1. Vacancies: One or Two Professorpositions (recruitment information)
2. Affiliation:
Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience of GraduateSchool of LIFE SCIENCES, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
3. Research field:NEUROSCIENCE
Applicants should have achieved a record of distinction in a discipline ofhigh-order brain functions, such as cognition, memory and behavior, withvarious advanced methods. The area of research is open, but applicants shoulddemonstrate the potential to develop innovative and programmatic research andobtain extramural support in their area of interest. Applicants should be ableto teach undergraduate and graduate lecture/laboratory courses in Neuroscienceand supervise graduate and undergraduate research.Ofparticular relevance to this search are the extensive opportunities forinteraction with faculty members of other laboratories in the graduate school.See details at
http://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/en/
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4. Start of employment: April 1,2017 or later
5. Required documents (use A4papers) and a CD-ROM:
- Curriculumvitae
- List of publications (original papers, reviews, bookchapters in English and those in other languages and patents should be separatelylisted).
- Ten selected reprints with short descriptions of fivemain papers (total, 400 words).
- A summary of current researches (600 words).
- A statement of research plans and teachinginterests/philosophy (600 words).
- Researchgrants in the nearest ten years.
- At least two lettersof reference.
- Others: Awards, invited presentations, organization ofsymposia,editors of scientific journals, committee members for scientificsocieties,etc.
- CD-ROM that contains PDF files for (1) ~ (8) above.
6. Application deadline: May 9, 2016
7. Send application to:
Mr. AkihiroSawada, Chief of General Affairs Office, Graduate School of Life Sciences,Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan (Write in red ink the envelope“Application for a Professor position” and use certified mail. Applicationdocuments will not be returned.)
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9. Others:
(1) For details about our graduate school, please see our homepage at
http://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/en/
(2) Selected applicants will be invited to an interview at Tohoku University.
(3) Tohoku University is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from womenand non-Japanese are strongly encouraged.