Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Basel, Switzerland invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Position 1
Position 1 can start as early as 1.1.2024 or later (starting date to be fixed upon agreement between candidate and Prof. Delley). This PhD research project focuses on the interfacial chemistry and electric fields at solid-solution interfaces. The project includes advanced spectro-electrochemistry, and the synthesis and modification of inorganic materials.
Position 2
Position 2 can start as early as 1.1.2024 or later (starting date to be fixed upon agreement between candidate and Prof. Delley). This PhD research project focuses on the controlled modification of inorganic materials for catalysis. The project includes the synthesis and modification of inorganic materials, and their application in heterogeneous catalysis.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in coherent feedback control of nanomechanical oscillators
Summary of PhD Program:
Feedback is a powerful control technique in the classical and quantum domain. The conventional strategy relies on performing a measurement, classical (usually electronic) signal processing, and feedback to an actuator on the system. However, when applied to quantum systems, the measurement disturbs the quantum state, resulting in measurement back-action and decoherence. A different kind of feedback is possible: coherent feedback of quantum signals that are processed quantum mechanically and actuate the system without any intervening measurement. This approach raises interesting conceptual questions and promises new control techniques for quantum systems.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in creating a diamond-based spin-photon interface
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will address the emitter conundrum. The crucial idea is to take a well-known and easy to-create colour centre in diamond (a host with almost no magnetic noise) but in an unusual charge state. The colour centre is the SiV. Typically, the stable state is the SiV-, which has the virtue of being insensitive to charge noise but the vice of possessing a coherent spin only at ultralow temperatures. The proposal is to operate the same complex but in the charge-neutral state, SiV0. The first step is to understand the photo-physics of the SiV0, the second step to boost massively the efficiency by coupling a single SiV0 to an open microcavity.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in synapse-type specific proteome studies
Summary of PhD Program:
In an interdisciplinary project supported by an Ambizione grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation, we will investigate the molecular diversity of synaptic proteomes from in-vivo brain structures (see van Oostrum et. al. 2023 bioRxiv, Cell – in press 2023). Conceptually the research aims at understanding how synaptic proteins determine synapse-type specific connectivity and function. The project integrates molecular neurobiology with systems neuroscience and combines state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies with fluorescence activated sorting and in vivo labelling of defined synaptic populations within neuronal circuits. We are looking for a highly motivated student that is excited to learn and develop new technologies in order to drive biology.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Parasitology and Infection Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
In the Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, the TB Immunology research group conducts basic and clinical research in BSL1, BSL2 and BSL3 environments. Our research aims to enhance our understanding of the host-pathogen interaction in tuberculosis (TB) with a strong focus on human immunity interplays. Eventually, our translational and clinical research projects wish to contribute to the development of improved TB diagnosis, vaccine and host-directed therapies. Our work is integrated in a multidisciplinary and international environment composed of computational scientists, microbiologists, immunologists as well as clinicians. To support the development of a new project looking at immunological traits promoting human resistance to mycobacterial infections in ex vivo models and using fluorescence live microscopy as well as high multi-dimensional approaches, we are offering a fellowship for a PhD student (100%).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
6. Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) PhD Fellowship
Summary of PhD Program:
The SNI PhD Fellow will combine biophysical, molecular and cellular approaches to study liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) with a focus on understanding the exquisite biochemical selectivity and dynamics of biomolecular condensates and membraneless organelles at the nanoscale. Methods will comprise, amongst others, high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), etc..
Application Deadline: 31 October 2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in role of metallic nanoparticles in amyloid condensates and aggregates
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to investigate the role of metallic nanoparticles in amyloid aggregation that leads to neurodegenerative disease. The successful candidate will be employed by the Paul Scherrer Institute and will be enrolled within the graduate school of the Swiss Nanoscience institute at University of Basel. This interdisciplinary and collaborative project, led by the Luo and Hiller labs at PSI Villingen and Biozentrum, University of Basel. The project aims to unravel how metal ions cause amyloid proteins to aggregate and condense, leading to the creation of metallic nanoparticles with a zero-oxidation state. The ultimate goal is to gain insights for the development of new therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in elucidating synergistic effects of nano topography and peptide immobilisation on osteogenesis
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is centred around Bone Tissue Engineering and will focus on the development of polymeric scaffolds, their in-depth characterisation with different techniques, and evaluation in mammalian cell cultures. Our goal is to understand the influence of a complex three-dimensional nano-environment on the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells. The project will be a collaboration between the Oral Implantology Lab (Prof. Géraldine Guex), and the Molecular Engineering Lab (Prof. Michael Nash).
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in radionuclides via the entrapment inside molecular containers
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to explore molecular containers for the separation radionuclides. The successful candidate will be employed by the University of Basel and will be enrolled in the graduate school of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute. This interdisciplinary project is carried out in the Tiefenbacher group and at the laboratory of radiochemistry. This project first aims to construct novel molecular containers that are able to entrap metal ions. A molecular container is a host molecule that can bind a guest molecule. If the guest is completely surrounded by the container, and unable to escape, the container is called a ‘carcerand’.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in molecular microbiology of bacterial biofilms
Summary of PhD Program:
The research group of Knut Drescher focuses on understanding the development and functions of bacterial biofilms, particularly in the context of human infections, using controlled laboratory experiments or clinical samples. Biofilms are antibiotic-tolerant bacterial communities that are the cause of many chronic and acute infections, but biofilms are also a model system for understanding basic aspects of multicellular organization in bacteria. The PhD projects on bacterial biofilms be within the broad set of topics investigated within the research group, and will require a background in molecular microbiology. The exact projects are flexible and will be developed together with Knut Drescher, depending on the strengths and interests of the PhD students.
Application Deadline: 20 October 2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in skeletal muscle plasticity
Summary of PhD Program:
In an interdisciplinary project supported by a Sinergia grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation, we will investigate the molecular underpinnings of gene regulation in muscle plasticity. Thus, in close collaboration with the group of Prof. Sebastian Hiller, comprehensive analysis of RNA-binding, liquid-liquid phase separated condensate formation of transcriptional regulators, coupled to the elucidation of the corresponding structure-function aspects will be performed using various state-of-the-art technologies, spanning from molecular biology to animal (patho) physiology. We are therefore looking for a motivated and well-trained PhD and Postdoc to join the multidisciplinary team of postdocs and PhD students from the Handschin and Hiller groups performing these studies in close collaboration and constant exchange.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
12. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
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 32 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research community that has spawned many fundamental discoveries in biology and medicine as well as several Nobel Laureates. Become part of our community!
Application Deadline: 25 October, 2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hydrogeology & Agricultural Water Management
Summary of PhD Program:
Mountainous countries like Switzerland are overproportionally affected by climate change, with temperature rise and increasing weather extremes such as heat waves, droughts, and torrential rainfalls already being more pronounced than elsewhere. Under these circumstances, water supply is becoming a major challenge for agriculture, be it for crop production or animal husbandry. In addition, water in mountain communities becomes increasingly scarce during summer months. This is where the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture FOAG-funded “Slow Water” project comes in: In 3 hydrologically and geographically distinct pilot regions of Switzerland, farm-specific, catchment-related water retention strategies are to be developed together with municipalities and farmers, and their impacts assessed.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Philanthropy Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
You have a very good university degree in economics (master) and are interested in writing a dissertation. In addition to a basic understanding of social science methods, you are characterized by a strong interest in the diverse subject area of nonprofit management. Great communicative skills, willingness to work independently, fluent oral and written German, very good oral and written language skills in English and voluntary or charitable commitment in your free time round off your profile.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mechanisms of Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Summary of PhD Program:
The group of Regenerative Angiogenesis aims at promoting vascular growth for tissue repair, combining expertise on vascular biology and mesenchymal progenitor cells. We focus on: 1) elucidating the basic mechanisms governing the growth of blood vessels under therapeutically relevant conditions, and 2) translating these concepts into rational regenerative medicine approaches, to restore blood flow in ischemia and to regenerate vascularized tissues, in particular bone. A core competence is the engineering of controlled signaling microenvironments by factor-decorated smart biomaterials.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in endemic respiratory viruses
Summary of PhD Program:
The EVE Group is searching for an enthusiastic PhD student with an interest in viruses, evolution, phylogenetics, and programming. You will use the Nextstrain toolchain to develop new phylogenetic resources for EVs, analyze regional and global transmission patterns, investigate patterns in demographics, and characterize genetic evidence of natural selection. The project is ideal for someone interested in expanding their computational and programmatic skills in a biological field. The details and scope of the project can be adapted to the interests and expertise of the successful applicant. Please note the EVE Group is entirely computational and does not have wet-lab space.
