Assistant Professor, Genome Integrity, Molecular Biology, Fall 2026
Assistant Professor, Genome Integrity, Molecular Biology, Fall 2026
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Job Description
The Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville is soliciting applications for a tenuretrack position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Genome Integrity.
Successful candidates will be expected to develop an innovative nationally recognized and externally funded research program that addresses problems at the cutting edge of the biology of genomes and chromosomes. We are particularly interested in applicants that build on emerging areas in BCMB () including nuclear organization epigenetics and gene regulation. BCMB is a diverse department with existing areas of strength in molecular biophysics and biochemistry cell biology neurobiology cancer biology and plant science.
BCMB is a dynamic interdisciplinary and collegial department. The candidate will have laboratory space in the modern Ken and Blaire Mossman building which houses high-level research and instructional space. There are core facilities and shared instrumentation for next-generation sequencing associated high-performance computation flow cytometry advanced microscopy a vivarium and a bioanalytical resource facility.
The successful candidate has opportunities to participate in communities of scholars in membrane biology inflammation and an NIH-T32 training grant in Integrated Membrane Biology. Interactions with the nearby Oak Ridge National Lab are fostered by the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute in particular a convergent research initiative in targeted radiotherapeutics. BCMB faculty also collaborate with colleagues at the UT Ag-Vet campus the UT Medical Center and the National Institute for Modeling Biological Systems.
The University is beginning a next-level initiative aimed both at substantially elevating the Universitys national reputation for impactful research scholarship and creative activity and at assembling a rost of faculty committed to delivering one of the nations best educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students.
Required:
Applicants must have a doctorate (Ph.D. or equivalent) and postdoctoral experience in an appropriate discipline with evidence of high-quality research. Candidates must also show an interest in developing a teaching program within the departmental curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Employment Type
Full Time
