Microbiology jobs

Study genetic determinants of climate resilience in algae through the Golden Genome project supported by Revive and Restore. The work involves constructing insertional deletion libraries in microalgae, developing transformation approaches for the kelp Ecklonia radiata, and maintaining and cryopreserving algal cultures. The project combines molecular methods…

A normally two-year postdoctoral appointment beginning in autumn 2027 supports original environmental research with faculty mentorship at Caltech. Fields include climate dynamics and adaptation, atmospheric chemistry, physical oceanography, glaciology, paleoclimate, biogeochemistry and environmental microbiology. The annual stipend is $80,000, with a…

Investigate molecular determinants of viral emergence and cross-species transmission in Suzannah Rihn’s laboratory at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease. Study viral and host influences on infection, replication and adaptation using cell culture, molecular cloning and functional infection assays. Responsibilities…

Join the Ensembl Microbes team to maintain microbial genome resources, coordinate data releases and develop annotation pipelines for bacteria, archaea, fungi and protists. The three-year role combines biological data analysis, production software and collaboration with research communities. Hybrid working includes at least two days each week at the Hinxton…

Develop computational and mathematical methods for soil microbiomes in the Quince Group. The work combines long- and short-read metagenomics with metatranscriptomics, resolves strain diversity using statistical models, and supports predictive models of natural soils and synthetic microbial communities. The full-time appointment lasts three years, with…

Contrat doctoral de 36 mois à l’ENS de Lyon, début prévu le 1er janvier 2027, rémunéré 2 300 euros brut mensuel. Le projet PREBACTOR vise à comprendre la prédation bactérienne chez Myxococcus xanthus. La thèse construira un réseau d’interactions entre les protéines des appareils Kil et T3SS* avec des méthodes de prédiction structurale par réseaux de…

Lead animal research services across PC2, PC3 and PC4 biocontainment facilities at ACDP, supporting research on zoonotic and emergency animal diseases. The role oversees scientific delivery, animal welfare, technical teams and facility capability, including laboratory and livestock models. This indefinite, predominantly site-based position is preferably…

Develop tissue-based models for understanding host–pathogen interactions and evaluating medical countermeasures at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness. Research combines cell biology, imaging, pathology and data analysis in a multidisciplinary team. Three-year full-time fellowship; AU$103,000–113,000 annually plus 15.4% superannuation.…

The Department of Genetics seeks an Assistant or Associate Professor researching pathogen genetics or host-pathogen interactions. Eligible scientific approaches span molecular and cellular mechanisms of infection, immunity and resistance, within-host and population dynamics, evolution and population genetics, using experimental, computational or theoretical…

Investigate how groundwater microbes and viruses affect carbon cycling. This four-year doctoral project combines environmental sampling, molecular analyses and computational interpretation of microbial communities.

Investigate the energy metabolism and physiology of methane-producing archaea adapted to alkaline environments. The four-year doctoral project contributes to research on the conditions supporting life's emergence.

Reconstruct and analyse ancient pathogen genomes from metagenomic datasets spanning Neolithic to post-medieval contexts in Eurasia and the Americas. Research combines reference-based and de novo reconstruction with comparative analysis of modern bacterial genomes to investigate pathogen evolution and historical disease. The full-time appointment initially…

Use engineering and microfluidic methods to investigate how bacterial movement affects plasmid transfer. The doctoral project examines processes relevant to the spread of antibiotic resistance.

At the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, the associate supports fermentation, product recovery and purification from flask experiments to 300-litre pilot processes. Work includes operating bioreactors and separation equipment, analytical measurements, troubleshooting, records and reporting. The two-year full-time term has an…

Provide specialist technical support for discovering and characterising biological systems. Relevant methods include evolutionary analysis, sequencing, AI and experiments on microorganisms that are difficult to culture.

Investigate biological diversity through RNA and translation research. The postdoctoral work includes ribosome profiling of natural yeast strains and development of methods for studying gene regulation.

Model early microbial evolution and its interaction with Earth's geodynamic development. The postdoctoral project contributes to the NCCR Genesis investigation of how life emerges and shapes planetary environments.

Join the Mukhopadhyay Group and DOE m-CAFEs project to engineer plant-associated microbes and investigate sorghum root ecosystems. The research combines genetics, proteomics, metabolomics and functional genomics to study microbial stress responses, biofilms, horizontal gene transfer, community stability and root colonization. Responsibilities include…

Study how giant Starship transposons mobilize and carry virulence genes in plant-pathogenic fungi. The project offers either a cell-biology track investigating transposon movement in living fungal cells or a biochemical and structural track reconstituting and characterizing the responsible proteins. The postdoc collaborates with a complementary genomics…

OXMAN seeks researchers working across synthetic biology, bioengineering, plant science, materials science and microbiology. Projects may develop biosensors, integrate living components into physical systems, adapt organisms to extreme environments, or devise new fabrication methods. The scientist will lead or collaborate on interdisciplinary projects,…

A full-time residential, NSF-funded appointment with Ethan Levien and Daniel Schultz, starting 1 January 2027 or earlier by agreement. Study antibiotic-driven phenotypic diversity in bacteria using stochastic models and experimental single-cell growth and gene-expression data. Laboratory work is not required. Optional teaching of one or two ten-week courses…

A joint investigator and tenure-track assistant-professor opportunity for an independent metabolism research programme. Potential university homes include Chemical and Biological Engineering, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Neuroscience. The search welcomes work on metabolic engineering, host–microbe interactions, immunometabolism and brain…

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.

Matt Waldor's laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital seeks a postdoctoral scientist to lead research on bacterial pathogens, virulence mechanisms, and host responses with potential translation to vaccines and therapeutics.