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The open master's position in bioinformatics in Switzerland listed here is at Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.
Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Switzerland
3 days ago
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...
3 days ago
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
6 days ago
Opportunities at EPFL LSAM, Switzerland: The laboratory is inviting applications for Master’s theses, internships, and PhD opportunities in biomedical engineering and related medical research areas. International Master’s students can join 5–6-month research projects, provided the project forms part of the official curriculum at their home university. These opportunities include a stipend of CHF 1,600 per month . PhD applicants must be enrolled in an EPFL Doctoral Programme, such as EDCH or EDBB...
6 days ago
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
1 week ago
Doctoral Student in Machine Learning and Medical Data Science at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Medical Data Science Group, led by Prof. Julia Vogt , is recruiting a highly motivated PhD student to work at the intersection of machine learning , AI , and medical data science . Research directions include representation learning, pre- and post-training of foundation models, generative AI, explainability and interpretability, probabilistic modeling, time-series analysis, and multimodal lear...
1 week ago
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
1 month ago
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a full-time PhD student position in Operations, Economics and Strategy at the Chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES) within the College of Management of Technology. The position sits at the intersection of economics, operations research, strategy, optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, market design, pricing, and dynamic systems . The research mission of OES is to conduct world-class research and teaching on orga...
1 month ago
Estimated costs in Switzerland.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Visa & Immigration Fees Student visa and residence permit fees per year | CHF132 $150/yr |
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | CHF845 $960/yr |
![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | CHF845 $960/yr |
![]() Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | CHF9.5k $10,800/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Prof, PhD
Lausanne University Hospital
Switzerland
Cell Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Brain Tumor
Oncology
Has grant
Associate Professor
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Cell Biology
Marine Biology
Membrane Biology
Membrane Trafficking
Invertebrate Biology
Has grant
Head of GEML
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Switzerland
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Metabolic Biology
Quantitative Genetics
Gene Expression
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Switzerland
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatic
Chemical Biology
SNSF Eccellenza Assistant Professor
University of Neuchatel
Switzerland
Entomology
Conservation Biology
Pollination Biology
Genome Sequencing
Lepidoptera
Has grant
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Geneva
Switzerland
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Bioinformatic
Ubiquitin
Protein Chemistry

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