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Faculty Positions at Center for Life Sciences

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Faculty Positions at Center for Life Sciences

Applications are invited for Principal Investigator (PI) positions at Center for Life Sciences.

As a pilot program of the National Plan for Education Development and Reform, the Center aims to combine excellence in research and education. To achieve this, we are recruiting scientists with the best potential to carry out creative research of long term significance in the life sciences. Positions are open at all ranks from Assistant, Associate to Full Investigatorship.

Each PI holds a joint appointment in one of the departments or schools at Peking University (such as Chemistry, Computer science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics and Psychology) where the PI will hold a tenure track or tenured position. In Peking University, we look for the best researchers in life sciences regardless of specific areas of research, although our relative emphasis will be in cell biology, chemical biology, computational biology, human genetics, genetics, genomics, molecular medicine, molecular neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience, modern imaging, physiology, plant biology, synthetic biology and systems biology.

Contact: Ms. Fangmin Li

Each PI holds a joint appointment in one of the departments or schools at Tsinghua University, including but not limited to Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Psychology, Public Health, where the PI will hold a tenure-track or tenured position. In Tsinghua University, scholarship is our top consideration regardless of specific areas of research, although some emphasis will be given to systems biology, developmental biology, cancer research, cellular biochemistry, computational and system neuroscience, microbiology and virology, immunology, plant molecular biology, and all inter-disciplinary research areas that engage life sciences.

Contact: Ms. Hui Feng

(clsky@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)

The Center will provide a supportive and stimulating environment for PIs at Tsinghua University and Peking University. The Center will seek collaborative relationship with peer institutions in China and throughout the world.

Please send your application materials (a cover letter, a CV, a brief summary of past research accomplishments, and a brief description of your future research plan) in a single PDF file to the contact person. You should also arrange at least three reference letters to be sent. Successful candidates will be invited to come to the Center for an on-site interview.

We offer an internationally competitive start-up package.Tsinghua University and Peking University provide excellent research environment and outstanding core research facilities. Award-winning kindergartens and exceptional elementary schools, located at the heart of the campuses, will be available to the children of all PIs. Applications from both Chinese and non-Chinese nationals will be evaluated on an equal opportunity basis.