Research / Lab Assistant (60-100%)

Your position

We are looking for a motivated and technically skilled Research / Lab Assistant (60–100%) to join a newly funded project investigating how tau pathology disrupts neural circuit function during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

The project combines mouse behaviour, chronic multi-region electrophysiological recordings (Neuropixels), viral approaches, and analysis of large-scale neural population activity to study how pathological changes in neural activity emerge and contribute to cognitive impairment.

Your responsibilities:

• Perform and support experimental procedures in mice, including stereotaxic surgeries, behavioural training and testing and chronic in vivo electrophysiological recordings
• Support histological processing and sample preparation for ex vivo experiments
• Support the monitoring of animals before, during, and after experimental procedures

Your profile

• Valid certification to perform animal experiments in Switzerland (LTK1 or equivalent qualification)
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with in vivo experiments in rodents, gained through a technical apprenticeship, veterinary technician training, or a Bachelor's/Master's degree in a relevant field
• Experience working with rodents in a research environment, including animal handling, welfare monitoring, and experimental documentation
• Careful, organised, and reliable working style with the ability to work independently
• Good communication skills in English

Preferred

• Experience with stereotaxic surgery in rodents
• Experience with in vivo electrophysiology and/or neural recording techniques
• Experience with behavioural neuroscience experiments
• Ability to communicate in German is an advantage

We offer you

• A 2-year fixed-term position (60–100%)
• Training in advanced in vivo neuroscience techniques, including chronic Neuropixels recordings
• Opportunity to contribute to establishing new experimental workflows and longitudinal studies
• An international and collaborative research environment

Start date: As soon as possible or by arrangement

Application

Please submit a CV, short motivation letter, and contact details of 2 references.