PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Veterinary Science in Switzerland

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, offers a six-month master’s thesis in microbial ecology at its Kastanienbaum site near Lucerne, Switzerland. The project investigates bacterial and archaeal diversity in Swiss lakes as part of the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES). The successful student will use approximately 100 lake samples to study microbial community diversity and composition through 16S rRNA gene amplicon seq...

The University of Basel Department of Biomedicine is offering a 100% postdoctoral position in leukemia immunology and cellular metabolism within the Blood Cancer Biology and Immunotherapy group led by Prof. Petya Apostolova. The researcher will investigate how cellular metabolism shapes leukemia persistence, immune evasion, and anti-leukemia immunity. The project is funded through the ERC Starting Grant LIFE, which focuses on targeting bioactive lipids to improve leukemia immune recognition and ...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in chironomid biodiversity across Swiss lakes. The project is linked to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES) , an initiative focused on building a stronger scientific basis for monitoring biodiversity in Swiss lakes and connecting research with conservation and management needs. The student will work with chironomids collected during the plann...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater ecology , evolutionary dynamics , biodiversity , and ecosystem functioning focused on subarctic lakes in Greenland. The project is hosted by the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc) and contributes to a newly funded Swiss National Science Foundation project on eco-evolutionary community assembly in subarctic lake ecosystems. The research context is especially exc...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater biodiversity , community ecology , macroinvertebrates , and lake ecology within the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc), in collaboration with the Aquatic Ecology department. The thesis contributes to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES), a project focused on improving the assessment of Swiss lake biodiversity and s...

PhD position in Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bern The Clinical Radiology Department of the Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern is offering a 100% PhD position limited to 24 months , starting 1 April 2027 (or earlier by arrangement). The role combines clinical work and scientific research in MRI and/or CT diagnostics , with a dissertation as the main research output. You will be fully integrated into the department’s daily clinical workflow and will take responsibilit...

PhD position in Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bern , Switzerland, in the Clinical Radiology of Vetsuisse / Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern. This is a 100% temporary PhD opening for 24 months starting April 1, 2027 (earlier by arrangement). The position combines clinical work with scientific research and is centered on MRI and/or CT diagnostics in small animal patients. The successful candidate will be fully integrated into the department’s daily clinical workflows, with responsibil...

Join the Rebsamen Lab at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Epalinges, Switzerland for a short-term Laboratory Assistant position in innate immunity . The lab studies how immune cells detect and respond to invading pathogens and how these mechanisms contribute to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases . The selected candidate will contribute to an ongoing project focused on the molecular mechanisms and regulatory pathways that control innate immune responses, with the chance to work on research th...

The University of Basel’s Translational Immuno-Oncology research group, co-led by Prof. Dr. Mascha Binder and Dr. Sarah Adamo , is offering a PhD position in Translational Tumor Immunology . The project sits at the interface of basic immunology, translational oncology, and patient-centered cancer research, with a strong emphasis on how anti-tumor immune responses emerge, evolve, and support durable disease control. The successful candidate will investigate whether cancer therapies can induce end...