Research / Lab Assistant

The Biozentrum, University of Basel

basel, basel city, Switzerland
Full-time
Posted June 16, 2026

Job Description

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
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