Opening Recruitment of Specially Appointed Research Employee (Brain Imaging) of theDepartment of Quantitative and Imaging Biology, Headquarter for Co-Creation
Strategy, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
The Department of Quantitative and Imaging Biology (QIB), Headquarter for CoCreation Strategy (launched in April 2023), of the National Institutes of Natural Sciencesin Japan aims to promote international collaborative research of life sciences incooperation with Princeton University. The QIB seeks to appoint a postdoctoral
researcher to harness advanced brain imaging approaches for promoting joint research
between NINS and Princeton University. Guidelines follow below.
1. Title and number of positions to be filled
Title: Specially Appointed Research Employee (Annual Salary System)
Title in Princeton University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Number: one person
2 Research fields
Brain Science, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Experimental Psychology and/or related
fields3. Requirements for applicants(1) Applicants must have a Ph.D. or be scheduled to complete the degree until thestarting date.
(2) Applicants must have published at least one peer-reviewed article as a first author
on a field of human neuroimaging in an international journal.
(3) Successful candidates are expected to have prior experience with neuroimaging data
analysis using MATLAB and/or Python coding environments. Expertise analyzing
diffusion-weighted MRI data, and tractography modeling of white matter, are desirable.
4. Research content and duties
The research project aims to use brain imaging methods such as functional MRI,
diffusion-weighted MRI, and quantitative MRI, to elucidate the neural basis of sensorycognitive information processing in the human brain. Specific research targets include,for example, early visual cortex and ventral occipito-temporal cortex, but other brainregions can also be studied. The research will be conducted in collaboration withProfessor Hiromasa Takemura (QIB, Headquarter for Co-Creation Strategy,NINS/National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NINS) and Assistant Professor
Jesse Gomez, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ,
USA.
5. Term of appointment
The successful candidate should be able to start on or after April 1st, 2024 (can beflexible upon mutual agreement). The term of the contract will be renewed annually (forup to a total of three years in NINS and Princeton).
6. Salary(1) The specially appointed research employee will be employed under an annual salarysystem and will receive a salary based upon NINS’ standard.
(2) The specially appointed research employee will be eligible for enrollment in social
insurance.
(3) Travel and relocation costs to NINS QIB will be covered, subject to the travel
regulations of NINS.
7. Work location
Since this is collaborative project, depending on the research progress, the research
fellow may stay either at QIB, NINS in Japan (Prof. Hiromasa Takemura’s Lab,National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institute of Natural Sciences, 38
Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan) or at Princeton University(Prof. Jesse Gomez’s Lab, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Washington Rd., Princeton,
NJ 08544).
8. Application deadline
Applications submitted by October 31st, 2023 will be reviewed with priority. There is
the possibility for closing recruitment before this date when the position is filled.
Recruitment will continue until an appropriate candidate is selected.
9. Reviewing and selection system
Selection will be made by the selection committee of QIB, Headquarter for Co-Creation
Strategy, NINS. First screening will be done based upon the examination of all
submitted documents. After the first screening, we will have a second screening
interview using either online meeting system like Zoom, or an onsite meeting. The travel
expense for the onsite interview will not be covered by NINS.

10. Documents to be submitted
Documents must be written in English for the international review.
(1) CV(2) Publication list
(3) PDF files of publications(4) A brief summary of research history and a statement of intent (i.e., how you think
you can contribute to the project). These documents should be 1 to 3 pages inlength.
(5) Contact information of two or more professional work references (name,affiliation, e-mail address, and phone number)
11. Submission method and address
Send your application documents by e-mail to: nins-kokusai_AT_nins.jp (replace _AT_with @)Subject of e-mail: “Application for specially appointed research employee of Takemuralab., NINS QIB”
12. Contact information(1) Regarding application documents
Research Cooperation Division, Administrative Bureau, National Institutes of NaturalSciences
E-mail: nins-kokusai_AT_nins.jp (replace _AT_ with @)National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2F Hulic Kamiyacho Building, 4-3-13
Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan(2) Regarding research
Prof. Hiromasa Takemura
E-mail: htakemur_AT_nips.ac.jp (replace _AT_ with @)Department of Quantitative and Imaging Biology, Headquarter for Co-Creation
Strategy, National Institutes of Natural Sciences/ Division of Sensory and Cognitive
Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute forPhysiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 38 Nishigonaka
Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan13. Miscellaneous(1) Please submit application documents by e-mail to NINS.
(2) Application documents will not be returned after submission. NINS will not use
application documents for any other purpose but this selection. Application
documents will be disposed after the selection.
(3) Payment is on annual salary system (It will be paid monthly by installments).
(4) Policy for Equal Employment Opportunity: Abiding by the Act on Equal
Opportunity and Treatment Between Men and Women in Employment, NINS iscommitted to the realization of a society with gender equality. If two candidates
are deemed equal in their performance evaluation, NINS will take positive action
to employ women.
(5) If an applicant has taken one or more leaves of absence for the purpose of maternity,child-care, and/or family-care (including shorter working hours for the purposeof child-care and/or family-care), or has been absent from research activities due
to illness or an injury that occurred in the workplace or while commuting, please
describe this in the resume. NINS will take this information into consideration in
the selection process.