Postdoc in Reimagining Brainbow for Extracellular Vesicle Bioimaging Full-time NEW

Postdoc in Reimagining Brainbow for Extracellular Vesicle Bioimaging

Are you passionate about bioimaging and ready to tackle the innovative challenge of engineering rainbow-coloured extracellular vesicles? Then, the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, invites you to apply for a 2-year postdoc position.

Expected start date and duration of employment

This is a 2-year position from 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Job description

The project is funded by Villum Foundation through the Villum Experiment grant From Genesis to Terminus: Rainbow-Painting of Extracellular Vesicles for Single-Particle Tracking. As a postdoc, you will primarily use cell cultures, and zebrafish embryos as a model organism, with the ambitious aim of developing innovative approaches in extracellular vesicle bioimaging. Through the project, you will be trained as an expert in the extracellular vesicle field with skills in genetic engineering of extracellular vesicles (including transient/stable transgenesis of zebrafish), live embryo imaging, and super-resolution imaging of cells.

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Research of high international quality and publication in top journals.
• Collaboration with colleagues who work on extracellular vesicles and advanced bioimaging.
• Research-based supervision of Bachelor, Master and PhD students in a vibrant group.

Your profile

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated person who are ready to take a risk and gain high through the Experiment grant.

The candidate must have:

• A PhD degree in a relevant field (e.g. Molecular Biology, Cell Biology).
• A proven track record either in advanced bioimaging or extracellular vesicle biology.

The successful candidate will have one or more of the followings:

• Expertise in super-resolution microscopy.
• Expertise in confocal/light-sheet microscopy of zebrafish embryos and image analysis.
• Experience with genetic engineering (plasmid construction and transfection).
• Experience in working with zebrafish or other animal models.

Finally, we look for a candidate with:

• A high motivation and ambition in pursuing an academic career path.
• A strong collaborative spirit for working with colleagues and engaging with students.
• Excellent skills in communication and presentation.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

What we offer

• A well-developed research infrastructure, laboratories and access to shared equipment.
• An exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national, international and industrial collaborators.
• A research climate encouraging lively, open and critical discussion within and across different fields of research.
• A work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities.
• A workplace characterised by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance.

Place of work and area of employment

The place of work is Universitetsbyen 81, 8000 Aarhus C, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments.

The city of Aarhus

In Aarhus you have easy access to beautiful nature, an exciting culture and city life as well as a safe environment for children – a great place for the whole family. The city of Aarhus has everything you need within a surprisingly small area: exciting national and international jobs, delightful residential areas, a rich cultural life, and beautiful surrounding landscape of woods and coastline that make Aarhus a wonderful place to live and work.

Contact information

For further information, please contact: Associate Professor, Yuya Hayashi (yuya.hayashi@mbg.au.dk).

Applications must be received no later than 23 October 2026.