.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.
These form an administrative grouping of departments and other institutions, among which there are three strategic academic divisions: IQS Executive Education, which offers cutting-edge and transformative learning experiences to business leaders; IQS Tech Transfer, which promotes research with impact, innovation, and technology transfer for companies and organizations; and IQS Tech Factory, which 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 addressing the continuum of challenges posed by the social, economic, technological, and industrial context.
Our mission and commitment are to cultivate individuals with the values and competencies needed to flourish humanely and professionally.We are looking for a highly motivated candidate willing to pursue a PhD 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 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.TasksLead the creation of a high-throughput screening platform on BBB models.Apply protein design/engineering and bioinformatics to boost the OBGate project.Closely collaborate with other researchers working on the project and the group.Contribute to an inspiring atmosphere and engage in team activities.Train and supervise students, and prepare scientific publications.ConditionsTwo years of funding guaranteed.
Support to apply for additional funding (e.G., 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.RequirementsPhD degree.Valuable experience: bioinformatics, molecular/synthetic biology, mammalian cells.Strong motivation, proactivity, and creativity.Excellent teamwork abilities