Research fellows hosted Centre Pathogen Bioinformatics

Research Fellows at the Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics

The Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics (CPB) hosts young researchers during their fellowships in the Basel area. With the groups of Emma Hodcroft, Niko Beerenwinkel, Richard Neher, and Tanja Stadler all based in the Basel life science hub, we offer a world‑class research environment in the field of Pathogen Bioinformatics, with particular focus on evolutionary and epidemiological modelling, bioinformatics, statistics, phylogenetics, and large‑scale genomic data analysis.

• Ample opportunities for exchange and collaboration with the groups of the center and international collaborators
• Monthly seminar “Phylo Basel”

Support to translate research results into public health tools: we have an active research software developer group, supporting to turn research prototypes into maintained public health tools (such as Next Strain, V‑pipe, CoVariants, Cov‑Spectrum).

Teaching, supervision and outreach opportunities: the four PIs are core to the teaching, supervision and outreach activities around the Center's mission and support fellows to contribute to these activities. In particular the joint Master program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics provides exciting opportunities to supervise Master theses.

Mentoring: the PIs of the Center will support you around next career steps through mentoring.

• PhD in a related field

The CPB offers expertise and services in pathogen data management and analysis, computational molecular epidemiology, and related multi‑site project management. Core data analysis platforms and dashboards which played major roles during the COVID‑19 pandemic response contribute to the mission of the Centre. They facilitate the coherent interpretation of relevant data to be prepared for future pathogenic threats. At the interface between public health and research, the Centre ensures that Switzerland remains at the forefront of data management and data analysis required for real‑time surveillance, generating insights for evidence‑based global pathogen response and public health strategies.