Announcement of Recruitment of a Tenure Track Associate Professor(closure)

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University announces the recruitment of a Tenure Track Associate Professor as below.

This position is based on an advanced drug discovery research project and one associated professor (tenure track) will be employed. The employment period as a tenure track associate professor is 6 years, and he/she will become a tenure associate professor based on the evaluation results at the third year and the fifth year. Selection will be done through screening of documents and through interviews, according to the criteria as follows: (1) research achievement at the international level, (2) research ability to lead the fields of the advanced drug discovery research, and (3) cooperative ability to conduct education and research in the graduate school.

Promising researchers regardless of any nationality are encouraged to apply for the positions.

Recruiting research fields
The following research fields are recruited. In particular, the integrated fields with advanced omics analysis and drug discovery would be preferable.

Field ID		Research area
A		Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacognosy
B		Analytical Chemistry, Structural Biology
C		Molecular & Cellular Bioanalysis
D		Fine Organic Synthesis
E		Biological Chemistry
F		Molecular Pharmacology, Genetic Biochemistry, Cell Biology
G		Physiological Chemistry, Molecular Neurobiology
H		Biofunctional Chemistry
I		Drug Delivery Research, Pharmacology
J		Patho-Functional Bioanalysis, Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism
K		Clinical Pharmacy
L		Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics

Also please see the URL of graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences as follows:
http://www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Qualifications
Each applicant must have obtained a Ph. D. within 10 years, and must agree with the regulations concerning tenure positions, Kyoto University.

Starting date of appointment
October 1, 2012 or later.

Documents to be submitted (Documents in English acceptable. To be on A4 or US letter paper.):

Curriculum Vitae (http://www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/common/docs/style_091225.pdf)
List of publications（http://www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/common/docs/style_091225.pdf）
Copies of main five articles
Summary of achievements and plans for future research (about 3 pages long in total)
Plans for future education (about 2 pages long in total)
Summary of obtained research grants
The names, affiliations, and email addresses of two researchers who are familiar with the applicant’s research.
Two letters of reference by the people above. (Letters in English acceptable. Each to be sealed in an envelope by the referee him/herself. To be either submitted together with other documents in one package, or sent separately by simplified registered mail(*). Must arrive by the deadline.)

Application documents will not be returned.

To be sent to
General Affairs Section, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
“Application documents for Tenure Track Associate Professorship” should be written in red ink on the envelope, which should be sent by simplified registered mail(*).
(*) In case of sending the document(s) from overseas, a suitable method, including EMS, DHL, Fedex, should be used in such a way that the sender can trace the delivery status by him/herself.

Application Deadline
July 31 (Tue), 2012. Application documents must arrive by the deadline.

Inquiries:
General Affairs Section, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University. Tel: 075-753-4510 (or +81-75-753-4510 from overseas).
Fax: 075-753-4502 (or +81-75-753-4502 from overseas).
E-mail: somu1@jimu.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Kyoto University promotes equal opportunities for women applicants. Women researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
(NOTE: This is an English translation of a Japanese original, which supersedes the translation in case of any inconsistencies.)