Postdoctoral Researcher in the Area of Biohybrid Materials
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Area of Biohybrid Materials
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
We are looking to fill a postdoctoral researcher position in the Biohybrid Materials (Prof. Mauri Kostiainen) research group. Our laboratory is situated on the campus of Aalto University in Otaniemi within the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems. Our research is funded through the European Research Council (ERC), and we are part of the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence (CoE) on Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials and Gene, Cell and Nano Therapy Flagship. CoEs and Flagships are the forerunners of Finnish research.
Research topics of the position include:
- Chemical virology - you will develop design strategies and fabrication methods to produce new type of protein cages based on virus capsid, study their assembly, cargo packaging and release. Folded mRNA and DNA structures will be studied as templates and delivery targets.
- Life-inspired hybrid materials - you will take inspiration from living organisms as adaptable and dynamic soft matter to prepare for example multiresponsive materials, nonequilibrium conditions for emergent functionalities or systems to connect living and non-living structures. Your target is to advance new material concepts such as, adaptation, mechano-responsiveness and memory functions.
Requirements:
As a successful applicant, you should be highly motivated in experimental science and have a background and a recently obtained doctoral degree (within the last five years) in chemistry, biosciences, physics or a closely related field. Solid skills for example in protein engineering, structural DNA nanotechnology, organic synthesis or polymer chemistry as well as related characterization techniques are an additional advantage.
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