Phd Thesis dna-based Data Storage in Vivo

As **Austria's largest research and technology organisation** for applied research, we are dedicated to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society. Our **Center for Health & Bioresources** located in **PhD Thesis**. In the **Center for Health & Bioresources**, we aim to solve challenges associated with demographic change, resource scarcity and environmental pollution and to develop innovative solutions, that enable early disease detection and support healthy and active aging. Our Competence Unit **Molecular Diagnostics** focuses its research on the The **PhD project is part of the European research project** “ **MI-DNA DISC**“, involving **six institutions from Europe** and is coordinated by Dr. Ivan Barišić. **The goal** of the Horizon Europe **investigate DNA-based technologies** regarding their data storage capacity and PHD THESIS "DNA-BASED DATA STORAGE IN VIVO" CENTER FOR HEALTH & BIORESOURCES - IN COOPERATION WITH TU WIEN - You dive deeper into the topic of synthetic biology and DNA-based data storage. - You carry out a literature search and keep track of the actual literature about novel genetic engineering tools in bacteria. - You perform sequencing experiments to analyse bacterial DNA exchange mechanisms. - You use and become familiar with analytical instruments and molecular tools. - You interact with other international scientists and project consortia working on DNA-based data storage and synthetic biology. - You will be introduced to the European community working on DNA-based computing. - You work interdisciplinary with molecular biologists, computer scientists, physicists, and dissemination and exploitation experts. - You will publish your research results at conferences and in international journals. - You will learn how to evaluate the results and prepare them for further studies. - You will accumulate experience in a research field, that has an enormous potential to transform data storage and computing. - You will gain experience in a group of international scientists and build up your professional network. **Your qualifications as an Ingenious Partner**: - Master's studies in the field of molecular biology or similar - Good knowledge in Microbiology and Genetics, ideally regarding ligation-based DNA technologies, bacteriophages and/or CRISPR-Cas - Enthusiastic about the conception of scientific studies, writing of proposals and publishing papers - High level of commitment and team spirit - Very good knowledge of English in word and writing - High level of commitment and team spirit **Details**: - Duration of the PhD project: 3 years - Start date: ideally as soon as possible - However, there is some flexibility concerning the start-date **What to expect**: EUR 34.507 gross per year, for 30 h / week. In addition to numerous events, seminars and networking opportunities, there will be additional company benefits. As a research institution, we are familiar with the supervision and execution of PhD theses, and we are looking forward to supporting you accordingly- Join our - **AIT PhD programme** with around 150 international students, carried out in cooperation with renowned universities - Let’s make ideas work - With you? - Please submit your documents including your - **CV, cover letter and your certificates (Transcript of records) **online: APPLY NOW