4-Year PhD position of the Medical University of Innsbruck

Call for Applications for the PhD program of the Medical University of Innsbruck
CrOsstalk in iNfection and cancer in disEase-on-Chip sysTems (CONNECT)

We offer 6 fully funded PhD positions in interconnected research projects (P1-P6) and supervision

“Students motivated in unraveling the crosstalk of tissue and immune system upon viral infection and tumor development within human disease-on-chip models are invited to apply for a PhD position within the program CONNECT of the Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria (MUIDK-2022-1-2).”

Project specific information and requirements (Details please click go to PDF):

PhD project 1: Characterizing sex-dependent DC sensing mechanisms and immunometabolism at the tissue barrier during SARS-CoV-2 infection

PhD Project 2. Signaling rewiring in different lung epithelial cell subtypes following SARS-CoV-2 infection

PhD project 3: Comparing dynamics of emerging and existing respiratory viral challenges within immune-competent lung-on-chip models

PhD project 4: Deciphering macrophage / dendritic cell functions in autoimmunity and infection in a model of the human blood-brain barrier

PhD project 5: Immune-modulatory effects on vessel barrier function and metastasis in 3D bioprinted, vascularized neuroblastoma-on-chip model

PhD project 6:Studying signal rewiring in DC subsets in 3D bioprinted skin cancer-on- chip models

We look forward to receiving your application until March, 1st, 2023, to the e-mail address ciit@i-med.ac.at. The application shall include:
(1) a cover letter (not longer than 1 page),
(2) a motivation statement (not longer than 1 page),
(3) a CV
(4) a short description of the master thesis and outcomes thereof

Please generate a single PDF with the file name:
Application 2023_(YOUR NAME).pdf

and send the e-mail with the Subject:
(PhD project_PROJECT SUPERVISOR NAME) _PhD Application CONNECT 2023

to ciit@i-med.ac.at