Jobs for microbiologists

Scientist (f/m/d) Bioinformatics - Julius Kühn Institute Braunschweig

At the Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics based in Braunschweig, for establishment of a bioinformatic working group and implementation of research projects within the framework of the institute’s focus; Contact: Prof. Dr. Johannes Hallmann Application deadline: 09.05.2025

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Scientific Research Assistand (m/f/d) - LUFA Speyer

Permanent full-time position as Deputy Head of Unit II/1 ‘Feed Analysis, Feed Evaluation’: comprehensive analysis of feed (valuable ingredients, additives, undesirable substances, veterinary drugs), e.g. using LC-MS/MS, HPLC, IC, nitrogen analyser (LECO) and NIRS. Contact: Dr Nadja Sauer. Application deadline: 21.04.2025

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Research assistant (m/f/d) - University of Applied Sciences Geisenheim

Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, for independent research in the field of molecular yeast microbiology, contributing to the DFG research project “Further analyses of nectrotrophic mycoparasitism in the predator yeast Saccharomycopsis schoenii” Contact: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wendland, Application deadline: 25.04.2025

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PhD student - TU Dresden

At Chair of  Microbial Diversity at the Faculty of Biology in the frame of the DFG-funded program 2494 „Productive Biofilms“ to characterise the biofilm formation of a strictly anaerobic methanogenic model organism for the maximisation of terpene production of transgenic strains. Contact: Prof. Dr. Michael Rother. To TU Job portal. Application deadline: 05.05.2025

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PhD student Environmental Biotechnology - ZHAW Wädenswil/ ETH Zurich, Switzerland

In the group Environmental biotechnology und Bioenergy (Dr. Hajo Nägele) at ZHAW in Wädenswil, co-supervised by Prof. M. Schölmerich, Department of Environmental Systems Science/ ETH Zurich. Research project including operation and monitoring of anaerobic, continuous biogas reactors on a laboratory scale; analysis of methane formation kinetics and investigation of gas quality, and thermodynamic modelling of biotechnological processes. Contact: Prof. Dr. Marie Schölmerich To ZHAW Online Job portal

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W3-Professorship Biochemistry (m/f/d) - University of Kassel

At the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences/ Institute of Biology,  starting on October 1, 2026. Application deadline: 28.03.2025
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Postdoc position (m/f/d) "Vampiristic Interactions among Bacteria" (m/w/d) - University of Jena

In the Aquatic Geomicrobiology working group at the Institute of Biodiversity, in the frame of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse. Project: characterization of physiological, metabolic and molecular features of a recently cultivated vampiristic member of the CPR with its host, obtained from groundwater. Application date: 11.02.2025. Contact: Dr. Martina Herrmann. Application portal

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