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At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The Position
The Applied Organoid Technologies group at Roche IHB, led by Lauriane Cabon, focuses on immune engineering human in vitro models of health and disease, particularly in the lung, eye and tumors. Our patient-oriented research leverages the Roche R&D ecosystem for hypothesis generation, model evaluation, and personalized medicine. We also convert organoid-based models and IHB technologies into assays for drug development, based on clinical evidence and preclinical assays. We have extensive experience with human patient-derived cocultures and organoid models in an industry setting. We seek an ambitious postdoctoral researcher to expand our expertise in human airway models and related biology.
Who You Are
To be successful in this role, you should have the following required qualifications
Completed a PhD in cellular biology, stem cell biology, tissue bioengineering, or relevant field
Hands-on expertise on tissue bioengineering and hydrogels and with human models of the lung would be beneficial.
Experience in design and execution of projects to model airway relevant biology (COPD, infectious diseases, inflammation) in vitro.
Methods for phenotyping complex tissues using tissue clearing, whole-mount imaging, single cell technologies, flow cytometry and high resolution microscopy.
Strong critical thinking, communication, organization, and presentation skills.
Duration and Application Details:
Employment: 100%
Duration: 2 years with extension options
Start date: April 1st, 2026
Call to action
To be considered, your application needs: a cover letter, a CV (including a list of relevant publications) and the names of three referees
Institute of Human Biology (IHB)
The Institute of Human Biology (IHB) is a research center located in Basel Switzerland dedicated to engineering the most advanced human model systems for drug discovery, drug development and precision medicine. Our interdisciplinary and highly interactive research environment bridges academic and pharmaceutical research, connecting biologists, engineers, and data scientists. The IHB has close ties to Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development (pRED) organization, and collaborates locally and with leading academic scientific institutions in Switzerland and worldwide to tackle grand challenges focusing on highly ambitious, complex scientific questions.
In Roche´s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.