A bold and innovative initiative, the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience was launched six years ago to globally recruit outstanding students interested in obtaining a degree in Neuroscience. Virginia Tech has rapidly become a destination university for the nation's best students interested in the discipline, having grown to over 800 undergraduate students today. Our Neuroscience Ph.D. program, approved in 2020, will launch in Fall 2021. The School offers a unique interdisciplinary curriculum spanning multiple disciplines and colleges. The broad curriculum offers traditional courses in Cellular and Molecular, Cognitive, and Experimental Neuroscience; advanced disciplinary courses including Neuroimmunology, Neurogenetics, Computational Neuroscience, and Neuroendocrinology; and innovative electives courses such as Language and Communication Disorders, Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroeconomics, Neuroscience and Society, and Artificial Intelligence.

The Collegiate Faculty track is a non-tenure track with ranks at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Collegiate Professor levels. This rank offers a clear path to promotion with increasingly longer contracts and promotion criteria clearly defined by the School of Neuroscience, College of Science, and university guidelines. Collegiate faculty participate in all four missions of the School: education, scholarship, service, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The successful collegiate faculty candidate will have a primary commitment to the School's instructional mission. The focus is on the delivery of undergraduate education with the potential to contribute to graduate education. A substantial portion of this position will be dedicated to the delivery of core courses in the School’s undergraduate curriculum, including courses such as Introduction to Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, and Diseases of the Nervous System, as well as the opportunity to develop unique courses based on the applicant's specific areas of expertise. Scholarship will include producing pedagogical innovations, scholarship of teaching and learning, or disciplinary research independently or as part of an existing research team at Virginia Tech.

Applicants for this position must have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Biology, or a related field and experience teaching in higher education, preferably at the undergraduate level. The search committee will consider applicants across career stages and the rank of the successful candidate will be commensurate with experience.

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Biology, or a closely related field;
• Postdoctoral experience;
• Record of significant research accomplishments, e.g., publications;
• Record of independent teaching and course management.
• Ability to contribute to the School of Neuroscience's teaching mission, at both undergraduate and graduate levels;

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A PhD in biomedical or chemical sciences (Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biology, or related field) Knowledge and year hands on experience working with analytical techniques, such as: chemical characterization techniques including sample preparation and processing (extraction, purification), chromatography (GC, HPLC, TLC), spectroscopy, mass spectrometry.

Minimum 1 year hands on experience with molecular biology techniques (Western Blot, PCR, siRNA).

Minimum of one peer-reviewed journal publication.

• Direct all aspects of a complex research laboratory dedicated to the study of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI; animal studies, mechanisms of injury, experimental therapeutics)
• Collaborate with the Chair of Neurosurgery to define research scope
• Work with Administrative Director for Research to administratively lead the laboratory (e.g., monitors research budgets, purchases, equipment, and supplies)
• Oversight of lab facilities (e.g., ensures that laboratory equipment is functional and that required supplies are available)
• Directly supervises laboratory personnel
• Designs and performs complex research procedures

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or M.D., including those conferred ourside of U.S.) in relevant scientific or bio-engineering field
• At least 1-2 year’s experience, after conferral of doctorate, either as postdoctoral fellow, in professional research laboratory, or a combination of the two Assignment as Principal Investigator on internally or externally sponsored lab projects highly preferred
• Knowledge on how to conduct laboratory experiments (including animal projects)
• Knowledge of current medical and scientific literature and research findings in related research areas
• Ability to prepare and author scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication
• Proven ability to develop proposals to secure external research funding
• Knowledge of basic budget principles to use in managing project budget
• Able to solve technical and inter-laboratory problems related to research
• Capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect experiment or reporting of results
• Ability to supervise lab personnel
• An organized, team player with the ability to manage and complete multiple tasks
• Excellent written and communication skills

• Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, physiology, biochemistry, bioengineering or related field
• Experience in neuroscience, mammalian experimentation, and data analysis is necessary
• Experience in data science, biomarkers, and mass spectroscopy is beneficial

Who we are:
The Haga-Yamanaka Lab in the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology at the University of California, Riverside is recruiting a postdoc. The position is immediately available. Our current research is focused on hormonal signaling in mammalian species. We employ multi-disciplinary approaches, including cell culture, reporter assays, histology, molecular biology, as well as in vivo physiological and behavioral studies, and mouse genetics, to understand molecular basis of hormone signaling and physiological consequences of the gain/loss of signaling in the brain and other tissues in vivo.

Relevant publications:

• Haga-Yamanaka S, Ma L, He J, Qiu Q, Lavis LD, Looger LL, Yu CR. (2014) Integrated Action of Pheromone Signals in Promoting Courtship Behavior in Male Mice. eLife Jul 29; 3: e03025.
• Okamoto N, Viswanatha R, Bittar R, Li Z, Haga-Yamanaka S, Perrimon N and Yamanaka N. (2018) A Membrane Transporter Is Required for Steroid Hormone Uptake in Drosophila. Dev Cell. 47:294-305

Website:
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/sachikoy

How to apply:
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF including a cover letter, CV, and contact information for 3 references to sachikoy@ucr.edu.

• Ph.D. degree or equivalent in molecular biology, cell biology, endocrinology, neuroscience, or related disciplines
• Solid experience in cell culture, reporter assays such as a luciferase assay, basic molecular biology (RT-PCR, qPCR, cloning, etc.), and immunocytochemistry
• Mouse experience (including genetics) is preferred
• Highly self-motivated
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Less than 3 years of postdoctoral training is preferred
• Analytical skills with Prism, FIJI, MATLAB, or R is a plus

UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Characterize, biochemically and structurally, the myelinophore organelles with particular emphasis on the manner they deliver their cargo – the myelin membrane tubules, Investigate the mechanism of myelin membrane fusion. Demonstrate that there is interaction between the axolemma and the oligodendrocyte plasma membrane in the formation of the Nodes of Ranvier and define the nature of this interaction.