest at UTMB are proteomic studies, including post-translational modifications, biomarker development, high-throughput approaches, as examples, and mass spectrometry applications development for proteomics. The successful applicant will have opportunities for joint appointment in the NHLBI Proteomics Center, the NIAID Clinical Proteomics Center and/or the Institute for Translational Sciences. Additional opportunities exist for interactions with centers of scientific excellence in aging, infectious diseases, environmental health, neurodegenerative diseases and/or addiction research.
UTMB houses strong research core services including bioinformatics/computational biology, organic synthesis, molecular biology, x-ray crystallography, NMR, and biophysical solution chemistry. The Mass Spectrometry Core has three Ph.D. trained mass spectrometrists and four high end MALDI/TOF/TOF and LC/MS/MS instruments including a ThermoFisher Orbitrap Velos.
An attractive recruitment package of salary, start-up equipment, newly renovated space, and additional junior faculty positions will be offered commensurate with the applicant’s qualifications. Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a summary of research accomplishments and future goals (3-5 pages), as well as contact information of five references to:
Allan R. Brasier, MD
Professor and Director
Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
8.128 Medical Research Building
Galveston, TX 77555-1055
UTMB is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
The Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine (SCMM) and the Institute for Translational Sciences (ITS) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston are seeking outstanding applicants for multiple new positions in medical informatics. These are tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Candidates for these positions should have potential and interest in developing a research program in clinical informatics such as integration of discrete data types, ontologies, knowledge representation, data mining or classification methods. The position will have a joint appointment to the newly formed UTMB-UT Houston Joint Center for Personalized Health Informatics. Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. Successful applicants will enjoy an exceptionally collegial environment. A strong interdisciplinary collaborative environment is available with additional opportunities for interactions with investigators in centers of scientific excellence in aging, cancer, infectious diseases, structural biology and environmental health. Moreover, Access to extensive computational resources are available at UTMB. UTMB is a member of the Houston/Galveston W.M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training and the Gulf Coast Consortium for Bioinformatics.
To apply for any of these positions, please send a C.V., brief description of research interests and names of four references to:
UTMB is an equal opportunity/affirmative action university that proudly values diversity. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.