Faculty Positions

Assistant Professor: Developmental Biology

The Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, beginning August 2009. We seek an outstanding researcher and teacher with broad interests in developmental biology to join an integrative zoology department. Preference will be given to applicants whose research and teaching interests complement our existing strengths in development, neurobiology, cell signaling, behavior, ecology and evolutionary biology. We expect the applicant to establish an externally-funded research program and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching, including a core undergraduate course in developmental biology each year. In alternate semesters, the candidate will have the opportunity to develop a specialty course(s) in her/his area of interest. Our successful candidate will have a PhD and demonstrated ability to conduct significant independent research as judged by publications. Send curriculum vitae, reprints/preprints, and research and teaching statements, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to Chair, Developmental Biology Search Committee, Department of Zoology, The University of Oklahoma, 730 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK, 73019, or as PDFs to zoology@ou.edu. Further information about the Department of Zoology is available at zoology.ou.edu. Screening of candidates will begin December 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled.

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Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

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Postdoctoral Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow

     A position for postdoctoral fellow is available to study synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in the laboratory of Dr. Bing Zhang. The research project will examine the molecular mechanisms by which synaptic vesicle proteins are sorted and retrieved during clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
     The postdoctoral applicant should have a recent (0-2 years) doctorate in molecular genetics or cell biology or biochemistry. Prior experience in fly genetics is desirable but not necessary. The postdoctoral position starts in Fall 2008 or Spring 2009. Interested individuals please email a cover letter, curriculum vitae and names and contact information of three references to:

Bing Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Zoology
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
bing @ ou.edu (remove spaces)
http://www.ou.edu/cas/zoology/Zhang.htm

Research:

• Research in Zoology
• Zoology Faculty

Core Areas of Emphasis:

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
• Neurobiology, Cell Signaling and Development (NCSD)

Graduate Programs:

• Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Zoology

Facilities:

• Introduction
• OU Biological Station
• Oklahoma Biological Survey
• Sam Noble Oklahoma
  Museum of Natural History
• Microscopy Facilities
• Genomics and Bioinformatics

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