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Entrepreneurial PhD position in Paris – microfluidics for molecular biology

You do not recognize yourself in the academic world?
You want to combine entrepreneurship and PhD?
You feel ready to work on an interdisciplinary research project?

IMPORTANT: You must not have spent time in France more than 12 months during the 3 past years.

Start: September 2020

Place: based in PARIS – ~11 months of secondments within the consortium

Areas of expertise: Engineering, Software, Robotics, Physics

Type of financing: MSCA-ITN NeuroTrans (#860954)

Key Words: microfluidics, physics, engineering, electronics

About Elvesys:

Our mission

To develop microfluidic instruments to enable researchers around the world to go beyond the state of the art in their scientific fields.

Our company

Elvesys is a young innovative company of 50 people created by 3 young PhDs in microfluidics. We are passionate, selective and demanding. In return, we offer you a dynamic and challenging work environment, and the possibility of career and personal development with no other limits than your own.

Our culture

➔We act! We think like generals and act like wildlings. We always seek to innovate in a way no one else would. Our vision and our passion drive us, as well as our clan and our mission.

➔ No single player either, we care about and for one another. Together, we are crossing an ocean to fulfill our mission – only sticking together will let us withstand the storms!

About the PhD position

A PhD at Elvesys has nothing to do with a typical PhD. You will be immersed in a start-up with a strong entrepreneurial and innovative spirit.

Your mission

To bring a new product to the market before the end of your PhD. Besides the science, you will learn how to identify a market, get in touch with end-users, and translate their needs and requirements into a real product that can be sold by our brand Elveflow.

This experience will allow you to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and market-driven research.

The scientific project

This project is part of the NeuroTrans consortium, aiming to develop a robust model of neurotransmitter:sodium symporters and understand their role in neuropsychiatric diseases.

Your role will be to develop a user-friendly microfluidic platform  for cell culture on chip, including a temperature control and a precise compound delivery, controlled by a dedicated software.

Your profile to become the rockstar of the team

➔ You have a masters degree (or equivalent) in engineering (electronics, mecatronics, robotics…)

➔ You are scientifically rigorous, creative and practical

➔ You can think “outside the box” to find simple solutions to complicated problems, you are not afraid to tackle complex problems

➔ You don’t like routine, and you’re able to quickly adapt to changes in direction

➔ You want a job that makes sense, want to see the outcome of your PhD in the real world and not only on a lab shelf

At Elvesys, we like: Action; creative, autonomous and curious people, team players. Those who act more than they talk, people who challenge themselves and yet care about others. Those who question themselves, those who want an intense and contrasted life. Those who bring us treats.

Why should you join us?

Because you want to conduct your PhD in a stimulating environment and to create new marketable microfluidic innovations!

Application via the NeuroTrans recruitment website: www.neurotrans.org project ESR 14 project: Development of a microfluidic cell perfusion station for controlled compound delivery and real time fluorescence monitoring“.

Please follow the recruitment procedure as described on the website and send all requested documents to office@neurotrans.org.

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