August 28, 2009<\/p>\n
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1. Open Recruitment of COE Research Associates (post-doctoral fellows)<\/span> Number of positions<\/span> Specialty Areas<\/span> Affiliation <\/span> Qualification Requirements — Academic Degree:<\/span> Arrival<\/span> Period of Employment<\/strong><\/span> Salary<\/span> Research Allowa nce, etc.<\/span> Obligations<\/span> Conditions documented here are subject to change according to rules and regulations.?<\/p>\n Application Documents<\/strong><\/span> Application Deadline<\/span> Submission of Documents<\/strong><\/span> \u203b Write \u201cApplication Documents (COE Research Associate) Enclosed\u201d in red ink on the envelope and send the envelope by registered mail (or a courier service) or hand in it to the above office. Application documents will not be returned to you. If a phone number is necessary for a courier service, it is 096-373-5006.<\/p>\n Selection Process<\/strong><\/span> Inquiries<\/strong><\/span> 2. List of Specialty Areas and COE Program Members<\/strong><\/span> Specialty area (1): Pancreatic development Specialty area (2): Epigenetics, Nuclear remodeling, Metabolism, Cancer development Specialty area (3): Hematopoiesis, Vascular development Specialty area: Developmental genetics, Mouse mutagenesis, Human disease model Specialty area (5): Kidney development and regeneration Specialty area (6): AAA family proteins and human genetic diseases Specialty area (7): Developmental biology, Urogenital\/reproductive organ formation, Growth factor signaling, Reproduction Specialty area (8): Molecular and cellular biology Specialty area (9): Developmental neurobiology Specialty area (10): Clinical genetics Specialty area (11): Ocular development Specialty area (12): Bioethics Information on our institutions is available at the following URLs 3. About the \u201cGlobal COE\u201d program<\/span> 4. Outline of the plan for establishing our Global COE<\/strong><\/span> COE Liaison Laboratory regular seminars (every Wednesday, from noon to 1 pm) August 28, 2009 Open Recruitment of COE Research Associates (post-doctoral fellows) by Kumamoto University Glo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178\/revisions\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAs part of our program, Kumamoto University Global COE \u201cCell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit\u201d will employ young researchers as COE Research Associates. The program will foster their creative and inventive research ideas under the supervision of Global COE members as mentors, who belong to the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) and\/or Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. COE Research Associates should work in the COE Liaison Laboratory Building (completed in December 2008) next to IMEG in the Honjo campus of Kumamoto University. Young researchers will be selected based not only on their previous academic achievements but also on their research proposals. Details regarding the open recruitment are as follows:;<\/p>\n
\nA maximum of 15 researchers<\/p>\n
\nDetails on the specialty areas for this recruitment are documented in Section Two below. The proposed research should be related to cell fate regulation.<\/p>\n
\nThe COE Research Associate will be affiliated to Kumamoto University Global COE \u201cCell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit\u201d (not the mentor’s laboratory). COE Research Associates m ust not be affiliated to any other institution at the same time.<\/p>\n
\nYoung researchers, who have less than 10 years research experience after obtaining a PhD degree at the arrival date (see \u201cArrival\u201d below for the details), will be employed after a selection process. When submitting the application, applicants who expect to receive a PhD degree should have been granted the PhD degree or have passed the screening at the final review as of April 1 st , 2010. If researchers obtained a PhD degree 10 or more years ago, they are required to submit a statement of reason with the application form. Young researchers working on Bioethics without a PhD degree have a chance to beemployed if judged to be a PhD holder equivalent, according to the standard of JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) for “JSPS Research Fellowship-PD”.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Between April 2010 and July 2010<\/p>\n
\nFollowing the selection procedure, COE Research Associates will be em ployed until March 2012. Note that contracts will be for each fiscal year and will be renewed once a year until March 31, 2012. T he employment contract is based on Article 14 of the Labor Standards Law. Those who are not Japanese citizens should hold an appropriate visa status for the period of employment.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>COE Research Asso ciates will receive approximately \\4.5 million per year.
\n(Daily wage is \\12,800. Bonuses will be given.)<\/p>\n
\ni.) A sufficient amount of research funds common to the COE Liaison Laboratory will be provided. In addition, COE Research Associates can apply for external and internal competitive research funds.
\nii.) Mentors support COE Research Associates. Mentors are Global COE Program Members who will be assigned to support COE Research Associates (see Section Two).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>In addition to performing their research, COE Research Associates should (1) participate in the Global COE activities (see \u201cOutline of the plan for establishing our Global COE\u201d as described below), (2) submit brief reports on request, (3) present research progress on request, and (4) indicate that they are affiliated to and supported by the COE on occasions of publication and presentation.<\/p>\n
\nUse the attached application form and 11 point font size. Applicants should contact their prospective mentors, and obtain their approval and signature on the application form (see Section Two).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Applications must reach Global COE Research Promotion Office by November 30, 2009.<\/p>\n
\nApplication documents (one original and 13 photocopies) should be sent to the following address:Global COE Research Promotion Office
\nc\/o Mr. Takeshi Nishikawa and Ms. Akiko Yoshimoto
\n1F, COE Liaison Laboratory
\nKumamoto University
\nHonjo 2-2-1
\nKumamoto , 860-0811, Japan<\/p>\n
\nScreening of documents will take place in Dec 2009. Interviews, if necessary, will be conducted.. T ravel expenses will not be covered by the COE.<\/p>\n
\nAny inquiries should be made by e-mail to the Global COE Research Promotion Office, Kumamoto University at the following e-mail address:
\ng-coe2*jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\n(please substitute @ for *)
\nPlease be sure to allow enough time before the application deadline for a response to be made to you. Responses will be made on business days only.<\/p>\n
\nSpecialty area, COE Program Member’s name, specialty area, e-mail addresses (when sending a message by e-mail, substitute @ for *), URL:<\/p>\n
\nShoen Kume , Professor, COE Program Member
\nskume*kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/bunya_top\/stem_cell_biology\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMitsuyoshi Nakao , Professor, COE Program Member
\nmnakao*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/bunya_top\/medical_cell_biology\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMinetaro Ogawa , Professor, COE Program Member
\nogawamin*kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/bunya_top\/cell_differentiation\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nKen-ichi Yamamura , Professor, COE Program Member
\nyamamura*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/divisions\/Developmental_Genetics\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRyuichi Nishinakamura , Professor, COE Program Member
\nryuichi*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/divisions\/Integrative_Cell_Biology\/index.html?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTeru Ogura , Professor, COE Program Member
\nogura*kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttp:\/\/irda-genetics.kuma-u.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGen Yamada , Professor, COE Program Member
\ngensan*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/divisions\/Organ_Formation\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHirofumi Kai , Professor, COE Program Member
\nhirokai*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/departments\/58.html?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHideaki Tanaka , Professor, COE Program Member
\nhitanaka*gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/departments\/41.html?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFumio Endo , Professor, COE Program Member
\nfendo*kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/departments\/49.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHidenobu Tanihara , Professor, COE Program Member
\ntanihara*pearl.ocn.ne.jp
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/departments\/16.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAtsushi Asai , Professor, COE Program Member
\naasai*kumamoto-u.ac.jp
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/departments\/68.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/card.medic.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/card\/english\/index.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.pharm.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/phagrad\/en\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/medgrad\/index.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The \u201cGlobal COE (Centers of Excellence) program\u201d was launched as a new initiative by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in fiscal year 2007. The program provides funding support for establishing education and research centers that perform at the apex of global excellence to elevate the international competitiveness of the Japanese universities. The program will strengthen and enhance the education and research functions of graduate schools, in order to foster highly creative young researchers who will go on to become world leaders in their respective fields. This will be achieved through experiencing and practicing world class standard research. Kumamoto University proposed a five-year program entitled \u201cCell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit\u201d and this was selected as one of the first 13 programs in Japan in the field of life sciences.<\/p>\n
\nOur program aims to promote research on cell fate regulation, which is a fundamental process governing organogenesis. More importantly, this program also aims to encourage young scientists in a wide variety of research fields related to cell fate regulation by providing an interactive and interdisciplinary research environment in our newly established system, the COE Liaison Laboratory. The COE Liaison Laboratory provides space for experiments, opportunities for scientific meetings, chances for obtaining research grants, all of which will help young scientists become more creative. The planned specific activities include the following:?<\/p>\n
\nCOE Liaison Laboratory summer retreat seminars
\nCOE international symposia
\nEmployment of Japanese and non-Japanese young scientists
\nSupport for young scientists’ research proposals
\nExchange of young scientists
\nSupport for young scientists’ publications and presentations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"