CALL for the Director of the Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, France

The Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM) has four supporting institutions: Inserm, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University (AMU) and Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC, one of the 18 Cancer Centers of the French Unicancer Federation). With its 19 research teams and 17 coordinated technological platforms (CoreTech), research at the CRCM brings together basic, translational and clinical research programs to better understand cancer development, dissemination and host-tumor relationships, to identify new biomarkers and targets, and to foster the development of innovative therapies. With the help of its administrative and financial services, the CRCM management team provides the necessary support for this research work and promotes a strong policy of technology transfer and socio-economic valorization. CRCM is also strongly involved in education through various Masters and PhD training programs of AMU and is a founding member of the Graduate Research School on Cancer & Immunology.

The director will be an internationally recognized scientist. He/she will define an ambitious scientific strategy for the CRCM, both at national and international levels; he/she will play a major management role and will make all decisions, in concertation with the management board of the Center, regarding expenses based on the financial and human resources that the CRCM receives from its institutional affiliations; he/she will be assisted by the board of directors and will receive additional support by the Inserm, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes and Université Aix-Marseille, in particular in terms of management.

Eligible individuals with a permanent position at the Inserm, CNRS or Université Aix-Marseille or, upon specific administrative agreement, at any other University or Research Establishment are welcome to apply. His/her mission will start on January 1st, 2024.

Applications should include a CV, achievements and a letter of motivation.
They should be sent to insb.secr-das5i@cnrs.fr before September, 15th, 2021

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