European Doctoral Academy in Regenerative Engineering

Overview

The TECAS Initial Training Network (TECAS-ITN) integrates the major European investigators and experts in the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine (RM), with a view to establishing a European Doctoral Academy in Regenerative Engineering. The aim of the Doctoral Academy is to facilitate the cross-disciplinary and intersectorial training of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in the field, by consolidating the extensive multidisciplinary experience in training and research of its academic, clinical and industrial Partners. The TECAS-ITN focuses on the clinical needs of cardiac valve replacement/repair, myocardium reconstruction and patch graft angioplasty of the great blood vessels, with a view to developing the underpinning expertise and technology for manufacturing cardiovascular TE implants for clinical use. The TECAS-ITN will host 13 Marie Currie ESR Fellows at 6 different Partner Institutions, each performing an individual research project that is placed along the innovation pipeline of a number of TE products/technologies from basic science to translational research.

Partner Institutions

The TECAS-ITN is a consortium of 5 academic/clinical, 2 industrial and 1 regulatory agency Partners with wide expertise in basic science, clinical research, translation and standardisation of TE technologies:

Hannover Medical School (Coordinator)

RWTH Aachen University and Hospital

Eindhoven University of Technology

University of Padua

University of Patras

Corlife GbR

Textile Technology Transfer GmbH

British Standards Institute

Research Training

In addition to their research projects, the training of the Doctoral Fellows will be complemented by project-specific Exchange secondments to other TECAS-ITN Partners collaborating on a specific Fellowship, Clinical secondments to the organ banks of the clinical Partners, Industrial secondment to the industrial Partners and Laboratory secondments to academic institution outside TECAS-ITN, as well as through an extensive curriculum of academic and transferable skills courses and workshops, and public engagement activities. The Fellows will also be awarded specialist certificates, based on their individual training, which will be recognised and endorsed by all academic and industrial Partners.

Marie Currie Fellowship Opportunities and Application Form

There will be 2 rounds of recruitment for the 13 Doctoral Fellowships. The application deadline for the first cohort of Fellowships is 31 March 2013, whereas the application deadline for the second cohort of Fellowships is 30 June 2013. The Fellowships are described in the links below. Each applicant may select up to 3 Fellowship posts. Please indicate your selection in the application form below.

Eligibility Requirements

The Fellowships are open to international candidates, who at the time of recruitment have less than 4 years research experience (full-time equivalent) following completion of their Master’s Degree (or equivalent), and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. Eligible candidates must also not have resided or carried their main activity in the country hosting the Fellowship for more than 12 months since May 2010.

Application Details and Enquiries

Application Deadlines: 31 March 2013 (first round) and 30 June 2013 (second round)

Indicative Post Starting Dates: May 2013 (first cohort) and October 2013 (second cohort)

How to Apply: Please download and fill the application form above, and send by email, together with your full CV, in a PDF-file format to:

Miss Eirini Chatzigeorgiou

TECAS-ITN Research Manager

Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering Implant Research and Development

Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

Hannover Medical School

Feodor-Lynen-Straße 31, Hannover, 30625, Germany

Tel: +49 511 532 7798

Email: chatzigeorgiou.eirinimh-hannover.de

Further Enquiries

TECAS-ITN & European Doctoral Academy Director

Dr Sotiris Korossis

Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development

Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

Hannover Medical School

Feodor-Lynen-Straße 31, Hannover, 30625, Germany

Tel: +49 511 532 8258

Email: korossis.sotiriosmh-hannover.de