**Job Description**
This PhD position is part of the MICRO-PATH Doctoral Training Programme, an interdisciplinary, research-intensive program focusing on Pathogenesis in the Age of the Microbiome, funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund. The program addresses research questions on causal and mechanistic studies of microbiome-mediated pathogenesis by integrating microbiology and big data analytics. The specific project within the Physics of Living Matter Group at DPHYMS investigates the biophysics of host-pathogen interactions using in vitro model systems that mimic chronic diseases, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The doctoral candidate will perform both wet lab experiments and computational analysis to uncover biophysical principles regulating host-pathogen interactions and feedback, with a particular emphasis on discovering biophysical couplings between microbial species and their host environments under in vitro settings relevant to chronic diseases.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Fluency in English.
• Willingness to work in an inter-cultural and international environment.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Experience or knowledge in quantitative imaging and image analysis (MATLAB or Python) (plus).
• Experience or knowledge in machine learning techniques (plus).
• Experience or knowledge in basic programming/coding (plus).
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Physics
• Engineering
• Biology
• Related domains
**Experience**
Other:
• Early-stage researcher: without a Ph.D., in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career, measured from the date of obtaining the degree that formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate.
• Background in biomaterials, soft matter physics, biophysics, or active matter physics (preference).
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