PhD position available to study the interaction of proteins with chiral gold nanoparticles as a function of the physicochemical environment.

A PhD position is available in the framework of the ERC-Synergy grant Chiral-Pro, GA nº 101166855. The research, which will be carried out at CIC biomaGUNE, in San Sebastián (Spain), focuses on the study of the interaction and assembly of amyloid proteins with (chiral) gold nanoparticles as a function of the physicochemical environment. The project will be carried out at the Bionanoplasmonics laboratory of CIC biomaGUNE under the supervision of Prof. Luis M. Liz-Marzán and Dr. Pamina Winkler.
CHIRAL-PRO, supported by the European Research Council (ERC) and in collaboration with the University of Antwerp, the University of Michigan and the University of Vigo, is aimed at the tailored formation of handshake complexes (with chirality-directed recognition) between chiral nanoparticles and proteins or protein assemblies. Within this project, the proposed predoctoral research will focus on experimental investigation of the role of environmental factors and of chiral nanoparticles on protein interaction dynamics in biologically relevant systems.