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

RIKEN’s Research Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting one Researcher, Special Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The fixed-term position is available from April 1, 2027 or by consultation and will study fundamental principles governing cells and multicellular populations. The team combines mathematical science and life science to investigate order formation in living systems, including cellular pola...

RIKEN is recruiting a Researcher / Postdoctoral-level staff member for the Chromosome Segregation Research Team at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research . The project focuses on chromosome segregation in oocytes, eggs, fertilized eggs, and early embryos , including segregation errors associated with aging . The research combines cell biology , molecular biology , developmental biology , live imaging, cell engineering, microscopy, and synthetic-biology-inspired approaches. The position supp...

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...

Kanazawa University’s Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher for a biophysics-focused project in computational science and multicellular tissue mechanics. The institute is a WPI research center developing world-leading bio-SPM technologies such as AFM and SICM, and this opening sits within an interdisciplinary environment spanning nanometrology, life science, supramolecular chemistry, and computational science. The successful candidate will contri...

Osaka University’s Research Institute for Microbial Diseases is advertising an open call for a researcher/postdoctoral equivalent position in the Department of Biological Control (Ishitani Laboratory) . The lab studies development, regeneration, aging, lifespan prediction, cell competition, genomics, metabolism, endocrinology, pathophysiology , and related omics analysis using small fish models such as turquoise killifish and zebrafish, together with data science and clinical/bioinformatics coll...

Kyushu Institute of Technology is recruiting a researcher/postdoc-equivalent and related technical staff for the Department of Bioinformatics in the Graduate School of Information Engineering / Information Science and Technology. The lab focuses on bioinformatics , molecular biology , cell biology , developmental biology , applied molecular and cellular biology , and drug discovery , with a specific emphasis on direct reprogramming (converting somatic cells into other cell types). The role invol...

RIKEN’s Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting a Senior Researcher, Researcher, or Special Researcher for the Respiratory System Development Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. This is a postdoctoral-equivalent, fixed-term research position focused on developmental biology , molecular biology , stem cells , organoids , and respiratory system research. The project is supported by AMED’s Innovative Advanced Research and Development Support Program and aims to elucidate the early mo...

RIKEN’s Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting a Researcher, Special Researcher, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The position focuses on physical biology , biophysics , theoretical biology , continuum mechanics , active matter , and related mathematical physics approaches to understand how order emerges in cells and multicellular tissues. The team combines theory and experiment to address problems in cell biology and d...

RIKEN’s Laboratory for Developmental Dynamics (Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe Campus, Japan) is recruiting for a Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher, or Technical Scientist position focused on bioimaging data , database development , open science , data visualization , workflow , open-source software , and software development . The project centers on the SSBD , an integrated database of bioimaging data. The successful candidate will contribute to one or more of the follow...