PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Single Cell Analysis in Japan

KOTAI Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. is recruiting technical assistants for its Experiment Department in Minoh, Osaka. The opening supports the company’s expanding biotechnology service business, which combines immunology, bioinformatics and experimental life-science methods. The successful applicants will provide technical services using cells and tissues, including single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptome analysis . The work also relates to spatial gene-expression analysis, immunorepert...

KOTAI Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. is recruiting two bioinformatics researchers for its Research and Development Department in Minoh, Osaka. The company originated from Osaka University and works at the intersection of immunology, bioinformatics and biotechnology, developing biomarkers, drugs and vaccines in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and academic researchers. The researchers will contribute to service development, customer and collaborator support, and technology development acros...

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...

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...

Open call for a researcher/postdoctoral equivalent position in the Department of Immunology and Pathophysiology at the National Institute for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, Japan . The project focuses on liver disease pathogenesis and the development of novel non-invasive biomarkers and therapeutic targets. The research uses immunological analysis , single-cell RNA-seq , spatial transcriptome analysis , multicolor flow cytometry, cell culture, ELISA, qRT-PCR, patient samples, and liver dis...

Osaka University’s Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (Department of Molecular Bacteriology) is recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher (full-time, fixed-term) for research in bacteriology and related life sciences. The project focuses on elucidating the mechanisms of pathogenicity in enteropathogenic bacteria such as Vibrio species and pathogenic Escherichia coli . Research themes include epidemiological surveys, molecular biological analyses, identification and functional analysis o...

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...