Advanced Postdoc Program

Job Description

The Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) is recruiting post-doctoral researchers for its Advanced Postdoc Program. This program offers three-year employment and funding (3 million yen per year) for original research to promising young researchers. Selected applicants have access to continually upgraded state-of-the-art facilities at IFReC for their research, including equipment for single-cell analysis. Furthermore, selected applicants can expect their research careers to develop immensely through invaluable guidance from their supervisor among IFReC’s many distinguished Principal Investigators as well as through collaborative research with them. We look forward to receiving applications from ambitious young researchers.

 

DETAILS

1. Position: Specially Appointed Researcher (full-time)
2. Affiliation: Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University
3. Number of positions: Postdoctoral Researcher x3
4. Research field: Immunology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Bioimaging
5. Qualifications:

・Doctorate degree

・Less than 8 years since obtaining doctorate

・International experience preferred

6. Work location: Suita Campus, Osaka University in Osaka, Japan
7. Annual salary: JPY 5.6M – 7.5 M (Taxes are deducted from the monthly salary.)
8. Grant for original research: JPY 3M per year
9. Start Date: After April 1, 2022

*Start date of work is negotiable.

10. Period of employment: Up to 3 years from the date of hire

*Single year contract, renewable upon annual evaluation.

 

APPLICATION AND SELECTION

1. Application period: Until the posts are filled
2. Selection process: Document screening and interview for successful applicants of the document screening
3. How to Apply and Required Documents

*All documents should be A4 or letter size and written in English.

*In application form, write names of the Principal Investigators whom you would like to work with at IFReC. (Maximum 3 persons)

 

3-1. E-mail Application: [email protected], IFReC Research Planning & Management Office

*Write ‘Application for advanced postdoc position’ in the subject line.

・Application form (downloadable from this URL: http://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/apd/)

・Curriculum vitae (education and work experience)

・List of publication

・Summary of previous research

・Research plan and statement of ambitions for your future research at IFReC

・Reference letters from at least two academic referees with contact details

 

3-2. Web Application: https://forms.gle/oMoDArcWaVX2qa2Z6

　　Please enter the applicant information into the application form at the above URL (Google Form) and upload the following documents.

・Curriculum vitae (education and work experience)

・List of publication

・Summary of previous research

・Research plan and statement of ambitions for your future research at IFReC

・Reference letters from at least two academic referees with contact details

 

CONTACT

Inquiries: IFReC Research Planning & Management Office

Advanced Postdoc Program website: http://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/apd/

IFReC website: http://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/

 

Hitomi Yoshida: [email protected]

Yuji Watanabe: [email protected]