E-Board No. 27

ISDCI E-Board October 2004

Dear ISDCI Colleagues

All E Boards are now being sent out sent via the new ISDCI web page (http://www.isdci.org). Back issues are also archived on this web site. Last month there was slight glitch with the auto-mailing system and everybody received multiple copies. Please accept my apologies for this. Hopefully this problem has now been sorted out and things will run smoothly from now on. Please contact either myself or Chris Secombes (csecombes@aberdeen.ac.uk) or Julie Smart (j.smart@abdn.ac.uk) if you have trouble getting onto the site.

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TENURE TRACK POSITION AVAILABLE

CENTER FOR EVOLUTIONARY AND THEORETICAL IMMUNOLOGY (CETI)
Department of Biology, The University of New Mexico

The Biology Department at the University of New Mexico is seeking applicants for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of comparative/evolutionary immunology with interests in basic immune mechanisms and/or host-parasite interactions. Applications from investigators using either experimental or theoretical approaches will be considered. This position is funded by a NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant which supports CETI (http://biology.unm.edu/CETI). The successful applicant must be eligible for support by the COBRE program. Eligibility requires that the applicant must not have previously been a Principal Investigator on a major federal grant (see http://biology.unm.edu/CETI/job.htm for additional details).

We seek a colleague who, as demonstrated by their publication record, will establish and maintain a vigorous, independent research program and is committed to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate through graduate levels and joining a broadly based Biology Department.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in biology or a related discipline at the time of appointment. Relevant postdoctoral experience preferred. Applicants must submit a signed cover letter of application, curriculum vitae, representative reprints, at least three letters of reference, and statements of current and future research and teaching interests to: CETI Search Committee, UNM Biology Department, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 U.S.A. For best consideration, application materials must be received by December 1, 2004. However, applications will be considered until position is filled. For additional information contact: Dr. Rob Miller, telephone: 505-277-2844; e-mail: rdmiller@unm.edu.

The University of New Mexico is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. Women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.
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Predoctoral* or Postdoctoral positions in fish immunobiology & vaccinology
University of Pennsylvania

One postdoctoral or predoctoral position is available immediately in the area of fish immunobiology. Our laboratory is interested in studying the evolution of shared effector systems between innate and adaptive immunity in teleost fish. The applicant will be involved in studying the role of complement anaphylatoxins in innate and adaptive immunity in rainbow trout. The applicant should have strong background in the areas of cellular and molecular immunology. More specifically, the successful applicant should have extensive experience in fluorescence-assisted cell sorter (FACS) analysis, cell culture techniques, standard immunoassays (i.e. ELISA, Western blotting). Familiarity with confocal and fluorescence microscopy as well as experience with phagocytosis and respiratory burst assays is strongly encouraged (see at the end of the document some recent publications from my laboratory).
Another postdoctoral or predoctoral position is available immediately in the area of fish vaccinology. The applicant will be involved in the development of new adjuvant substances and molecules to improve the efficacy of fish vaccines. The successful applicant should have extensive experience in molecular biology techniques (RT-PCR, southern blotting, site directed mutagenesis, genetic engineering, expression of recombinant proteins in bacteria, yeast or other expression systems). A strong background in protein biochemistry and cell culture techniques is encouraged. (see at the end of the document some recent publications from my laboratory).

NB Predoctoral candidates are not necessarily required to be registered in a doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania. Agreements can be reached between a doctoral program of the applicant's university and myself, in which the applicant would be allowed to use the data from the research in my laboratory as data towards the completion of his/her PhD.

CONTACT: Interested applicants email a cover letter, an updated c.v. including a list of your publications, and the names/addresses of 3 references to:

Dr. J. Oriol Sunyer
Department of Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce st., 413 Rosenthal Bldg.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: sunyer@vet.upenn.edu
Telephone: 215-5738592
Fax: 215-8987887

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION in Shellfish Immunology
Charleston, S. Carolina

This position is available immediately to study the integration of physiological and immunological responses to disease pathogens in shrimp, crabs and oysters. Our laboratory uses a broad array of molecular, cellular, tissue and whole animal techniques to understand the impact of environmental change on the host:pathogen relationship in marine organisms. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant area of research. Preference will be given to candidates who have used multiple techniques to address a single scientific problem, and to individuals who can work well in a collaborative team. Training or experience in marine biology and familiarity with histological techniques is preferred, but not required. The research laboratory is located in the Hollings Marine Laboratory (<http://www.cof.edu/~hml>www.cofc.edu/~hml) at Fort Johnson in Charleston, South Carolina, a facility occupied by 5 partner institutions including the College of Charleston.

This NSF/NOAA grant-funded position has a minimum duration of two years.

Candidates should send a c.v. and the names of three references to
Dr. Karen G. Burnett (burnettk@cofc.edu),
College of Charleston,
Grice Marine Laboratory,
205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, SC 29412.

Additional information about the lab’s research and location is available at <http://www.cofc.edu/~burnettk>www.cofc.edu/~burnettk, <http://www.cofc.edu/~burnettl>www.cofc.edu/~burnettl.

************************************************************************The next E-Board will go out in November. Please send any announcements or items for posting to me at the e-mail address below


Val Smith
ISDCI Education Secretary
vjs1@st-and.ac.uk

Gatty Marine Laboratory
School of Biology
University of St Andrews
Fife, KY16 8LB
Scotland, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1334 463474
Fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443

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