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

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 , ...

Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Scholarship 2027 at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwanda, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. This post announces a fully funded Master’s scholarship for African healthcare and life sciences leaders interested in Global Health , Public Health , and related medical/life sciences training. Funding includes full tuition, room and board, a laptop, health insurance, and airfare. The official admissions link is provided for the Ma...

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 ...

Okinawa National College of Technology is recruiting a researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position for the NARO BRAIN project “Development and Supply of Smart Agriculture Technologies.” The work is based in Okinawa, Japan , and focuses on smart agriculture , soil management , agricultural environmental engineering , agricultural information engineering , soil science , plant nutrition , crop production science , environmental agriculture , and horticultural science . The 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...

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...

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) is accepting applications for its PhD Program in a cross-disciplinary science and technology environment in Okinawa, Japan. This is a PhD opening for applicants with a bachelor’s, master’s, or equivalent degree completed before enrollment. The program is research-focused and does not use written entrance exams. Shortlisted candidates are invited to an online Admissions Workshop as part of the selection process. Applicants...

Public recruitment for a fixed-term researcher at the Health and Medical Information Policy Research Center , National Institute of Public Health, Japan. This is a full-time, fixed-term researcher/postdoctoral equivalent position focused on health and medical information , public health , and medical informatics . Duties include research and training activities related to health and medical information, as well as operation of the institutional repository system and other center activities. Elig...