Postdoctoral Researcher

The position will have ETH Zurich affiliation and be mostly based in Tolochenaz (VD) at Lunaphore premises, with occasional travels to the academic partner site in Basel (5-10%).

Your responsibilities will include the following:

- Establish and validate new protocols for the automated microfluidic COMET platform
- Conduct experiments to ensure chemical and physical compatibility, optimize and fine-tune approaches to ensure accurate and sensitive RNA detection
- Design and develop automated detection approaches tailored to the RNA detection system used, develop image analysis pipelines to enable the quantification of RNA and protein expression
- Create analysis pipelines to integrate different information such as cell segmentation and RNA/protein quantification information

**Qualifications**:

- PhD in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, or related disciplines
- Strong background in microfluidics and automation
- Experience with image analysis and computational biology
- Proficiency in programming languages (Python, MATLAB, etc.) and relevant software tools
- Hands-on experience in spatial proteomics and/or transcriptomics assays (in situ hybridization, in situ sequencing, or similar techniques) is a strong plus
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment

**Additional Information**:
**We offer**:

- An innovative project lying at the interface of academia and a rapidly growing high-tech company
- A dynamic company where you can have a real impact
- An environment where you will be able to grow both professionally and personally
- Collaborate every day with a young, interactive, and motivated team
- A diverse and international working environment