We are looking for 8 ESRs to work on STRIKE—HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 project (https://strike.unime.it). STRIKE aims to develop a research and training network in nanomedicine/precision medicine, rising a new generation of entrepreneurial and innovative multidisciplinary young researchers. STRIKE brings together 12 institutes of academic and non-academic sectors from 8 EU countries with the aim to STRIKE malignant tumors using innovative magnetic nanomaterials. New experimental aspects on design and synthesis of nanostructured magnetic materials are applied to the development of innovative magnetic field-responsive nanotherapeutics for osteosarcoma (OS) combinational therapy. Moreover, the peculiar features of STRIKE nanomaterials are exploited for liquid biopsy using biological samples of BRCA+ breast cancer (BC) patients. The cooperation among outstanding universities, research institutes and industries provides the ESRs with trans-national exchanges and the most innovative research trainings in novel anticancer therapeutic strategies, including in vivo biological evaluation, imaging in OS and early diagnosis in BC. STRIKE will raise excellence in research and training in nanomedicine/precision medicine creating new generation of entrepreneurial and innovative multidisciplinary Early Stage Researchers (ESRs).

List of available PhD Positions

Project 1: Development of smart magnetically controlled MNPs (magnetic nanoplatforms) for osteosarcoma treatment at  Messina  University (UniME), Italy. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-1

Project 2: Biological evaluation of new magnetic nanotherapeutics (NanoTher) in 2D and 3D scaffold-based in vitro osteosarcoma models at National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics (CNR-ISSMC), Italy. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-2

Project 3: Design, synthesis, characterisation and interaction with magnetic nanoplatforms of Pt(IV) pro-drugs selective for osteosarcoma cancer at National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), Ireland.  https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-3

Project 4: Magnetic nanostructured composites for a targeted drug delivery at Palacký University in Olomouc (UP), Czech Republic. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-4

Project 5: Dormant cells in OS: biological characterization and therapeutic targeting at University of Nantes (UN), France. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-5

Project 6: Exploiting nanomagnetism for improving intratumoral drug delivery at Nanotech Solutions (NTSOL) Spain. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-6

Project 7: Development of MB based purification of biomarkers from liquid biopsy for early detection of cancer in BRCA+ subjects at Cogentech (Cogentech) (Italy). https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-7

Project 8: Radiolabeling and in vivo evaluation of pharmacokinetics of labeled drugs or drug carriers at  Medizinische Universitaet Wien (MUW) Austria. https://strike.unime.it/recruitment/project-8