PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Chemical Biology in Japan

Postdoctoral Researcher position at Nagoya University (Graduate School of Science / Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, ITbM) in the Kinoshita Laboratory , working on plant physiology and stomatal control. The project is funded by JST’s ASPIRE program and focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which plants sense environmental signals such as light , CO2 , and drought to regulate stomatal opening and closing, growth, and stress tolerance. Research themes include analysis of compounds affec...

Open call for a postdoctoral researcher at the Nanomedical Innovation Center of the Kawasaki City Industrial Promotion Foundation in Kanagawa, Japan . The project is part of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Academic Transformation Areas (B) (R8-10), Project A01, “Construction of a Molecular Basis for the Implementation of Intracellular Shuttles.” The research aims to clarify the molecular structure, properties, and functions needed for intracellular shuttles and to establish molecular des...

RIKEN is recruiting a Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow for the Watanabe Molecular Physiology Laboratory in Wako, Saitama, Japan. The position is centered on single-molecule measurement technology , digital liquid biopsy , and interdisciplinary bioanalysis that combines engineering, chemistry, physics, and life sciences. The successful candidate will contribute to AMED LEAP-supported research and development, including novel methods for detecting and quantifying biomolecules at the single-mo...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Environmental Resource Science is recruiting a Researcher or Postdoctoral Fellow in the Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit in Japan (Wako Campus, Saitama Prefecture). The position focuses on natural product biosynthesis , applied microbiology , bioorganic chemistry , microbial metabolic engineering , and the discovery of biosynthetic genes and functional small molecules . The unit works on structural diversification of secondary metabolites from microorganisms...

Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher for the Laboratory for the Creation of Functional Molecules (Functional Molecular Creation Chemistry Laboratory) in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The position is a researcher/postdoctoral equivalent role focused on pharmaceutical chemistry , drug discovery , bioorganic chemistry , organic synthesis chemistry , biochemistry , and chemical biology . The project centers on the ...

RIKEN is recruiting a Special Research Fellow in the Plant Chemical Genetics Research Team at the Center for Environmental Resource Science in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. This is a postdoctoral-equivalent, fixed-term contract position focused on plant chemical genetics , plant hormones , crop resilience , genome editing , molecular breeding , genome analysis , and related work on wheat and Arabidopsis thaliana . The lab aims to understand plant physiological responses at the molecular or atomic l...

RIKEN is recruiting 2 fixed-term Researcher / Special Researcher positions in the Molecular Life Regulation Research Team at the Center for Environmental Resource Science in Wako, Saitama, Japan. The project focuses on discovery of novel biologically active molecules and elucidation of their mechanisms of action within the JST CREST program, “Creation of hyperbiotic tissues and the creation of new functions through interdisciplinary collaboration.” The lab works on logical molecular design and e...