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We offer a 3-years PhD position in the framework of the Horizon Europe MSCA-Doctoral Network “Autonomous Scanning Probe Microscopy for Life Sciences and Medicine powered by Artificial Intelligence (SPM4.0)”. This project is funded by the European Union (GA: 101168976) and will involve 16 PhD positions distributed in 10 research centers/academic institutions and 3 companies from Spain, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic and UK.
Artificial Intelligence is pushing forward the Industrial Revolution 4.0, which is transforming many areas of Society, including Science and Technology. Nanoscopy, a recognized pillar of the research and manufacture of Nanotechnology-based products, is among the areas that more quickly is adopting Artificial Intelligence. Machine learning algorithms are being developed and integrated in microscopes for its autonomous operation and in software toolboxes for the automatic analysis of large volumes of microscopy data. Scanning Probe Microscopy is particularly active in this integration with a special focus in the Life Sciences and Medical fields. Scanning probe microscopes powered by machine learning are expected to enable the autonomous and label-free nanoscale structural and functional (mechanical and electric) imaging of living cells and functional biomolecules in their native conditions, something never achieved in nanoscopic imaging. The objective of the SPM4.0 Doctoral Network is to train a new generation of researchers in the science and technology of autonomous Scanning Probe Microscopes powered by Artificial Intelligence for applications in the Life Science and Medical fields. The researchers of the network will acquire a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary scientific training in advanced scanning probe microscopy and machine learning and in their biological and medical applications. In addition, they will receive training on complementary and transferable skills to increase their employability perspectives and to qualify them to access to responsibility job positions in the private and public sectors. The final aim is to promote the wide adoption of SPM4.0 technologies in public and private research centers and in industrial and metrology institutions and to explore new horizons in the Life Sciences and Medical sectors regarding label-free nanoscopic cell imaging, illness diagnosis, or drug nanocarrier development, consolidating Europe as world leader.
The research activities of the BIAT group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC, Barcelona, Spain) (www.ibecbarcelona.eu/bactinf) are divided into two main areas: i) applied science to address biomedical challenges posed by infectious diseases and ii) basic research to unravel the molecular mechanisms of bacterial transcription during infections and biofilm formation. The group is dedicated to developing innovative methodologies to treat bacterial infections.
The Nanobioelec Group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC, Barcelona, Spain) (www.ibecbarcelona.eu/nanobioelec) is a multidisciplinary research group whose main goal is to develop a multiscale approach to Bioelectricity, covering from the nano- to the microscale. To this end the group combines methods and techniques from Scanning Probe Microscopy, Organic Electronics and Artificial Intelligence, and develops applications for Life Sciences and Medicine.
The Doctoral Candidate Research Projects:
The main objective of the research project of the doctoral candidate is to develop and validate a protein-DNA footprinting methodology based on multiparametric scanning probe microscopy enhanced by machine learning.
To achieve it the doctoral candidate will
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Number of available positions: 1
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IBEC ensures equality of access to professional development opportunities irrespective of employment status, length at IBEC. The IBEC’s yearly training catalogue offers a wide range of training in technical and transferable skills including mobility grants and a Mentoring programme for predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers.
How to apply:
Until 17/02/2025 an online application form is available through IBEC dedicated site: https://careers.ibecbarcelona.eu/
Only those applications submitted before the deadline will be evaluated.
Reference: PhD-GG.
If you have any further question regarding your application, please contact us at jobs@ibecbarcelona.eu
Principles of the selection process:
IBEC is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit based Recruitment principles (OTM-R) https://ibecbarcelona.eu/careers-at-ibec/jobs/
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