Postdoctoral researcher on synthetic biology and blood-brain barrier transport

Job title:

Postdoctoral researcher on synthetic biology and blood-brain barrier transport

Company:

IQS – Universitat Ramon Llull

Job description

The University Ramon Llull is a confederation of schools, faculties and departments. IQS is its oldest founding member and consists of two major schools, the School of Engineering and the School of Management that form each an administrative grouping of departments and other institutions among which there are three strategic academic divisions: IQS Executive Education that offers cutting-edge and transformative learning experiences to business leaders; IQS Tech Transfer that promotes research with impact, innovation and technology transfer for companies and organizations and IQS Tech Factory that fosters entrepreneurship and supports the creation of new scientific-technological companies.With 100 years of teaching experience, IQS is a university center of reference, committed to donating responses to the continuum of challenges that the social, economic, technological and industrial context poses.Our mission and commitment are to cultivate individuals with values and competencies needed to flourish humanely and professionally.We are looking for a highly motivated candidate willing to postdoctoral research in our young and dynamic ChemSynBio team at IQS School of Engineering – Ramon Llull University in Barcelona!GroupAt ChemSynBio ( ), we harness chemical and synthetic biology to create biotherapeutic and biomedical tools, especially to treat brain diseases and to understand brain transport. We aim to conduct groundbreaking research and to grow together!ProjectCurrent treatments against brain diseases have very low efficacy due to the incapacity of most drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and target particular cell populations. We have recently been awarded a highly prestigious grant by the European Research Council to understand transport across the BBB and to develop new strategies to deliver large therapeutics into the brain with unprecedented efficiency and selectivity. In your project you will be working on engineering proteins in the brain endothelium by combining synthetic biology and bioinformatic approaches for high throughput screening on BBB models. This project is in collaboration with Prof. David Baker’s laboratory (Nobel laureate in Chemistry 2024).Tasks

• Lead the creation of a high-throughput screening platform on BBB models.
• Apply bioinformatics and protein engineering to boost the OBGate project.
• Closely collaborate with other researchers working on the project and the group.
• Contribution to an inspiring atmosphere and engagement in team activities.
• Training, student supervision, Preparing scientific publications.

Conditions

• Two years of funding guaranteed.
• Support to apply for additional funding (eg MSCA) with experience as fellow+host.
• Training opportunities and attendance to international conferences.
• Space for creativity, with mentorship and team support. Possibility to supervise PhD and MSc students.
• Proposed starting date: first half of 2025

• Requirement: PhD degree.
• Valuable experience: bioinformatics, molecular/synthetic biology, mammalian cells
• Strong motivation, proactivity, and creativity.
• Excellent teamwork abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Applications are welcome until December 31 or until the candidate is selectedIt is necessary for the application:

• Motivation letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the position and team.
• Two reference letters and contact details of the referees who wrote them.
• Curriculum Vitae

We are an equal opportunity employer. We promote equality and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly welcome applications from female candidates as they are currently under-represented at this level in this field of knowledge in our School.We also promote scientific and technological knowledge, business transformation and societal progress. At IQS we look for professionals committed to both these values.

Expected salary

Location

Barcelona

Job date

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:16:04 GMT

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