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
- 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.
- 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.
| Quick Overview————— | |
| Organization | University of Glasgow |
| Fellowship Level | PhD / ESR |
| Country | UK |
| Subject Areas | Varied |
| Fellowship Amount | £3,000 |
| Eligibility | As listed above |
| Deadline | 31/03/2019 |