Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Stress, Motivation and Translational Biomarkers — EPFL
CHF 60'500 - 91'500
EPFL · Lausanne (VD)
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 49 days ago
SalaryCHF 60'500 - 91'500
Role overview
Mission
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project on human motivation, stress physiology, immersive behavioral testing, and biological phenotyping.
The Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics at EPFL, led by Prof.
- Mission
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project on human motivation, stress physiology, immersive behavioral testing, and biological phenotyping.
- Main responsibilities
- The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project. will include:
Main responsibilities
- Main responsibilities
- The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project. will include:
- Coordinating participant recruitment, screening, scheduling, consent, testing, and retention.
- Implementing the human experimental protocol with high fidelity, including acute stress and neutral control sessions, VR-based behavioral tasks, questionnaires, physiological recordings, and biological sampling.
- Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures for participant flow, stress testing, biological sample collection, sample processing, data tracking, and quality control.
- Training and supervising Master’s students, research assistants, or junior lab members involved in recruitment, participant testing, biological sample handling, and data entry.
- Overseeing saliva collection, processing, labeling, storage, and coordination of endocrine assays, particularly cortisol.
- Contributing to the possible extension of the project toward blood-based hormonal, metabolic, inflammatory, or mitochondrial-related biomarkers.
- Ensuring high-quality participant-facing implem
Application process
- The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that the human experimental pipeline is scientifically rigorous, ethically sound, well organized, and suitable for future translational applications.
Additional details
- In line with standard EPFL procedures, the contract is issued on a one-year basis and renewable annually, subject to satisfactory progress and institutional regulations. Project background
- The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project. Responsibilities will include:
Notes and original content
- In line with standard EPFL procedures, the contract is issued on a one-year basis and renewable annually, subject to satisfactory progress and institutional regulations.
- Project background
- The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project.
- Responsibilities will include:
