PhD Positions in Metabolism in China

The Integrated Research Training Group (iRTG) of TRR 333 – Brown and Beige Fat: Organ Crosstalk, Signalling and Energetics (BATenergy) at the University of Bonn offers an English-language doctoral programme in a highly multidisciplinary research environment. Doctoral candidates will work on the biological crosstalk between cell organelles, cells, tissues, and organs, with a focus on the systemic regulation of energy balance. The programme is part of a collaborative research network involving the...

PhD Student in Placental Biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich’s Biomedical Center (BMC) in Munich. The project explores the earliest stages of post-implantation development, focusing on how the developing embryo and placenta begin exchanging signals. The research examines how chromatin regulation helps establish and maintain communication between embryonic and placental tissues. The doctoral researcher will use mouse genetics, stem-cell-based approaches and multi-omics to invest...

The Friesen group at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, within the NNF Center of Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW) at the University of Copenhagen, is seeking a research assistant with the opportunity to continue into a funded PhD fellowship. The lab investigates how cells transition from a healthy state to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, and how these processes might be reversed. Its research uses human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived in vitro d...

The National Institute of Sports Science (JISS), within the Japan Sport Council’s High-Performance Sports Center, is seeking a contract researcher or postdoctoral-equivalent researcher in training science . The researcher will contribute to research and practical support aimed at improving international athletic performance. The work includes conducting fitness measurements covering morphology and body composition, muscle strength and muscle power, aerobic capacity, and related performance indic...

The International Max Planck Research School for Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism (IMPRS-EBM) is a collaborative doctoral programme between the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg. The programme offers research-oriented interdisciplinary training across epigenetics, biophysics, metabolism, biochemistry, cell biology, proteomics, bioinformatics, and functional genomics. Doctoral researchers rotate through three labor...

The Medical University of Vienna is recruiting candidates for salaried PhD studentships in Vienna, Austria, across AI, imaging and interdisciplinary biomedical research. PhD candidates will join one of 18 PhD programmes and work with international researchers, clinicians and, where relevant, industry partners. Available projects span artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical informatics and imaging; immunology; neuroscience; endocrinology and metabolism; and vascular biology. Topics inc...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship; tuition fees paid directly to the University; stipend £21,805 per year (2026/27); Research Training Support Grant £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia on A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours . This project investigates how age-related mutations in blood stem cells may do more than simply give mutant cells a growth advantage: the work sugge...

The University of Edinburgh is advertising postgraduate research study in Cardiovascular Science , offering both PhD and MScR routes through the Centre for Cardiovascular Science in the School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences. This programme is designed for highly motivated candidates with relevant research experience and a strong interest in cardiovascular physiology and disease. Research spans fundamental discovery science, translational work, and clinical studies, with major themes...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees paid directly to the university, a stipend of £21,805 per year (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship: Watching a fungus fight back: mapping antimicrobial resistance in 3-D as it happens at the University of East Anglia is an interdisciplinary doctoral project exploring how fungi respond in the hours after exposure to non-lethal chemic...