{"job":{"jobId":2419925,"fk_accountId":null,"fk_organizationId":564,"fk_adminAccountId":null,"title":"Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Recruiting Researcher in Synthetic Biology","description":"\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>1. Introduction</strong></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center (HIC) is a world-class and future-oriented R&D center, jointly established by Zhejiang University and Hangzhou government. HIC’s mission is to build an open and integrated international innovation hub that integrates material sciences, information sciences, and life sciences in the Yangtze River Delta region. To build a world-class research team, the HIC is now inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship program.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">Biological and Molecular Intelligent Manufacturing Institute is an innovative research platform at HIC. The Institute is building a fully automated intelligent biomanufacturing facility (BioFoundry) and aims to tackle fundamental and technological challenges in synthetic biology by integrating biotechnology and information technology. Supported by the abundant industry resources in the Yangtze River Delta region, and the R&D capabilities of Zhejiang University, the Institute aims to become a world-class innovation platform and ecosystem.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>2. Research Areas</strong></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">The Institute aims to develop enabling technologies for synthetic biology (i.e. laboratory automation, BT/IT, and biosystems design) to address grand challenges in biomanufacturing, medicine, agriculture, food, environment, and biosecurity). Applicants with the following research skills and experience will be considered in priority.</p>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Enabling technologies for synthetic biology</strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lab Automation</strong>: BioFoundry, automated cultivation of mammalian cells, high throughout and microfluidic technology.</li>\n<li><strong>BT/IT </strong>(integration of biotechnology and information technology): computer-aided biosystems design, bioinformatics, AI/machine learning, and DNA storage.</li>\n<li><strong>Biosystems Design</strong>: gene editing and assembly technologies, protein and biomolecular machine engineering, genetic circuit and pathway engineering, chassis and consortia engineering.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><strong> Disruptive applications of synthetic biology</strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biomanufacturing</strong>: e.g. microbial cell factories, utilization of renewable resources, and biosynthesis of value-added compounds.</li>\n<li><strong>Medicine</strong>: e.g. emergency vaccines, programmable cells, cell therapy, and immunotherapy.</li>\n<li><strong>Food and Agriculture</strong>: e.g. precise molecular breeding, green pesticide biosynthesis, and artificial food.</li>\n<li><strong>Environment and Biosecurity</strong>: bioremediation, biosecurity, and trace bioassay.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>3. Qualifications </strong></p>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Strong research background, strong motivation in academic/technological career as a full-time postdoctoral;</li>\n<li>Ph.D. degree awarded by a well-known university or research institute in recent three years;</li>\n<li>Strong academic background and research experience in the field of synthetic biology;</li>\n<li>Have the ability to conduct research both independently and cooperatively;</li>\n<li>Have one or more first-authored research publications in recent three years. </li>\n</ol>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>4. Offer packages</strong></p>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Competitive salary, discussed individually;</li>\n<li>Housing benefits;</li>\n<li>Extra funding and allowance for outstanding performance;</li>\n<li>If qualified, can be recommended as a faculty member in Zhejiang University or R&D engineer in HIC;</li>\n<li>Various provincial and municipal talent policies. </li>\n</ol>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>5. Application documents </strong></p>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Postdoctoral application form of ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center’;</li>\n<li>A list of achievements and awards demonstrating the applicant’s academic research ability with supporting documents;</li>\n<li>Ph.D. dissertation. </li>\n</ol>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>Contact: </strong>Ms. Yang\n<strong>Tel.</strong>:+86-0571-82359099\n<strong>Email</strong>: <a data-mz=\"\" href=\"mailto:hic@zju.edu.cn\" rel=\"no-follow\">hic@zju.edu.cn</a></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>Address:</strong> ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, No. 733, Jianshe Third Road, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province China</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Hangzhou, China","location1":"아시아","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":null,"fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Fixed Term","salary":"Competitive Salary","original_id":"UNI|276419","original_domain":"timeshighereducation.com","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/276419","original_isPremium":null,"closeType":1,"closedAt":"2022-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","requireEducation":10,"managerTel":"","managerFax":null,"managerEmail":"hic@zju.edu.cn","managerName":"ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":"Hangzhou, China","log_hit":1,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"del_yn":"N","createdAt":"2021-12-29T22:25:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2021-12-29T22:25:49.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":564,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"Zhejiang University","name_en":"Zhejiang University","name_alt":",","introduction":"<p>Zhejiang University (ZJU) is one of China’s leading higher education institutions, as well as one of its oldest; its roots can be traced back to 1897 and the founding of the Qiushi Academy.</p><p>Located in <a href=\"https://v.qq.com/x/page/u0323r6nqxg.html?ptag=iqiyi.news\"><strong>Hangzhou</strong></a> – one of China’s most picturesque cities – the university is organised across seven faculties and 36 schools. It is home to 3,500 full-time academic members of staff and around 45,000 students undergraduates, of which around 60 per cent opt to pursue further studies. More facts and figures <a href=\"http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/2016/1019/c3109a203239/page.htm\"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>High ambitions</strong></p><p>Laying claim to several areas of research strength, ZJU currently ranks within the top 100 universities in the <i>Times Higher Education</i> World Reputation Rankings.</p><p>The institution prides itself on a culture of innovation and creativity, and has significantly invested in the development of cutting-edge specialisms in order to encourage both. Manned spaceflight, assembly technology for large aircraft, clean energy, marine technology, industrial control technology, and global public health initiatives related to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, have all benefitted from the recent investment.</p><p>ZJU is also renowned for the number of business start-ups it gives rise to. Over 100 of its alumni sit at the helm of domestic or overseas listed companies, while a further 200 have been elected members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, making Zhejiang University synonymous with entrepreneurship and leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Other innovative developments include the creation of a high-level platform for intellectual property exchange, as well as the formation of a number of think-tanks, including the China Academy of Western Region Development, the National Research Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the Institute for Public Policy, which exists to extend the scope of ZJU’ss social sciences’ research.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Global Outlook</strong></p><p>Zhejiang University has strategic partnerships in place with 140 overseas institutions from more than 30 countries worldwide. Included among them are such leading institutions as Imperial College London, Princeton University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.</p><p>With a cohort of 6,000 international students, and around 8,000 teachers and students who participate annually in its various overseas exchange programmes, ZJU prides itself on the strength of its global outlook.</p><p>In collaboration with the Universities of Edinburgh and Illinois it has also established the ZJU-UoE and ZJU-UIUC Institutes on the international Haining Campus, and boasts an overseas presence at Imperial College London, with future plans to establish a China-US Business School with the University of Pennsylvania.</p><p>Chief among Zhejiang’s aims is the aspiration to become a world-class university, one that simultaneously retains a distinctively Chinese character, where tradition and modernity are successfully combined.</p>","logoImg":"","logoImgSquare":"https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/jobs.ac.kr/dev/images/jsakelja_350327290008.png","homepageUrl":"https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/","infoUrl":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/zhejiang-university","country":"CN","state":"Zhejiang","location":"아시아","address":"866 Yuhangtang Road Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, 310058, China","phoneNumber":"+86 571 87951020","faxNumber":"","type":1,"univType1":"대학","univType2":"대학교","univType3":"","univType4":"본교","establishedAt":"1897-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","count_majors":null,"count_students":null,"meta_competitiveness":"","publishState":1,"updatedAt":"2020-03-27T15:42:44.000Z","createdAt":"2020-03-04T20:13:07.000Z","default_1_bannerImage":null,"default_1_bannerImageMobile":null,"default_2_bannerImage":"https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/jobs.ac.kr/dev/images/zhejiang_772238170142.png","default_2_bannerImageMobile":"https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/jobs.ac.kr/dev/images/zhejiang_m_756030716159.png","default_3_bannerImage":null,"default_3_bannerImageMobile":null}}