Hosting Information
- Offer Deadline
- EU Research Framework Programme
- H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Country
- Spain
- City
- Granada
Organisation/Institute
- Organisation / Company
- International Research Projects Office
- Department
- Promotion and Advisory Unit
- Laboratory
- NA
- Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Contact Information
- Organisation / Company Type
- Other
- Website
- promofpi@ugr.es
- State/Province
- Granada
- Postal Code
- 18071
- Street
- Gran Vía de Colón, 48, 2nd floor
- Phone
Description
Professor César Viseras, from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) in 2019 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (more information: http://sl.ugr.es/09Qg).
Brief description of the institution:
The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. It serves more than 60000 students per year, including many foreign students, as UGR is the leader host institution in the Erasmus program. UGR, featuring 3650 professors and more than 2000 auxiliary personnel, offers a total of 75 degrees through its 112 departments and 28 centers.
UGR is also a leading institution in research, located in the top 5/10 of Spanish universities by a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, or international funding. UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking (http://www.arwu.org/), and it is also well recognized for its web presence (http://www.4icu.org/top200/).
Internationally, we bet decidedly by our participation in the calls of H2020, both at partner and coordination. For the duration of the Seventh Framework Programme, the UGR has obtained a total of 66 projects, with total funding of 17.97 million euros, and for H2020, until 2015, more than 25 projects with total funding of more than 6 million euros. Our more than 3,000 researchers are grouped into 365 research groups covering all scientific fields and disciplines.
Brief description of the Centre/Research Group
The supervisor is leader of a research group that focuses on the development of pharmaceutical applications using natural substances. These raw materials include phyllosilicates, zeolites and polysaccharides, among others. With these materials applications are sought in the design of advanced pharmaceutical forms of modified release and oral and topical administration. In the last years the group has published over 30 scientific articles in these subjects under three national projects.
Project description
The proposed project focuses on the development of nanocomposites of phyllosilicates with polysaccharides for the development of modified drug release systems. The raw materials will be characterized and the nanocomposites will be elaborated following the methodologies developed by the group in precendenta years. The drugs of choice will be related to the treatment of neglected diseases, including tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and leprosy.
Research Area
Life Sciences (LIFE)
For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor César Viseras (cviseras@ugr.es):
- CV
- Letter of recommendation (optional)