Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowships
– Call for Expression of Interest in Biological physics
The Biological physics lab of Adiels/Goksör (University of Gothenburg) is seeking expressions
of interest from potential postdoctoral researchers wishing to apply for Marie Sklodowka Curie
Individual European Fellowships. Selected candidates will receive dedicated support from
University of Gothenburg’s Grants and Innovation Office to develop their proposal and
application for submission to the European Commission on September 14 2017.
Who we are
The Biological Physics lab constitutes an interdisciplinary group of researchers establishing
and applying novel technology on biological and life science applications. Caroline Beck
Adiels and Mattias Goksör are sharing the leadership; one being a biologist and an expert in
the field of mammalian cells, single cell analysis and microfluidics; one being a physicist,
expert in optical trapping, image analysis and signal processing. The research has been mainly
centred around using microfluidics and optical setups to study single yeast cells regarding their
signal transductions, communication, adaptation and environmental responses, but recently also
targets physiological mimetics in terms of “organ-on-chip”. Production of microfluidics
(including CAD-design, COMSOL Multiphysics flow simulations as well as soft lithography),
cell handling, microscopy, image analysis, LabView/MatLab programming and signal
processing as well as interacting with interdisciplinary collaborators both locally and abroad
are all part of the daily work.
The project(s)
The specific projects have some common traits and we welcome expressions of interest in the
following areas:
• to develop microfluidic devices for mammalian cell migration studies to
understand the mechanisms of prostate cancer metastasis as well as long-term
fluorescence microscopy studies of proteins involved in sarcoma cancer
progression. Furthermore, design of microfluidic devices that enable
intracellular investigations on RNA, protein and metabolite level is also of high
interest.
• to improve our organ-on-chip microfluidic device for different cell types and
on-chip stem cell differentiation.
• to set up a novel project to study possible glycolytic oscillatory behaviour in
mammalian beta-cells.
Candidates
We want candidates that can get a warm recommendation from her/his PhD supervisor - not
just half hearted. You do not have to be "magna cum laude", but should be among the top 25%
PhD students. You should have published 2-3 papers as first author.
Please note that according to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie mobility rule the applicant must
not have resided or carried out her/his main activity in Sweden for more than 12 months
in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline (14 September 2017).
Applications
Candidates are invited to submit their Expression of Interest to [email protected]
no later than July 7 2017.
The Expression of Interest should include:
1) Your CV including a publication list limited to a maximum of 2 pages
2) A one-page outline summarizing your major accomplishments (mentioning the purpose,
results, skills acquired, derived applications etc.); independent thinking and leadership
qualities; and potential to acquire new knowledge.
Please email this as a PDF file attachment, putting ‘Expression of Interest_bio” as your email
heading to [email protected].
Results will be announced in the week commencing July 10 2017.