PhD Opportunity in Plant Microbiomes, Microbial Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture (SEEDBIOSIS) Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria in Spain

KU Leuven is offering a fully funded PhD position in Sustainable Biocontrol of Rice Grain Rot in Vietnam , hosted by the Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM) within the Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems at Campus Group T in Belgium. The project sits within the KU Leuven Plant Institute and focuses on developing innovative microbiome-assisted biological control strategies for a major rice disease in Southeast Asia. The research addresses r...

Aarhus University in Denmark is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for complex plant data integration in the Plant Molecular Biology section at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. The project focuses on plant–microbe interactions , especially the molecular dialogue between plants and associated microorganisms, with the long-term aim of supporting sustainable and resilient agricultural systems . The advertised postdoctoral work is centered on complex data analyses of plants to imp...

Graduate Student Opportunity: M.Sc. or Ph.D. Assistantship in Plant-Microbe Interactions at the University of Florida , Department of Plant Pathology. The Martins Lab is seeking motivated graduate students to join a multi-state USDA-NIFA project, Hunting for Healthy Soils . The research focuses on how soil micro-predators shape microbial communities and promote plant health in organic production systems . This opportunity is well suited to students interested in plant pathology , microbiology , ...

Postdoc opportunity in AI foundation models for crop microbiomes at Utrecht University . The post is shared by Ronnie de Jonge , Associate Professor in Plant-Microbiome interactions at the Departments of Biology and Information and Computing Sciences, and chair of the daily board of the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center. This position sits at the intersection of Biology , Computer Science , Agriculture , Environmental Science , and Statistics , with a strong focus on bioinformatics , plant-microbiom...

PhD opportunity in Environmental DNA and Biodiversity in Isolated Mountain Lakes at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain. This funded PhD project is part of the CRG International PhD Programme 2027 and is supervised by Dr Hannah Benisty. The project explores how isolated mountain lakes record environmental pressure in the DNA they shed, and how biodiversity signals can be used to predict ecosystem states. Research spans Pyrenean high-mountain lakes, thermal springs, and airb...