Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure Track), Department of Human Genetics, RNA Biology

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McGill University

Assistant or Affiliate Professor (Tenure Observe), Division of Human Genetics, RNA Biology (L000233)

Place Description:
The McGill College Division of Human Genetics seeks an excellent researcher and instructor for a full-time tenure-track place on the rank of Assistant or Affiliate Professor. The analysis program might be based mostly throughout the Girl Davis Institute for Medical Analysis (LDI), Jewish Basic Hospital, at McGill College. The professorial rank of the candidate might be decided in line with their {qualifications} and expertise.

The profitable applicant might be anticipated to construct on their present impartial analysis program in RNA Biology, particularly because it pertains to human genetics. This place is aligned with the current $165M federal grant on “DNA to RNA” (D2R) and the profitable applicant will seemingly be capable to apply for analysis funds made out there by this award. The profitable applicant will work intently with colleagues at different McGill analysis institutes. They may also contribute to classroom educating and graduate coaching (MSc and PhD).

The LDI is the analysis arm of the Jewish Basic Hospital (JGH) which is affiliated with the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CCOMTL) and is a part of the McGill Built-in College Well being Community. Through the years, the LDI has been remarkably profitable in attracting excellent investigators with acknowledged excellence in areas similar to Most cancers Therapeutics, Molecular Oncology, Cell and Gene Remedy, AIDS/HIV, Growing older, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Illness, Medical Epidemiology, and Psychosocial Features of Illness. The LDI boasts greater than 200 researchers, 450 administrative and help workers, and about 275 post-graduate college students and post-doctoral fellows who obtain their analysis coaching on the Institute yearly. McGill College is Canada’s most worldwide college and is the LDI is a part of a sequence of distributed analysis centres situated within the vibrant, multicultural metropolis of Montreal.

The D2R award builds on substantial experience in RNA biology at McGill. Many of those specialists are from the McGill College Division of Biochemistry, and shut collaboration with colleagues on this Division will seemingly be developed by the profitable candidate.

Job Duties:
The profitable candidate will construct on, or create an internationally acknowledged, revolutionary analysis program in RNA biology that focuses on:
1. Growing and implementing scalable methodologies for investigating post-transcriptional mechanisms that regulate gene expression;
2. Investigating how RNA condensates regulate mRNA biology;
3. Collaborating with different teams at McGill, nationally and globally to additional develop and apply novel applied sciences for systematic useful RNA biology research, notably with relevance to human genetic illnesses.

The profitable candidate might be anticipated to show each within the classroom and by guarantee an inclusive, supportive coaching atmosphere that may appeal to high graduate college students from world wide.

All McGill college members are anticipated to contribute to service actions inside their items, the College and the broader scholarly group. The profitable applicant might be anticipated to contribute to the scientific atmosphere of the LDI and might be required to take part in classroom instruction and graduate pupil supervision throughout the pointers of the Division of Human Genetics. A demonstrated dedication to fairness, variety, and inclusion (EDI) in all areas is predicted, together with integration of EDI concerns into analysis design and practices, and creating equitable and inclusive analysis environments.

{Qualifications} and Training Necessities:
• Candidates will need to have a Ph.D. in Biochemistry or associated discipline, or M.D., with important postgraduate or post-doctoral coaching;
• Proof of robust analysis productiveness and a publication report within the discipline of RNA Biology, with a demonstrated potential to draw aggressive funding;
• Prior work in human illnesses which might be the results of perturbations in RNA could be seen favourably;
• Fluency in English is important;
• A working data of French, or a dedication to buying it inside just a few years of appointment is most well-liked.

College/Division/Unit: College of Drugs and Well being Sciences, Division of Human Genetics, Girl Davis Institute.
Worker Sort: Tenure-Observe (Tutorial Tenure Stream)
Rank: Assistant/Affiliate professor
Wage: Wage might be commensurate with {qualifications} and expertise
Job Standing: Full Time
Posting interval: 30 days

The next supporting paperwork are required:
• Cowl letter and curriculum vitae
• A quick description of the long run analysis program (max 5 pages)
• Names and speak to data of three referees

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At McGill, analysis that displays various mental traditions, methodologies, and modes of dissemination and translation is valued and inspired. Candidates are invited to show their analysis influence each inside and throughout educational disciplines and in different sectors, similar to authorities, communities, or business.

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