PhD position in Cancer Research (Heinzelmann/ Jacob Lab)

University of Basel, Switzerland

Updated: 24 days ago

We offer you

■ You will have access to state-of-the-art research equipment in RNA sequencing, cell biology, computational resources, and microscopy.

■ You will work in a dynamic and highly interdisciplinary team including computer scientists, experimentalists and clinicians.

■ You will be involved in cross-disciplinary collaborations and have training opportunities to further develop and grow your scientific interests.

■ Access to a large consortium of experts in different disciplines, such as cancer research, cell biology, computational biology, gynaecological oncology, and immunology.

■ Opportunity to work in close contact with other basic- and clinical-research groups at the Department of Biomedicine and the Biozentrum in Basel.

■ Support from highly competent, experienced team members and potential to lead projects with a high degree of academic freedom.

Key References

Lischetti et al., Ovarian cancer metastasis to the human omentum disrupts organ homeostasis and induces fundamental tissue reprogramming. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 16;. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67557-z. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41397972.

Labrosse et al., Protocol for quantifying drug sensitivity in 3D patient-derived ovarian cancer models. STAR Protoc. 2024 Sep 20;5(3):103274. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103274. Epub 2024 Aug 21. PubMed PMID: 39172645; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11387699.

Kasikova et al., Tertiary lymphoid structures and B cells determine clinically relevant T cell phenotypes in ovarian cancer. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 21;15(1):2528. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46873-w. PubMed PMID: 38514660; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10957872.

Dondi A et al., Detection of isoforms and genomic alterations by high-throughput full-length single-cell RNA sequencing in ovarian cancer. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 27;14(1):7780. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43387-9. PubMed PMID: 38012143; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10682465.

Irmisch et al., The Tumor Profiler Study: integrated, multi-omic, functional tumor profiling for clinical decision support. Cancer Cell. 2021 Mar 8;39(3):288-293. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.01.004. Epub 2021 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 33482122.


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