Recruitment of Neurobiology Faculty at the University of Connecticut

康涅狄格大学生理学和神经生物学（PNB）有着悠久的研究历史。这项提案的目的是招募一名新的终身助理教授，以填补此前因康涅狄格州指令而被冻结的职位。成功的候选人将被安置在1100平方英尺的实验室和办公空间，位于PNB核心的新制药/生物大楼。优先考虑在突触再生发展方面有扎实的背景。这个领域在PNB和校园姐妹系中都有很好的代表。新的发育生物学项目隶属于再生生物学中心，其主要重点是中枢神经系统的创伤和再生。PNB系的研究重点是突触组织和神经干细胞分化。根据学生对我们课程的需求，以及从神经科学跨学科活动的进一步发展中获得的可观优势，PNB需要额外的助理/副教授职位是合理的。近年来，PNB的招聘项目非常成功。在过去的七次聘用中，被任命的人获得了资金（25笔大额多年补助金）和足够的生产力，以实现终身任职和晋升。两位资历最浅的教员有能力继续这一成功。

DESCRIPTION: The Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) at the University of Connecticut has a long history of high research productivity. The objective of this proposal is to recruit a new tenure-track assistant professor to a position that was previously frozen by a State of Connecticut directive. The successful candidate will be housed in 1100 sq ft of lab and office space located in the core of PNB in the new Pharmacy/Biology Building. Preferred candidates will have a solid background in synaptic regenerative development. This area is well-represented in PNB and sister departments on campus. The new Developmental Biology Program affiliated with the Center for Regenerative Biology has as its main emphasis trauma and regeneration in the central nervous system. The PNB department has research emphasis in synaptic organization and neural stem cell differentiation. The need for an additional Assistant/Associate Professor position in PNB is justified on the basis of student demand for our courses and by the considerable advantages to be gained from further development of interdisciplinary activities in neurosciences. The PNB program of recruitment has been very successful in the recent past. For the last seven hires, the appointees have obtained funding (25 major multi-year grants) and sufficient productivity to achieve tenure and promotion. The two most junior faculty members are well positioned to continue this success.