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FY 2026 call for applications for RIKEN ECL Team/Unit Leaders July 16, 2026 Wako
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RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
Extreme Photonics Research Team 		Team Director: Eiji J. Takahashi Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-619)NEW Open until filled Wako
RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
Biophenomena Engineering RIKEN ECL Research Team 		RIKEN ECL Team Leader: Makoto Saito Seeking a few Technical Staffs I or II (26-596)NEW Open until filled Wako
RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science
Ion Beam Breeding Group 		Group Director: Yusuke Kazama Seeking a Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (26-547)NEW Open until filled Wako
RIKEN BioResource Research Center
Gene Engineering Division (RIKEN BRC Gene Bank) 		Seeking a Division Director (Principal Investigator, Indefinite-term) (26-566)NEW Aug.24, 2026 Tsukuba
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
Explainable AI Team 		Team Director: Hitomi Yanaka Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-548)NEW Open until filled Tokyo
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
Robot learning team 		Team Director: Takayuki Osa Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-595)NEW Open until filled Tokyo
RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science
Director: Hiroyoshi Sakurai [Female only] Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (26-536) Aug. 31, 2026 Wako
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
Disaster Resilience Science Team 		Team Director: Naonori Ueda Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-508) Open until filled Keihanna
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Laboratory for Gametogenesis 		Laboratory head: Hiroki Shibuya Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (26-523) Open until filled Kobe
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