Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

We are writing to inform you that member Ryusuke Niwa has requested the distribution of direct mail.
Zoological Society of Japan Secretariat

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The Life Dynamics Research Center is currently seeking to appoint two professors to engage in research and education centered on elucidating the survival strategies of organisms. The job openings have been posted on JREC-IN as two independent listings, one of which is restricted to female candidates (*). Successful candidates will be appointed as tenured professors to advance their own research projects and conduct research and education. Additionally, to support the execution of the projects, the center will cover the personnel costs for up to two fixed-term assistant professors as staff.

Work location: 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577
Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba
Number of openings: 2 (one position is open exclusively to female candidates)
Start date: April 1, 2026 or later
Job Title: Professor
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent (non-fixed term)
Application period: June 9 – October 31, 2025

For details, please check the application guidelines published on JREC-IN below.
1. Recruitment of TARA Center PI Professors https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D125060525 ）
2. Open recruitment for TARA Center PI professors [Female-only open recruitment] ( https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D125060526 ）

* This public recruitment is conducted limiting candidates to women, based on Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act ("Special Provisions Concerning Measures Pertaining to Female Workers"), in order to improve the current situation where the proportion of female faculty members is low.

[Contact Information]
Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba
TARA Center Public Application Reception Desk
tara_koubo@tara.tsukuba.ac.jp (Please replace ☆ with @ (single-byte))
Please contact us by email.