Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute
- Research Field
- Chemistry » OtherBiological sciences » Biological engineeringEngineering » Biomedical engineering
- Researcher Profile
- Recognised Researcher (R2)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 37,5
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- H2020 / ERC
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
We are seeking one motivated postdoctoral fellow with background in:
Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Chemistry, to develop a tangential flow filtration unit to separate exosomes from biological fluids.
The selected candidate will join the laboratory of Dr. Jesús Santamaría at the Nanostructured Films and Particles (NFP) Research Group, at the Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute (INMA), University of Zaragoza - Aragón Institute for Health research (IIS Aragón). This position is funded by a HORIZON-ERC-POC call.
The NFP group focus is in combining nanomaterials and exosome-based therapies to defeat cancer and infectious diseases. The NFP group comprises 21 researchers and 19 PhD students with a very diverse backgrounds (chemical and biomedical) which allows us to develop a multidisciplinary research, with the application of emerging materials in medicine.
The selected candidate will investigate innovative solutions to purificate exosomes, based on tangential filtration and microfluidic systems and new strategies to load nanoparticles inside the vesicles.
INMA is a top institute with advanced characterization facilities as the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (LMA) a singular infrastructure (ICTS), including instruments for characterization (XPS, VSM, IR, Fluorescence, AFM) and especially several state-of-the-art electron microscopy facilities (SEM, TEM, Titan). The NFP group is also part of the CIBER-BBN (Biomedical Networking Research Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine). The NANBIOSIS platform CIBER-BBN provides a wide range of services, including advanced bioimaging for real-time monitoring of tumor metabolism. Additionally, IIS Aragón is integrated in the Biomedical Research Centre (CIBA), where facilities are available to us, including genomics, proteomics, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, pathological anatomy services animal facilities.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Chemistry » Physical chemistry
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
- Research Field
- Biological sciences » Biological engineering
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
- Candidates should have a PhD.
- Applicants with backgrounds in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, cancer biology or nanomedicine research are preferred.
- Previous experience in cell culture and animal experimentation is prefered.
- Previous experience in nanoparticle synthesis and characterization as NTA, DLS, electronic microscopy, Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES) and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) is prefered.
- Previous experience in microfluidics and exosomes is preferred but not required.
- Ability to independently generate hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, analyze data, and effectively communicate findings through presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts.
Lead projects, design experiments, and collaborate with other scientists to accomplish research goals, write papers and contribute to grant writing.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
Additional Information
Please send a CV, a description of prior research experience, accomplishments, career goals and references with expected availability date in a single PDF file to: Dr. Jesús Santamaria (jesus.santamaria@unizar.es), before June 2024 (expected starting in April-June, 2024).
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute (INMA), University of Zaragoza
- Country
- Spain
- City
- Zaragoza
- Postal Code
- 50018
- Geofield
Where to apply
- jesus.santamaria@unizar.es
Contact
- City
- Zaragoza
- Website
- Postal Code
- 50018
- jesus.santamaria@unizar.es