PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Computational Biology in Switzerland

Maria Brbic’s lab at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is advertising several postdoc positions in an exciting interdisciplinary area at the intersection of AI and biology . The research themes mentioned include foundation models for single-cell biology , spatial biology , multimodal AI , and AI agents for scientific discovery . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in computational biology, machine learning, and data-driven biological discovery. The post does not spec...

Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics and Plant Paleogenomics at the University of Bern , Switzerland. This two-year, fixed-term postdoctoral opening is hosted at the Institute of Plant Sciences and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research within the SNSF Consolidator grant project ARIaDNA . The project focuses on bioinformatics , plant paleogenomics , ancient DNA , paleoecology , population genetics , and vegetation modelling . ARIaDNA aims to reconstruct how key European tree species ...

Postdoc in Digital Plant Phenotyping at the University of Bern, Switzerland. The Institute of Plant Sciences, Research Section Biotic Interactions, is recruiting for an 80–100% postdoctoral position in the Plant 3D Reconstruction project. The project combines plant science , computational biology , computer vision , chemical ecology , and statistics . You will work with the Biotic Interactions Group (Prof. Matthias Erb) and the Computer Vision Group (Prof. Paolo Favaro) to grow plants, collect i...

Two PostDoc positions are open at the University of Bern, Switzerland , in the Professor Matthias Erb Group . These opportunities are connected to two research directions: Climate-Resilient Companion Cropping (together with the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research) and Digital Plant Phenotyping (together with the Computer Vision Group of Prof. Paolo Favaro). The positions sit at the intersection of Plant Science , Biology , Agriculture , Environmental Science , Computer Science , Agroecol...

ETH Zurich is advertising a PhD position in Computational Methods for Digital Twins of Embryonic Development & Disease at the Computational Biology Group of Prof. Dagmar Iber in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), Basel, Switzerland. The project sits at the interface of computer science , mathematics , biology , and biomedicine . The research aims to build the algorithmic infrastructure for digital twins of living systems, with applications to embryonic development, re...

ETH Zurich is advertising 2 PhD positions in digital twins of embryonic development at its Basel location. The openings are in computational biology and focus on two related research directions: mathematical modelling of biology , and computing for parameter estimation (including PINNs ) plus simulation environments . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in biology , mathematics , and computer science , especially those with experience or motivation in modelling developmental processes...

The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Basel, Switzerland is inviting applications for its PhD Program and MD-PhD Program in biomedical research. Research training is offered in a highly international and collaborative environment with strengths in neurobiology , genome regulation , and multicellular systems . Students work with internationally recognized scientists and have access to cutting-edge technology platforms, including computational biology, advanced imaging ...

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a postdoctoral position in the Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine (AIMM) Lab led by Prof. Charlotte Bunne . The position is part of an industry collaboration with Novartis and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland . The project focuses on multimodal foundation models for biological and translational research. Research directions include multimodal model development, novel pretraining objectives, tokenization, scalable architec...

EPFL’s AIMM Lab is hiring a PostDoc in collaboration with Novartis for research at the intersection of computer science , biology , and early drug discovery . The project focuses on developing multimodal foundation models for biology , including new model architectures, large-scale pretraining, and agentic interfaces . The role is especially relevant for researchers with strong experience in large-scale AI development and a solid biological background . Successful candidates will work closely wi...