Postdoctoral research position
2 PostDoc Positions at EPFL on Biological Foundation Models
EPFL
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Machine Learning, Deep Learning and
About
Two postdoctoral appointments in the Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine Lab investigate biological foundation models, from architecture and large-scale pretraining to multimodal representations and agentic interfaces for biomedical reasoning. Projects connect with drug discovery and pharmaceutical partners and provide dedicated access to CSCS and the Swiss AI Initiative. Both positions are full-time with EPFL postdoctoral salary and social benefits. A later start than the preferred autumn 2026 date can be arranged; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Requirements
Completed or nearly completed PhD in machine learning, computer science, computational biology or a related subject; demonstrated large-scale AI development, a solid biological background, experience with biological data modalities and strong publications. Provide a CV, one-page research-interest statement and two referees through the linked application route.
Topics
- Biological Foundation Models, search World Wide
- large-scale pretraining, search World Wide
- Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine Lab, search World Wide
- Artificial Intelligence, search World Wide
- multimodal representations, search World Wide
- agentic interfaces, search World Wide
- biomedical reasoning, search World Wide
- drug discovery, search World Wide
- CSCS, search World Wide
- Swiss AI Initiative, search World Wide
Source: careers.epfl.ch