Principal Investigator, Assistant or Associate

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- TitlePrincipal Investigator, Assistant or Associate Professor
- DivisionInstitute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Deeply rooted in Montreal and dedicated to its international mission, Université de Montréal is one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Like the city whose name it bears, it is effervescent and multicultural._
- UdeM attracts over $500 millions in research funding every year, making it one of the three university research hubs in Canada. It also ranks among the best universities worldwide and among the five best French language universities._
- Through the achievements of the members of its community, UdeM participates in building today’s and tomorrow’s world._

IRIC’s primary goal is to better understand the biological processes that contribute to cancer and identify ground-breaking avenues in the development of effective therapies. IRIC is located in a state-of-the-art building on the main campus of UdeM. It currently hosts 27 Principal Investigators and nearly 450 trainees, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates and support staff. IRIC also comprises several cutting edge core facilities, including Bioimaging, Biophysics & NMR, Flow Cytometry, Genomics, High-Throughput Screening (chemical, RNAi, and CRISPR), Bioinformatics, Histology, Medicinal Chemistry, Proteomics, and In Vivo Biology/Animal facility. Most importantly, IRIC houses one of the largest Drug Discovery Units in an academic setting in Canada. Its activities are led by a team of 65 expert chemists and biologists who have extensive drug discovery experience in an industrial setting. A collegial, dynamic and curiosity-driven research environment is a defining feature of the Institute.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine includes 30 regular professors and more than 60 clinical or adjunct professors. Research teams address fundamental biomedical research questions in close connection with translational and clinical research conducted in the Faculty of medicine network of affiliated hospital research centers and institutes. Through its cutting-edge teaching programs in biochemistry and bioinformatics, the Department supports the training of more than 350 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students. We are particularly interested in attracting colleagues who share our commitment to teaching, mentoring and fostering a collaborative research environment that embraces both excellence and diversity.

For more information, please visit the following web sites:
IRIC

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Université de Montréal

**As a professor, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the promotion of excellence at IRIC and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine. In this capacity, you will be expected to**:

- Collaborate on projects with large multidimensional datasets, so experience in integrating genomics, proteomics, and clinical data sets with drug screening would be an asset;
- Take part in academic-industry collaborations with biopharmaceutical partners;
- Develop an innovative, internationally recognized, financially independent research program;
- Supervise graduate students and postdoctoral fellows;
- Contribute to the teaching mission of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the undergraduate, M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels;
- Through teaching and research activities, ensure the development of your discipline in addition to actively participate in the functionning of IRIC, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of UdeM.

**To succeed in this role, you will need to**:

- Hold a Ph.D. and demonstrate significant postdoctoral experience and productivity in a relevant area;
- Have an outstanding publication record;
- Have the potential to develop both internal and international collaborations;
- Demonstrate an ability to provide high quality university-level education;
- An adequate knowledge of the French language (written and spoken) or a strong commitment to mastering the proficiency level required, in accordance to the Politique linguistique de l’Université de Montréal. An institutional learning support program is offered to all professors wishing to learn French or improve their communications skills.
- You are invited to send your curriculum vitae, a letter of intent, a description of the proposed research program of three pages, as well as three (3) letters of recommendation from professors or hierarchical superiors to:
Dr. Marc Therrien, Ph.D.
Scientific Director of IRIC

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