Genomics jobs

Lead an approximately 15-person team responsible for plant, invertebrate and genetic-variation resources in Ensembl and the European Variation Archive. This faculty position combines scientific strategy, genomic data services, staff and budget management, fundraising and community partnerships. The team supports crop genomics and variation research across…

Join Melanie Chan’s Renal Genomics group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences on Imperial’s Hammersmith campus. The project investigates gene-regulatory networks in kidney and urinary-tract development and how their disruption causes congenital anomalies. Establish iPSC-derived kidney and ureteric-bud organoids, perturb candidate regulatory elements…

Postdoctoral research with Stefanie Grosswendt’s group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany. The laboratory investigates how neighbouring cells communicate and how these interactions influence gene regulation, cell fate and tissue function. Experimental and computational approaches combine single-cell genomics,…

Two-year NSF-funded postdoctoral appointment in the P-MixSwitch collaboration with the University of Arizona. Investigate how marine mixoplankton switch between photosynthesis and predation using cultures, molecular experiments, transcriptomics and bioinformatics. Based in Selinsgrove, with one to two months annually in Tucson and an anticipated January…

Undertake doctoral research on psychiatric genomics at the UCT Neuroscience Institute, supervised by Megan Campbell. The project uses large-scale genomic analysis, statistical genetics and computational methods adapted to diverse and admixed populations. Training is tailored to the project and includes contributions to community engagement. A grant-funded…

Establish a tenure-track research programme in the Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development division at UC Berkeley. Research may address molecular, cellular or quantitative genetics, genomic technologies, comparative and evolutionary biology, or developmental patterning and organismal form. The department seeks new conceptual or technical directions,…

Join the Cagan Lab in the Department of Genetics to investigate competition between mutant clones in healthy tissues and cancer suppression across mammalian species with different lifespans and body sizes. The project combines high-depth NanoSeq sequencing, species-specific gene panels, histology and quantitative evolutionary analysis. Responsibilities…

This 36-month salaried PhD in Mar Albà’s group investigates which recently evolved microproteins have biological functions. The researcher will integrate ribosome profiling, phylostratigraphy and population genetic data from gnomAD and UK Biobank to predict evolutionary constraint. Candidate functions will be tested through CRISPR-Cas9 screens in cancer…

Develop RNA-based therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease in the Non-coding Genomics research unit led by Stefano Gustincich. The work combines genomic analysis to identify pharmacological targets with proof-of-concept experiments for RNA medicines. This is a 12-month collaboration contract based in Aosta. The advertised annual gross salary range is EUR…

International recruitment call for four PhD positions starting between May and September 2027 in Leuven. Projects investigate nervous-system development, ageing, function and disease, including neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental conditions. The centre combines approaches from molecular and single-cell biology, functional genomics and imaging with AI,…

Join Gamze Gursoy’s group in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics to develop privacy-preserving human pangenome references. Research may cover differential privacy for pangenome graphs, privacy-aware graph representations, statistical privacy–utility trade-offs, scalable optimisation and benchmarking on human genomic data. The researcher can shape…

Three-year doctoral employment investigating microbial secondary metabolites as biofungicides. Combine chromatography, LC-MS, MALDI imaging and NMR with genome mining, microbial engineering and biosynthesis. The Sino-Danish Centre-supported project includes a required research stay at the Beijing Institute of Genomics and awards a double degree from DTU and…

Brain Health is a new global collaborative research initiative designed to accelerate understanding of human brain diseases through large-scale human tissue analysis, open science, AI-enabled disease modeling, and translational platform technologies. Building on foundational advances in human brain cell atlases, quantitative neuropathology, single-cell and…

Lead the proteome-editor experimental team in the Allen Institute AI BioDesign initiative. Build a rapid design–test–learn pipeline for de novo protein degraders, oversee cell-based library screening and degrader evaluation, and partner with machine-learning researchers on active learning and model-ready datasets. The role combines scientific programme…

The Research Luke Harland is establishing a new research group based in the Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research within the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. The group investigates how specialised blood and vascular cell types arise during mammalian development and uses this knowledge to generate defined…

Analyse bulk, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics alongside chromatin, CRISPR and proteomics datasets to support oncology target discovery. The scientist will build reproducible analysis workflows, integrate evidence across experiments and collaborate with laboratory researchers on target validation. The advertised salary range is USD 142,000–171,150.…

Develop biological foundation models using genomic, transcriptomic and single-cell data. The scientist will explore architectures and pretraining strategies, incorporate biological knowledge into model design, scale training and connect predictions with experimental programmes. Responsibilities include scientific communication and mentoring. This full-time…

Build and maintain HumanBase, a platform used by biomedical researchers to investigate molecular mechanisms of human disease. This hands-on backend role translates computational biology methods into production software, scalable genomics pipelines and machine-learning workflows. Responsibilities include data processing, infrastructure, engineering practices…

Two research positions investigate why individuals differ in their resilience to brain ageing. Emi Ling’s laboratory combines molecular neurobiology, biochemistry and single-cell omics to identify mechanisms associated with lasting cognitive health. Researchers lead projects, publish findings and mentor junior colleagues. Appointments are annual and…

The Laboratory of Exercise and Health seeks a bioinformatician to lead single-cell and spatial genomics analysis of human and mouse skeletal muscle. Research examines communication between vascular endothelial populations and neighbouring cells, including its disruption in disease. Responsibilities include cell-type annotation, integration of transcriptomic…

Computational biologist analyzing large-scale perturbational and single-cell datasets, with two tracks available: Perturb-seq/functional genomics or neurobiology/microglia research, supporting major Arc Institute research initiatives.

Alison Feder's laboratory at the University of Washington seeks a postdoctoral scientist to investigate rapid evolutionary dynamics in viruses, bacteria, and cancer using genomics, computation, and mathematical modeling.

A postdoctoral opportunity in Elisa Zhang's laboratory at UC Davis studying uterine, placental, and pregnancy biology with stable research support, cross-disciplinary facilities, publication opportunities, and tailored mentorship.