Postdoctoral fellow

Overview

The CHUV Genetic Medicine Department comprises a clinical unit and molecular and cytogenetics laboratories. The clinical unit includes three senior physicians, three chefs de clinique, three trainees, four genetic counselors, and one psychologist. More than 5,000 patients are seen in consultations each year (neurogenetics, oncogenetics, cardiogenetics, nephrogenetics, etc.).

Laboratory overview

The molecular and chromosomal diagnostics laboratories include four FAMH biologists, six scientific experts, one bioinformatician, and ten laboratory technicians. More than 2,500 analyses are performed each year using methods such as karyotyping, FISH, array CGH, Sanger, MLPA, and NGS. For complex cases, advanced sequencing technologies such as exome and trio analysis are often used.

Research focus

We will join a newly established and rapidly growing research team. Projects focus on patients within the Genetic Medicine department who remain...