PhD in Biomedicine

The Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel; Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory headed by Professor Tobias Derfuss planning to open a PhD position in Spring of 2026. The project aims to understand the cause of multiple sclerosis, focusing on interactions between autoreactive B cells, the lymphotropic virus EBV, and the cellular anatomy of the central nervous system. Work involves both patient samples and experiments with live animals. Experimental methods include molecular and cell biology, flow cytometry, histology and microscopy, protein methods, and bioinformatics. Location: Basel, Switzerland.