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

The Kiyoto Kasai Laboratory at the International Research Organization for Neurointelligence (IRCN), University of Tokyo, is seeking a specially appointed researcher equivalent to a postdoctoral fellow for a team-science project in translational psychiatry . The research examines the brain pathology of mental illnesses, particularly schizophrenia, using multi-layered data from humans and model animals. The project integrates MRI, omics, molecular biology, peripheral blood samples, and translatio...

Osaka University’s Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) is recruiting one full-time Specially Appointed Research Fellow for its Advanced Postdoctoral Program. This is a postdoctoral opportunity for promising early-career researchers working in immunology, cell biology, bioinformatics or bioimaging. The appointment is based at Osaka University’s Suita Campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan. Researchers will have access to IFReC’s shared facilities, including advanced single-cell analyzers, and oppo...

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) invites applications for one full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in the Marine Bioresource Development and Application Research Program, Department of Life and Earth Sciences, at the Yokosuka Headquarters in Kanagawa, Japan. The researcher will contribute to the project Exploration and Functional Elucidation of Real Marine Plastic Degrading Enzymes for a Circular Economy (FY2026–FY2028), led by Principal Investigator Shunichi Ishii. Th...

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine is recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher / Researcher-Postdoc equivalent in the Department of Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine . The position is centered on regenerative medicine , stem cell biology , developmental biology , molecular biology , cardiovascular medicine , and biomedical engineering . The research environment includes work on human pluripotent stem cells (ES/iPS cells), organoid culture, cell-surface antigen measurement and im...

Fukushima Medical University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Hematology (Faculty of Medicine) in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan . The laboratory focuses on hematology and oncology , especially the pathogenesis of blood disorders and leukemia and the development of new treatments. The position involves molecular biology work (cloning, RT-PCR, Western blotting), cell culture , and related experiments using cells. The post also includes summarizing research results, presen...

Logomix Co., Ltd., a Tokyo University of Science spin-off biotech venture, is recruiting a Laboratory Automation Scientist/Engineer for its Research and Development Department in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan . The role sits at the intersection of biology , biomedical engineering , computer science , and information technology , with a strong focus on automating wet-lab workflows for AI drug discovery and synthetic biology. The company’s core technology is Geno-Writing™ , a large-scale genome const...

Logomix Co., Ltd., a Tokyo University of Science spin-off venture in Kanagawa, Japan, is recruiting for Bioinformatics Research Manager / Researcher roles in its Research and Development Department. The position focuses on bioinformatics, whole genome sequencing (WGS), RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and Perturb-seq analysis for human cells, with additional work in genome design optimization using machine learning, deep learning, and large language models . The role also includes building and fine...

Logomix Co., Ltd. is recruiting a Principal Scientist / Genome Engineering Group member for its Research and Development Department in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan . The company is a cell engineering startup originating from Tokyo University of Science and working on large-scale genome construction technology. This opening is centered on genome engineering , genome editing , and cell engineering . The successful candidate will design gRNAs and donor sequences, perform gene introduction and cell cul...

HIROTSU Bioscience Co., Ltd. is recruiting a PhD-level researcher/postdoc-equivalent for research and development of cancer risk testing technology using biosensors and nematodes . The work is based at the company’s Shonan R&D Center in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan , inside Shonan Health Innovation Park. The position focuses on cancer detection , tumor diagnosis and therapeutics , biosensor-based screening , molecular biology , AI , and data analysis . Responsibilities include planning and promotin...