PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in Molecular Microbiology and Drug Tolerance in Mycobacterium abscessus University of Basel in Switzerland

University of Basel is advertising two fully funded research positions in molecular microbiology: a PhD position and a postdoctoral position. The project focuses on the molecular mechanisms of drug tolerance in Mycobacterium abscessus, an important bacterial pathogen where antibiotic treatments fail in many patients not only because of resistance, but also because bacteria can survive drug exposure without being genetically resistant.

The positions are based at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and are part of a newly funded international consortium involving Switzerland, Israel, Australia, and the USA. Funding is provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation for 4 years.

Relevant academic keywords include microbiology, molecular microbiology, drug tolerance, antibiotic response, Mycobacterium abscessus, and infectious disease research. The post is especially suitable for candidates interested in bacterial pathogenesis, antimicrobial tolerance, and translational microbiology.

Eligibility details are not fully specified in the post text, but the call is explicitly for a PhD student and a postdoctoral researcher. Interested applicants should use the official University of Basel job pages for the PhD and postdoc openings to review the full requirements and submit an application.