We are looking for talented & motivated team members who share our enthusiasm for biomolecular dynamics at the nanoscale. 

For PhD students, we have three opportunities open since July, 2025:

• PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping
• PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Fluorescence & DyeCycling/FRET
• PhD Position in Protein Structural Biology and Biophysics: Structure–Dynamics–Function Relationship of the Chaperone Hsp90

In each case, candidates are requested to use the online application system as described.

Postdoctoral researchers intersted in joining the team are welcome to contact sonja.schmid@clutterunibas.ch to discuss their project plans: please, include your CV, a motivation letter stating how your experties align with your project ideas, and 2-3 reference contacts (email & phone number).

MSc thesis projects are available for local students from Basel, while we do occasionally host excellent students from other universities (no salaries are paid).

• Single-molecule kinetics extracted from FRET traces (computational comparison plus experiments)
• DyeCycling to overcome photo-bleaching in single-molecule FRET (e.g. reversible binder evaluation, fluorogenic probes, nanophotonics)
• Nanopore sensing of CRISPR second messengers
• Label-free protein trapping using nanopores

Interested MSc students are welcome to contact sonja.schmid@clutterunibas.ch: please state which project you are interested in and for what reason.