Bioinformatician in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (m/f) 80-100%
Kinderspital Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:07 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Language:English (Fluent)
- Place of work:Zürich
SNSF-funded position in the Translational Brain Tumor Research Group focusing on pediatric gliomas with MAPK-pathway alterations.
Kinderspital Zürich as an employer
Kinderspital Zürich is the largest university children's hospital in Switzerland with about 2,500 employees, and is one of the leading centres for paediatric and youth medicine in Europe. Although the hospital may be big, it's the little ones that count: up to 100,000 patients are cared for each year across 47 faculties, where we do everything in our power to ensure their well being. 'Kispi' not only offers cutting-edge devices and the highest quality of care, but also a good sense of interpersonal issues. Alongside its comprehensive range of paediatric medicine and surgery facilities, the children's hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.
Your responsibilities
- Work with biologists and physician scientists, deploying high-resolution technologies to address biologically- and clinically-relevant research questions
- Apply spatial transcriptomic and proteomic technologies to analyze human tumor tissues
- Analyze large-scale genomic and transcriptomic datasets to identify driver events
- Maintain and optimize analytical pipelines
- Support bioinformatic analyses for other projects in the group
Your profile
- PhD in bioinformatics, statistics, computer science, or related fields
- Knowledge and experience in cancer research is an asset
- Strong communications skills (English, spoken and written)
- Highly motivated, able to work efficiently, both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. sc. nat. Ana Sofia Guerreiro Stücklin
Leitende Ärztin
+41 44 249 59 75
Leitende Ärztin
+41 44 249 59 75
Kinderspital Zürich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zürich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zürich
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Kinderspital Zürich
Zürich
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