Postdoc Opportunities in Biophysics in Japan

RIKEN’s Research Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting one Researcher, Special Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The fixed-term position is available from April 1, 2027 or by consultation and will study fundamental principles governing cells and multicellular populations. The team combines mathematical science and life science to investigate order formation in living systems, including cellular pola...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science is recruiting a Special Research Fellow (postdoctoral equivalent) in the AI for Science / TRIP-AGIS project. The position is based in the Life Science and Medical Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit and focuses on building next-generation biomolecular analysis platforms that integrate molecular simulation and artificial intelligence. The research themes include: (1) AI agents that support the full molecular simulation workflow...

Kanazawa University’s Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in biophysics and high-speed atomic force microscopy (high-speed AFM) . The position is part of a research environment focused on nanometrology, life sciences, and advanced bio-SPM technologies. The Shibata Laboratory studies the bio-applications of high-speed AFM, including single-molecule imaging of proteins and nucleic acids, cell imaging, recombinant protein expression and purification, and de...

Kanazawa University’s Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher for a biophysics-focused project in computational science and multicellular tissue mechanics. The institute is a WPI research center developing world-leading bio-SPM technologies such as AFM and SICM, and this opening sits within an interdisciplinary environment spanning nanometrology, life science, supramolecular chemistry, and computational science. The successful candidate will contri...

Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science is recruiting one Specially Designated Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics , Division of Spacetime Order and Biophysics , in Kyoto, Japan. The position focuses on active matter physics , with responsibilities spanning experimental and theoretical research , education, and related management duties. The role is also connected to the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) project “Quantum-Inspired Active Matter and Funct...

Recruitment for a Specially Appointed Researcher (fixed-term, postdoctoral equivalent) at the National Institute of Informatics , in the Shigaki Laboratory, Department of Principles of Informatics , Tokyo, Japan. The position is part of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Academic Transformation Areas (B) “Extreme Ability Design Biology” . The project explores how latent adaptive capabilities of living organisms can be understood and manifested through chimerization —combining biologica...

Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering is recruiting a fixed-term researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent for the project “Extreme Performance Design Biology” in the Owaki Laboratory, Department of Robotics. The work is based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan , and is part of an interdisciplinary research area that connects robotics, neuroscience, biology, biophysics, control engineering, information science, and mathematical science . The position focuses on body-motor-sensory chimeras...

RIKEN is recruiting a Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow for the Kawaguchi Laboratory of Biomedical Non-Equilibrium Physics at the RIKEN Wako Campus in Saitama, Japan . The lab works across biophysics , soft matter physics , chemical physics , and broader life sciences , studying topics such as cell differentiation, multicellular dynamics, evolution, phase transitions, chromatin structure, protein phase separation, self-assembly, and structural color in bird feathers. The successful candidate...

Tokyo University of Science’s Earth-Life Science Institute (Hatakeyama Laboratory) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher / researcher equivalent in Tokyo, Japan. The lab works on universal principles behind phenomena in life and society using non-equilibrium statistical mechanics , dynamical systems theory , and complex systems science . Current and future themes include biophysics , chemical physics , soft matter physics , earth and life science , cells, metabolism, evolution, ecology, the in...