Tier 2 Research Chair in Experimental Cellular and Systems Biophysics

** Posting Reason:
** New Position
** Job Family:
** Academic Leadership and Faculty
** Union affiliation:
** APUO
* * Faculty/Department:
** Department of Physics FT
** Campus:
** Main Campus
** Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):
** 2025/12/10
** Applications must be received*
* **** BEFORE**** **(YYYY/MM/DD):
** The  invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in
** Experimental Cellular and Systems Biophysics**.The successful candidate will conduct experimental work in quantitative cellular and/or systems level biophysics, seeking insight into the physical mechanisms underpinning the complex nature of biological systems. The ideal candidate has an internationally competitive research program on neural and cardiac cells and their interconnection, with possible links to other cell-types and the cellular connectome. Candidates whose program lies more in one area will also be considered, especially if planning to explore brain and heart interactions through a biophysical lens.

The scope of the search spans from cellular mechanics and molecular dynamics, excitability and energy transduction in single cells, circuits, and tissues, to biophysical interactions between organoids and associated regulatory mechanisms.  The Chair will open new
* in vitro
* or
* in vivo
* avenues for groundbreaking discoveries and act as a focal point for novel collaborations along the brain-heart axis. Insights into intercellular mechanisms (brain/heart; brain/gut microbiome; immune system; etc...) hold immense potential for advances in disease diagnostics, therapeutics and mental health, all key strategic areas  successful candidate will join the  which has a critical mass of biophysics researchers in areas ranging from nano-fluidics to soft matter, molecular biophysics, bio-photonics and nonlinear microscopy.

There is also a strong complement of brain and heart theoretical biophysicists. The successful candidate will be part of the rich ecosystem consisting of the Brain and Mind Research Institute, Heart Institute, Centre for Neural Dynamics and AI, and Nexus for Quantum Technologies (photonics research) that span Science, Medicine, Health Sciences and Engineering.

The candidate will also be a member of the  (BHI). The BHI is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary research program designed to accelerate prevention, detection, treatment, and care of health conditions linked to the brain and the heart through research co-produced with patients and other knowledge users.

They can access local facilities for cell culture, confocal microscopy, atomic force and electron microscopy and microfabrication. The University is situated near the laboratories of the National Research Council and other governments laboratories and fosters links with the Kanata North high-tech park.

Located on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe-Algonquin people, in the heart of the nation’s capital near multiple national agencies,  is one of Canada's top ten research-intensive universities. It is recognised as the first and largest bilingual university in North America and offers strong connections to organisational, government and policy interest holders.
** Tier 2 Chairs**, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for
** exceptional emerging researchers**, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program allocates to institutions $100,000 annually for five years, with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.

Candidates should, at a minimum, be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Candidates who are more than 10 years from their highest degree must contact the University of Ottawa directly for questions related to their potential eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair. The institution may nominate a professor or a researcher who is more than 10 years from their highest degree at the time of nomination and has experienced legitimate career interruptions (see ).

In such cases, the institution must submit to the Secretariat a formal justification (using the ),…