Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Immunology
Link: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06666
Application Deadline: 11/3/2024
This is an academic year (9-month), Assistant Professor tenure-track position with teaching, research, outreach/engagement and service responsibilities and includes the expectation that the appointee will conduct mission-oriented research and outreach/engagement of relevance to the California Agricultural Experiment Station. Applications are encouraged from outstanding candidates with a strong background in any current or emerging area that will fit within our department's disciplinary focus in nutritional biology and health, with specific expertise in nutritional immunology.
Junior Specialist
Link: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06641
The role of this position is to provide specialized expertise in (1) mouse experimentation, including dietary fiber content in the mouse diet, measurement of body weight and food consumed, and collection and preservation of mouse stool and tissues at necropsy for later DNA and RNA extraction and analysis, (2) the use of liquid handling robots, especially the epMotion series, for DNA extraction, and (3) use of QIIME2 for the analysis of 16S rRNA sequence data for dietary fiber and gut microbiome research projects in the lab of Dr. Mary Kable at USDA, ARS, WHNRC located on the UC Davis campus and affiliated with the Department of Nutrition. The Junior Specialist will have the opportunity to have creative input into the design of and selection of experiments to meet the study objectives.
