Postdoctoral Researcher — Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Role overview
About the Company
The purpose of Idorsia is to discover, develop, and commercialize innovative medicines to help more patients.
Headquartered in Switzerland – a biotech-hub of Europe – Idorsia is a high-potential biopharmaceutical company, specialized in the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative small molecules, with the aim of transforming the horizon of therapeutic options.
- About the Company
- The purpose of Idorsia is to discover, develop, and commercialize innovative medicines to help more patients.
- Job Responsibilities
- To strengthen our mode-of-action and disease biology characterization efforts in CNS biology/pharmacology, we are offering a Postdoc position for a highly motivated neurobiologist.
Main responsibilities
- Job Responsibilities
- To strengthen our mode-of-action and disease biology characterization efforts in CNS biology/pharmacology, we are offering a Postdoc position for a highly motivated neurobiologist.
- The successful candidate will have solid experience with hiPSC-derived neuronal cocultures, as well as basic knowledge of neuronal circuit modeling and analysis.
- In this role you will investigate the effect of innovative therapeutic agents in neuronal co-culture models of disease using a broad array of readouts.
- You will complement this with data generated in in vivo disease models. include :
- Design, perform, analyze, and interpret experiments in iPSC-derived neuronal co-cultures to characterize innovative therapeutic agents for CNS drug discovery
- Set up and optimize electrophysiology, omics, biochemical and immunocytochemistry assays of neuronal cocultures for mechanism-of-action studies
- Introduce disease-causing mutations into iPSC cells (CRISPR) to generate and characterize co-culture-based disease models for above experiments
- Design, perform, analyze, and interpret experiments in rodent CNS disease models
- Set-up autism-relevant behavioral pharmacology assays
Application process
- Follow novel developments in the field and evaluate application opportunities for CNS drug discovery
- Interact with biologists, pharmacologists, chemists, and computer scientists to drive innovation and advance drug discovery projects Candidate’s Requirements
- PhD degree in neuroscience or related areas
- Proven track record of generating, optimizing, working with and analyzing hiPSC derived neuronal co-cultures
- Hands-on experience in using multi-electrode arrays for recordings from hiPSC-derived neurons and pharmacological manipulations of the culture conditions
- Practical knowledge of in-vitro and in-vivo models of autism is highly advantageous
- Wet lab experience with current molecular biology tools (e.g. CRISPR) is advantageous
- Hands-on experience with current techniques of rodent handling, substance application, tissue sampling, and behavioral pharmacology
Contacts
- For those partners who have no valid, signed Master Service Agreement in place with Idorsia, please note that all unsolicited resumes, CVs, anonymous profiles, or any other candidate details submitted through our website or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals (including any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or related companies) are considered the property of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals and are not subject to payment of any form of introduction, placement or referral fees. now Find similar jobs: Corporate Functions Technical Suppor
Additional details
- You will complement this with data generated in in vivo disease models. Responsibilities include :
- Interact with biologists, pharmacologists, chemists, and computer scientists to drive innovation and advance drug discovery projects Candidate’s Requirements
- Wet lab experience with current molecular biology tools (e.g. CRISPR) is advantageous
- Enthusiasm, flexibility, and ability to work in a diverse and interdisciplinary environment Fluency in English (verbal and written)
- Active LTK license for Switzerland (or FELASA equivalent) Work Location: Allschwil – Basel Area Country: Switzerland Business Area: Biological Sciences Job Type: Postdoc Programme
- For those partners who have no valid, signed Master Service Agreement in place with Idorsia, please note that all unsolicited resumes, CVs, anonymous profiles, or any other candidate details submitted through our website or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals (including any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or related companies) are considered the property of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals and are not subject to payment of any form of introduction, placement or referral fees. Corporate Functions
Notes and original content
- You will complement this with data generated in in vivo disease models.
- Responsibilities include :
- Interact with biologists, pharmacologists, chemists, and computer scientists to drive innovation and advance drug discovery projects
- Candidate’s Requirements
- Wet lab experience with current molecular biology tools (e.g.
- CRISPR) is advantageous
- Enthusiasm, flexibility, and ability to work in a diverse and interdisciplinary environment
- Fluency in English (verbal and written)
- Active LTK license for Switzerland (or FELASA equivalent)
- Work Location: Allschwil – Basel Area
Questions about this listing
What salary does Idorsia Pharmaceuticals offer for this role?
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals lists CHF 62'000 - 94'000 gross per year for this position in Basel. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Idorsia Pharmaceuticals offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Basel?
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