Updated: 2025-05-30
We will have two fully funded 4-year PhD student positions starting from October 2025. Recruitment will be through the Warsaw4PhD school, and the official announcements should come up by the end of June. The positions are related to electrochemical biosensors and are financed within the NCN-project “Peptide-based point-of-care sensor for biomarkers of neurodegenerative conditions“. One PhD project will be directed more towards the electrochemical biosensing side of the project, and the other towards the molecular biology side.
For the first project, the goal is to develop an electrochemical point-of-care biosensor to detect specific biomarkers for traumatic brain injury. The challenge is to optimise the sensor to achieve the necessary sensitivity while maintaining low cost and ease of use. This will require experimental skills and knowledge to perform the needed electrochemical measurements; the surface chemistry for receptor immobilisation; design, construct and evaluate the sensor flow system.
The second project aims to develop new receptors for biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injury using phage display technology. The challenge is identifying peptides derived from phage display technology with a high affinity and selectivity towards selected biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases and developing a phage library for selected biomarkers. This will require experimental skills and knowledge to perform the needed biological experiments: phage display technology, evaluate the receptors using plaque assay, ELISA and other techniques.
If you are interested, contact Martin for more information!
Internships:
We are always looking for talented students for master or bachelor theses. And we usually have place for one or two (paid) intern positions during the summer break. If you are interested, contact Martin or Magdalena for further information.