PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Cancer Research in Japan

Full-time fixed-term researcher opportunity at the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center / Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology in Tokyo, Japan. The hiring team is the Social Participation and Healthy Aging Research Team , focused on social epidemiology and public health to prevent frailty , dementia , and the need for long-term care among older adults. The successful candidate will contribute to studies on risk factors for frailty and long-term care need, implementation and evaluat...

Open call for a researcher / postdoctoral equivalent position in the Yoichi Murakami Laboratory , Institute for Advanced Studies / Zero Carbon Energy Research Institute, Tokyo University of Science . The project focuses on thermal fluid engineering , electrochemistry , and energy , specifically thermal fluid simulations to predict the performance of flow thermoelectric power generation . This is a research-focused fixed-term appointment with one position available. Eligibility: a doctoral degree...

Three postdoctoral research fellow positions are open at The University of Tokyo , Graduate School of Engineering, in the Thermal Energy Engineering Laboratory (Shiomi Laboratory) . The project, titled Reverse Reflux AI Contributing to Innovation in Thermal Management Materials , is part of the JST AI for Science Innovative Research Promotion Program (ARiSE) . The successful candidates will join an international collaborative effort to develop new AI-driven research methods for thermal managemen...

Researcher / Assistant Professor / Instructor-level opening in dementia care research and elderly care at the Dementia Care Research and Training Center, Sendai (Tohoku Welfare Association / Social Welfare Corporation), located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan . The center promotes research that improves the quality of dementia care and the quality of life of people living with dementia. The successful candidate will contribute to research planning, data collection and analysis, report writing, confe...

Tohoku University’s Department of Clinical Disorders, Graduate School of Medicine is recruiting an academic researcher / postdoctoral equivalent for research in neuroscience, neurology, physiology , and rehabilitation medicine . The lab focuses on understanding the pathogenesis of neuromuscular diseases and developing treatments for conditions such as sarcopenia , muscle diseases , and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) . The work spans basic to translational research, including cell culture , ...

Job opening at Nagoya University for a Lecturer / Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine . The research focus is DNA damage response (DDR) , DNA repair , molecular genetics , genomics , and disease mechanisms linked to DDR dysfunction, including cancer , aging , and genetic disorders . The lab is especially interested in transcription-coupled DNA repair and in disease model mice with DNA repair abnormalities. Successful ...

RIKEN’s Brain Science Institute / Mathematical Neuroscience Research Team is recruiting a Researcher or Postdoctoral Fellow for work in computational neuroscience , theoretical neuroscience , mathematical models , neural networks , learning theory , and brain science . The position is based at the RIKEN Wako Campus, Saitama Prefecture, Japan , and is part of the CREST BioDX project “Elucidating Sleep Brain Function Driven by Multi-Layered Neural Activity Data” . The successful candidate will col...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Japan is recruiting a Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow for the Complex Climate Science Research Team . The position focuses on weather and climate modeling , computational science , high-performance computing (HPC) , GPU computing , and generative AI for scientific software development. The project aims to build a new specification-driven research and development platform for scientific and technical computing. The work includes designin...

Japan Keirin School is recruiting a Researcher / postdoc-equivalent contract position in Sports Science to support a new science team focused on improving performance in cycling competitions. The role is based at Japan Keirin School in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan , with a mix of on-site work for measurements and meetings and remote work for data analysis and document preparation. Research and duties include identifying training challenges, planning data collection and analysis, analyzin...