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PhD position (m/f/d)
Photosynthetic rhizarians: Evolutionary genomics and bioinformatic physiology
University of Koblenz, Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses, Koblenz, Germany
Start: as soon as possible
Deadline: 22 November 2026
Details (pdf)
PhD position (m/f/d)
Photosynthetic rhizarians: Cell biology, microscopy, and experimental approaches
University of Koblenz, Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses, Koblenz, Germany
Start: as soon as possible
Deadline: 22 November 2026
Details (pdf)
2 PhD positions (m/f/d)
Plant specialized metabolism
University of Lausanne (UNIL), Department of Plant Molecular Biology (DBMV), Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
Start: spring 2027 (1 March 2027 at the earliest)
Deadline: Review of applications starts 1st December 2026 until positions are filled
Details: Website successfactors.eu
Technician position (m/f/d)
Plant Ecology (befristet)
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (SMNS), Stuttgart, Germany
Start: as soon as possible
Deadline: 15 November 2026
Details (pdf)
PhD position (w/m/d)
Adaptation to Changing Environments in Grasses: Bridging Ecology and Genetics
Collaborative Research Center on “Plant Ecological Genetics” the Institute for Plant Genetics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf, Germany
Deadline: 9 November 2026
Details (pdf)
W2-Professorship (m/f/d)
Root-Microbiome Interactions
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben and the Heinrich Heine University (HHU) jointly seek to fill the position within the framework of CEPLAS (the Cluster for Excellence on Plant Sciences) at Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Start: as soon as possible
Deadline: 2 December 2026
Details: CEPLAS
Scholarship (m/f/d)
Engineering carbon allocation in plant cells
University of Oxford & Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford Limited, Oxford, UK
Start: 2027 Graduate Ellison Scholars programme
Deadline: 1 December 2026
Details: University of Oxford
Scholarship (m/f/d)
Molecular regulation of terpene biosynthesis
University of Oxford & Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford Limited, Oxford, UK
Start: 2027 Graduate Ellison Scholars programme
Deadline: 1 December 2026
Details: University of Oxford
Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) (m/f/d)
Computational Plant Systematics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Faculty of Biology, LMU Biocenter, Munich, Germany
Start: 1 April 2027
Deadline: 11 November 2026
Details: LMU
2 Research support positions (m/f/d)
Plant breeding
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, Cologne, Germany
Deadline: 20 November 2026
Details: MPIPZ
Postdoctoral Researcher / Assistant Professor (m/f/d)
Inflorescence Evo-Devo
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Warsaw, Poland
Start: As soon as possible
Application deadline: 13 November 2026
Details (pdf)