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TF/TA positions for Fall 2022 - MCB 60: Cellular Biology and Molecular Medicine Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

To apply:
We are looking for graduate students or post-docs who are excited about teaching students the principles of molecular and cellular biology.
Please email becuwe@fas.harvard.edu and include your CV with references preferably ones that can comment on teaching.

Compensation:
TF positions are compensated at 0.4 FTE for the semester (approximately $10,500). The actual teaching period starts on August 31st and ends around the beginning-mid December.

This course provides an introduction to the principles of molecular and cellular biology and their connections to biomedicine. We explore how medical syndromes provide insights into biological processes and how biological mechanisms underlie human disease and physiology. Topics range from DNA repair, protein folding and vesicle transport to metabolism, cell migration and cancer. Lectures focus on the experimental evidence for key concepts, and the weekly sections combine a discovery-based laboratory research project with discussions that emphasize problem solving and primary literature.

Responsabilities:

•    Attend the lab training before the start of the semester (about 3 days long).
•    Attend all lectures (approx. 2-3 hours per week, days to be determined). Facilitate discussion and encourage participation from students during class.
•    Hold weekly open office hour (1h/week).
•    Attend weekly staff meeting (1h/week).
•    Run a weekly 3-hour lab/discussion section comprising of ~15 students.
•    Grade weekly lab notebooks and problem sets for the students in your section.

What you can expect from the course:

•    Extensive support and mentoring on teaching and how to be an effective teacher.
•    Continuous feedback. We survey the students two times over the course of the ~12 weeks of the semester. This is in addition to the end-of-semester survey conducted officially by Harvard college (those who score a 4.5 and above receive a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.
•    A course staff that really cares about teaching and mentoring. Last year seven out of eight members of our course staff received the Bok award.
•    Upon request, the Bok center can provide additional feedback on videotaped teaching sessions.
•    An excellent and fun environment to work, learn, network, and teach.

  • A very motivated group of undergraduate students.