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The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
19 Mar 2024

Hosting Information

Offer Deadline
EU Research Framework Programme
Horizon Europe - MSCA
Country
Spain
City
Zaragoza

Organisation/Institute

Organisation / Company
Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A)
Department
University of Zaragoza
Laboratory
Fluid Dynamic Technologies Group
Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Contact Information

Organisation / Company Type
Public Research Institution
Website
Email
mdecorato@unizar.es
a.rio@unizar.es
State/Province
Aragón
Postal Code
50018
Street
C/Mariano Esquillor s/n

Description

The group Fluid Dynamic Technologies Group of Aragón Institute for Engineering Research  welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2024 at the  University of Zaragoza.

 

Brief description of the institution:

The Aragón Institute for Engineering Research ( I3A)  is a University Research Institute established by the University of Zaragoza more than 20 years ago. Its strengths include its capacity to bring together research from different engineering related areas and its highly qualified research staff able to interleave high standards in knowledge generation with transfer to the industry and society. Since it was first established, the I3A has grown both nationally and internationally, consolidated a shared vision among scientists and technical experts, and gained recognition as reference in a larger variety fields of engineering research. Its four strategic divisions, Biomedical Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, Processes and Recycling, and Industrial Technologies, work for a common objective which is to generate and transfer knowledge to the social and business environment.

9 cutting edge laboratories were recently launched to reinforce, bring together and make visible the lines of work of its 34 research groups in areas considered key: Circular Economy Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, virtual & artificial reality, personalized medicine, home appliance technology, photonics and smart cities.

The I3A holds 4 ERC grants in biomedical engineering and ICT , 3 MSCA DN have been recently granted in the call 2022 and 2 MSCA PF in the last call.

The University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) is a public university and the major research and higher education institution in the Spanish region of Aragón. UNIZAR has been involved in more than 340 EU projects between 2014 and 2023, participates in 18 ITN, 10 IF, 12 RISE, 2 COFUND, 3 EU Researchers' Night, 1 MSCA and Citizens, 6 MSCA - DN and 10 MSCA- PF of Horizon Europe

For more information, please visit: 

https://i3a.unizar.es/en/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship-i3a

 

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group

In the computational and theoretical soft matter group (https://sites.google.com/unizar.es/marco-de-corato/home?authuser=0) are interested in how miscroscopic objects such as colloids, polymers, proteins and rigid rods change the mechanical properties of the suspending fluid. We use multiscale theoretical and computational methods to relate microstructural information to the macroscopic properties.

 

Brief description of the project:

Organelles are described in biology textbooks as portions of a cell devoted to particular functions, such as the Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, or endoplasmic reticulum. Typically, these organelles are surrounded by a membrane that separtes them physically from the rest of the cell. On the other hand, membraneless compartments lack the membrane and appear to form and dissolve spontaneously. They have been observed for the first time by Ramon y Cajal's in the early 1900s. It is now commonly acknowledged that a large variety of nucleic acids and proteins, including DNA and RN, form membraneless compartments.  Most of these bodies display viscoelastic properties that correlate with their correct biological functions or with the onset of diseases. In this project, the candidate will use mesoscopic simulations and thermodynamics to study the formation and the rheological properties of model membraneless organelles. We will compare our results with experiments measuring the properties of membraneless organelles in vitro and in vivo

Specific requirements: 

-The postdoctoral candidate must hold a PhD in  applied mathematics, physics or chemical/mechanical engineering

-Previus experience in mesoscale computational methods for soft matter physics and in the finite element method are a plus.

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to mdecorato@unizar.es

  • CV
  • Cover Letter 

 

What are the eligibility criteria?

  • Candidates must hold a PhD at the call deadline (11 September 2024) and have 8 years maximum of full-time research experience after the PhD.
  • “Mobility rule”: candidates must NOT have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain e for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.
  • Candidates can be from any nationality.
  • Although not an eligibility criterion, a good track record is recommended.

For more information about the 2024 call, please consult:

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2024

 


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