OUTLINE OF THE ADVANCED POSTDOC PROGRAM
The University of Osaka Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) is recruiting post-doctoral researchers for its Advanced Postdoc Program. This program offers three-year employment and funding (3 million yen per year) for original research to promising young researchers. Selected applicants have access to continually upgraded state-of-the-art facilities at IFReC for their research, including equipment for single-cell analysis. Furthermore, selected applicants can expect their research careers to develop immensely through invaluable guidance from their supervisor among IFReC’s many distinguished Principal Investigators as well as through collaborative research with them. We look forward to receiving applications from ambitious young researchers.
GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION IN FY2025
Application is closed.
CONTACT
Inquiries: IFReC Research Planning & Management Office
IFReC website: https://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/
Email: recruit @ ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp
Introducition Video of IFReC
CURRENT ADVANCED POSTDOCS

Xiuyuan Lu
Year: 2022 - present
Research
T cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2
Laboratory
Molecular Immunology

Shahi Imam Reja
Year: 2022 - present
Research
Development of chemical probes for elucidating the biological functions
Laboratory
Chemical Imaging Techniques

Barbora Salcman
Year: 2024- present
Research
Investigation of mechanisms which promote survival of Environmental-adaptive Agr Staphylococcus aureus within macrophages intracellular environment
Laboratory
Cutaneous Allergy and Host Defense
Juan Jose Martinez Garcia
Year: 2025 - present
Research
Deciphering the inflammasome interactions in the immunometabolism and the physiopathology of Gut-Liver-Brain axis
Research
Microbiology and Immunology
ALUMNI
| Name | Year | Laboratory |
|---|---|---|
| Matias Jose Caldez | 2018 - 2020 | Host Defense |
| Ee Lyn Lim | 2018 - 2021 | Experimental Immunology |
| Jonas N. Søndergaard | 2020 - 2021 | Human Single Cell Immunology |
| Kishan Kumar Nyati | 2019 - 2021 | Immune Regulation |
| Shailendra Kumar Singh | 2018 - 2022 | Host Defense |
| Hozaifa Saad Hassan Metwally | 2019 - 2023 | Immune Regulation |
| Arthur Robert Millius | 2020 - 2023 | Systems Immunology |
| Patrick Michael Lelliott | 2019 - 2023 | Biophotonics |
| Jason Todd White | 2019 - 2023 | Experimental Immunology |
| Floris van Eerden | 2020 - 2024 | Systems Immunology |
| Laurence Lok | 2020 - 2024 | Immunology and Cell Biology |
| David Charles Calianese | 2022 - 2024 | Biochemistry & Immunology |
| David Geoffrey Priest | 2021 - 2025 | Human Single Cell Immunology |
