Mrs S Generelli
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
CSEM is a private research, technology and innovation center specializing in micro-technology, micro-electronics, system engineering and renewable energy systems. It offers its customers and industry partners custom-made innovative solutions. Our strength is the excellence of our people.
The Electrochemical Sensors group of Center Landquart, based in Canton Graubünden, Switzerland is active in developing innovative platforms for diagnostics purposes, food safety and continuous bioprocess control. It aims to play a key role in the development of future point-of-care diagnostics and safety screening systems in Switzerland. It offers an exceptional opportunity to work on high-performance developments for industrial customers as well as on longer-term applied Swiss and European research projects, in accordance with CSEM’s mission to bridge the gap between universities and industry.
Within the proposed project you will work on the development of a portable, smartphone-based system for the rapid screening of aflatoxins, a carcinogenic family of toxins, in food samples.
The project is part of a European network of PhD students working towards a common goal.
Your responsibility will include to:
- Learn to understand the needs for food safety and quality management
- Design, realize and test a rapid aflatoxin screening assay based on electrochemical detection, aptamer recognition, multiplexing
- Integrate the assay into a smartphone-based detection system in collaboration with the European network
- Disseminate and report your results using international platforms
- Take active part in the activities of the group and the Landquart Center and interact with the PhD students in the European network.
Your profile:
- Master degree in chemistry, biochemistry, microtechnology, physics or similar
- Interest in multidisciplinary, applied projects
- Good written and spoken English
- Enthusiastic, proactive and autonomous
- Excellent communication skills
- Former knowledge in sensing technology is a plus.
Funding Notes
CSEM offers a stimulating and multidisciplinary work environment. Within the context of the EU Marie Curie program Foodsmartphone, we will offer a gross salary of 3500 Euro per month based on the full time position, plus a monthly EU mobility allowance of 600 Euro.
We look forward to receiving your complete application file at [Email Address Removed], mentioning ref. L702.2017-15 in the subject.
Specific requirements: EU Marie Curie mobility criteria apply is the following: candidates should not have resided, worked or studied in Switzerland for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.
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