Graduate student positions (PhD/MSc) available in the Laboratory of Precision- and Nanomedicine of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine.
Laboratory of Precision- and Nanomedicine is a well-funded, collaborative, interdisciplinary and translationally-oriented laboratory that develops tools for precision preclinical and clinical detection and therapy of solid tumors and neurological diseases. We are based in SIME building across the street from Biomedicum and have access to the state-of-the-art animal facility and high-end research equipment.
Our core technology is applying in vivo peptide phage display to identify homing peptides that bind to specific targets in the vasculature. Corresponding synthetic peptides are explored for targeting drugs, biologicals, and nanoparticles into tumors to increase their therapeutic index. We focus on development of novel diagnostic tests and therapeutics for the early detection and precision treatment of solid tumors (glioblastoma, and breast, prostate, ovarian, prostate, and colorectal carcinoma). Our lab is also at the forefront of development of next generation peptidic shuttles capable of efficient and high capacity payload delivery across the blood brain barrier.
Several positions are currently available for enthusiastic, hardworking and ambitious PhD and MSc students interested in:
- Mapping disease-associated vascular ZIP codes and developing systemic homing peptides in state of the art animal models;
- Development of peptide-guided imaging and therapeutic nanoparticles;
- Mechanistic studies on the homing peptides;
- Advanced cancer and neurological disease modeling in vivo and in culture;
- In vivo imaging of disease using (nano)tracers and advanced imaging techniques (multiphoton microscopy, high-resolution MRI, IVIS/Licor).
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