PhD

A PhD position is available at the University of Bern (Switzerland). The research project aims at determining the role of organic nitrogen (N) for plant performance. There is increasing evidence that plants not only use ammonium or nitrate as N source, but also acquire organic N, e.g. amino acids and small peptides, from the soil. … Read more

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivatedscientists to apply for the SNI PhD programme in Nanoscience and to join the exciting joint project between the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute. Your position Photosynthesis is a critical process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and … Read more

The Molecular Pharmacy group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is focused on early stages of drug discovery, including target identification and validation, the design, screening, characterization and optimization of molecules with drug-like properties, and the development of novel therapeutic concepts. The group follows a highly integrated and multidisciplinary approach, including drug design, compound synthesis and characterization, protein engineering, target preparation, assay development, and interaction analyses. Your … Read more

How does life emerge from molecules and cells? This is the central question that motivates us. With curiosity and passion, we investigate the entire spectrum ranging from the atom to the organism. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. With 33 groups and 500 employees, we … Read more

For the prestigious PhD school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position in the Biomolecular Nano-Dynamics group at the Dept. of Chemistry and in close collaboration with the Quantum Sensing group at the Dept. of Physics, both at the University of Basel, Switzerland. We look for a highly talented and motivated PhD … Read more

The Cartilage Engineering group (CARE, Prof. Andrea Barbero) at the Department of Biomedicine, together with the Medical Advanced Manufacturing Research Group (Swiss MAM, Team Biofabrication, Dr. Valentina Basoli) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, is seeking a PhD candidate for a project focused on bioprinting of cartilage and osteochondral graft for the … Read more

The Santelia lab at ETH Zurich is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team on a project about stomata biology and starch metabolism in plants. Project background Stomata are microscopic pores on the leaf epidermis surrounded by a pair of guard cells. Stomata open and close in response to environmental stimuli … Read more