Assistant Professor of Genetics; systems
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Education / Teaching
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL USA
Posted 8/10/2026
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Genetics. The Department has begun a major expansion of the faculty as part of a 5-year strategic plan. We seek outstanding, creative investigators in any area of genetics (using any genetic system), including but not limited to gene expression and regulation, functional genomics and systems biology, developmental genetics, immunogenetics, molecular mechanisms of disease, evolutionary genetics, and other related fields.
The Department has active research programs in mammalian (human, mouse), Drosophila, viral, bacterial, cancer, and comparative genetics, together with expertise in gene discovery, genome editing, transcriptional and co/post-transcriptional regulation, Developmental biology (including evo-devo), RNA biochemistry, disease mechanisms, structural biology, protein biochemistry, multi-omics, and computational biology. The Department offers a highly collegial and collaborative environment and interactions with numerous Colleges (Agriculture, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Public Health and Health Professions), Institutes (Emerging Pathogens, Genetics, McKnight Brain) and Centers (Cancer, CDC Southeast Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, Inflammation & Mucosal Immunology, Neuro Genetics, NIH Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics) that foster interdisciplinary research ther information about the Department can be found at https://mgm.ufl.edu
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