PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Biology in Austria

This PhD project investigates deep tissue imaging with nonlinear microscopy and adaptive optics at the Institute of Biomedical Physics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. The doctoral researcher will work with an adaptive-optics nonlinear microscope built around a high-power pulsed laser system. The research will focus on novel methods for correcting optical aberrations and light scattering in thick tissue, with the goal of extending imaging depth beyond the current state of the art. Appl...

The Medical University of Vienna is recruiting a PhD student to join the Bergthaler Lab and its research environment in Vienna, Austria. The project will investigate T cell immunology and systemic immunometabolism , exploring how immune-cell biology connects with metabolic processes across the body. The research is situated within molecular immunology and may also relate to disease-associated metabolic states such as cachexia, a topic highlighted in the associated research context. The successfu...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral researcher in geoecology to investigate the ecological functioning of wetlands. The doctoral project focuses on greenhouse gas exchange in the reed belt of Lake Neusiedl and the Pürgschachen Moor . The research will make use of the geoecology group’s existing eddy covariance infrastructure , including towers equipped with sensors for carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane. The successful researcher will contribute to field-based environmental r...

This postdoctoral position at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna focuses on helping to establish an extension site for Poultry Medicine at HBLA Elmberg. The role sits within the Clinical Centre for Population Medicine in Fish, Pig and Poultry and combines academic, applied, and collaborative work in veterinary medicine. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching and supervising theses , work with practising veterinarians and other stakeholders, and carry out independent resea...

AITHYRA Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence is hiring three postdoctoral fellows for the Lighthouse project on virus–host interactions . Funded by the Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science, the project brings together the Nomburg, Winter, and Bronstein labs in an interdisciplinary research environment connecting biomedical science, virology, functional genetics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence. The first research track focuses on general studies of virus–h...

The Medical University of Graz is recruiting a Senior Scientist PostDoc in Nursing and Health Sciences . This is a temporary, part-time postdoctoral research position at a leading Austrian medical university, offered under identification number I-PFLWIS-2026-003957 . The role sits within the university’s research environment in medical sciences and is aimed at a recognised researcher at R2 level. The posting is presented as a senior scientific appointment rather than a student project, and it is...

The IST-BRIDGE International Postdoctoral Program at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria offers a fully funded, two-year postdoctoral fellowship for highly qualified researchers. The program is designed for candidates who have completed, or will soon complete, a PhD or equivalent in the natural sciences, computer sciences, mathematics, or a related discipline. Hosted at ISTA in Austria, the fellowship is embedded in an international research environment and is paired with a flexible ...

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is accepting applications to its 2027 interdisciplinary PhD program. The program welcomes highly qualified applicants interested in graduate-level scientific research across biology, chemistry, neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, physics, data science and scientific computing, astronomy, earth science, and related areas. Students join an international research environment built around ISTA’s research groups. During the first year of...

This PhD project focuses on patient-specific liver deformation modelling for radio-frequency liver tumour ablation , where accurate prediction of organ movement is essential for treatment planning and intraoperative guidance. The project develops an AI-driven framework that combines strong modelling approaches to capture liver deformation at the patient level. A major part of the research is tackling the interpretability problem of deep learning systems. The PhD candidate will investigate method...