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Postdoc Opportunities in Bioengineering in Switzerland
Postdoc Positions in bioengineering in switzerland
5 positions foundnewest posted
Universities with open postdoc positions in bioengineering in Switzerland include ETH Zurich, EPFL and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
ETH Zurich
Just Landed
Switzerland
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2 days ago
Just Landed
ETH Zurich and Novartis Biomedical Research are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for a collaborative project in Basel, Switzerland. The work sits at the interface of academic and industrial research and focuses on neuroimmunology, bioengineering, and therapeutic development. The project will develop and apply advanced human in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier to investigate mechanisms driving disease progression in Multiple Sclerosis. Building on an established multicellular, flow-enable...
Biomedical Engineering
Biology
Neuropsychology
+7 more
2 days ago
Alex Persat
Top university
EPFL
Switzerland
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1 week ago
Top university
This postdoctoral project at EPFL is based in the laboratory of Prof. Alex Persat in the School of Life Sciences. The position focuses on building a new image-based drug screening platform to identify compounds active against major gram-negative bacterial pathogens , including Klebsiella pneumoniae , Acinetobacter baumannii , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The researcher will design and implement a microscopy-based phenotypic screening workflow that combines live imaging , high-content screening ,...
Computer Science
Chemistry
Microbiology
+11 more
1 week ago
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
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1 week ago
Fully funded PhD and postdoctoral opportunities are available in Sustainable Chemical Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The research is based in the Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing (LPDC), with a focus on sustainable catalytic processing, biobased polymers, and biobased surfactants. These opportunities are suitable for researchers interested in chemical engineering, catalysis, sustainable processing, chemistry, bioengineering, and mat...
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
+4 more
1 week ago
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
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3 weeks ago
Postdoctoral Position in Image-Based Drug Screening Against Bacterial Pathogens at EPFL EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to help establish a new image-based drug screening platform in the laboratory of Prof. Alex Persat at the EPFL School of Life Sciences. The project focuses on gram-negative bacterial pathogens, including Klebsiella pneumoniae , Acinetobacter baumannii , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The successful candidate will design and ...
Computer Science
Chemistry
Microbiology
+9 more
3 weeks ago
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
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3 weeks ago
Postdoc in Cancer Neuroscience at EPFL The Kim Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to study how neuronal activity and the physical tumor microenvironment cooperate to drive brain cancer progression. The project focuses on cancer neuroscience, glioma biology, neuron–glioma interactions, mechanochemical signaling, tissue stiffness, extracellular matrix composition, and mechanosensitive ion channels...
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Biomedical Engineering
+10 more
3 weeks ago
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ETH Zurich
Switzerland
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1 week ago
ETH Zurich invites applications for a PhD project on robotic spraying and additive manufacturing for biocementation within the SNSF-funded DFabuLis: Digital Fabrication Using Living Systems project. The research explores how microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) can function as a controllable fabrication parameter. The doctoral researcher will develop a robotic fabrication process that deposits bacterial and cementation solutions, adapting existing deposition hardware and cr...
Environmental Science
Materials Science
Civil Engineering
+5 more
1 week ago
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
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2 weeks ago
Doctoral Position: Development of an Organ-on-chip Platform at ETH Zurich (Bioanalytics Group, ETH Zurich in Basel, Switzerland). This PhD opening sits at the interface of biomedical engineering , biology , and microfluidics . The group is developing organ-on-chip / microphysiological systems and vascularized tissue models to study how cells, cell-secreted molecules, and drugs cross endothelial barriers and how compounds move from tissue into the bloodstream. The project is connected to understa...
Biomedical Engineering
Biology
Metastasis
+3 more
2 weeks ago
University of Bern
Closing soon
Switzerland
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3 weeks ago
Closing soon
PhD position in Bottom-up Bioenergetics and Cell Metabolism at the University of Bern This PhD project sits at the interface of synthetic biology, biochemistry, bioenergetics, cell metabolism, membrane proteins, enzymology, and quantitative modelling . The work focuses on building cell-like systems from defined molecular components, with an emphasis on ATP and NAD(P)H regeneration, coupling energy modules to metabolic and biosynthetic pathways, and creating increasingly cell-like compartments in...
Biochemistry
Biology
Microscopy
+5 more
3 weeks ago
Living costs in Switzerland
Estimated costs in Switzerland.
MonthlyYearly | Switzerland |
|---|---|
 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
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Zurich University of Teacher Education
Switzerland
Research Interests
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Early Childhood Education
Computational Thinking
Play-based Learning
Program Implementation
Has grant
Head, Cellulose & Wood Materials Laboratory
Empa
Switzerland
Research Interests
Polymer Chemistry
Tissue Engineering
Aerogel
Bio-based Materials
3d Printing
Has grant
Director
University of Basel
Switzerland
Research Interests
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Nanomagnetism
Micromagnetics
Magnetoresistance
Has grant
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ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Research Interests
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Tissue Mechanics
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University of Zurich
Switzerland
Research Interests
Tissue Engineering
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Heat And Mass Transfer
Cell Reprogramming
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ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Research Interests
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Cell Biology
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