Recruitment of Neurobiology Faculty at the University of Connecticut

康涅狄格大学生理学和神经生物学系（PNB）具有悠久的高研究生产力历史。这项提议的目的是招聘一名新的终身助理教授，担任此前被康涅狄格州指令冻结的职位。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的核心在新的药学/生物学大楼。优选的候选人将具有突触再生发育的坚实背景。这一领域在PNB和校园里的姐妹部门中有很好的代表性。新的发育生物学计划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部门的研究重点是突触组织和神经干细胞分化。需要在PNB额外的助理/副教授职位是合理的学生对我们的课程的需求的基础上，并从神经科学跨学科活动的进一步发展获得相当大的优势。最近，布隆迪国家警察的招募方案非常成功。在过去的七次聘用中，被任命者获得了资金（25项主要的多年赠款）和足够的生产力，以实现任期和晋升。两名最年轻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.