Postdoc Opportunities in Microbiology in Belgium

Ghent University is recruiting for the ERC Starting Grant project LuMoCX , an interdisciplinary programme on the production of metals, oxygen, and construction materials from lunar regolith using solar energy. The project combines materials science , chemical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , computational fluid dynamics , molecular dynamics , and experimental work on molten oxides and slag systems . There are openings for multiple PhD candidates and one postdoctoral researcher . ...

KU Leuven is offering a postdoctoral position in plant systems biology for research on climate change resilience and disease resistance within the Division of Crop Biotechnics (Department of Biosystems). The position is hosted by the labs of Prof. Devang Mehta and Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren , who work in experimental plant systems biology and tropical plant biotechnology. The project environment includes access to long-read sequencing, proteomics mass spectrometry, and the Leuven Institute for Si...

KU Leuven is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning for Personalised Healthcare at itec , a research group at KU Leuven and imec located on the Campus Kulak Kortrijk . The role sits in the AI and Machine Learning subgroup and focuses on methodological research in artificial intelligence , machine learning , statistics , and data science , with applications in personalised healthcare . The successful candidate will work on explainable, trustworthy, and human-centred AI methods ...

VIB is advertising a postdoctoral position in Harness, Swarm and Memory Engineering for Computational Biology within the Laboratory of Causal Systems Immunology . The role sits at the intersection of computational biology , artificial intelligence , machine learning , software engineering , and immunology , with a strong focus on developing agentic pipelines that autonomously manage computational tasks across biological disciplines. The postdoc will oversee many computational biology tasks, laun...

VIB’s Laboratory of Causal Systems Immunology is recruiting a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher for an in vivo CRISPR screening project focused on immune-cell states , single-cell perturbation technologies , and systems immunology . The work sits at the intersection of experimental biology , computational biology , bioinformatics , and causal inference / probabilistic AI , with opportunities to work on either the dry-lab side, wet-lab side, or a hybrid profile. The lab is embedded in the VI...

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology in Leuven, Belgium is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in computational genomics , bioinformatics , and high-throughput genome editing . The project focuses on how synonymous mutations can influence gene expression and cellular phenotypes, using large-scale synonymous saturation mutagenesis libraries and multiple reporter readouts. The lab develops high-throughput CRISPR technologies, including MAGESTIC , to engineer thousands of defined mutations in par...

KU Leuven is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher in Protein Engineering position in the Pinheiro group, focused on enzymatic DNA synthesis and the engineering of a recently discovered hyperthermophilic polymerase with template-independent activity. The project aims to improve the enzyme through directed evolution and structure-guided design , with specific targets including terminator acceptance, coupling efficiency, and control over stepwise nucleotide addition. The successful candidate will ...

Postdoc opportunity in computational biology, AI, and agentic software systems at VIB, Belgium. The Laboratory of Causal Systems Immunology at the VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop harness, swarm, and memory engineering for computational biology. The lab combines causal inference, probabilistic AI, and large-scale in vivo perturbation experiments to understand how genes shape immune-cell states and how the immune system responds to interven...

Postdoctoral researcher position in physical chemistry / nanotechnology at the University of Liège (ULiège), within the NANOCHEM group, Department of Chemistry and UR MolSys. The successful candidate will join the group of Prof. Anne-Sophie Duwez in the ERC Advanced Grant project ChemForce (Horizon Europe), focused on single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). The research environment combines chemists and physicists working on AFM-based SMFS and optical tweezers-based SMFS, with access to in-ho...