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◆Announcement of an assistant professor position（Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan）
◆Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral fellow Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi research Team, RIKEN BDR
◆Graduate School of Medicine, Medical Innovation Center [Fixed-term Faculty] Program-specific Assistant Professor or Program-specific Researcher
◆Assistant Professor, Division of Behavioral Development, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
◆Faculty Positions at RIKEN Center for Brain Science（CBS）
◆Call for RIKEN ECL Team/Unit Leaders (Sechi Kato Program) FY2024
◆Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), Okazaki, Japan
◆Faculty Position in the Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
◆Position Announcement Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan
◆Professor Position at Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (Japan)
◆Postdoc and PhD student positions on neural imaging study of spontaneous thoughts
◆Call for the position of RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) Coordinator
◆Announcement of Faculty Position Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University
◆Postdoctral position at the Department of Biomedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University (FHU), Aichi, Japan
◆Post-doctoral Positions on Neuronal Circuits for Memory and Prediction at Newcastle University
◆Call for applications for the position of Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR)
◆[Deadline extended]Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Multicellular Circuit Dynamics, Department of Fundamental Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
◆Announcement of Faculty Position for Female at Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University
◆Open Postdoctoral Position at the Berényi Lab - Oscillatory Neural Networks Research Group at University of Szeged, Hungary
◆Technical Staff Position at RIKEN Center for Brain Science
◆Postdoc Positions at RIKEN Center for Brain Science
◆Psychology Visiting Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi (deadline: 15 January, 2024)
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position in The Neural Basis of Aggression (Hecht Lab,Harvard University, USA)
◆Join the Faculty at the Monell Chemical Senses Center
◆Postdoctoral fellow position at UT Southwestern Medical Center
◆Call for Postdoctoral Fellows　University of Buffalo (UB)
◆Call for Postdoctoral Fellows Keio University WPI Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (Bio2Q)
◆Call for Postdoctoral Fellows Keio University WPI Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (Bio2Q)
◆Opening for tenure-track Principal Investigator (Associate / Full Professor) at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study
◆Recruitment of a professor at the Department of Physiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
◆Postdoctoral fellow in the Fan Lab at MIT
◆Research opportunities in Ratz lab at Karolinska Institute
◆Recruitment of Research Technician / Research Assistant (Newcastle University)
◆Recruitment of post-doctoral scientist （The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Iowa）
◆Professor Position at Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (Japan)
◆Call for applications: Ph.D. positions in Cognitive, Social and Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN), Sapienza University of Rome
◆Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Neural Dynamics, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
◆Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist position in Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
◆DANDRITE and the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine invite candidates for the position as Group Leader in Neuroscience
◆Faculty Position in technical development and support for fMRI at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆Public Advertisement for a Post-Doctoral Fellow and an Affiliate Assistant Professor, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
◆Postdoctoral fellow in systems neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco
◆Call for RIKEN Early Career Leaders Program (FY2024)
◆Seeking a Team Leader in Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Research (tentative), RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
◆Technical Scientist or Technical Staff position in Support Unit for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging at RIKEN CBS
◆2 tenure-track Faculty positions in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology – University of Coimbra, Portugal – co-funded by the ERA Chair project CogBooster led by Dr. Alfonso Caramazza
◆Call for Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-time Fixed-term Project Researcher) (Watanabe Laboratory) at IRCN, The University of Tokyo
◆Postdoc in Circuit Development and Function
◆Call for applications for the position of Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR)
◆Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
◆Postdoctoral position in the Shcheglovitov Lab to study human brain development and disease using stem cell-derived brain organoids
◆Shenzhen Bay Laboratory Job Post: Postdoc Researcher
◆Professor (For Female) in the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
◆Postdocs and Research Assistant Professors in Kasai lab, Tokyo University
◆Faculty Position in research of brain science, RIKEN Center for Brain Science（CBS）
◆MONELL CENTER OPEN FACULTY POSITIONS 2022 - Chemical Senses, Nutrition, Metabolism, or Disease Research
◆Post-doctoral fellow, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR)
◆Faculty positions, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR)
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
◆Postdoctoral position at Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
◆Technical Scientist or Technical Staff position in Support Unit for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging at RIKEN CBS
◆Unit Leader: Support Unit for Bio-Material Analysis, Research Resources Division (RRD), RIKEN Center for Brain Science（CBS）
◆RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences: Laboratory for Inter-organ Crosstalk (tentative) seeking a Team Leader
◆Call for Sechi Kato Program for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Female Junior PI Program (FY2023)
◆Call for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Junior PI Program (FY2023)
◆Project Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Behavioral Development, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
◆Postdoctoral Scholar - Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
◆Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
◆Assistant Professor Position at Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
◆Application Guidelines for Research and Teaching Position - National Institute of Genetics
◆Tenure-Track Faculty Positions - Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
◆Postdoctoral Associate- Genetics and Circuitry of Sleep
◆2 Postdoc positions in Drosophila circuit and behavioural neuroscience International collaborative project
◆Call for applications for the position of Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR)
◆Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN CBS Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher Position
◆Faculty Position in Research of Neurological Disorders at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆Research Scientist position in Systems Function & Morphology Lab, University of Toyama
◆Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
◆Faculty Position in technical development and support for electron microscopy at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Positions at the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
◆Hokkaido University Integrated Science Program Recruitment of Assistant Professor (Biology)
◆The neurobiology of feeding behavior – postdoc positions available
◆Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
◆Postdoctoral fellow position in Kamran Khodakhah laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
◆Postdoctoral position at Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
◆[Korea Brain Research Institute] Postdoctoral positions: Neural and behavioral mechanisms of vocal learning in songbirds
◆Assistant Professor Application Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
◆PhD positions in Cognitive Social and Affective Neuroscience at Sapienza University of Rome
◆Seeking a Unit Leader/ Support Unit for Animal Resources Development, Research Resources Division (RRD), RIKEN Center for Brain Science（CBS）
◆Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience for Scientific English Teaching at the University of Tsukuba, Japan
◆Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Glia-Neuron Interaction at Tufts University
◆Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois Chicago
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position at Florida Atlantic University
◆Postdoctoral Positions in Neuroscience at the Case Western Reserve University
◆Assistant Professor position in the Environmental Biology Division of the Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS)
◆Postdoctoral Research Associate in Developmental Neuroscience at Children’s National Research Institute
◆Call for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Junior PI Program (FY2022)
◆Call for Sechi Kato Program for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Female Junior PI Program (FY2022)
◆Post-doctoral Fellow in Developmental Neuroscience at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC
◆IRCN Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence, the University of Tokyo
◆Postdoctoral Research Associates in Departments of Biology and Psychology at University of Virginia
◆Research scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher position in Joshua Johansen Lab. for Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory, CBS, RIKEN
◆Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience (Drosophila Neurobiology)
◆Postdoctoral position available in the Shcheglovitov Lab, University of Utah
◆Postdoctoral Associate Position at Everling laboratory at Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping(CFMM)
◆Postdoctral position at the Division of Cerebral Circuitry, Department of Fundamental Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Okazaki, Japan
◆Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, limited-term researcher position
◆Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology Openings for Postdoctoral Fellow or Program-Specific Faculty Member
◆Call for Application: Associate Professor at Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (Global 30 International Programs)
◆Postdoctoral Research fellowship in neurosciences at University of Oslo
◆OPEN FACULTY POSITION (research of advanced cognitive and affective brain functions using macaques) at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆OPEN FACULTY POSITION (research of neurological/psychiatric disorders) at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆OPEN FACULTY POSITION (Human Cognitive Function Research) at RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆Call for Applications: Program-Specific Assistant Professor,Cognitive Neurobiology Group (Amemori Group), Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), KUIAS Kyoto University
◆Call for Applications: Program-Specific Researcher (Postdoctoral Fellow),Cognitive Neurobiology Group (Amemori Group), Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), KUIAS Kyoto University
◆Call for EM Research Specialist at University of Cambridge
◆Postdoctoral research positions at Stanford University
◆Researcher Recruitment in Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), Okazaki, Japan
◆Research scientist position in Andrea Benucci Lab. for Neural Circuits and Behavior, CBS, RIKEN
◆Postdoctoral fellow in decision neuroscience
◆Project Assistant Professor in the Division of Behavioral Development, Department of System Neuroscience, NIPS, NINS
◆Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the University of Miami
◆Job Opening: Program-Specific Researcher: Evolutionary Neuroscience Group (Isa Group), Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University
◆Call for Sechi Kato Program for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Female Junior PI Program (FY2021)
◆Call for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Junior PI Program (FY2021)
◆Job advertisement for a Research Scientist position in Laboratory for Distributed Cognitive Processing, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
◆Postdoctoral Fellows in Developmental Neuroscience
◆Faculty Position in the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering – The University of Electro-Communications
◆Seeking qualified applicants for a position of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR)
◆Job advertisements - RIKEN Center for Brain Science Position 1: Deputy Team Leader Position 2: Research Scientist
◆Call for application, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (deadline March 31, 2020)
◆Postdoctoral Positions in Synaptic Plasticity and Connectivity, Center for Brain Science, RIKEN
◆Associate Professor (PI position): Neuroscience, Brain science, or Information science
◆A Postdoctoral Position for a Gut-Brain Communication Study Available in Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.A.
◆Postdoctoral Positions in Mechanisms Underlying Brain
Development and Neurodevelopmental
Disorders-Neuroscience Center, UNC, Chapel Hill
◆Postdoctoral Positions in neurophysiology of BRAIN circuit
RESILIENCE @ CALTECH
◆Call for Application: Lecturer at Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences and Medical Education Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Univesity
◆ Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Circuits and Systems
Neuroscience Research
◆Postdoctoral Position in Takeoka Lab in NERF
(IMEC, VIB and KU Leuven)
◆Open full-time tenured Associate Professor position
at Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences,
Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
◆Assistant Professor in the Division of
Behavioral Development, Department of System Neuroscience,
NIPS, NINS
◆Call for Foreign Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Kasai Laboratory
in IRCN (and the Faculty of Medicine), the University of Tokyo
◆Job advertisement for a PhD position in Zoological
Institute, TU Braunschweig
◆OPEN FACULTY POSITIONS (Computational neuroscience) at The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆OPEN FACULTY POSITIONS (Neuroscience in general) at The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position Opening Boston Children’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
◆Open postdoctoral fellows Positions at The RIKEN CBS Lab
for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology
◆Post Doctorate fellowship in
“Immunomodulation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
◆Post Doctorate fellowship in “Cognitive/social brain circuits
in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
◆Postdoctoral Positions in Mechanisms Underlying
Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
◆Postdoctoral position for the study of the functional
and structural plasticity of neurons underlying memory
and neurological diseases
◆ Postdoc and PhD Positions on high-resolution human (functional) MRI Research using 7T at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
◆Open Postdoctoral Position at University of Iowa
– Inner Ear Gene Therapy
◆Open Postdoctoral Position at University of Iowa
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic transmission and Impact
on Neuronal Circuit Output Samuel Young Laboratory
◆Postdoctoral Positions in Molecular Neuroscience
for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Brain Aging
◆An assistant professor position (Laboratory for
Advanced Brain Functions, Division of Integrated
Protein Functions), Institute for Protein Research (IPR),
Osaka University
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Laboratory for Social Value
Decision Making, RIKEN CBS-TOYOTA
Collaboration Center, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
◆Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) – Circuits and Systems
Neuroscience Research
◆Postdoctoral Opening at Rutgers University-Newark in
Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience of Aging, Alzheimer’s
Disease, and Brain Health in Older African Americans.
◆Call for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows – Junior PI Program (FY2020)
◆Call for Sechi Kato Program for RIKEN Hakubi Fellows
- Female Junior PI Program (FY2020)
◆Postdoctoral Position in The German Center for
Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
◆Postdoctoral Position in Soo Lee’s lab Oregon Health &
Science University
◆The 6th International Symposium on Bioimaging & The 28th Annual Meeting of the Bioimaging Society
◆An assistant professor position
(Laboratory for Advanced Brain Functions, Division of
Integrated Protein Functions),
Institute for Protein Research (IPR), Osaka University
Graduate Student Position/Briefing Session
Grants/Fellowship/TA Programs
Call for Applicants
Awards
Travel Awards

Public Advertisement for a Post-Doctoral Fellow and an Affiliate
Assistant Professor, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

1. Institution
Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2. Number of positions
One or Two
3. Starting date
On or as close as possible to June 1st, 2023
4. Employment term
From June 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026.
(The appointment may be renewed after the expiration of the term. However, the maximum period of employment is until March 31, 2027.)
5. Probation
None
6. Field(s)
Computational Neuroscience.
Theme 1:
Experimental approaches, such as conducting behavioral experiments on humans, conducting brain measurement experiments using fMRI and EEG, and conducting data analysis.
Theme 2:
Theoretical approaches, such as building and testing computational models of decision making and learning.
An affiliate assistant professor will also be involved in laboratory management and education.
7. Qualifications
Theme 1
  1. PhD degree is required at the date of hiring.
  2. One who is capable of conducting brain measurement experiments using fMRI and EEG and analyze the data.
  3. One who has background in computational neuroscience, machine learning.
Theme 2
  1. PhD degree is required at the date of hiring.
  2. One who has background in reinforcement learning, machine learning.
  3. One who has experience in analyzing behavioral or brain measurement data using computational models such as reinforcement learning or machine learning.
As an affiliate assistant professor, one who has practical experience in laboratory management and education of students.
8. Employment conditions
  1. Workdays: Monday through Friday
  2. Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, the end/beginning of the year and the anniversary of the founding of NAIST (October 1st)
  3. Working hours are left to the professor's discretion
9. Remuneration
Annual Salary Scheme (determined in accordance with the salary regulations of NAIST)
10. Insurance
Employees' health insurance, employees' pension, workers' accident insurance and employment insurance
11. Application materials
  1. NAIST format curriculum vitae (download from the site below)
    https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/resume_format.html
  2. List of research and education achievements (NAIST format, download from the site below)
    https://www.naist.jp/job/files/youshiki04_e_2021.doc 
12. Selection procedure
  1. document screening
  2. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a seminar, interview, etc.
13. Deadline for applications:
Applications must arrive no later than Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 17:00, Japan Standard Time.
(Applications will be closed as soon as a candidate is selected.)
14. Address for submission
All application materials should be sent to the address or email below.
Associate Professor Saori Tanaka, Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
E-mail: x.saori@is.naist.jp
(We can accept application materials by postal mail or email)
If you send materials by postal mail, write 'Job Application (Computational Behavioral Neuroscience)' in red on the front of the envelope.
If you send materials by e-mail, all application materials should be converted to a single PDF file with organizing materials in the order of (1), (2) .
In case you do not receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of the files within two business days, please contact Saori Tanaka at x.saori@is.naist.jp
  • All application materials will only be used for the screening and will not be used for any other purposes.
    Please note that application materials will not be returned and will be solely used for the screening process. Rejected applicants' materials will be discarded to protect personal information.
15. For inquiries
Please contact Associate Professor Saori Tanaka, Computational Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
E-mail: x.saori@is.naist.jp
16. Passive smoking preventative measures
In order to prevent passive smoking, smoking (including smoking while walking) is prohibited on campus, except for designated areas.
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