PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Epigenetics in Germany

The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) at the University of Cologne offers a structured doctoral programme in the highly interdisciplinary field of ageing biology. It is run in cooperation with the CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research. The programme is designed to train a new generation of biomedical scientists focused on the basic biology of ageing and on trans...

The International Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC) is recruiting doctoral candidates for a 2027 start at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Freie Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany. This interdisciplinary PhD program sits at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences. It is designed for graduates with backgrounds in molecular biology, biochemistry, mathematics, bioinformatics, or closely related areas, and offers a...

The International Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC) is recruiting doctoral candidates for a start in 2027. This PhD programme is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Freie Universität Berlin, offering interdisciplinary training at the interface of molecular life sciences and computational sciences. Students will work in areas spanning molecular biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, algorithms, artif...

The German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), a member of the Leibniz Association, is offering 1 Postdoc (m/f/d) in the Department of Experimental Diabetology and the Junior Research Group Epigenetics of Obesity and Diabetes . The position starts on 1 January 2027 and is based in Nuthetal, Brandenburg, Germany. This postdoc role is designed for a highly motivated Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician interested in how obesity and type 2 diabetes reshape the epigenome. T...

PhD positions are available in the newly established Batiuk lab at Heidelberg University / Heidelberg University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Germany. The lab is recruiting its first doctoral researchers to study the biological mechanisms of PTSD after psychological trauma. Research topics include single-nuclei transcriptomics, epigenomics, human post-mortem brain research, and preclinical animal models, with the goal of identifying novel cell-type-specific therapeutic targets. This op...

Postdoc opportunity in Neuroscience, Epigenetics and Metabolic Aging at Helmholtz Zentrum München – Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (Institute for Diabetes and Cancer, Germany). This postdoctoral project sits at the intersection of neuroscience , epigenetics , metabolic aging , molecular biology , bioinformatics , and medical science . The research group Metabolic Programming across Generations is studying how early-life and maternal metabolic stress influences brain aging,...

The International Max Planck Research School for Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism (IMPRS-EBM) offers fully funded doctoral positions for talented and motivated students passionate about basic research in the fields of epigenetics, biophysics, metabolism, cell biology, biochemistry, functional genomics, bioinformatics, and proteomics. IMPRS-EBM is a collaborative program between the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and the University of Freiburg, Germany, providing a vi...