Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Stress, Motivation and Translational Biomarkers — EPFL
CHF 60'500 - 91'500
EPFL · Lausanne (VD)
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 48 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.
Carmen Sandi, is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher with a strong technical and quantitative profile to join a SNSF-funded project investigating human motivation and stress responsiveness.
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Main responsibilities The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project. Responsibilities will include:
Notes and original content
- Main responsibilities The postdoctoral researcher will lead the human experimental and translational phenotyping arm of the project.
- Responsibilities will include:
