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!
Group
At ChemSynBio (www.chemsynbio.iqs.edu), 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!
Project
Current treatments against brain diseases have very low efficacy due to the low permeability of most drugs across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Our project Creating an Orthogonal Gate to the Brain (OBGate) has recently been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant to develop new strategies to deliver large therapeutics into the brain with unprecedented efficiency and selectivity. Within this project, you will develop viral and non-viral gene delivery nanocarriers to transfect brain endothelium or brain tumor cells with high selectivity. You will participate in the whole development process of the nanovehicles, from the design, formulation and characterization to the in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Tasks
* Contribution to research excellence at all stages: literature review, experimental design, experimentation, data analysis, and proposal of new research directions.
* Collaboration with other researchers and contribution to an inspiring atmosphere.
* Presentation of results and contribution to preparing reports and scientific publications.
* Engagement in laboratory management and team activities.
* Training in technical and horizontal skills. Student supervision and training.
Conditions
* Three years of funding guaranteed.
* Training opportunities on scientific and horizontal skills.
* Room for creativity, mentorship & team support.
* Proposed starting date: January 2026.
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