"The HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus will provide a unique environment for basic biomedical research when it opens in 2006."

Our scientists will have unparalleled freedom and resources to explore challenging research questions in a highly interdisciplinary, collaborative culture. In return, we will expect unparalleled creativity, passion, and intellectual courage.

We have identified two initial research areas that are particularly well suited to Janelia Farm's culture: The identification of general principles that govern how information is processed by neuronal circuits and the development of imaging technologies and computational methods for image analysis.

We seek applications for group leader positions from biologists, chemists, computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and physicists who are passionate in their pursuit of these problems in basic scientific and technical research. We welcome applicants at all career stages, and coordinated applications from groups of individuals. We also welcome applications from any talented individual—from any research background—with innovative ideas in any area of basic biomedical research.

Janelia Farm, located on a verdant campus within 40 minutes of Washington, D.C., will be ideal for those scientists who want to remain actively engaged in the direct conduct of science and seek a high degree of intellectual interaction with their colleagues. If this description fits you, I strongly encourage you to apply for a position as a group leader."

-- Gerald M. Rubin, Vice President and Director