Academic

The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology invites applications for a full-time position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level as a Bioinformatician with a background in Computer Science. This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop an independent research program within a dynamic, collaborative and multidisciplinary environment.

Duties include teaching in the bioinformatics stream of the Faculty of Medicine's Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) program, as well as undergraduate and graduate student supervision. The successful candidate will develop a vigorous and externally funded research program and is encouraged to seek external salary support. Current strengths of the Department include high-throughput genomics and proteomics core facilities and the Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics (SCEVG), one of Canada's leading bioinformatics installations. For more information about the Department, see http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/bmb/; for SCEVG see: http://www.visualgenomics.ca/

The SCEVG and the Department are part of the rapidly growing Faculty of Medicine, which is in the process of building major new research facilities. Calgary, Canada's fastest growing city, is vibrant and multicultural with population ~1,000,000, situated near the Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park and Lake Louise.

Qualifications include a PhD in Computer Science or equivalent, at least two years of post-doctoral experience and a proven record of research excellence in bioinformatics.

Please submit a curriculum vitae, a summary of research interests and reprints of the five most relevant publications, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly, by March 31, 2003, to: Dr. Leon Browder, Head of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1