Workload: 100%
Duties: This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in female cancers, working closely with a multidisciplinary and international team of researchers dedicated to understanding the role of tissue microbiota and immune responses in breast and ovarian cancer
Requirements: Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field; Background in cancer genomics and cancer immunology; Extensive experience with RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and scRNA-seq data analysis

Workload: 100%
Duties: This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in female cancers, working closely with a multidisciplinary and international team of researchers dedicated to understanding the role of tissue microbiota and immune responses in breast and ovarian cancer
Requirements: A highly motivated applicant with a Ph.D. and a strong cancer research and immunology background; Familiar with cell culture and molecular biology

Duties: GIOCO aims to explore how school-aged children and adolescents play today and how play is linked to their socio-emotional and cognitive development. Within project GIOCO, the Ph.D. candidate will collaboratively work together with a second Ph.D. student, though develop his or her own research line and cumulative (paper-based) dissertation. In addition, the successful Ph.D. candidate will participate in a variety of tasks related to the research streams in which s/he is involved. On the teaching side, s/he will work as teaching assistant in courses at either bachelor or master level, helping in the preparation of teaching materials and tutoring students. The Ph.D. candidate is also asked to present the research output at scientific conferences and produce publications for scientific journals as part of his or her cumulative dissertation and beyond
Requirements: A Master (or equivalent title) in Psychology, Communication Science, Public Health, or related disciplines; Be adept in qualitative and quantitative research methods, including data analysis, with a demonstrated ability to learn new techniques; Excellent skills in oral and written English (official language of the Ph.D. program)

Duties: promote research internationally and locally in her/his field of competence, co-ordinate an assistant’s activities, and act in an advisory capacity for PhD candidates. Switzerland provides the opportunity of accessing relevant research funds provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and similar institutions; teach and run courses at all levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD) on marketing and the technological transformation of marketing and business-related communication (e.g. Advertising and Consumer Representations, Business Markets, Customer Experience, Digital Corporate Communication, Service Design Marketing) (12 ECTS per year)
Requirements: a PhD in Business Anthropology, Cultural Marketing, Consumer Culture Theory, or related disciplines. Interdisciplinary backgrounds are particularly appreciate; research excellence reflected in a promising track record and a high-quality pipeline in internationally well recognized marketing journals

Duties: The doctoral student will be enrolled in the PhD track in Biomedical Sciences (PhD Biomedical Sciences). The doctoral student will work under the scientific supervision of Prof. Matteo Moretti and Prof. Francesco Bertoni. The successful candidate will be offered the possibility to work in a dynamic research team and in a multidisciplinary and international scientific environment
Requirements: A Master (or equivalent title) in any Life Sciences or related disciplines with knowledge of lymphoma cell biology and signaling pathways; Laboratory experience in molecular and cell biology techniques

Workload: 80-100%
Duties: La Casa della sostenibilità è una nuova antenna dell’USI situata ad Airolo che ha lo scopo di promuovere la cultura dello sviluppo sostenibile. La sua missione principale è quella di offrire dei seminari per tutti gli studenti di Bachelor dell’USI e di creare delle occasioni di dialogo e riflessione tra esperti e la società, in collaborazione con L’ideatorio USI, il quale gestisce anche un nuovo planetario allestito presso la Casa della sostenibilità
Requirements: Master accademico, preferibilmente con una formazione nell’ambito dello Sviluppo sostenibile/Scienze ambientali/Scienze della Terra; Esperienza nella gestione di progetti; Predisposizione a gestire più progetti in contemporanea; Buona conoscenza del tedesco e/o dell’inglese

Duties: A PhD student or Post-Doc position is available in the Molecular Immunology lab to join projects aimed at understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins in immunity
Requirements: Master or PhD degree in a field related to immunology or molecular biology

Workload: 100%
Duties: All’interno dello SRIT, Il/la Grant Officer assiste i ricercatori dell’USI nella ricerca di opportunità di finanziamento a livello europeo, con un focus sui programmi quadro per il finanziamento di ricerca e innovazione (R&I) dell’Unione Europea, supportandoli nelle pratiche di partecipazione ai bandi Il Grant Officer fa inoltre parte della rete di supporto svizzero Euresearch e svolge le attività di informazione e disseminazione previste dalla stessa. Il/La Grant Officer infine partecipa ad altre di attività di supporto ai ricercatori secondo istruzioni del responsabile del Servizio
Requirements: Laurea magistrale; Eccellente conoscenza delle lingue italiano e inglese; Esperienza precedente nell’acquisizione di grant competitivi e/o conoscenze dei programmi di ricerca europei costituiscono carattere preferenziale

Workload: 70%
Duties: Attivazione risorse elettroniche BiUSI in Alma: attivazione di Collection, importazione di portfolio da Network Zone, creazione di portfolio locali in Collection, creazione di portfolio standalone; Verifiche periodiche delle attivazioni delle risorse elettroniche sulla base delle Title list fornite dagli editori o dal Consorzio delle biblioteche universitarie svizzere (CSAL)
Requirements: Titolo di specialista SUP in informazione e documentazione, oppure formazione o esperienza giudicati equivalenti; Conoscenze informatiche di buon livello, in particolare nella gestione ed elaborazione di dati statistici. È richiesta come minimo una conoscenza di Excel superiore alle funzioni di base. Di preferenza esperienza di lavoro con standard COUNTER o SUSHI

Duties: attività didattica; preparazione e conduzione dei relativi esami; assistenza agli studenti
Requirements: Esperienza didattica rilevante in ambito universitario nel campo di questo corso e pubblicazioni scientifiche presso riviste internazionali

Duration: 2 y       
Workload: 100%
Duties: The positions are funded by the SNSF Starting grant "Multiresolution methods for unstructured data": Rapidly increasing unstructured data is omnipresent in our everyday lives. Typical examples are data from social networks, text and audio data, photos, and videos, but also scientific measurements and simulation data. Efficient processing and analysis of these data have become vital for our society. In "Multiresolution methods for unstructured data", we develop novel and fully discrete data-centric multiresolution approaches tailored to unstructured data, focusing on efficient algorithms for computational uncertainty quantification and adaptive strategies for active learning and non-smooth data
Requirements: PhD in (applied) Mathematics, with a research focus on approximation theory, harmonic analysis, or similar; Programming knowledge in C/C++ or similar; Fluent in English, Italian is a plus

Duties: The successful candidate will work as part of a team that is dedicated to understanding how molecular alterations promote tumorigenesis, and how gathered insights can be exploited to develop better therapies. The position offers excellent scientific opportunities in a highly stimulating, interdisciplinary environment involving close interactions between medical and basic scientists
Requirements: Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. already obtained or soon-to-be for postdoc applicants; Strong interest/background in cancer biology metabolism, and mitochondria

Duties: The Computational Structural Biology laboratory (Andrea Cavalli) at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB, Bellinzona, Switzerland) is recruiting a highly motivated postdoc to work on the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI), in particular large language models (LLM), to the discovery of antibodies
Requirements: Our international team will welcome candidates with a PhD in Computational Sciences, Computational Biology or related fields, with less than 3 years of postdoctoral experience and expertise in development and application of novel AI based methods, such as large language models (LLM). Furthermore, candidates should have strong programming skills (Python) and experience in structural biology

Duties: The successful candidate will be able to design and carry out his/her PhD project within the broader research interests of his/her supervisor such as organizational attention, organizational space, materiality and affect in organizational processes, the digital mediation of new forms of work, visual methodologies (e.g. video-based research), or developing a practice-theoretical and communication sensitive perspective to interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge work and innovation
Requirements: A Master’s degree in business, communication, sociology, anthropology, or related disciplines. Final score of 8 or higher (on a 10-point scale); An international orientation, some experience in qualitative research methods, and an academic curiosity for developing our understanding of organizational phenomena and publishing in English in high-ranked journals

Duties: The successful candidate will be an early- or mid-career scientist who will establish research programs employing innovative approaches to investigate biomedically relevant questions related to immunology and/or adjacent disciplines
Requirements: MD and/or PhD with an outstanding track record of productivity Original and innovative research program with high potential for transformative discoveries and/or successful development of novel therapies

Duration: 4 y       
Workload: 100%
Duties: The Institute invites applications for a research and teaching PhD position. The PhD candidate will develop his or her dissertation project within the field of argumentation in the domain of public controversies
Requirements: A Master (or equivalent title) in linguistics, argumentation, rhetoric, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, communication sciences, or related disciplines

Duties: The Institute of Marketing and Communication Management invites applications for a student assistant supporting teaching and research initiatives within the wider field of organization studies. Privileging a communication-centered angle, topics of our interests are innovation & entrepreneurship, organizational change, knowledge and learning, the role of technology and materiality in organizations, corporate communication and organizational communication
Requirements: A Bachelor degree in business, communication, sociology, anthropology, or related disciplines and being enrolled in a master program in management or communication

Duties: The Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication invites applications for a fully funded Ph.D. position in Communication Sciences, in the field of Tourism and Digital Media
Requirements: A Master degree in a relevant area (including Media and Communication, Tourism, Heritage, Cultural Studies, Marketing, Social Sciences, Education), finished with top marks prior to appointment, within the last three years

Workload: 100%
Duties: Collabora in generale nelle attività del Servizio risorse umane, a sostegno degli organi dell’USI e della Direzione, e in collaborazione con i servizi con cui HR interagisce in maniera sinergica (segnatamente il Servizio finanze e controlling e il servizio finanziario esterno incaricato della gestione del payroll)
Requirements: Diploma di assistente del personale oppure formazione di base commerciale con successivi corsi di specializzazione; Comprovata esperienza in un ruolo analogo di almeno 2 anni, maturata all’interno di realtà strutturate

Duties: The appointment is for up to four years, with annual renewals. The position can potentially be extended by participating in competitive funding opportunities (e.g. SNF Ambizione, Marie Curie, etc.). The successful candidate is invited to participate in common research projects, in addition to conducting his/her own research
Requirements: The successful candidate is a young researcher holding (or being close to completing) a PhD in Economics. The candidate has research interests in applied economics (e.g. gender economics, political economics, development, public economics), or a related field

Workload: 100%
Duties: Con i membri del team, il Technology Transfer Officer si occupa della valorizzazione della proprietà intellettuale generata all'università. Questo include l'identificazione e la valutazione della proprietà intellettuale derivante dalle attività di ricerca (valutazione di invenzioni, tutela del software), la formulazione di strategie per la loro protezione e sfruttamento attraverso brevetti, diritto d’autore o altri mezzi appropriati. Supporta i ricercatori nel deposito di domande di brevetto informandoli, svolgendo ricerche sullo stato dell’arte, coordinando l’iter brevettuale con i mandatari esterni e aggiorna il portafoglio brevetti
Requirements: Laurea magistrale in ambito tecnico scientifico, in giurisprudenza o correlato; Formazione e/o esperienza comprovata nel campo della proprietà intellettuale

Duties: The postdoctoral researcher (postdoc) will participate in an ongoing project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) dedicated to observational spectropolarimetry. One of the scientific goals of the postdoctoral project is to contribute to a study of the evolution of the solar hidden magnetism with the solar cycle and a possible role of the global and local solar dynamo. Accordingly, the postdoc is expected to participate in a dedicated synoptic spectropolarimetric observational program, in data analysis and further development and enhancement of high-precision spectropolarimetric observational methods
Requirements: We seek a postdoctoral scientist who holds a PhD-degree and a Master Diploma in physics or astronomy, with research experience in solar physics, preferably related to observations, polarimetry and instrumentation. The candidate should further have experience in programming (in particular IDL and Python), be proficient in written and spoken English and have excellent communication skills

Duties: Un/a tecnico informatico utente si occupa di ricevere le richieste degli utenti, di risolvere incidenti e problemi informatici legati a postazioni di lavoro e attrezzature didattiche e di gestire gli strumenti informatici che gli utenti USI necessitano per il loro lavoro
Requirements: AFC in Informatica o equivalente e diploma SSIG/SSS e/o certificazioni specialistiche; Ottime competenze orali e scritte in italiano e buone in inglese

Duties: The research of IMO members is wide and diverse. The topics that are covered and investigated by IMO members concern entrepreneurship, the economic impact of consumer assessments and the social processes that influence them, organisational learning, organisational status and identity as market signals, antecedents and consequences of managerial mobility, tactical and operational decisions affecting humanitarian organisations. The methodologies used include experiments, statistical analyses of data, and simulations. The empirical contexts studied reflect those research interests and range from experience goods (i.e. products or services whose quality is difficult to evaluate before consumption, e.g. music), to service, manufacturing companies (either contemporary or historical)
Requirements: Having completed or be about to complete a PhD in Management or Sociology; Exhibit an interest in the study of the mechanisms underlying the behavior of organizations in markets; Holding solid training in econometrics but also open to use mixed methods approach

Duties: Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) is one of the 12 certified public universities in Switzerland and member of swissuniversities. It is organised in six Faculties and is active in several study and research areas, among which: architecture, communication sciences, computational science, data science, economics, health studies, humanities, informatics, law, medicine and biomedicine
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