Career Opportunities
Kyoto University promotes gender equality.
Applications from female scientists are more than welcome.
Positions are available at the iCeMS, a newly established international research center at Kyoto University. We are looking for scientists who fill two types of positions.
- Non-independent positions
within the laboratories of our principal investigators (PIs)- Associate Professor
- Lecturer
- Assistant Professor
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Technician
- iCeMS Kyoto Fellow
- Independent Assistant Professor
Application Procedure
Visit the website of the PI you are interested in. Create the following documents.
- CV (including publications, patents, presentations etc.)
- Lists of acquired research funds
- A brief summary of scientific achievements [3-10 pages]
- Research plan in the PI's laboratory [1-3 pages]. Describe such as why you are interested in the PI's research, what project(s) you wish to be involved with, how you think you could contribute to the PI's project, and the research proposal you wish to make to the PI. You are encouraged to make contact with the PI you are interested in before you start working on this document.
- Fill out the cover page (for downloading the following format).
PDF format (110 KB)
Word format (29.5 KB) - Send five copies of your application by normal air mail or a courier service to:
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)
Kyoto University
Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8501
Japan
Phone: +81-(0)75-753-9753
Open Positions
Updated May 15, 2012
= Hiring | 
= Negotiable | 
= Kyoto U page (Japanese) | 
= External page | = PDF| iCeMS Kyoto Fellow | |
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| Independent Assistant Professor | Applications due April 30, 2012 |
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| Assoc. Prof. | Senior Lecturer | Asst. Prof. | Postdoc | Lab Tech |
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| Nakatsuji, Norio | Stem-Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | |||||
| Kitagawa, Susumu | Coordination Chemistry, Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Biomaterial Science | |||||
| Agladze, Konstantin | Biophysics, Non-linear science | |
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| Chen, Yong | Nano-biotechnology | |
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| Harada, Yoshie | Single-Molecule Physiology | |||||
| Hashida, Mitsuru | Biopharmaceuticals | |
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| Heuser, John | Biophysics, Cell Biology | |
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| Hiiragi, Takashi | Developmental Biology | |||||
| Imahori, Hiroshi | Photochemistry | |
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| Kengaku, Mineko | Developmental Neurobiology, Cell Biology | |||||
| Kiso, Makoto | Glycotechnology | |
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| Kusumi, Akihiro | Single-Molecule Cell Biophysics | |
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| Sugiyama, Hiroshi | Chemical Biology | |||||
| Takano, Mikio | Solid-State Chemistry | |||||
| Tanaka, Koichiro | Teraherz Optical Science | |
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| Ueda, Kazumitsu | Cellular Biochemistry | |
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| Uesugi, Motonari | Chemical Biology | |
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| Yamanaka, Shinya | Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Engineering | |
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| Carlton, Peter | Meiosis, Chromosome Biology, Optical Microscopy | |||||
| Kalay, Ziya | Statistical Physics | |
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| Kim, Franklin | Synthetic Nano-/Meso-Chemistry, Self-Assembly | |
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| Murakami, Tatsuya | Cell Engineering, Protein Engineering | |
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| Yamamoto, Takyua | Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics | |||||
| Center for Meso-Bio Single-Molecule Imaging (CeMI) | Single-Molecule Imaging and Tracking, Terahertz Spectroscopy and Microscopy | |||||
| NCBS-inStem Satellite Lab Group | Single-Molecule Cell Biophysics, Membrane Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | |
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| Innovation Management Group | Innovation Management | |
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| Science Communication Group | Science Communication | |||||
| Core Research Facilities |
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| Assoc. Prof. | Senior Lecturer | Asst. Prof. | Postdoc | Lab Tech |
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