PhD Opportunities in Bioinformatics

Baylor University’s Department of Biology is recruiting 2–3 funded PhD students for a Fall 2027 start. The research focuses on microbiomes and the ways microbial communities influence health, organisms, and environments. The group uses long-read metagenomics, microbial genomics, and bioinformatics to study diverse biological systems. Projects may address the relationship between microbiomes and childhood undernutrition, fish mucosal microbial ecology, and microbial communities in the built envir...

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology’s Center for Health & Bioresources in Tulln, near Vienna, is offering a PhD thesis position on prediction and functional validation of microbiome modulators for improved soil-plant resilience . The project investigates how microbial strains and defined microbial communities can shift soil and plant microbiomes toward beneficial traits, including improved plant stress tolerance, nutrient availability and soil health. The doctoral researcher will develop a real...

This internship/fellowship is based at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience , within the Integrated Systems Biology Branch . The project is centered on integrative biology approaches to military-relevant health, with a focus on understanding the etiology of health problems and developing solutions that support performance, resilience, and readiness. Participants will work under a men...

This PhD project explores the biogeography of plant-associated fungi in the Galápagos Islands, focusing on how microbial communities shape the ecology and evolution of Scalesia species. The work investigates hidden fungal diversity in a classic island system where geographic isolation and environmental heterogeneity have driven adaptive radiation and endemic plant diversification. The project examines fungi associated with several Scalesia species across soils, roots, and leaves, with attention ...

This PhD project explores how baculoviruses manipulate caterpillar behaviour and how that manipulation is shaped by the broader viral context of the host. The work starts with comparing behavioural effects across closely and more distantly related baculoviruses and lepidopteran hosts, then moves to testing how the insect virome influences those outcomes. The project asks fundamental questions about parasite-host interactions and the concept of the extended phenotype, with a particular emphasis o...

This PhD Research Fellow position in marine geomicrobiology is based at the Department of Earth Science , University of Bergen , and is linked to the Centre for Deep Sea Research and the Geochemistry and Geobiology research group. The project addresses how rapid Arctic Ocean change affects the carbon flux from surface waters to the seafloor, and how that shift influences the microorganisms living in Arctic sediments. The successful candidate will investigate the short- and long-term effects of v...

This PhD project at RIVM focuses on developing and qualifying new human cell-based methodologies for studying respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and immunity. The work is embedded in a new European consortium and aims to advance a cutting-edge virus neutralization model that can contribute to replacing traditional animal testing in vaccine and infection research. The project builds on a differentiated primary human epithelial transwell model with an air–liquid interface, including multi...

This PhD position is based at the HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology (HUNT MCE) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The project sits within HUNT-Genes IP, an industry-supported genomics initiative that brings together academic researchers, St. Olavs hospital, and partners from the pharmaceutical and health technology industries to develop a model for academic–industry collaboration in population-based genetics. The research uses large population-b...

This PhD project is part of EDI-MSK , a European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network focused on making musculoskeletal modelling more inclusive, personalised and clinically relevant. The project addresses an important challenge in musculoskeletal health: understanding how diversity, bias, and biological variation should be reflected in next-generation models of bone and related tissues. The specific doctoral project (DC6) aims to develop multiscale models of how chronic kidney diseas...