The Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
has an open position for a tenure-track regular faculty position at the level of Assistant or Associate
Professor. We seek outstanding individuals with research focused on mechanistic investigations
that employ quantitative approaches (biophysical, electrophysiological, structural, imaging, and/or
cell-biological) to understand fundamental processes in molecular or cellular physiology. We
particularly encourage candidates whose questions and approaches complement and/or extend the
Department’s existing research strengths in ion channels, molecular biophysics, membrane protein
physiology, neuroscience, sensory systems, and cardiovascular and muscle research
(www.medschool.ucdenver.edu/physiology). Successful applicants are expected to lead a vigorous,
externally funded research program and to participate in professional and graduate teaching.
Appointees will join a vibrant and growing Department under the new leadership of Dr. David
DiGregorio – hired as Chair in January 2023 – with a commitment to mentoring faculty and trainees
from diverse backgrounds. Research interests in the Department currently include cardiac and
skeletal muscle physiology, ion channel biophysics, molecular physiology, cell signaling, sensory
and motor systems, and synaptic function. Extra-departmental interactions within molecular
biophysics, neuroscience and physiology, including basic science and translational collaborations,
are facilitated by several NIH-supported interdepartmental graduate programs and centers (e.g.,
Neuroscience Program, Pharmacology program, Structural Biology and Biochemistry program).
Other shared resources include cores for biophysics and molecular interactions, molecular
structure, electron microscopy, proteomics, and transgenic rodents.
Diversity and Equity:
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is committed to recruiting and supporting
a diverse student body, faculty and administrative staff. The university strives to promote a culture
of inclusiveness, respect, communication and understanding. We encourage applications from
women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, persons within the LGBTQ+ community and
all veterans. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity and equality in education and
employment.
Apply at https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=31157 with the following materials:
1. A cover letter describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and
interest in the position
2. Curriculum vitae / Resume
3. A 2-3 page statement of research interests and plans
4. A ~1 page statement of how you will foster diversity, equity and inclusion
5. The names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for three professional references,
either in your resume/CV or uploaded as a separate document
6. Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers.
Review of applications will begin on December 1st. Applications will be accepted until finalists
are identified.
To apply for this job please visit cu.taleo.net.
Kirupa Suthakar, PhD - Dr Kirupa Suthakar is a postdoctoral fellow at NIH/NIDCD, having formerly trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and doctoral student at Garvan Institute of Medical Research/UNSW Australia. Kirupa's interest in the mind and particular fascination by how we are able to perceive the world around us led her to pursue a research career in auditory neuroscience. To date, Kirupa's research has broadly focused on neurons within the auditory efferent circuit, which allow the brain to modulate incoming sound signals at the ear. Kirupa is active member of the spARO community, serving as the Chair Elect for 2021.
Charles C. Della Santina, PhD MD is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he directs the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center and the Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory.
Andrew Griffith received his MD and PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 1992. He completed his general surgery internship and a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan in 1998. He also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Human Genetics as part of his training at the University of Michigan. In 1998, he joined the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) in the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). He served as a senior investigator, the chief of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Section, the chief of the Otolaryngology Branch, and the director of the DIR, as well as the deputy director for Intramural Clinical Research across the NIH Intramural Research Program. His research program identifies and characterizes molecular and cellular mechanisms of normal and disordered hearing and balance in humans and mouse models. Two primary interests of his program have been hearing loss associated with enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct, and the function of TMC genes and proteins. The latter work lead to the discovery that the deafness gene product TMC1 is a component of the hair cell sensory transduction channel. Since July of 2020, he has served as the Senior Associate Dean of Research and a Professor of Otolaryngology and Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Gwenaëlle S. G. Géléoc obtained a PhD in Sensory Neurobiology from the University of Sciences in Montpellier (France) in 1996. She performed part of her PhD training at the University of Sussex, UK where she characterized sensory transduction in vestibular hair cells and a performed a comparative study between vestibular and cochlear hair cells. Gwenaelle continued her training as an electrophysiologist at University College London studying outer hair cell motility and at Harvard Medical School studying modulation of mechanotransduction in vestibular hair cells. As an independent investigator at the University of Virginia, she expanded this work and characterized the developmental acquisition of sensory transduction in mouse vestibular hair cells, the developmental acquisition of voltage-sensitive conductances in vestibular hair cells and the tonotopic gradient in the acquisition of sensory transduction in the mouse cochlea. This work along with quantitative spatio-temporal studies performed on several hair cell mechanotransduction candidates lead her to TMC1 and 2 and long-term collaborations with Andrew Griffith and Jeff Holt. Dr. Géléoc is currently Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, at Boston Children’s Hospital where she continues to study molecular players involved in the development and function of hair cells of the inner ear and develops new therapies for the treatment of deafness and balance, with a particular focus on Usher syndrome.
Jeff Holt earned a doctorate from the Department of Physiology at the University of Rochester in 1995 for his studies of inward rectifier potassium channels in saccular hair cells. He went on to a post-doctoral position in the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where he characterized sensory transduction and adaptation in hair cells and developed a viral vector system to transfect cultured hair cells. Dr. Holt’s first faculty position was in the Neuroscience Department at the University of Virginia. In 2011 the lab moved to Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. Dr. Holt is currently a Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology in the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center. Dr. Holt and his team have been studying sensory transduction in auditory and vestibular hair cells over the past 20 years, with particular focus on TMC1 and TMC2 over the past 12 years. This work lead to the discovery that TMC1 forms the hair cell transduction channel. His work also focuses on development gene therapy strategies for genetic hearing loss.
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