【Career opportunities】 Professor or Associate Professor positions

January 10 2018

IRCMS is seeking qualified applicants for independent faculty positions at the rank of Full Professor or Associate Professor. Our center's research focus is Stem Cell Biology, Cancer Biology and Aging. The positions are available from April 1st, 2018, or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointments are for an initial 5-year term, renewable upon evaluation and approval by the center director.

Qualifications
Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. or M.D. in biomedical sciences and to develop active, independently-funded research programs as Principal Investigators. Ideal candidates should have research experience and a publication record in the fields of single-cell informatics, single-cell omics or single-cell mass cytometry, and have the capability to develop new analytic tools for further advanced studies in these fields. Candidates are also expected to be able to communicate in English at a native level. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for research seminar and interview.

Salary
Terms and conditions are set in accordance with the rules and regulations of Kumamoto University.

Application documents and deadline
Interested applicants are encouraged to assemble and submit their application packet composed of:
(1) curriculum vitae with email address, photo and contact information (appendix 1);
(2) a list of peer-reviewed publications and other achievements (appendix 2);
(3) a summary of research accomplishment (appendix 3);
(4) a summary of current and future research (appendix 4);
(5) a list of 3-5 people whom we can contact for reference letters (appendix 5).

Application form can be download from here.

The packet should be sent no later than Feb 28th, 2018 to the following address or e-mail address: recruit_ircms[at]jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Director Toshio Suda M.D., Ph.D.
International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS)
Kumamoto University
c/o Ms. Masae Sakata.
2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City 860-0811 Japan

Inquiries
For further inquiries, please contact Ms. Masae Sakata, e-mail: recruit_ircms[at]jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp. Please allow sufficient time to respond to your inquiries.