Closing date Monday, September 1, 2025 12:00 (JST)

IMSS 25-5 (Assistant Professor)

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Term

Until March 2027 at the latest with the contract renewal every Japanese fiscal year
*The contract update is determined by the following: (1) Work performance, Work attitude (2) Ability of workers (3) Amount of work at the expiration contract period (4) The need for business (5) Situation of budget

Interview date

TBA. Only the applicants who passed our documentary screening will be informed of the details of the interview.

Number of positions

1 Person

Application guidelines

IMSS 25-5 (Link to PDF file)

Department

Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS)


Curriculum Vitae

Job Description

The Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), one of the Inter-University Research Institutes, promotes advanced and multiple use of four types of quantum beams, synchrotron radiation, neutrons, muons and slow positrons, in materials and life sciences.
The successful candidate will be appointed as a Project Assistant Professor in the Structural Biology Section. In collaboration with staff in the section and related departments, the appointee will be responsible for advancing experimental and analytical methods for in situ diffraction data collection and serial crystallography in the field of macromolecular crystallography. This research is part of the Platform for Advanced Technologies to Support Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (BINDS) project, funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). The position is based at the KEK Tsukuba campus. For further details, please refer to the complete job description.
The more details of the job description are shown here.
https://www2.kek.jp/imss/eng/employment/IMSS25-5-e.html

Qualification

Person with the ability of research and education.

Release date 2025/08/06 Updated 2025/08/06