Research Assistant/Technician 3 Position in Microbiology (MSc required) – Canada University of British Columbia in Canada

Graduate student opportunity at the University of Calgary (UCVM), in the De Buck Laboratory – Veterinary Microbiology , for an MSc or PhD project focused on innovative phage-based diagnostics for Johne’s disease . The project aims to develop a next-generation, phage-based, PCR-free diagnostic platform using mycobacteriophages and genetic engineering for rapid, sensitive, on-farm pen-side detection of Johne’s disease in cattle and small ruminants. This is a strong fit for students interested in m...

Postdoctoral position at KU Leuven / VIB-KU Leuven Center of Microbiology A fully funded postdoctoral opportunity is available in the lab of Prof. Joleen Masschelein at KU Leuven, within the Department of Biology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center of Microbiology. The project focuses on an exciting microbiology and chemical biology challenge: discovering the biosynthetic enzymes that build the unusual conductive structures of cable bacteria. Cable bacteria are remarkable multicellular organisms that t...

Funded MSc/PhD opportunity at the University of Winnipeg , Department of Biology, focused on hunting giant viruses in Lake Winnipeg and studying the aquatic virome associated with algal blooms and their infecting viruses. The project combines fieldwork , molecular biology , and bioinformatics/computational analysis . Students will board a research vessel about three times per year to collect samples from Lake Winnipeg, then help map an entire aquatic viral community that is not widely known. Thi...

PhD opportunity in archaeal nucleotide and RNA processing at Philipps-Universität Marburg , in the Department of Genetics with Professor Lennart Randau . The project is part of a German Research Foundation (DFG) -funded and very collaborative Research Training Group. This opening is aimed at a doctoral researcher interested in biology , genetics , molecular biology , microbiology , and related life-science research on archaea and RNA metabolism. The post mentions that one PhD student is currentl...

The Breznik Lab at the University of Guelph is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow in human immunology , with research centered on immune aging and cancer immunotherapies . This is a research-focused postdoctoral opportunity for candidates with strong interests in immunology, aging biology, and translational cancer research. The position is described as dependent on securing funding through a competitive fellowship , so applicants should be prepared to pursue or already hold fellowship support. The a...