Are you inspired by the potential to use degradable synthetic implants that are transformed into living tissues by the body itself? Are you eager to contribute to better and sustainable healthcare through innovative tissue engineering approaches? Are you passionate about working in a high-end collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment focused on clinical translation? Then you might be our next postdoctoral researcher in the Clinical Translation Platform for materials-driven tissue regeneration!
About MDR
The Research Center for Materials-Driven Regeneration (MDR) is a partnership between Eindhoven University of Technology, Maastricht University and Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht and the Hubrecht Institute. This consortium was brought together to advance tissue and organ regeneration approaches using instructive biomaterials. The MDR Research Center was awarded an 18.8 M€ grant in May 2017 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science of The Netherlands in the framework of the Gravitation program.
In this 10-year program the interdisciplinary team of researchers within the MDR consortium aims to focus on the research and development of new, intelligent materials that stimulate the regeneration of damaged or diseased tissues and organs. Three research flagships are defined according to hierarchical levels of increasing length scale and structural complexity. In order to strengthen our research center, we are recruiting highly motivated and talented people that would like to contribute in the interesting yet complex multidisciplinary area of Materials-Driven Regeneration.
About the position
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute towards the careful, efficient, and ethical translation of our fundamental research findings into clinical applications. You will play a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of the mechanisms underlying tissue regeneration and implant integration in vivo, with a main focus on cardiovascular regeneration. Using these insights - gathered through analysis, reusing, and mining of our existing data - you will propose optimizations for materials for cardiovascular in situ tissue engineering that are one step closer to clinical application. As such, your research will also involve the comparison of current in vitro culture models and in vivo preclinical models, to assess their predictive power for future clinical outcomes.
Responsibilities
Embedding:
You will be embedded in the Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology (STEM) group at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). From this main locatiom, you will also actively engage with your peers at University Medical Center Utrecht and Maastricht University to collectively support the MDR Clinical Translation Platform.
A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:
About us
TU/e is an open and inclusive university with short communication lines. The people are curious, collaborative, and strive for excellence. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow. TU/e enables its academic staff to develop research and education at an internationally renowned level. Our lively campus community facilitates connections between staff and students, in an open, friendly, vibrant atmosphere that welcomes and inspires.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) offers a research-driven BME Bachelor program and Masters in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Engineering in its Graduate Program. Its research areas range from Molecular Bioengineering and Imaging, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering to Biomedical Imaging and Modelling. The department has more than 800 students and up to 200 tenured and nontenured employees.
Information
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more? Please contact prof. Carlijn Bouten (c.v.c.bouten@tue.nll). For information about terms of employment, please contact Sascha Sanchez, HR advisor, (s.j.m.g.sanchez.van.oort@tue.nl).
Please visit www.tue.nl/jobs and our career page to find out more about working at TU/e!
Application
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We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible. The vacancy will remain open until the position is filled.