Instructor - Bioinformatics

The Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is looking to hire a faculty position at the level of an Instructor. Candidates must possses a Ph.D. and postdoctoral training

Job duties as Instructor include:

• Organize weekly "rapid fire" paper review in lab meeting where we select the articles we read and present in the weekly journal club

• In the wet-lab part of our group, train technicians, graduate students and postdocs in molecular cell biology. This includes instructions in current and novel protocols and techniques and help them setting up new assays and validate them

• Bi-weekly subgroup meetings on cell and molecular biology run tutorials on novel technologies in the field of mocular biology, biochemistry and in particular all flavors of genome engineering and screening technologies

• Organize seminars with field scientist who support our wet-lab equipment. Keep up to date with new technology development and helps train our students and postdocs on these instruments

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishment and experience. Consideration may be given to applicants seeking less than a full-time schedule.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

Benefits

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare – no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
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