BOLSA PÓS-DOUTORAMENTO
Vai abrir um concurso para a atribuição de uma bolsa pós-doutoramento no âmbito dum projecto intitulado "Tumor Treating Fields", a desenvolver no Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. O edital, com mais detalhes, segue em anexo e está disponível em http://www.fc.ul.pt/concursos?id=338.
Seguem-se dois extratos do edital:
"Deadlines: This call for applications is open from the 4th of February 2013 to the 22nd of February 2013."
"Work plan: The objective of this work is to improve our understanding of the use of intermediate frequency electric fields to treat brain tumours, specifically Glioblastoma multiforme (for more details see Eur J Cancer 2012; 48(14): 2192-2202). The successful applicant will 1) develop analytical and finite element models (FEM) describing the distribution of intermediate frequency electric fields within the brain, 2) use DTI data to incorporate anisotropy in the electrical conductivity (i.e., the electrical conductivity tensor) in white matter in the FEM modeling framework, and 3) develop analytical and finite element models of the electric fields produced within cells in response to an applied AC electric field. The inclusion of anisotropy data and the study of the electric field at the cellular level will be performed in collaboration with the Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics, NICHD, NIH, USA. An isotropic realistic head model has already been developed at IBEB, using programs such as Brainsuite, Mimics, Comsol and Mathematica (see our latest paper entitled “The electric field in the cortex during transcranial current stimulation” at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.12.034)."
Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda