PhD Position in Bioengineering and Biosensing
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A PhD position is available in the BioNanoPlasmonics Laboratory, led by Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán. The successful candidate will develop chiral nanoparticles for use as biosensors in 3D printed breast cancer tumor models. This interdisciplinary project will explore the tumor microenvironment and methods to better understand tumor progression using non-invasive in situ analytical techniques based on chiroptical nanoparticles.
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PhD Position in Bioengineering and Biosensing
Published: 2024-07-26
Deadline: 2024-09-30
Envisaged Job Starting Date: November 2024
A PhD position is available in the BioNanoPlasmonics Laboratory, led by Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán. The successful candidate will develop chiral nanoparticles for use as biosensors in 3D printed breast cancer tumor models. This interdisciplinary project will explore the tumor microenvironment and methods to better understand tumor progression using non-invasive in situ analytical techniques based on chiroptical nanoparticles.
The selected candidate, funded under the Spanish “FPI” framework linked to the recently funded project “BIOSCAFFONC: 3D printed BIOsensing cellular SCAFFolds for precision ONCology”, will be supervised by Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán and Dr. Malou Henriksen-Lacey. BIOSCAFFONC aims to develop 3D printed scaffolds suitable for the development of breast cancer in vitro models with in situ sensing capabilities. The project will simultaneously follow two lines of investigation, namely the development of biocompatible materials to mimic the tumour microenvironment (TME), and the synthesis of chiral gold nanoparticles to be used as substrates for sensing of biomolecules or physical changes related to the TME. The ultimate goal is the development of non-invasive biosensing techniques via in situ spectroscopic means, combining knowledge from the fields of biomaterial design, in vitro organoid models, advanced plasmonic NP synthesis methods, and chiroptical spectroscopy, among others.
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