Postdoctoral Researcher in Microfluidics for Organ-on-chip

The Faculty of Engineering, Department Chemische ingenieurstechnieken en industriële scheikunde, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a grant. 

More concretely your work package, for the validation of your doctoral research, contains: 

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The Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, µFlow Cell, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher.
µFlow Cell is a multidisciplinary research group of the VUB that works on the upscaling of microfluidics for pharmaceutical, biotechnological or medical applications.
µFlow Cell is recognized and supported by VUB as a Group of Excellence in Advanced Research (GEAR). The group has a number of research lines that are further developed with the financial support of the Brussels Government via Innoviris, the Flemish Government via FWO and VLAIO, the European Union via Horizon Europe, or through direct collaborations with interested companies.
To support the activities of µFlow Cell, VUB is also building a new cleanroom (MICROLAB) for microfabrication in silicon and glass for microfluidics. The cleanroom is under construction and will be operational in the first half of 2023. MICROLAB will have a floorspace of 550 m², of which 300 m² will be equipped with the most advanced machines for every essential production step in microfabrication.
µFlow Cell is now looking for a postdoctoral researcher who will participate in an ambitious research and development project in which the bioprinting and culture of organoids will be studied in space. More specifically the team will work on the design and fabrication of microwell plates in which the organoids will be cultured and exposed to different stress factors. The project will start 01/01/23. The project will be carried out in close cooperation with several companies specialized in space applications.
The postdoctoral researcher will at least be responsible for following tasks.
•    Design and fabrication of microwell plates, including microfluidics to culture and store organoids, including systems to apply mechanical load, shear stress and/or  electrostimulation to the organoids.
•    Construction of new experimental setups in which the microwells can be tested.
•    Design, conduct, analyse and report experiments.
•    Interaction with other academic researchers and industrial research groups.
•    Prepare and attend technical meetings with internal or external customers.
•    Contribute to writing scientific publications with the team
•    Co-supervise master and interact with PhD students working on related topics
•    Maintain order, safety and quality in his/her workspace.

For this function, our Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus (Elsene) will serve as your home base.