Thank you for your interest in the Systems Biology Cluster Hiring Initiative at the University of Wisconsin (UW) – Madison.

In 1998, the University of Wisconsin launched the Cluster Hiring Initiative to advance interdisciplinary research in new and emerging areas. Faculty in these clusters work independently and together to develop new knowledge that is then integrated into academic curricula and applied to benefit society. To date, Cluster Hiring Initiatives have recruited over 100 new faculty in the biological and physical sciences, humanities and social sciences at UW-Madison.

As part of this initiative, UW-Madison and UW Medical School will recruit up to seven new positions in Systems Biology. This field achieves understanding of both simple and complex systems by identifying and filling gaps in our knowledge about molecules and molecular processes, by determining the molecular processes that are required to confer a specific activity or phenotype, and integrating this knowledge into more complete models of biological function and dysfunction.