PhD offer within the In vivo Organ Generation by Stem Cells group, CIMA Universidad de Navarra, for the 26/27 Academic Year

Organisation/Company

FUNDACIÓN PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA APLICADA

Department

Administration

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions

PhD Positions

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

31 Jan 2026 - 00:00 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Other EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

The In vivo Organ Generation by Stem Cells Group, led by Dr. Xabier Aranguren is looking for a candidate to carry out the doctoral thesis for the 26/27 academic year.

Organ transplantation is a very effective life-saving treatment for end-stage organ diseases. Nevertheless, the number of organs available for transplantations is limited, and the waiting lists are ever increasing, recently counting around 150.000 people Europe and 100.00 in USA, leading to a high rate of death for organ failure: only in the European continent, approximately 5.000 people die every year waiting for an organ, with a mortality rates for patients waiting for a heart, liver or lung ranging between 15 and 30%. The necessity to find additional source of organs for transplantation has boosted research on the generation of organs from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs).

We develop new therapeutic alternatives based on the generation of xeno-organs in vivo by blastocyst complementation using pluripotent stem cells. This strategy is based on the microinjection of stem cells into genetically modified embryos, incapable of generating a certain type of organ/cell type. In this way the target organ is formed exclusively from the microinjected stem cells. The group works with mouse and rat embryonic stem cells and human iPS cells, as well as with genetically modified mouse and pig models.

Last publications:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40551151/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37967560/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37660554/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36563688/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35883376/

Website

https://careers.talentclue.com/en/node/121132878/4590/modal

Research Field

Other

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

The In vivo Organ Generation by Stem Cells Group, led by Dr. Xabier Aranguren, is seeking for a creative, ambitious and highly motivated candidate to joint as a PhD student. The candidate will join a highly collaborative environment with the opportunity to apply cutting-edge genomic technologies on the field of Biomedical Engineering. The work will be in permanent collaboration with an interactive international team of basic and translational.

The candidate must have a University degree in Sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Biotechnology…) with at least 8/10 marks (For those studies outside of Spain, we would need the equivalent marks through https://universidades.sede.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/Equivalencia_notas_medias/language/en ). Moreover, the candidate must be currently enrolled in a Master's program that grants access to doctoral studies, with a planned completion date of September/October 2026, or already completed in 2025.

Knowledge on Computational Biology / Bioinformatics will be valued

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

FIMA

Country

Spain

State/Province

NAVARRA

City

PAMPLONA

Postal Code

31008

Street

AVENIDA PIO XII 55

State/Province

Navarra

City

Pamplona

Website

https://cima.cun.es/

Street

Pio XII, 55

Postal Code

31008

E-Mail

cimapersonal@unav.es

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