Call for a postdoctoral fellow (bacterial microfluidic experiments)
This call was closed. The following is left for reference.
Opened position
1 postdoctoral position
Scope
Candidates are expected to have interests and motivations to carry out microfluidic experiments on bacterial populations, which aim at quantitative and physical understanding of dynamic phenomena therein. Experience of bacterial experiments, microfluidic devices, optical tweezers, image analysis, or active matter studies is appreciated but not necessary.
Mission
The postdoctoral fellow will push forward a project on microfluidic experiments on dense bacterial populations and statistical physics analysis, being carried out under the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, "Information physics of living matters".
More specifically, this project in our lab aims at quantitative observations, understanding, and control of collective motion of dense bacterial populations, by using microfluidic devices, especially the "extensive micro-perfusion system" we developed (see here and preprint). We regard macroscopic states of collection motion as sorts of non-equilibrium phases, and attempt to characterize phase changes we observe, from thermodynamic and statistical physics viewpoints. Thereby we aim to contribute to basic foundation of "Information physics of living matters".
As long as the above project is pursued with priority, the fellow may also be engaged in other research projects.
Qualification
The candidate must have a PhD at the beginning of the contract.
Contract
| Starting date | July 16th, 2020, or later (determined by consultation) |
|---|---|
| Contract period | until March 31st, 2022. (renewable upon evaluation until March 31st, 2024) |
| Type of contract | full-time |
| Salary | monthly gross salary about 360,000 JPY + commutation allowance |
| Insurance | MEXT mutual aid association (including health insurance) and employment insurance |
Documents to submit
(1) CV
(2) List of publications, invited talks, awards, etc.
(3) Copies of up to three selected publications
(4) Summary of past research achievements (up to about 2 pages in A4 format)
(5) Descriptions of experience and/or motivations on one or more keywords listed in the section "Scope" above (about 1 or 2 pages in A4 format)
(6) Contact information of at least one reference (name and email address)
Application deadline
This call was closed.
Submission
Combine all the documents into a single pdf file (try to make it smaller than 10MB) and send it to takeuchi@phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp. The email subject should be "Application for postdoctoral position in Takeuchi Lab". If you do not receive an acknowledgment of receipt by three days after submission, please send an inquiry to the same email address.
Selection
Candidates will be screened based on the submitted documents. An interview (online unless direct interviewing is possible and reasonable) may be arranged.
Contact
Prof. Kazumasa A. Takeuchi,
Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo.
takeuchi@phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
References
- Takeuchi Lab website (this site)
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, "Information physics of living matters"
- Otherwise, contact Takeuchi for inquiries about this call.
