Position Type: Full time
Number: 3
Location: ShenZhen
Laboratory and Position Description
The
Center for Synthetic Genomics (CSG) in Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced
Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIAT) is inviting three motivated and
talented postdocs with a strong background in Synthetic Biology, Computational
Biology or Genetics to join us in Sheng Zhen, 2019.
Professor
Junbiao Dai is currently the deputy director of iSynBio, Shenzhen Institutes of
Advanced Sciences (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is the director
of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics and Shenzhen Key
Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics. He received his Bachelor degree from Nanjing
University in 1997, Master of Science in Biology from Tsinghua University in
2000 and PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from Iowa State
University in 2006. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine before joining the faculty in School of Life
Sciences at Tsinghua University in 2011. In 2017, he joined the faculty at
SIAT.
Dr.
Dai’s research interests lie in synthetic biology using different model
organisms, focusing on development of new technologies for genes synthesis,
assembly and synthetic genomics. In the past five years, he has published, as
corresponding author, more than 40 papers in prestigious journals including
Science and was selected as one of the Top Ten Scientific Advances of China in
2017. He is one of the key members in synthetic yeast consortium (Sc2.0) and
genome project-write (GP-write), and is currently leading the “GP-Write China”.
In 2017, He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young
Scholars.
Candidate’s qualifications
1.
We prefer candidates who are about to graduate with PhD or have a PhD within
the past five years in China or abroad.
2.
Candidates must be highly motivated and willing to conduct the research in the
field of Synthetic Biology independently.
3.
Candidates are expected to have prominent research products in the related
field.
4.
Candidates with the following research experience will be given primary
consideration:
1)
Experience in protein modification, epigenetics and genome editing.
2)
Experience in synthetic biology.
3) Experience in interdisciplinary research, including "-omics", chemical biology and bioinformatics.
Salaries and Benefits
The
period of employment lasts for 2 years.
1.
The annual salary is around 210,000-340,000RMB.
2.
We will give assistance to successful candidates to apply housing subsidy
(30,000 RMB) provided from “The Housing Project for Talents” by Sheng Zhen
government; in addition, according to “Green-Car Subsidy Program” of Sheng Zhen
City, green vehicles are also available for them for free within 90 hours.
3.
We will give assistance to apply research grants (300,000 RMB) for postdocs who
have signed over 3 year’s employment contracts and decide to settle in Sheng
Zhen when successfully finish their research.
4.
Some excellent and eligible postdocs can apply “Sheng Zhen High-level Talents
fund” or other funds in accordance with Shen Zhen talent introduction policies;
for instance, those who have more than 3-year’s working experience in Shen Zhen
after finishing their postdoctoral researches are eligible for Sheng Zhen
Leading Talents Policy and will be awarded around 1600,000 RMB.
5.
As an overseas returnees-based institution, SIAT is a national scientific
research institution with dynamic atmosphere where talents can fully develop
their interests.
6.
After signing the formal labor contracts (for them to be eligible for “peacock
plan”), the candidates are entitled to our welfares, including the endowment
insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury
insurance as well as childbirth insurance, and housing accumulation funds.
7.
The one with over 1 year’s overseas education background and eligible for Shen
Zhen oversea high-level talents policies is qualified to apply the funds from
“peacock plan”.
(A
level-3million RMB; B level-2minllion RMB, C-level 1.6million RMB)
The
eligibility criteria for “peacock plan” can be found in the website:
http://hrss.sz.gov.cn/xxgk/zcfgjjd/gcjzyrcgl/201609/t20160922_4962787.htm
Application process
Interested
and qualified candidates should send an email describing their motivation and
research interests along with a CV and representative publications to sx.yan@siat.ac.cn.
Please give clear indication of your research area in the subject of your
email.
Contact information
Miss YAN Shuxia
T: 0755-86531754
E: sx.yan@siat.ac.cn
