Assistant professor in Molecular Cell Biology

The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University is seeking applicants for a four-year position at the rank of Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent), beginning in the fall semester of 2006.A successful applicant should have a record of outstanding research in the field of Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic Molecular Cell Biology.The Department of Molecular Biology is affiliated to both the Faculty of Science and Technology and to the Faculty of Medicine at the actively expanding Umeå University.Molecular Biology has a pronounced international character with many guest researchers and graduate students, as well as faculty members, from other countries.The independent research groups work in modern laboratories with well-equipped common facilities creating a framework for a creative and highly interactive environment.The specific research interests of the different groups are interconnected by a common interest in central questions concerning the molecular mechanisms of regulation of cellular processes in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic model systems (web-page: www.molbiol.umu.se/forskning/index.html ).The position is initially for two years, normally with a prolongation of another two years.The Faculty of Science and Technology encourages assistant professors to participate in undergraduate teaching up to 20% of their working time.Such teaching participation qualifies for an extension of the position up to a total of five years.Teaching duties require excellent proficiency in Swedish or English language.Candidates should have a PhD degree or equivalent, preferably obtained no earlier than 2001.Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, statement of previous research achievements and teaching merits, a publication list and reprints numbered according to this list, a research plan (maximum 5 pages) and a list of referees, all in two copies.Note, in order to be considered, applications must include copies of reprints. Applications will be discarded or, if the applicant so wishes, returned two years after the position has been filled.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.