Principal Investigators (PI) in Plant Development and Defense

　　 Principal Investigator Positions, the Center for Plant Signal Transduction and Metabolomics, Institute of Botany, CAS

　　 The Center for Plant Signal Transduction and Metabolomics is a newly established research center at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, aiming to understand fundamental questions on plant development and defence. We are seeking 4 outstanding scientists to fill the positions of Principle Investigators (at the full professor level) and to set up their own independent research group in broad areas of plant signal transduction and metabolomics. Successful candidates should have a Ph.D degree, a demonstrated record of excellence in research, be willing to collaborate, have acceptable communication and management skills.
　　 The starting package includes 250M2 lab and office space (including space for graduate students), a supporting lab manager, an annual salary of 100-150K RMB plus housing subsidies, and 1.5-2 million RMB start-up funds. All PIs are expected to actively attract external funding from national and international granting agencies.
　　 The Institute is located in a scenery botanic garden at the Fragrant Hill (Northwestern of Beijing) with excellent transport routes. For more information, please visit:http://www.ibcas.ac.cn/. For confidential reasons, no recommendation is needed until the second phase of the selection.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and future research plans to:

Dr. Lin Zhanbing
Personnel Department
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fragrance Hill, Nanxincun No. 20. Beijing 100093
Email: linzb@ibcas.ac.cn