The Institute of Natural Sciences (INS, http://ins.sjtu.edu.cn/), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is an interdisciplinary research institute with special strength in biological physics and soft matter. All faculty will have joint appointments with School of Physics and Astronomy and other relevant schools at SJTU. The research directions include active matter, colloids, granular matter, fluid dynamics, genetic regulation; organism development, biological polymer dynamics, statistical physics of learning, sensory adaptation and evolution dynamics. . The recruitment program of faculty positions at INS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University will be continued for the next few years. Salary and start-up packages including housing subsistence are competitive with the peer institutions in China, and at the international level in special cases. Candidates will be considered at all ranks, and in all major fields of natural and engineering sciences.