Dear colleagues,
Please find here a flyer related to the DN Neuronanotech Call for applications for 11 Doctoral (PhD) Training Positions in nanotechnology, device engineering, neuroscience and clinical neurology (full-time employment contract for 3 years). The individual research projects are highly interconnected, ensuring interdisciplinary training. A full description of the PhD projects is published on the NeuroNanotech website.
Application deadline: 30th April 2025(17:00 CET)
Among them one PhD offer requires epitaxial La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin films and will take place at CNRS-GREYC in Caen, France.
Project Title: Optimisation of LSMO based magnetoresistive sensors for ultimate sensing
The objective of the PhD work will be to magnetically detect the activity of neurons in-vitro. The PhD student will join the CNRS-GREYC research laboratory in Caen (France) to work on the fabrication and conception of low-field magnetoresistive sensors from La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films.
A three-month secondment to SAL (Silicon Austria Labs, Villach, Austria) is planned for the modelling and design of sensors and magnetic circuits to be integrated into sensors and/or polymer structures. Another 3-month secondment is planned to IMDEA (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain), for the design and production of the polymer materials to be placed between the magnetoresistive sensors and the neurons.
Several 1-2 weeks of experiments are planned to be performed at SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy) for in vitro testing of magnetic neuron detection.
Don’t hesitate to spread the info around and to contact me at laurence.mechin@cnrs.fr for any questions about the application and the topic.