A group of motivated PostDocs from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Geneva. The goal of the association is to strengthen social and scientific ties here at UNIGE, and to promote career development for postdocs by organising a mentoring program, academic meetings and career forums. They are open to members from all Faculties and Disciplines at the University of Geneva.

They organise annual meeting for the postdoctoral community of Basel from both academia and industry. Their aim is to bring together postdocs from Basel to discuss their scientific achievements, provide insights into career opportunities and to extend their professional network.

The DBM postdoc club was founded as a volunteer-based association with the aim of providing A platform to facilitate networking and collaboration within the de-partment, within the University and with other academic and industry collaborators.
They also organize career development seminars presented by academic and industry speakers.

All postdoctoral fellows within the DBM are automatically considered members free of charge and are encouraged to attend the events of the DBM postdoc club.

The main goals of the association are to facilitate networking, organize various events and keep you informed for any interesting upcoming events. Additionally they aim to be a gateway for prospective postdoc candidates and a platform for current post-docs to organize their own events.

An association of PhD students and Postdocs working in various fields of Life
Sciences at EPFL and UNIL.

BSNL strives to promote career development of young researchers in Life Sciences. They organize events to explore career opportunities, acquire new skills, and develop a professional network.
Ultimately, they aspire to bridge the gap between academia, industry, and society.

ADAS is an association the represents PhDs and Postdocs and all members of the corps intermédiaire inférieur (maître-assistant-e-s, premier-ère-s assistant-e-s, assistants diplome-e-s) from the Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) at the University of Lausanne. Initially founded in 1998 as the “Association of PhD students and assistants of the Faculty of Sciences”, its main mission is to establish contact with the dean’s office and other university entities to address any concerns related to work and thesis conditions. ADAS serves as a first point of contact for members who may be facing professional difficulties.

AVETH stands for Akademische Vereinigung des Mittelbaus der ETH which translates to academic association for the scientific staff at ETH. Scientific staff includes scientific assistants, doctoral stu-dents, postdocs and even senior scientists!

The elected board of AVETH consists of volunteers who organize the political representation of the scientific staff at ETH, bring people together by holding a variety of events and offer counseling and other services for AVETH's members.

Association of the Institute of Biochemistry (IBC) in ETH Zurich.
Since 2005, PACE has had a dedicated mission to stimulate interactions between postdocs across the institute. This association is run by and for the postdocs. They aim to: connecting postdocs to each other, exchanging research ideas, to promote scientific collaborations, and to assist in career development.

The VAUZ (Vereinigung akademischer Mittelbau der Universität Zürich) is the body of doctoral students, assistants, senior assistants and postdocs of UZH. VAUZ is organised as an association under private law with its own statutes and is committed to the improvement of the working conditions and research conditions of the academic mid-level staff/junior researchers ('Mittelbau')—the largest group of employees at UZH, with over 6000 or more than 50% of all UZH employees.

The PPA (PhD and Postdoc Association) of PSI was officially formed in the year 2015 by group of friends at PSI. The main intention of this association is to provide a platform for PhD students and postdocs for social and scientific networking across all departments. Specifically, the PPA:

FACILITATES socialization while organizing many different types of events
SUPPORTS the community through difficulties at all stages of the PhD
PROMOTES scientific exchange among PhDs and Postdocs of different divisions
REPRESENTS the interests of PhDs and Postdocs with the PSI administration