Senior Biophysics Researcher: Immune Cell Activation

Job-Room; Birsfelden; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

FHNW School of Life Sciences, Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, invites applications for a Postdoc / Senior Research Associate to characterize immune cell activation using biophysics and focal molography. The role combines quantitative data analysis, advanced microscopy, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The position offers opportunities to work with industry partners such as Miltenyi Biotec and Lino Biotech under Innosuisse funding, and to supervise students while advancing the

Qualifikationen

• PhD in Biophysics, Cell Biology, Bioengineering or a related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python (or R) for quantitative data analysis, in particular segmentation and analysis of microscopy images and time-lapse series.
• Strong expertise in (fluorescence/live-cell) microscopy and quantitative image analysis.
• Experience with immune cells.
• Hands-on experience with label-free biophysical/biosensing methods (e.g. BLI, SPR, or similar) is a plus.
• Experience in protein biochemistry, cell culture and generation of reporter cell lines.
• Team player, which enjoys working in interdisciplinary team.
• Enjoys developing and implementing new approaches in a collaborative and open environment.
• Fluency in English (oral and written).
• Knowledge of German would be beneficial.

Aufgaben

• Develop and run cellular assays for immune cell activation on focal molography and fluorescence microscopy.
• Develop and run assays using fluorescence microscopy investigating cellular heterogenity.
• Quantitative data analysis and modeling (Python) of interaction and time-lapse microscopy data.
• Adapt and transfer existing cell-based assays to clinically relevant primary human cells.
• Supervision of Bachelor and Master students.
• Contribute to project management.

Kenntnisse

Python for data analysis

R for data analysis

Fluorescence microscopy

Live-cell imaging

Image analysis

Immune cell biology

Quantitative data modeling

Ausbildung

PhD in Biophysics, Cell Biology, Bioengineering or related field

Tools

BLI

SPR

Fluorescence microscopy

Fiji/ImageJ

Jobbeschreibung

FHNW School of Life Sciences, Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, invites applications for a Postdoc / Senior Research Associate to characterize immune cell activation using biophysics and focal molography. The role combines quantitative data analysis, advanced microscopy, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The position offers opportunities to work with industry partners such as Miltenyi Biotec and Lino Biotech under Innosuisse funding, and to supervise students while advancing the