Cryo-EM Postdoc Positions
Postdoctoral positions are the most common entry point into cryo-EM for PhD graduates in structural biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. These roles offer 2–4 years of intensive hands-on experience with single-particle cryo-EM and cryo-ET before transitioning to staff scientist or industry careers. Browse current cryo-EM and structural biology postdoc openings below.
20 open positions
Postdoc Position (f/m/div) – Computational methods for cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry·Germany
Postdoc in Cryo-Electron Tomography and Infectious Diseases at National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore·Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow – AI Enabled GPCR Structural Biology (Cryo-EM)
Pfizer·United States (US)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Single-Molecule Biophysics and Nanomedicine
University of British Columbia Faculty·Canada
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Single-Molecule Biophysics and Nanomedicine
University of British Columbia·Canada
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cryo-Electron Microscopy of DNA Repair Proteins
University of Oxford·United Kingdom (UK)
Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Biology of Mitochondrial Gene Expression
Karolinska Institute·Sweden
Postdoctoral position on transthyretin amyloid formation using X-rays, neutrons and electron microscopy
Lund University·Sweden
Postdoctoral researcher: Biophysical analysis of membrane transport proteins
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota·United States (US)
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Apicomplexan Structural Biology
University of Oxford·GB
Correlative Cryo-Electron Tomography post-doctoral position at the NIH
National Institutes of Health·United States (US)
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Structural Biology
University of Oxford·GB
Postdoctoral Researcher – Single-Molecule Biophysics/Structural Biology
The University of Texas at Austin·US
Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow – Electron Microscopy-based Polyclonal Epitope Mapping Research
Merck·United States (US)
Postdoc position: in situ cryo-electron tomography
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry·Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow – Transmission Electron Microscopy, Texas Materials Institute, Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin Staff·US
💰 $61,093 – $61,093
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Thawani Lab - Cryo-EM & Retrotransposons)
Columbia University·New York, New York, US
💰 $72,116+
Postdoctoral Scholar (Structural Biology & Cryo-EM)
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)·Cleveland, Ohio, US
💰 $55,000 - $63,480
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Bartesaghi Lab - Machine Learning & Cryo-EM)
Duke University·Durham, North Carolina, US
💰 $65,000+
Postdoctoral Scholar (Rogala Lab - Cryo-EM & Nutrient Sensing)
Stanford University·Stanford, California, US
💰 $79,056+