Predoctoral researcher at the Phase Transitions in Health and Disease Research Group

Application Deadline: 05/09/2019
Ref: PH-BB
The Protein phase Transitions in Health and Disease group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for an Early Stage Researcher (PhD student) to develop his/her PhD thesis project on Deep Mutagenesis of Prion Domains. The project will develop starting from recent work from the lab aimed at understanding the mechanisms by which certain proteins become toxic in neurodegenerative diseases, such as https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/592121v1.
Researchers of the Signal and information processing for sensing systems research group at IBEC, led by Santiago Marco, have designed a nanodrone that could identify toxic gases in buildings that collapsed due the effects of earthquakes or explosions. The new gadget, which weights thirty-five grams, could be useful to detect the presence of victims in closed spaces which are hard to enter.