PhD Opportunities in Microscopy in South Korea

PhD-holder researcher position in Neuroscience and Neuroengineering at the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S) in Porto, Portugal. The project, LOCALISE (Loco-radiolysed multi-modal treatment for glioblastoma self-enhanced chemotherapy and targeted RNA delivery), sits at the intersection of neural science, imaging, and translational bioengineering. The selected researcher will join the Neuroengineering and Computational Neuroscience group at i3S and contr...

The Technical University of Dresden’s Faculty of Biology, Chair of Applied Zoology, is offering a four-year PhD research assistant position within the DFG-funded project “Fitness effects of dietary lipids.” The project investigates how dietary lipid composition influences biological fitness and reproductive performance. The doctoral researcher will independently address the project’s scientific questions and develop and conduct assays measuring fitness and sperm functionality. The work will invo...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking a PhD candidate for the Nuclear Swarms project, an NWO Vidi-funded study led by Dr Vasilis Kokkoris within A-LIFE Systems Ecology. The project investigates how nuclei are organised and behave inside the extensive filamentous networks of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These ecologically important fungi form partnerships with plants and support nutrient uptake, yet their continuous cytoplasm—shared by thousands of nuclei—remains poorly understood. The researc...

This PhD project at ARCNL focuses on lensless 3D optical imaging , where computational optical imaging is used to recover object structure from diffraction patterns without conventional microscope objectives. The challenge is to move beyond existing 2D lensless approaches and develop high-resolution volumetric imaging methods for complex structures in a compact fiber-based format. You will work on a combination of optical experiments and algorithm development . On the experimental side, the proj...

This PhD project investigates deep tissue imaging with nonlinear microscopy and adaptive optics at the Institute of Biomedical Physics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. The doctoral researcher will work with an adaptive-optics nonlinear microscope built around a high-power pulsed laser system. The research will focus on novel methods for correcting optical aberrations and light scattering in thick tissue, with the goal of extending imaging depth beyond the current state of the art. Appl...

This PhD opportunity is hosted by the Innate Immune Response & Tumour Immunology group at the IdiPAZ Institute of Biomedical Research within La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Spain. The doctoral thesis will focus on basic and translational research into how cancers evade immune surveillance, generate metastases, and interact with the immune system. The laboratory works particularly on colorectal cancer and melanoma , providing a research setting that connects tumour biology, immunology, and clinically ...

This MSCA Doctoral Network PhD project sits within POLARIS , a European Marie Skłodowska-Curie network focused on accelerating therapy development for leukodystrophies and strengthening the path from disease modelling to preclinical and clinically relevant outcomes. The project investigates zebrafish models of leukodystrophy , including RNASET2 deficiency, adrenoleukodystrophy, Krabbe disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy. The student will develop and standardise robust outcome measures that ...

This PhD project develops spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (sOCT) for non-invasive hemoglobin analysis in newborns and adults. The research addresses the clinical challenge of anemia monitoring, where repeated invasive blood sampling can contribute to blood loss and delayed treatment decisions. The proposed sOCT approach aims to separate vascular from non-vascular tissue in the skin so that hemoglobin determination can be confined to blood-containing microvasculature. You will work on ...

This PhD project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) focuses on RNA-based plant protection, with an emphasis on spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) as a strategy to combat crop diseases. The work explores how externally applied double-stranded RNA can reduce pathogen gene expression and how RNA reaches target organisms, is taken up, and remains biologically active. The doctoral student will develop and evaluate SIGS approaches against wheat leaf blotch caused by Zymoseptoria...