Postdoctoral Scholar / Staff Scientist Opening in Plant Regenerative Developmental Biology Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan

Kyoto University is recruiting a Program-Specific Assistant Professor / Program-Specific Researcher (Postdoc) in the Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering . The position is tied to the COI-NEXT Project and the MEXT Data-Driven Materials Research and Development Project (DX) . Research themes include spinning of artificial silk (spider silk) , valorization of microbially derived proteins , protein production using plants , construction of a large-scale dat...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Environmental Resource Science is recruiting a Research Fellow or Special Research Fellow in the Plant Genome Expression Research Team for a project on cassava , genome editing , transformation , and plant resource development. The research is part of the JST Innovative GX Technology Creation Project (GteX), “Construction of an Advanced Plant Bio-Manufacturing Platform.” The team aims to clarify epigenetic, RNA, and peptide regulatory mechanisms involved in environmen...

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) is recruiting a Contract Researcher in the Climate Change Mitigation Research Area of the Agricultural and Environmental Research Division in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The role supports the GI Fund High-Performance Bio-Dan Project and focuses on on-site demonstrations at 50 locations nationwide. Main duties include preparing contract documents, coordinating implementation areas, providing on-site support, and analyzing data. The work also...

Green Earth Institute Co., Ltd. is recruiting a researcher/postdoc-equivalent staff member for microbial culture and fermentation-related R&D in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The role focuses on microbial culture using jar fermenters, development planning, collaboration with team members, and preparing documentation and reports for internal and external meetings. The research environment is centered on biorefinery and circular-economy technologies that convert biomass into chemicals and fuels, with w...

RIKEN is recruiting 2 fixed-term Researcher / Special Researcher positions in the Molecular Life Regulation Research Team at the Center for Environmental Resource Science in Wako, Saitama, Japan. The project focuses on discovery of novel biologically active molecules and elucidation of their mechanisms of action within the JST CREST program, “Creation of hyperbiotic tissues and the creation of new functions through interdisciplinary collaboration.” The lab works on logical molecular design and e...