PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Computational Biology in Spain

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, invites applications to its CRG International PhD Programme 2027. The call offers PhD research opportunities across internationally recognised laboratories working in genomics, molecular and cell biology, computational biology, RNA biology, epigenetics, cancer, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, microbiology and bioengineering. Projects include single-cell genomics and lineage tracing, genome regulation, chromatin and 3D genomics, RNA...

BioComp at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain, announces an open PhD position for a highly motivated candidate to join its research team under Call Ref. 3580. The BioComp group, led by Vicent Moliner, focuses on the computational description of catalysis phenomena in biological systems. The opportunity is relevant to candidates interested in computational chemistry, biocatalysis, molecular modeling, computational biology, and the study of catalytic mechanisms in biological systems. Applicant...

Fully funded postdoctoral position in bioinformatics and gene regulation at the Gene Regulatory Control in Disease Laboratory , CiMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The project focuses on disease-related gene regulatory control, with work centered on analysing bulk RNA-seq , single-cell RNA-seq , and epigenomic data . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in computational biology, genomics, and data-driven biomedical research. Eligibility: applicants should hold a ...

Fully funded postdoctoral position in bioinformatics and gene regulation at the Gene Regulatory Control in Disease Laboratory (CiMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Spain. The project focuses on analysing omics data in a disease context, with emphasis on bulk and single-cell RNA-seq and epigenomic assays such as ATAC-seq , ChIP-seq , and CUT&RUN . Strong computational skills are expected, especially in R , Python , and Bash scripting . Eligibility: applicants should hold a PhD in Bioi...

Fundación MEDINA is offering a fully funded PhD position within the EU MSCA Doctoral Network PANDORA (Pathomechanisms and Novel Drug Optimization for AMD), based in Granada, Spain. The project, DC10, focuses on phenotypic drug discovery in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with an emphasis on oxidative stress, complement-associated damage, and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) dysfunction. The doctoral researcher will develop disease-relevant cellular models using human induced pluripotent s...

Postdoctoral position in comparative genomics and evolutionary venomics within the newly funded DRIVEN project (DRIvers and mechanisms of VENom evolution in ribbon worms) at the Aida Verdes Gorín research group , based at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) in Madrid, Spain . The project will study the genomic mechanisms underlying venom evolution using chromosome-scale genome sequencing , comparative genomics , single-cell transcriptomics , and spatial transcriptomics . This is...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP), Madrid, Spain, in the Root organogenesis, regeneration and regeneration laboratory with Dr. Miguel A. Moreno Risueño and Dr. Mary Paz González García. The project focuses on how climate change-induced temperature fluctuations affect root stem cell formation and tissue regeneration , with an emphasis on molecular feedback loops connecting stem cell regulators, telomere dynamics, and auxin signaling under clima...

📢 Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Systems Biology at CIC bioGUNE (Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences), based in Derio, Bizkaia, Spain . The Computational Biology Group is seeking a postdoc to develop computational approaches for neuronal cell conversion and the design of cell fate conversion protocols. The project combines gene network modeling and a foundational machine learning model to identify hierarchical combinations of transcription factors and propose sequential inductio...

PhD opportunity at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain through the CRG International PhD Programme 2027 . The project is titled “Understanding the molecular mechanisms that control alternative pre-mRNA splicing and their alterations in cancer” and is a collaboration between the groups of Ben Lehner and Juan Valcárcel . This PhD is centered on molecular biology , genomics , gene regulation , cell biology , and cancer biology , with an emphasis on understanding how alternat...