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We are searching for innovative people to make a difference.

We are passionate about innovation and collaboration to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges in neuroscience.

We believe that the strongest teams are built on diversity. Bringing together people from different disciplines and from different genders and cultural backgrounds encourages novel thinking which drives progress and ultimately delivers results.

This is why we are building a workplace in which everyone feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.

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AI Research Assistant

Are you passionate about AI, neuroscience, and making a real-world impact? Join our dynamic team as an AI research scientist specializing in deep learning (DL) and time series processing. In this role, you’ll play a crucial part in designing and implementing AI models for complex temporal signals, with a focus on EEG data to enhance the diagnosis and prognosis of epileptic patients.

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To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to HR@wysscenter.ch no later than 29.09.2024.

Intellectual Property Counsel (IP Counsel)

We are seeking a hands-on Intellectual Property Counsel (IP Counsel) to manage the Wyss Center’s growing IP portfolio and address all IP-related matters. The person in this role will undertake operational responsibilities and maximize the effectiveness of our IP activities, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. The person is expected to provide high quality support and advice on a diverse set of IP-related tasks across the engineering, scientific and legal teams at the Wyss Center. Specifically, the person will be in charge of drafting and negotiating IP-related contracts, conducting patent research, drafting patent applications, providing status reports and communicate daily with the various stakeholders including IP firms, inventors, scientists and engineers.

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To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to postulation@alecallan.com no later than 06.10.2024.
We don’t have any open positions at the moment.
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Clémence Hurni, PhD, Staff Scientist in 3D Transcriptomics

"As a biotechnologist, I love working in an interdisciplinary team. Here at the Wyss Center, there is the additional motivation of everyone working together towards a common goal of developing new therapies or diagnostics to improve lives."

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Jules Scholler, PhD, Software Engineer in Bioimaging

"It is great to work in a pluridisciplinary environment where I can bridge the gap between imaging technologies, computer science and biology, with the ultimate goal of clinical translation."

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Laura de Vevey, MSc, Science Communication Specialist

“I believe in making science accessible for everyone, building a bridge between neuroscience research and the public to encourage participation and avoid misinformation.”

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Our values

We are passionate about innovation and collaboration to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges in neuroscience.

We believe that the strongest teams are built on diversity. Bringing together people from different disciplines and from different genders and cultural backgrounds encourages novel thinking which drives progress and ultimately delivers results.

This is why we are building a workplace in which everyone feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.

Life at the Wyss Center

Gallatin Awards

Members of the team with the Wyss Center’s founder, Hansjörg Wyss.

A race against time!

The Wyss Center teamed up with Save Sight Now Europe in their race against time to cure childhood blindness at Geneva’s historic Escalade events.

Alpine lunch

Team hike, lunch and games in the Haute Savoie region of France.
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Geneva marathon

16 Wyss Center runners took part in the 2022 Geneva marathon relay. Look back on the special moments of an exciting day with ups, downs, emotions and fantastic team spirit.
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Where I work: Seeing the invisible

Advanced Microscopy Imaging Specialist, Ivana Gantar, explores the hidden microscopic world within mammalian brains using the latest lightsheet microscope technology.
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Where I work: The shared dream of the ABILITY team

Neuroengineering Project Manager, Shenandoah Montamat, leads the development of ABILITY – a brain-computer interface system to restore communication and movement for people with severe paralysis.
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In Conversation with Tom Hutson, PhD, Group Leader

The ‘in conversation’ series features members of the Wyss Center community discussing their work, their collaborations and imagining the future.
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29.02.2024

In conversation with Jules Scholler, PhD, Software Engineer in Bioimaging

Software Engineer in Bioimaging, Jules Scholler, describes what it's like to work at the boundary of biology, optics and computer science. The ‘in conversation’ series features members of the Wyss Center community discussing their work, their collaborations and imagining the future.
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16.11.2022

Where I work: The shared dream of the ABILITY team

Project manager in Neuroengineering, Shenandoah Montamat, shares her hopes and dreams about the project she is leading, a brain computer interface (BCI) system for applications such as restoration of communication and movement for people with severe paralysis
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28.06.2022