Experimental PhD Position in Learning Mechanics of Soft Matter (Biocompatible Hydrogels) – ERC Project Learning Matters! Technical University of Munich in Germany

PhD opportunity in Theory of Physical Learning at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Campus Garching, in Prof. Karen Alim’s group on Biological Physics and Morphogenesis . The project is part of the ERC project Learning Matters! and focuses on the physics of continual learning in a non-neural system: Physarum . The successful candidate will develop a theory for the physical mechanisms behind learning mechanics in a network-shaped single cell, studying how flows, chemical concentration, sh...

Technical University of Dresden is advertising a postdoc position in the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster with Professor Otger Campas , Managing Director and Chair of Tissue Dynamics. The project focuses on phase transitions in embryos and/or biological time , broadly understood, making it a strong fit for candidates interested in interdisciplinary research at the interface of physics and biology . The post is especially suitable for experimental physicists , biologists , or researchers from s...

PhD opening at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, Germany, in the newly established research group Phase Transition Engineering led by Dr. Leif-Thore Deck . The project is titled “Designing biomolecular crystallization and precipitation processes” and focuses on understanding and engineering how solids form from fluids. The research combines chemical engineering , bioengineering , biomolecular crystallization , precipitation processes , process desig...

PhD opportunity in Vascular Infection Research at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and the Max Planck Centre for Physics and Medicine in Erlangen, Germany. The project, MALVISTA: Engineering a Human Blood–Retinal Barrier Model to Understand Cerebral Malaria , focuses on malaria pathogenesis, host–parasite interactions, vascular biology, and the development of physiologically relevant human vascular models . The lab’s research combines tissue engineering , biophysical approaches ...

PhD opportunity at University Hospital RWTH Aachen in Germany within CRC/SFB 1739 , focusing on periodontal-immune interactions and mechanically induced periodontal ligament remodelling . The project is supervised by Dr. ing. Jitske Jansen and Prof. Horst Fischer . The research combines stem cell-derived human in vitro models , hydrogels , and advanced bioreactors to study tissue remodelling and immune crosstalk. The successful candidate will identify novel targets from omics datasets and valida...