ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE

The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington School of Medicine invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. We seek creative scientists whose research focusses on molecular aspects of important biological problems. Our department is also strongly committed to undergraduate, graduate, and medical school teaching. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in biochemistry, cell or molecular or developmental biology, structural biology or biophysics, or a related field, or an M.D.

Submit a curriculum vitae, research prospectus, and reprints or preprints as PDFs to bcsearch@u.washington.edu by September 30, 2009. Three letters of recommendation should be emailed separately or mailed to Alan Weiner, ZymoGenetics Chair, Department of Biochemistry, Box 357350, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7350. Voice: 206-543-1768. The University of Washington is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL;
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION BY EMAIL, MAIL, OR COURIER.

A Message from the Chair

Welcome to our website and department!

As you can see from our faculty roster, the department is diverse. Our research ranges from structural biology (protein structure prediction, cryoelectron microscopy, crystallography, and NMR) to molecular and cellular biology (DNA recombination and repair, the mitotic apparatus, metabolomics, protein trafficking, mechanisms of aging) to the molecular basis of differentiation and development. We keep a close eye on human health and disease, and work hard to find the paths that will eventually lead from bench to bedside.

Thus it should come as no surprise that this is not a "targeted" search for a candidate in any specific area or field of expertise. We are looking for the best possible fit, for you and for us.

The University of Washington ranks first among public universities and second among all US universities in federal research funding, but we are especially proud of our friendly, informal, and highly collaborative research environment.

Our department interests overlap with the many other basic science departments both here at the School of Medicine (Genome Sciences, Bioengineering, Pharmacology, Biological Structure, Immunology, Microbiology, Physiology and Biophysics) and in the School of Arts and Sciences (Chemistry, Biology). We share graduate programs with the nearby Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Institute for Systems Biology, and collaborate frequently with our affiliate faculty at those institutions.

New faculty feel welcome from the start. Collaborations are easily established with other research groups both within and outside the department. Graduate students enter from our departmental program as well as from the interdisciplinary Biomolecular Structure and Design (BMSD) and Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Programs.

Seattle is a marvellous place to live, a cosmopolitan city with the heart of a small town.  The Olympic Mountains loom to the west, Mount Rainier to the South, and the Cascade Mountains to the east.  Seattle is perched on the shore of Puget Sound, and the School of Medicine is located on an inland waterway where Lake Union meets Lake Washington (see our home page). Contrary to rumor, it does NOT rain all the time.  And the outdoor life is alive and well in Seattle with abundant hiking, cycling, kayaking, rockclimbing, sailing, skiing, and fishing.

We hope you will apply.

Alan Weiner
Professor and ZymoGenetics Chair
Department of Biochemistry

206-543-1768 direct
amweiner@u.washington.edu