Open call for ESRs at University of Kragujevac and BIOIRC
DECODE will provide young researchers with excellent scientific, technological and complementary skills through a multidisciplinary training programme having as an outmost scientific aim the development, optimization, and assessment of a drug eluting balloon system for the improved treatment of PAD.
Three positions (ESR3, ESR7 and ESR8) for PhD candidates are open at the University of Kragujevac in Serbia and BIOIRC DOO Kragujevac.
The ESR3 will primarily be trained in experimental procedures related to drug release from Drug-coated balloons (DCB).
The ESR3 will gain expertise in:
1) The release kinetics of the drug to the vessel using experimental procedures aiming to retain majority amount of drug on balloon during tracking and program faster drug delivery within shorter exposure time,
2) Clinical procedures related to peripheral artery disease (PAD) and conduction of animal studies,
3) Computational modelling and software engineering.
The ESR7 will primarily be trained in numerical modelling of the balloon-arterial wall interaction during an angioplasty of a stenotic peripheral artery with DCBs.
The ESR7 will gain expertise in:
1) Delivering of in-silico clinical trial platform for peripheral stents testing in terms of safety, efficacy and long-term performance under realistic conditions found in peripheral arteries,
2) Development and validation of numerical modelling of the balloon-arterial wall interaction during an angioplasty of a stenotic peripheral artery with DCBs,
3) Algorithms for the balloon contact problem and drug stamping to vascular tissue,
4) Design and optimization of engineering structures, multi-scale modelling.
The ESR8 will primarily be trained in multiscale modelling for thrombosis/atherosclerotic plaque formation and progression.
The ESR8 will gain expertise in:
1) Development of multiscale model for thrombosis/atherosclerotic plaque formation and progression to mimic the real atherosclerosis disease conditions in the peripheral arterial system,
2) Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system,
3) Multi-scale modelling.
Please find more information on the project, open positions and requirements in the attached document and also at the project website.