Work hours: 8:30 to 17:00
Break time: 12:15 to 13:00
Overtime work: Applicable
(4) Health Insurance, Pension, and Other Insurance:
・Mutual association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
・Employee pension
・Workers' accident compensation insurance
・Employment insurance
(5) Support for female faculty members:
To support faculty members, there is a system in place to subsidize the employment costs of technical
assistants (see Appendix 5).
12. Name of Hiring Institution:
Hokkaido University
13. Measures to Prevent Second-hand Smoke:
No smoking on campus except for the designated outside smoking areas.
14. Others
Hokkaido University has announced the “Statement on the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion” and is striving
to promote education and research activities by diverse human resources. We are also striving to create an
environment that empowers all members of the University to demonstrate their abilities to the fullest.
Web page of the Statement on the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion.
URL: https://diversity.synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp/en/statement_en/
Appendix
1. For Assistant Professor, initial term of employment is 5 years, and an additional term of employment is limited
to an additional 5 years. To qualify for a tenure positions, the candidate’s performance during employment will
be evaluated.
2. The Laboratory of Crop Physiology constitutes the Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources. The
research group consists of ten laboratories, namely, Crop Science, Crop Physiology, Plant Pathology, Horticultural
Science, Ornamental Plants and Landscape Architecture, Animal Ecology, Systematic Entomology, Plant
Genetics and Evolution, Cell Biology and Manipulation, and Pathogen-Plant Interactions. These laboratories
conduct education and research in the field of agrobiology and bioresources in cooperation with each other.
3. The successful applicant will partly or fully give the lectures listed below, for which the Laboratory of Crop
Physiology is responsible.
(1) Subjects in the Graduate School of Agriculture: Advanced botany and agronomy, Advanced seminar on
botany and agronomy, Advanced horticultural science, Advanced seminar on horticultural science, Study on
Agricultural Science I & II, Seminar on Agricultural Science I & II, and others
(2) Subjects in the School of Agriculture: Crop physiology, Crop morphology, Special course of crop physiology,
Introduction to biology, Laboratory work on agrobiology and bioresources I & II, Experiments in biology and
chemistry I & II, Seminar in agrobiology and bioresources I – IV, Graduation Thesis, and others.
(3) Subjects in general education: General Education Seminar and others.
4. The Laboratory of Crop Physiology conducts research and education on the diverse traits and physiological
processes of crop and horticultural plants from molecular, cellular, tissue, and whole-plant perspectives. A
wide range of methodologies is employed, including biotechnology techniques such as tissue culture and
genetic engineering, together with bioinformatics. The laboratory also investigates interactions between plants
and fungi or viruses, to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these interactions. Currently, the laboratory has