EVOdrops ITN 13 ESR Positions: European Commission’s Horizon 2020 1466 views

EVOdrops ITN 13 ESR Positions: European Commission’s Horizon 2020

EVOdrops ITN 13 ESR positions available to be funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska – Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN), University of Glasgow.

RESEARCH FIELD: Engineering, Biomedical engineering

RESEARCHER PROFILE: First Stage Researcher (R1)

MARIE CURIE GRANT AGREEMENT NUMBER: 813786

Overview

Applications are invited for 13 PhD positions (Early Stage Researchers) to be funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) EVODROPS a consortium of high profile universities, research institutions and companies located across Europe that explores “Directed Evolution” in an interdisciplinary network.

There are 13 ESR positions available

Duration: 36 months:

Position – ESR 1: Manipulation of drops and handling of large libraries using acoustics

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Franke, University of Glasgow

Position – ESR2: Cell-free protocells to expand screening landscapes

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Franke, University of Glasgow

Position – ESR3: Parallelized microsystems for ultrahigh-throughput screening

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Christophe Baret, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Position – ESR4: Single-cell screening strategies using droplet microfluidics

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Linas Mazutis, Vilniaus Universitetas

Position – ESR5: Droplet microfluidics for detecting enzymatic activities in single cells

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Christophe Baret, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Position – ESR6: Evolutionary optimization for applications in synthetic biology

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Friedrich Simmel, Technische Universitaet Muenchen

Position – ESR7: Ultra-HT Droplet-Based Assays for the Rapid Evolution of Industrial Biocatalysts

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Donald Hilvert, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich

Position – ESR8: Integration of culturing, generation and sorting of libraries

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Piotr Garstecki, Instytut Chemii Fizycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Position – ESR9: Darwinian selection of enzymes in microdroplets

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Patrice Soumillion, Universite Catholique De Louvain

Position – ESR10: Evolution of cancer heterogeneity and drug resistance

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Valerie Taly, Universite Paris Descartes

Position – ESR11: HT-screening of fungi enzymes for biofuel and biomaterial production

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Dirk Loeffert, Biomillenia

Position – ESR12: Development of in vivo and in vitro expression systems for KREDs in droplets

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Florian Hollfelder, The Chancellor Masters And Schollars Of The University Of Cambridge

Position – ESR13: in vitro evolution of DNA processing enzymes

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Arvydas Lubys, UAB Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics

Eligibility requirements

1. Within the Marie Curie program, the researcher must not have carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of his/her host organization (UK) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment.
2. The researcher should not have obtained a PhD degree and should not have more than 4 year full-time equivalent research experience since obtaining the degree which makes them eligible for starting the PhD degree.