Career

On this page you will find our open positions, internship opportunities and Post Doc programs.

Student Assistance (20 h/w) with potentially included MASTER PROJECT within an international project on Bioinks, HU3DINKS

We offer a position as a student assistant for 20 hours per week, with the option to perform a Master thesis project. The work will take place within the group for cell-based therapies in Linz. To overcome the limitations associated with the use of conventional bioinks within this IRASME (Austria – Belgium) project Hu3DINK we will develop the next generation human-derived bioink.

YOUR PROJECT

LBI Traumatology will perform biological validation and proof-of-concept application development based on the bioinks. Within a potential master thesis, human bioinks will be evaluated in bioassays relevant in regenerative medicine research, which are usually performed with animal-derived compounds. After testing basic biocompatibility, primary human cells will be combined with the developed inks to evaluate their pro-regenerative potential including angiogenesis, immunomodulatory and anti-fibrotic behaviour within the human microenvironment.

THE METHODS

Basic cell culture, primary human cell isolation, primary human cell culture, 2D co-cultures, 3D cultures including angiogenesis assays, immunofluorescence stainings, gene expression analyses, quantitative assays for cell count viability and proliferation.

YOUR PROFILE:

  • A completed bachelor degree in a cell and molecular biology-related field
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Experience with eukaryotic cell culture
  • Experience in the field of primary cell culture desirable.
  • Broad scientific curiosity and good social skills

Terms of employment

We offer a 2-years contract, including a one-month probation period, starting as soon as possible in 2023. The offered gross annual salary follows the FWF employment guidelines for student assistants 20h/week (https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs). We encourage applications by women and international candidates.

Please send your CV and application to fhfnaar.jbyonax@genhzn.yot.np.ng before February 12th 2023.

Master student to work on a Master Thesis project in Vascular Biology

We offer a position as a Master student to perform your Master thesis project as part of our Vascular Biology group. Within the group we are interested in the (re)generation of blood and lymphatic vascular structures. Moreover, our goals extend to the exploration of extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from the vasculature.

THE PROJECT

Extracellular Vesicles hold great promise to serve as biomarkers for a variety of pathological conditions. To work on this goal a solid characterization of EVs from different tissues is of crucial importance. In this Master Thesis project EVs from the lymphatic vasculature should be characterized. Human plasma/serum samples from volunteers will be enriched for EVs and then subsequently characterized by using lymphatic-vasculature-specific antibodies using nanoparticle tracking analysis and fluorescence-triggered flow cytometry.

THE METHODS

Isolation of Plasma/Serum from whole blood, Enrichment of Extracellular Vesicles by Size Exclusion Chromatography and/or Ultracentrifugation, Characterization of EVs by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) and fluorescence-triggered flow cytometry (FT-FC)

YOUR PROFILE

  • A completed bachelor degree in a cell and molecular biology-related field
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Experience with eukaryotic cell culture
  • Experience in the field of extracellular vesicles desirable.
  • Broad scientific curiosity and good social skills

The project will start in April 2023. Please send your CV and application to jbystnat.ubyagubare@genhzn.yot.np.ng  before February 12th 2023.

Initiative Application Opportunities

We offer a multitude of interesting opportunities to students (BSc., MSc., PhD), including MDs and veterinarians, to complete their internship and/or postdoctorate program.
For a specific field of interest, please send a cover letter and CV to the following contact indicated in parentheses:

Open positions
Job title
Unit
Area
Apply until
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, the Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA
Linz, Austria
12.02.2023
Student Assistance (20 h/w) in Bioink Project Unit: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, the Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA Area: Linz, Austria Apply until: 12.02.2023