Postdoc Opportunities in Bioinformatics in Germany

The Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher to join its Plant-Microbe Systems research group in Großbeeren, Germany. The group investigates interactions between plants, their associated microbiomes and the environment. The position combines molecular laboratory work with bioinformatic data processing, statistical modelling and field-based sampling, offering interdisciplinary experience in plant-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, pla...

The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) invites applications for a temporary postdoctoral position in autoimmunity and infection in gastroenterology , based in the I. Department of Medicine in Hamburg, Germany. The immunological research program investigates reciprocal influences between infections and autoimmunity, with a focus on autoimmune liver diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases. The successful postdoctoral researcher will work with complex cell-culture models and primary...

The Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) in Großbeeren, Germany, is offering a fixed-term postdoctoral position in the research group Plant-Microbe Systems within the DFG-funded collaborative project Multi-level Corpus for Microbial Ecology (MuCoME). The position focuses on metabarcoding data curation and bioinformatics, with particular emphasis on building an AI-ready microbial ecology data corpus. The successful candidate will help expand the Microbial Community Database (MiCoDa)...

The Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) in Großbeeren, Germany, is offering a postdoctoral position in the research group Plant-Microbe Systems beginning 1 February 2027 for a fixed term of two years . The role focuses on microbial ecology and bioinformatics within a project space that examines plant-associated microbiomes, their interaction with the environment, and how microbiome-informed approaches can support sustainable, climate-resilient crop production. This position combin...

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in developmental biology. The successful candidate will integrate single-cell and spatial experimental approaches to investigate plant organ development, cell fate switches, and the genetic basis of morphological diversity. The researcher will work closely with Director Miltos Tsiantis and members of his Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, contributing to r...

The German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), a member of the Leibniz Association, is offering 1 Postdoc (m/f/d) in the Department of Experimental Diabetology and the Junior Research Group Epigenetics of Obesity and Diabetes . The position starts on 1 January 2027 and is based in Nuthetal, Brandenburg, Germany. This postdoc role is designed for a highly motivated Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician interested in how obesity and type 2 diabetes reshape the epigenome. T...

Fully funded postdoctoral opportunity in metabolomics and chemical diversity at Technical University of Munich (TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar) and Helmholtz Munich , within the Institute for Clinical Nutritional Medicine and the Institute for Translational Metabolism Research . The project sits at the intersection of analytical chemistry , biochemistry , bioinformatics , and chemical ecology , with a strong emphasis on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and the analysis of complex datasets. App...

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Applied and Computational Mathematics . The position is based at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD) and focuses on developing mathematics to solve open problems in the life sciences, with close collaboration with experimental and biological research groups. The institute is especially interested in candidates working in applied algebraic geometr...

Jena University Hospital (Universitätsklinikum Jena) is inviting applications for a Post-doctoral researcher (m/f/d) in the Functional Proteome Analysis Working Group. This is a full-time, temporary postdoctoral position based in Jena, Thuringia, Germany, within the ERC Starting Grant project PerturbPhos (Grant agreement ID: 101222284). The project focuses on developing ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics technologies to study how drugs affect a patient’s tumor proteome. Th...