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Universities with open PhD positions in bioinformatics in Switzerland include University of Basel, ETH Zürich and University of Neuchâtel.
University of Basel
Switzerland
4 days ago
Fully funded PhD position in molecular microbiology is available at the Drescher Lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland . The doctoral thesis will investigate emergent behaviours in bacterial biofilm communities , with a focus on molecular microbiology and bacterial community biology. The project may involve approaches such as transcriptomics, bacterial genetics, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, and microfluidic systems. Applicants should hold a Master's degree with a research the...
4 days ago
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
1 week ago
Doctoral Position in Groundwater Microbial and Viral Ecology and Environmental Bioinformatics at ETH Zürich The Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases group at ETH Zürich is recruiting a highly motivated doctoral candidate to join a newly funded SNSF interdisciplinary project. The project examines how microbial and viral communities shape carbon cycling in groundwater systems, combining environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, viral ecology, environmental genomics, hydrogeochemistry, and bioinf...
1 week ago
Mascha Binder
University of Basel
Switzerland
2 weeks ago
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...
2 weeks ago
University of Neuchâtel
Switzerland
3 months ago
PhD Student Position at the University of Neuchâtel (UNINE), Switzerland , in the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics with Prof. Daniel Croll . The project focuses on evolutionary genomics and fungal biology , with research directions including: genomic basis of rapid adaptation to host plants, climate and agrochemicals; tracking transposable element expansion dynamics; causes and consequences of fungal genome plasticity; and recapitulating evolutionary processes using DNA language models / LLMs...
3 months ago
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Lisa Koch
University of Bern
Switzerland
2 weeks ago
PhD opportunity in Machine Learning in Medicine at the University of Bern , Switzerland, in the Machine Learning in Medicine Lab led by Prof. Dr. Lisa Koch . The project focuses on trustworthy machine learning for healthcare and aims to develop methods for multimodal health data to characterise and model disease progression . Research directions include multimodal representation learning across imaging, time series, and tabular data; disease progression modelling from cross-sectional and sparse ...
2 weeks 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
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
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
Professor of Plant Science
University of Fribourg
Switzerland
Immunology
Biochemistry
Plant-pathogen Interaction
Plant Immunity
Innate Immunity
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Phenotypic Screening
Enzymology
Genome Engineering
Professor
University of Fribourg
Switzerland
Computational Linguistics
Social Media Marketing
Network Analysis
Location-based Services
Practical Application
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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