The NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network, a new action bringing together 25 partners to tackle one of the major challenges of Europe’s ageing population—neurological disorders, has opened the call period for applications for PhD positions.
One of the NeuroNanotech doctoral candidates will be hosted in the SISSA's Neural Physiology and technology lab led by professor Laura Ballerini. The research project is entitled “Novel interfaces to sense and stimulate neuronal circuits” and will focus on the Development of organotypic slice cultures to test nanomaterial-based sensor and nanostructured interfaces integration to neural circuit function. The PhD training will start in 2025.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic, multidisciplinary research team focused on the application of new technologies and smart nanomaterials to address fundamental neuroscience, with expertise ranging from electrophysiology, live imaging and microscopy.
The call for applications opens on the date it is published and closes on 30th April 2025 at 17:00 (CET).
The NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network will train 11 PhD researchers in the fields of nanotechnology, device engineering, neuroscience and clinical neurology to develop novel nanostructured flexible neural interfaces with highly improved tissue integration, allowing stable stimulation treatments.
The individual research projects will be highly interconnected, ensuring interdisciplinary training in advanced research and relevant complementary skills, imparted by an international and intersectoral consortium of research institutes, universities, companies, hospitals and social organisations from 9 different countries.
More information on the SISSA project: Novel interfaces to sense and stimulate neuronal circuits - NEURONANOTECH