Job Vacancy Announcement

Associate Professor (tenured), Primate Research Institute

Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Department/Section: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology Section

Job Title: Associate Professor (tenured)
Opening Date: June 16, 2005
Closing Date: October 7, 2005
Formal Hiring Date: around January 2006
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description

Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Associate Professor in the Molecular Biology Section, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology. The Molecular Biology Section aims to study the characteristics of primates from molecular and cellular levels. Prior experience with non-human primates is not essential. Candidates should have extensive experience and a distinguished research record in the field of molecular and/or cellular biology. The candidate selected for the post as a faculty member is required to fully participate in faculty meetings and other administrative matters conducted in Japanese, and to lecture graduate students on Biological Chemistry in either English or Japanese. Faculty members are also expected to promote the research of primates from a broad perspective, to teach and supervise graduate students and post-docs, and to contribute to the administration of the institute.

2. Application procedure

Candidates are requested to submit the following documents. Two full sets should be sent (copies are acceptable). Either Japanese or English is acceptable.

(1) CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record
(2) List of academic publications and reprints of each article
(3) List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints of each article
(4) Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (about 1500 words)
(5) Summary of research that the candidate intends to carry out at KUPRI (about 1500 words)

All documents must arrive by the deadline (Friday, October 7, 2005), and should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Nobuo SHIGEHARA
Director
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, JAPAN

3. Selection procedure and feedback to candidates

A committee will be set up at the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) to evaluate all candidates, based on the documents submitted. The complete list of candidates will then be passed to a general assembly of about 40 faculty members, all of whom will participate in a vote to select one candidate for the post. No further information will be available to candidates at any stage of the selection process. Each candidate will be informed only the final decision of the said person. KUPRI is composed of the following four departments consisting of ten sections, two attached centers, and a project program: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny (Morphology, Population Genetics, and Systematics and Phylogeny Sections), Department of Ecology and Social Behavior (Ecology, and Social Behavior Sections), Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Language and Intelligence, Cognition and Learning, and Brain Research Sections), Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology (Cellular Biology, and Molecular Biology Sections), Field Research Center, Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration Program (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Section). More information is available at our web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp. For further information on making an application for the post, contact Hirohisa Hirai (e-mail: hirai@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp, tel +81-568-63-0528; fax +81-568-63-0085).