PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Bioinformatics in Canada

The National Research Council Canada is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in Halifax, Canada, through its Metrology Research Centre. The two-year project, Innovating Algal Biotoxin Surveillance Through Digital Immuno-Polymerase Chain Reaction , will develop molecular and analytical tools for detecting harmful algal blooms and cyanobacterial toxins. The fellow will establish droplet digital PCR assays targeting toxin-biosynthesis genes, then develop immuno-ddPCR methods that combine antibody-based...

Fully funded postdoctoral opportunity in paleoecology and freshwater ecosystems at McGill University, Canada, in the Irene Gregory-Eaves Lab. The project investigates long-term freshwater community and ecosystem dynamics using lake sediment DNA (sedDNA). The research is suited to candidates interested in paleoecology, freshwater ecology, environmental science, sedimentary DNA, metagenomics, and ecosystem change over time. Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant field, have a maximum of three ...

The University of British Columbia is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a collaborative program involving UBC, BC Cancer, and SOZO Intuition Systems in Vancouver, Canada. This is a research-intensive postdoctoral opportunity in Computer Science , Data Science , Biology , Medical Science , and Biomedical Engineering , with a strong focus on AI/ML systems , clinical NLP , retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) , and data engineering for biological and clinical datasets...

University of Alberta is advertising a Postdoctoral Scholar position in bioinformatics, forest genomics, comparative genomics, population genomics, and plant genome assembly within the BFF-AFIRMS initiative (Best Future Forest: Advanced Forest Genomics and Integrative Resource Management System). The role is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada , with in-person work primarily at North Campus. The postdoctoral researcher will work with Dr. Barb Thomas (University of Alberta) and Dr. Charles Chen (O...

McGill University is recruiting a fully funded Postdoctoral Fellow in the Yoshiji Lab for research at the intersection of human genetics, proteomics, multi-omics, drug target discovery, precision medicine, cardiometabolic diseases , and related translational applications. The successful candidate will work with biobank-scale datasets such as UK Biobank , NIH All of Us , CLSA , and the McGill-based BioPortal to identify causal proteins and genetic variants that may be translated into therapeutic ...

McGill University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the hEDS*Omics Study within the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Genomic Medicine . The project focuses on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) , with an emphasis on AI-based case finding to identify patients who may be undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or diagnosed late. The successful candidate will work with clinical notes , physician notes , structured phenotypes , ICD codes , Huma...