Postdoctoral Researcher At The At The Pluripotency For Organ Regeneration Research Group

Institute for bioengineering of Catalonia, IBECOrganisation/Company Institute for bioengineering of Catalonia, IBEC Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 20 Oct 2026
- 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? NoOffer DescriptionIntroduction to the vacant position:ThePluripotency for organ regenerationGroup at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for aPost-doctoral Researcherto conduct her/his postdoctoral training whose main objective is to develop robust and reproducible human organoid models to study tissue development as well as genetic and systemic disease conditions.
Main tasks and

responsibilities:
Development of renal, cardiac and neural derivatives (among others) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) in 2D and 3D cell culture settings making use of engineering approaches to establish new controlled microenvironments.
Development of genome engineered hPSCs to model disease mechanisms.
Development and Implementation of quantitative and qualitative assays to monitor molecular and metabolic changes as well as cell-cell interactions during organoid development in 2D and 3D cell culture settings.
Requirements for candidates:PhD in the field of biology, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, biomedicine or similar areasProved knowledge on culture and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) (specifically on methodologies to derive hPSC-organoids will be a plus), confocal microscopy and quantitative image analysis, as well as molecular biology techniques.
Experience in bioengineering technologies such as microfabrication, biomaterials and organ-on-chip approaches.
Competencies and

skills:
Communication, Teamwork and collaboration, Commitment, Proactivity, Integrity, Critical and Analytical thinking.
High level of EnglishAdvantageous:Experience in developing custom made scripts for image processing and quantification.

We Offer
Number of available positions: 1Working

conditions:
Full
- time Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.
Measures to reconcile work and family life (parental leave, flexible schedule

working hours
, 23 working days of paid holidays, 9 leave days for personal matters, among others).
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we offer
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