Work location : Hokuriku and Koshinetsu district - Ishikawa
Date of publication : 2024/10/09
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Kanazawa University
Research field : Life Science - Unspecified
Associate Professor : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present
Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present
Job description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The Kanazawa University Institute for Frontier Science Initiative invites applications for a full-time Tenure-Track Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position.
https://infiniti.adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/Work content and job description
Our major research interest is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cancer, cancer stem cells and tumor microenvironment, aiming at developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for precision medicine. We have been developing breast cancer patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, 3D organoid/spheroid cultures and mouse models of tumors. In order to achieve the goal, we are recruiting a scientist who has expertise in molecular biology, cell biology and bioinformatics, and has ability to translate the basic principle to clinic.
Assigned department
Existing departments
The Institute for Frontier Science Initiative and the Cancer Research Institute,Kanazawa University(Unit Leader/Chief: Dr. Kazuo Okamoto)
Job type
Research field
Wages
Associate Professor
Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen
Annual salary system is applied.
Annual salary amount depends on background and other factors.
Assistant Professor level
Annual Salary : 3 million yen ~ 7 million yen
Annual salary system is applied.
Annual salary amount depends on background and other factors.
Working hours
Associate Professor
Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:00-12:45
Holidays : Saturday,Sunday,National Holiday,From December 29th to January 3rd of the following year
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system for specialized work applies(Assumed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes per day.)
Assistant Professor level
Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:00-12:45
Holidays : Saturday,Sunday,National Holiday,From December 29th to January 3rd of the following year
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system for specialized work applies(Assumed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes per day.)
Application requirements
Qualifications
Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
Description
・Applicants should have the capability to perform research with a broader view and perspective in the field of research mentioned above.
・Applicants should be cooperative and highly motivated to perform research with faculty and staff members of the Institute.
・Applicants must have a doctoral degree at the latest by the time when the appointment begins.
Employment Type
Associate Professor
Regular employee
Assistant Professor level
Regular employee
Contract period
Associate Professor
Nontenured - Tenure-track
※Term of office
In principle, 5-year term of contract (For current employee in Kanazawa university, The period of employment at Kanazawa University cannot exceed total 10 years.)
※Peer review process for reappointment
Outline for the standard in making decision on the approval of academic tenure:
1. Scientific achievement in the concerned field is outstanding in both domestic and international research communities.
2. Appropriately planned research is sufficiently achieved.
3. She obtains sufficient competitive research funding and performs high research activities.
※Based on the result of intramural examination on academic achievement in research and activity in education, she may have opportunity for the reappointment or the promotion to a tenure researcher, after the expiration of one’s term of office.
※After being granted tenure, she shall be subject to ”Regulations Concerning the Term of Office of National University Corporation Kanazawa University Teachers”.
Probationary period present
Trial period 6 month
Assistant Professor level
Nontenured - Tenure-track
※Term of office
In principle, 5-year term of contract (For current employee in Kanazawa university, The period of employment at Kanazawa University cannot exceed total 10 years.)
※Peer review process for reappointment
Outline for the standard in making decision on the approval of academic tenure:
1. Scientific achievement in the concerned field is outstanding in both domestic and international research communities.
2. Appropriately planned research is sufficiently achieved.
3. She obtains sufficient competitive research funding and performs high research activities.
※Based on the result of intramural examination on academic achievement in research and activity in education, she may have opportunity for the reappointment or the promotion to a tenure researcher, after the expiration of one’s term of office.
※After being granted tenure, she shall be subject to ”Regulations Concerning the Term of Office of National University Corporation Kanazawa University Teachers”.
Probationary period present
Trial period 6 month
Work location
Compensation
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Salaries, etc., are based on Kanazawa University staff salary regulations. Please see the URL(in Japanese) below.
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/university/administration/regulation/rules
Application Considerations
Number of hired
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2025/04/01
Starting date : 2025/04/01
Job content supplemental explanation
From April 1st, 2025 (immediately after contract of employment)
Application period
2024/10/09~2024/12/10 Deadline for receipt
5:00 p.m. (must arrive by)
Application method
Application documents (specified forms)
Attached documents
Other online application forms
Please send the application form by e-mail entitled "Application to a position in Institute for Frontier Science Initiative" to General Affairs Section of Faculty of Pharmacy and Cancer Research Institute Support Division, Kanazawa University.
※Please convert all documents to PDF files, combine them into a ZIP file, and send the ZIP file.
As we cannot receive emails larger than 10 MB, please use an upload site if the size of the ZIP file exceeds 10 MB. Please write "Application to Associate Professor or Assistant Professor position in Institute for Frontier Science Initiative" in the subject of the e-mail. Upon receipt of the e-mail, the administrative staff will promptly acknowledge it. Please contact the administrative staff,if you do not receive a confirmation within two business days.
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
* Out of application period.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
Selection
After reviewing the submitted documents, applicants may be asked for an interview. Please understand that travel expensed for interview will not be reimbursed.If an on-site interview is not feasible, an interview via the Internet will be also possible.
Notification of result
After the entire selection process is completed, you will be notified of acceptance or rejection.
Contact details
Kanazawa University
Cancer Research Institute
Professor・Atsushi Hirao
ahirao@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Notes
※Role: Principal Investigator (PI) who are assigned as Associate Professor or Assistant Professor of this open position is obliged to vigorously promote inter-, cross-, and multi-disciplinary researches. Additionally, selected PI is obliged to fulfill the duty as faculty members at the Cancer Research Institute of Kanazawa University
※The expected annual financial research support is about ¥500,000 during the first five years.
※An assistant professor or research assistant professor position is available in the same laboratory.
※Kanazawa University promotes the development of diversity in the research and education environment.
https://ipdi.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/
※Institute for Frontier Science Initiative and Cancer Research Institute welcomes applications from female researchers in accordance with the purport of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society.
※As a full-time faculty member in the Graduate School of Frontier Science Initiative Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences (with Assistant Professors teaching only in the Master's program), you may be involved in education, so please be aware of this.