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A Post-doctoral position is offered in nanobiosensors in the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences of the University of Louvain (in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, EU)

This one-year position fits within a larger project aiming at developing new enzymatic biosensors based on nanopatterned conducting polymers.

The biosensors consist of conducting polymer nanowires functionalized by genetically-engineered enzymes able to recognize specific analytes. The nanowires are generated by nanolithography. The successful candidate will fabricate the nanowires and connect them to electrodes, graft the enzymes at the surface of the nanowires, and check the electrical response of the devices in water in the presence of analytes. An interest for nanofabrication, electrical measurements in water, biofunctionalization, surface chemistry and physical chemistry of solutions will be useful.

The successful candidate will benefit from a regular salary (with complete social security benefits), for an amount of about 3200 euros before tax deduction (about 2050 euros after tax deduction depending on personal details). Applicants should submit a letter of motivation (in pdf only) and a CV with complete bibliographic list (in pdf only) by e-mail to Prof. Alain M. Jonas (alain.jonas'at'uclouvain.be) before July 15, 2009. They should also arrange for three letters of recommendation being sent to Alain Jonas by reference professors or researchers.

Université catholique de Louvain
Institut de la Matière Condensée et des Nanosciences
Unité de Physique et de Chimie des Hauts Polymères et Unité de Chimie Organique et Médicinale