Postdoctoral Position in Bioengineering: InStem 876 views

Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem) is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Position in Bioengineering of 3D skeletal muscle organoids for understanding the metabolic basis of myogenesis, and response to injury (Advt No.16/2019).

About the project:

• Project Title- Bioengineering of 3D skeletal muscle organoids for understanding the metabolic basis of myogenesis, and response to injury.
• The position is available in the Ramanathan group.
• Candidate will have the opportunity to develop cutting edge technologies using 3D tissue printing for modeling tissue injury.
• This is a unique opportunity to lead and build a 3D organoid platform that has broad institute-wide interest and translational opportunities.
• The Ramanathan group is situated in the Bangalore Life Science cluster, with world-class facilities in 3D printing, tissue culture, microscopy and relevant analytical platforms.
• The project will be focused on building mammalian skeletal muscle tissue using 3D bioprinting of primary mammalian myoblasts.
• The Bioengineered tissues will enable the understanding of the metabolic basis of myoblast fusion and membrane dynamics, during myogenesis and injury.
• The organoids will be studied using live cell imaging, immunostaining and metabolic profiling.

Requirements:

• Candidate must hold B.Tech, Masters or PhD degree with experience or interest in bioengineering, 3D bioprinting and muscle biology.
• Knowledge of CAD or other 3D software such as Autodesk- Fusion 360 for designing of 3D scaffolds would be preferred.

Applications:

Send application to 3dprintinginstem@gmail.com including: CV, cover letter describing research background and a list of three individual references.