PhD: Engineered Hydrogels Shaping Osteogenesis

Karlstad University; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Fully paid PhD position

Interdisciplinary team

State-of-the-art facilities

Supervisory guidance

Zusammenfassung

The University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position focusing on rationally engineered hydrogels to control osteogenesis via mechanoregulation. The project combines material science, biology, and computational modelling in an international team.

The successful candidate will engineer environmentally instructive hydrogels, perform mammalian cell culture, and contribute to data analysis and modelling, with a salary in line with Swiss National Science Foundation guidelines.

Qualifikationen

• Master in a relevant field; conduct hydrogel synthesis and characterisation.
• Perform cell culture, data analysis, and computational modelling.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team and publish findings.

Aufgaben

• Synthesize and characterise hydrogels with controlled viscoelastic properties.
• Culture and analyze mammalian cells to study mechanoregulation of osteogenesis.
• Develop and test computational models to link matrix properties with cell responses.

Kenntnisse

Cell culture

Hydrogel formulation

Data analysis

English fluency

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Nanosciences / Biomedical Engineering / Health Sciences and Technology / Biology / Chemistry

Tools

Rheometry

Atomic Force Microscopy

MATLAB

GraphPad

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Jobbeschreibung

The University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position focusing on rationally engineered hydrogels to control osteogenesis via mechanoregulation. The project combines material science, biology, and computational modelling in an international team.

The successful candidate will engineer environmentally instructive hydrogels, perform mammalian cell culture, and contribute to data analysis and modelling, with a salary in line with Swiss National Science Foundation guidelines.