Postdoc Opportunities in Agrochemicals, Synthetic Biology, AI, and Directed Evolution Massachusetts Institute of Technology in United States

Connor W. Coley’s group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking a postdoctoral associate or research scientist for a collaborative project on the computer-aided design of selective herbicides . The position focuses on building an in silico molecular design pipeline and connecting it to experimental synthesis and validation through CROs and collaborators. The work includes structural modeling of enzyme-substrate interactions, using generative models and virtual screening to propos...

Postdoctoral position at Loyola University Chicago , Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The project is in the Lab of Dr. Pengfei Li (Associate Professor) and focuses on EF-hand metalloprotein modeling , including classical force field development and machine learning force fields . The work is tied to AMBER MD software and the MCPB.py program development. Applicants should have a PhD in chemistry, physics, biology, or molecular biology . Prior experience with prot...

The Wright Group at Baylor University is recruiting PhD students to begin in Fall 2027 . Research interests include Chemical Biology , Multi-omics , Microbiome Sciences , and projects at the intersection of these areas. The position is associated with Aaron Wright , James R. Schofield Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences in the Department of Biology. This is a graduate research opportunity for students interested in interdisciplinary biological and chemical approaches. The post does not mention ...

Postdoctoral positions are available in the Voigt Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The lab, led by Chris Voigt, works across MIT Biological Engineering, Computational & Systems Biology, and Microbiology graduate programs, with research centered on synthetic biology. Research themes include synthetic biology for manufacturing challenges, environmental and agricultural applications, and health-related synthetic biology. The post is especially r...

Basile Wicky at ETH Zurich is inviting applications for PhD and Postdoc positions through the ETH AI Center Doctoral and Postdoc Fellowship . The research focus is biomolecular design at the intersection of AI and biology (AIxBio), with interests in protein design and synthetic biology. This is a strong fit for candidates who want to work on computational and data-driven approaches to molecular and biomolecular engineering. The post is from an academic group leader/assistant professor who is dir...