Professorship Eye Biology and Disease (open rank)

The Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), is seeking a highly motivated researcher with an outstanding track record for an endowed, open rank (tenured or tenure track) professorship in Eye Biology and Disease.
The University of Basel is the oldest university in Switzerland and has a history of success going back over 550 years. It has an international reputation for outstanding achievements in research and teaching. The University has a leading role in biomedical and translational research in the Basel Life Sciences Cluster, the largest in Europe, where many public and private institutes collaborate closely to advance human knowledge and medicine.
IOB is associated with the University of Basel, is a highly collaborative research institute founded in 2017, and combines basic and clinical research. IOB is a non-profit foundation. IOB's mission is to understand vision and its diseases and develop new therapies for vision loss. IOB's research groups are endowed with significant internal funding and have access to IOB's technology platforms including single-cell sequencing, high throughput organoid production, data science, viral vector production, imaging, physiology, human tissue bank, animal facilities and a clinical trial center.

The successful candidate, who has a PhD and/or MD degree and has postdoctoral experience, will have a research laboratory and lead a research group at IOB's Molecular Center. Furthermore, the candidate will be engaged in teaching students of Medicine and/or Biology at the University of Basel.

We are looking for outstanding candidates who have a broad interest in molecular biology, biotechnology and/or translational research and are passionate to use their knowledge to understand the biology, development and/or diseases of the eye, especially the retina, and/or to develop innovative new therapies for ophthalmic diseases. The position may focus on, but is not limited to, cell or gene therapy, human organoid research, new molecular technologies, RNA biology or RNA therapeutics. The primary criterion for the position is academic excellence towards breakthrough innovation. We encourage applications from scientists without vision research experience, as long as they have an interest in applying their knowledge and technology to vision research in collaboration with other IOB members.

The IOB and University of Basel offer highly attractive conditions for research and development, an innovative, interdisciplinary and open research environment in a dynamic and international research community in Basel as well as a highly attractive financial endowment for research.

The IOB and University of Basel are equal-opportunity and family friendly employers committed to excellence through diversity. Applications from female scientists are particularly encouraged as the University of Basel aims to increase the fraction of women among all its faculties and actively supports dual career opportunities within the Basel Life Sciences Cluster.

Application / Contact

For further information, please contact the Chair of the Academic Recruitment Committee, Prof. Verdon Taylor, (Phone: +41 61 207 50 91; E-Mail: [email protected] ), the director of IOB, Prof. Botond Roska (E-mail: [email protected] ), the Scientific Coordinator of Academic Recruitment, Dr. Simone Neu (Phone: +41 61 207 61 64; E-mail: [email protected] ) or visit www.unibas.ch and www.iob.ch .
Applications must be submitted by 2nd March 2022.
We kindly ask you to apply exclusively online and as described in the application guidelines .