Open position for Junior Researcher in Milan

EVIta Society; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Fondazione Don Gnocchi in Milan is seeking a Junior Researcher to join LABION for a project on Raman spectroscopy of saliva and salivary vesicles to aid in early Parkinson’s diagnosis. The role collaborates with Dr. Alice Gualerzi and IRCCS S.

Maria Nascente, and will run for 12 months starting late January 2024. The successful candidate will isolate extracellular vesicles from liquid biopsies, perform Raman analyses on samples, and contribute to the interpretation of experimental and clinical

Responsibilities

• Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from liquid biopsies.
• Raman spectroscopy analysis of biological samples.
• Collaboration in collection, analysis, and interpretation of clinical and experimental data.

Job description

Open position for Junior Researcher in Milan

Fondazione Don Gnocchiis looking for a junior reserarcher to join the team of the Laboratory of nanomedicine and Clinical Biophotonics (LABION) in Milan.

The selected candidate will work within a project titled “Application of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of saliva and salivary extracellular vesicles for the early and differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease – PANDORA”, coordinated byDr. Alice Gualerzi at LABION – IRCCS S. Maria Nascente ( www.labion.eu; LABION Coordinator: Dr. Marzia Bedoni).

The project, is part of LABION’s research activities on the search for salivary biomarkers forParkinson’s diseaseand has recently received funding from “Fondo diBeneficenza ed opere di carattere sociale e culturale di Intesa Sanpaolo”.

The project will start by the end ofJanuary 2024and will last for 12 months.

The project involves collaboration with other centers of the Fondazione Don Gnocchi in Italy.

The main responsibilities of the selected candidate will include:

• Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from liquid biopsies.
• Raman spectroscopy analysis of biological samples
• Collaboration in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of clinical and experimental data.