PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Bioinformatics in Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is offering a postdoctoral position in multi-omics machine learning and computational cancer biology within the A Lundberg Lab , which is part of the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) . The lab is based at SciLifeLab Stockholm and KTH and focuses on computational approaches for cancer precision medicine . The project centers on understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cancer aggressiveness, metastasis, and treatm...

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for an ambitious translational project in the Helleday Laboratory , based in the Department of Oncology-Pathology and located at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Solna . The position sits in a multidisciplinary environment that combines biology, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and strong experience from the pharmaceutical industry. The project explores the therapeutic potential of novel inhibitors in immunolo...

Vicente Pelechano’s Research Group at Karolinska Institutet is offering a postdoctoral scholarship in computational and structural RNA biology. The project sits at the intersection of RNA biology, computational biology, and genome-wide method development, with a strong emphasis on how RNA sequence and structure shape gene regulation and cellular phenotypes. The successful candidate will work on understanding how variation in untranslated regions, especially alternative 3′ UTR isoforms and natura...

The Koplev lab at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and SciLifeLab is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to develop computational methods for studying human tissue architecture using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. The project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and spatial biology, with a focus on how cells organize into complex human tissues and how computational approaches can reveal that organization in health and disease. The research is centere...

Uppsala University is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher in Infectious Diseases, with a focus on in vitro and in silico Bacteriology, at the Department of Medical Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. The research focuses on bacterial genomics, phylogeny, antimicrobial resistance, and infectious diseases. The successful researcher will combine practical microbiological wet-lab work with bioinformatic analysis of sequence data and contribute to projects examining the intersection of humans, an...

Karolinska Institutet is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Professor Thomas Helleday’s laboratory in the Department of Oncology-Pathology at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Solna, Sweden. The project investigates therapeutic applications of novel inhibitors in immunology, with emphasis on immuno-oncology and autoimmunity. The successful researcher will plan, perform, analyse, and interpret experiments; maintain rigorous electronic lab-notebook documentation; c...

Umeå University in Sweden invites applications for a full-time PhD student position in molecular biology , linked to the national DDLS doctoral school in data-driven epidemiology and infection biology . The doctoral project is located at the Department of Molecular Biology and is expected to begin in January 2027, or by agreement. The research lies at the intersection of molecular biology, bioinformatics, computational biology, and data science. The research group develops single-cell multiomic ...

Doctoral (PhD) student position in Chromatin Dynamics and DNA Topology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. The Baranello Lab is seeking a motivated doctoral student to join a project at the interface of chromatin biology , DNA topology , transcription regulation , and cancer biology . The research asks how topoisomerases are regulated during transcription, how transcription machinery controls topoisomerase activity, and how these mechanisms can be leveraged to identify new anti-cancer...

PhD position at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden focused on the development and implementation of advanced HIV-1 reservoir diagnostics . The project is embedded in the research team of Maarten van de Klundert and linked to Senior Professor Anders Sönnerborg at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, within the Centre of Infectious Medicine / Clinical Infectious Disease. The doctoral project examines the HIV-1 reservoir in clinical samples from people living with HIV-1. You will work with molecular ...