Postdoc in Neuroscience, Epigenetics and Metabolic Aging Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt in Germany

PhD positions are available in the newly established Batiuk lab at Heidelberg University / Heidelberg University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Germany. The lab is recruiting its first doctoral researchers to study the biological mechanisms of PTSD after psychological trauma. Research topics include single-nuclei transcriptomics, epigenomics, human post-mortem brain research, and preclinical animal models, with the goal of identifying novel cell-type-specific therapeutic targets. This op...

The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) at the University of Cologne offers a structured doctoral programme in the highly interdisciplinary field of ageing biology. It is run in cooperation with the CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research. The programme is designed to train a new generation of biomedical scientists focused on the basic biology of ageing and on trans...

PhD opportunity in neuroscience and metabolism at CICA, Universidade da Coruña The FeMCa group at the Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía (CICA) is looking for candidates interested in joining a PhD project linked to the FPU 2026 fellowship call. The research focuses on neuroscience , metabolism , energy homeostasis , and the functional identification of neuroglial circuits involved in the central control of hunger and metabolism. The project will study the role of neuronal circuits an...

PhD opportunity in organelle biology , proteomics , and cardiometabolic disease at Helmholtz Zentrum München (Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Research Unit Cellular Proteomics and Metabolic Signaling, headed by Dr. Natalie Krahmer). The project is embedded in the DFG-funded CRC 1774 Cardio-Diabetes Crosstalk (CARDDIAB) and focuses on inter-organ communication, metabolic regulation, inflammation, cellular energy metabolism, and cardiovascular complications of diabetes. You will work with bioc...

PhD position at the University of Duisburg-Essen , Faculty of Chemistry, in Professor Bettina Siebers’ research group for Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry . The project is part of a DFG-funded research program and focuses on phosphate (Pi) homeostasis and polyphosphate (PolyP) metabolism in archaea, using the thermoacidophilic model organism Sulfolobus acidocaldarius . Research topics include construction and characterization of genetically modified strains, Pi uptake and regulation,...