As part of a recently funded interdisciplinary, multi-Centric project by “la Caixa” Foundation: (link), we are presently seeking four different postdoctoral/research assistant positions:
Postdoctoral Fellow, ISGlobal/IGTP, Barcelona/Badalona, Spain.
Duration: 3 years
Start date: October 1st 2021
Direct supervisor: Hernando A del Portillo, Ph.D. (Project Leader)
Profile: Bio/medical scientist with knowledge and expertise in tissue culture, malaria and bioinformatics.
Job description: signaling pathways, exosome molecular signatures, ex vivo erythropoiesis, functional assays
Contact details: hernandoa.delportillo@isglobal.org
Junior Researcher, i3S, Bioengineered 3D Microenvironments, Porto, Portugal (Co-PI)
Duration: 2.5 years
Start date: October 1st 2021
Direct supervisor: Cristina Barrias, Ph.D. (Co-Principal investigator).
Profile: Biomedical engineer with expertise in 3D microcultures. Knowledge in infectious diseases will be a plus.
Job description: Develop 3D cell culture of bone marrow and spleen in bioengineered ECM-like hydrogels
Contact details: ccbarrias@ineb.up.pt
Posdoctoral Fellow, Microfluidics and Nanoscience Group, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 3 years
Start date: October 1st 2021
Direct supervisor: Aurora Hernandez-Machado
Profile: Biomedical engineer or physicist with expertise in microfluidics and organ on a chip. Knowledge in infectious diseases will be a plus.
Job description: Construction of organs-on-a-chip for multi-organ cross-talk
Contact details: a.hernandezmachado@gmail.com
Research Assistant, Mahidol Vivax Research Unit (MVRU), University of Mahidol, Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 3 years
Start date: October 1st 2021
Direct supervisor: Wanlapa Roobsoong, Ph.D.
Profile: Bio/medical scientist with knowledge and expertise in Plasmodium vivax, in vitro culture, gametocyte production, membrane feeding assays.
Job description: Functional exosome-mediated binding assays on organs-on-a-chip
Contact details: wanlapa.ros@mahidol.edu