Entrepreneurial PhD position in Paris – Microfluidics for Next Generation Flow Cytometry
Do you want to experience more than the academic world?
You want to combine entrepreneurship and PhD?
You are 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.
Required profile
At the MIC, we love the doers, the creative, the autonomous, the curious, and the team players. People who act rather than talk. Those who question themselves, those who want to live an intense and contrasting life, and, of course, those who bring pastries to the team.
Contract: 3 years CDD (PhD)
Salary: 39K €
Degree: Master (or equivalent)
Place: based in PARIS – 9 months of secondments within the consortium
Start: June 2024
Deadline for application: 30.04.2024
Areas of expertise: Engineering, Instrumentation development, Physics, Fluid dynamics
Language: Written and spoken English
Type of financing: MSCA-DN NEXTSCREEN
(#101119729)
Key Words: microfluidics, imaging flow cytometry, flow sensor, instrumentation development, flow chemistry
About the Microfluidics Innovation Center
Our vision
A major technological revolution is underway in the world of biotechnology, which is accelerating progress in medicine like never before. Microfluidics is one of the cornerstones of this revolution.
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
The MIC is a young innovative company of 15 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
➔ No bread-and-butter work here. 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 the MIC 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.
This experience will allow you to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and market-driven research.
The scientific project
Development and implementation of closed loop microfluidic circuits for new generation Imaging Flow Cytometry, including instrumentation surpassing the state-of-the-art with high precision pressure control for the delivery of cell samples in suspension.
Development of a microfluidic system for flow-through surface functionalization of microdevices with novel polymers having refractive index matching that of water.
Find more information on the webpage of the NEXTSCREEN Project.
Your profile to become the rockstar of the team
➔ You have a masters degree (or equivalent) in biochemistry, chemistry, cell biology, engineering (bioengineering, mechatronics, robotics, engineering physics etc.) or related fields.
➔ Fluency in English
➔ Ideally experience with one or more of the following:
- Biochemistry
- Cell Culture
- Microfluidics
- Python
- Process chemistry
- CFD simulations
- 3D CAD
➔ Ideally knowledge of French, but not required.
➔ 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 the MIC, 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!
How to apply?
Applications will be accepted via the NEXTSCREEN recruitment website.
For the application, please prepare one PDF including:
- Detailed CV
- Motivation letter (max. 2 pages). The motivation letter should indicate two or more previous mentors or collaborators.
What are you waiting for? Visit the official NEXTSCREEN recruitment website!
Recruitment calendar
Deadline for applications: April 30th, 2024
Remote evaluation and interviews: May 2024
Start date of the fellowship: June 2024
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 101119729 (NEXTSCREEN).
