The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) seeks applications for one faculty position. The position will be a 9-month academic year appointment. We seek candidates with Ph.D. and/or M.D. degrees who have demonstrated excellence, originality and productivity in research. Candidates at both the junior (non-tenured) and senior (tenured) faculty level will be considered. In addition to evidence of a strong research program, candidates are expected to have an interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae; a list of publications; a brief description of research accomplishments; a statement of research objectives and teaching interests; and reprints of the applicant’s three most significant publications. Junior applicants applying for non-tenured positions should also arrange to have three letters of reference sent in by the deadline of January 4, 2010. Potential reviewers should be referred to the Statement of Confidentiality found at: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. Successful candidates are expected to join the faculty July 1, 2010 or thereafter. On-line applications and letters of reference are preferred and should be submitted through http://mcb.berkeley.edu.

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB), affiliated division is to be determined #1318-2

With regard to research, we seek individuals studying any aspect of stem cell biology, including (but not limited to) the use of stem cells to develop models of human biology or disease, molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in pluripotent and differentiating stem cells, the regulation of stem cell renewal and differentiation during development, and the biology of cancer stem cells. The precise area is less important than a demonstrated record of excellence, originality and productivity in research. The successful candidate could choose to affiliate with any one of the five Divisions within the Department (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Genetics, Genomics and Development; Cell and Developmental Biology; Immunology and Pathogenesis; and Neurobiology). The stem cell biology program is to be housed in a new building currently nearing completion, the Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, which will also house programs in infectious disease, cancer biology, neuroscience and computational biology. The closing date for receipt of applications is January 4, 2010.

The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer; this is nine-month academic year appointment.

Application Instructions

Option 1: On-Line Applications (Materials must be in PDF format)

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Step 1) Register your applicant profile by clicking on the applicable link below:

Search #1118-2, Molecular & Cell Biology, affiliated division is to be determined:
http://ls-ourunit.berkeley.edu:80/sReg.php?i=356

Step 2) Please follow the instructions to complete the first page:

Please enter first name, middle initial without a period, last name, and email address. If the last name contains spaces, please enter that name without spaces.
Then click Register, or for visits after registration, Re-visit candidate page.

Step 3) The second page requires address information to complete your applicant profile (if you have already registered for one search, this information will auto populate when you register for the second):

First:
Please enter or update the information requested below and Save before uploading PDFs. Saving valid address information will display a URL you may give to people willing to upload a PDF letter of reference.

Step 4) After saving your address information you will see the following message at the top of the screen:

You may give the following URL to a person who wishes to upload a PDF letter of reference:
“The URL given will be specific to your application”

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Step 5) Scroll down for instructions on uploading your application materials. Files must be saved in PDF format and must conform to the naming convention below:

Second:
You may upload material related to an application, one PDF at a time. Please save any changed address or phone information above first.
Before Browsing for a file, please make sure your file names contain only the letters a-z, A-Z, or 0-9. Please keep file names short -- less than 25 characters. You may upload files smaller than 10 Mb, so you may have to break up large papers into multiple PDFs.

Please delete any sensitive information such as SSN, driver’s license number, credit card number, etc. from your material before upload.

Please consider using the following file naming convention, as applicable:

• nomination.pdf -- for a nomination form or letter
• cover.pdf -- cover letter
• cv.pdf -- curriculum vitae
• research.pdf -- research interests statement (faculty positions only)
• teaching.pdf -- teaching approach statement (faculty positions only)
• name-of-paper-abbreviated.pdf

Step 6) When you are finished registering and/or uploading materials to your file, please close your browser. You may revisit your file to add or update materials at any time before the deadline date by clicking on the search link(s) in Step 1 and following the instructions in Step 2.

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Option 2: Hard Copy Applications

Paper applications and letters of reference should be directed to:
Faculty Search Stem Cell Biology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California at Berkeley
142 Life Sciences Addition #3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200

Letters of reference can either be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or sent to the address above. Please have the writer indicate the applicant’s name in the subject line of the email.