Pensum: 100%
PhD Position (Tumor Immunology and Neuro-Oncology)
Aufgaben
- Investigate mechanisms maintaining the immunosuppressive myeloid microenvironment of glioblastoma and identify strategies to therapeutically reverse them
- Develop and apply cellular and patient-derived models, including primary immune and tumor cell cultures, co-cultures, organoids and tumor explants
- Build and perform functional screening approaches to evaluate myeloid-directed immunotherapies, including live-cell imaging, phagocytosis and immune activation assays
- Characterize treatment responses using multiparameter flow cytometry, spatial profiling and single-cell sequencing, and integrate experimental and clinical data
- Advance promising therapeutic strategies toward translational validation, including antibody engineering, predictive biomarker development and in vivo testing
Profil
- Master's degree or equivalent in immunology, cancer biology, biomedical or life sciences, molecular medicine, pharmaceutical sciences or a related field; medical graduates with a strong interest in laboratory research are also welcome
- Hands-on laboratory experience, ideally in cell culture and cellular or molecular immunology
- Strong interest in tumor immunology, myeloid biology and translational cancer research, with a motivation to connect mechanistic research to therapeutic applications
- Curiosity for new experimental methods and quantitative data analysis; experience with R or Python is advantageous but not required
- Initiative, reliability and the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment; willingness to work with mouse models and excellent English language skills are required
Angebot
- Attraktive Lohnpolitik und hervorragende Sozialleistungen
- Vergünstigungen in den Bereichen Shopping, Sport und Freizeit
- Unterstützung bei Umzug und Wohnungssuche
- 25 Ferientage plus 5 ebenfalls freie Flexitage
- Unterstützung bei Fort- und Weiterbildungen und Karriereplanung
- Campus im Herzen Basels und im Dreiländereck
- Umfassende Kinderbetreuungsmöglichkeiten
- Kostenloses Sport- und Bewegungsprogramm
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