Offerte di lavoro biologia - Genova, Liguria

Research Fellow in Innovative Sensing Systems for Diagnosis and Robotic Surgery

WHO WE ARE
At IIT we work enthusiastically to develop human-centered Science and Technology to tackle some of the most pressing societal challenges of our times and transfer these technologies to the production system and society. Our Genoa headquarter is strictly inter-connected with our 11 centers around Italy and two outer-stations based in the US for a truly interdisciplinary experience.

YOUR TEAM

The Biomedical Robotics Lab is the coordinator of the Horizion Europe project AIRCARE. We are part of the Advanced Robotics Research Unit, directed by Prof Darwin Caldwell. This large department focuses on an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to robot design and control, and the development of novel robotic components and technologies for applications in medical, surgical and rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons and force augmentation, manipulation and dexterous manipulators, telepresence and teleoperation, industrial automation and robotics, active perception and learning, inspection robotics, hyper-redundant robots, robot dynamics and robots for hazardous environments.

Our team is a multi-disciplinary group, where researchers from a range of scientific and engineering backgrounds collaborate to create novel solutions to key problems in robotics. Specifically, the Biomedical Robotics Lab, coordinated by Dr. Leonardo De Mattos, focuses on research and development of human-centered medical robotic technologies, including technologies for disease detection, diagnosis and surgery, assistive user interfaces, telesurgery, and general healthcare.

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This position is part of the Horizion Europe project AIRCARE. This is an Innovation Action dedicated to the advancement of technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) diseases. The aim of the project is to assess these novel technologies through clinical trials, i.e., through tests involving human patients.

In this context, the Biomedical Robotics Lab of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Research Fellow to support the development and deployment of a novel bioimpedance sensing technologies for disease diagnosis and high-precision surgical treatment.

The selected candidate will join AIRCARE’s consortium and work in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and surgeons. He/she will contribute to novel enhancements, validation, deployment and clinical testing of a bioimpedance system for UADT disease diagnosis and treatment. This will involve contributions to the design of a clinical-grade sensing probe, real-time bioimpedance data acquisition and analysis, and integration of these technologies in AIRCARE systems for diagnosis and surgery.

The work will involve extensive collaboration with other AIRCARE partners with the goal of achieving a clinical-grade system in a short timeline, which shall enable early data acquisition in the operating room, and clinical trials with the integrated systems within the project timeline. This means strong collaboration with leading institutions in this area, including industries, research institutions and hospitals across Europe.

REFERENCES

• Andrea Luigi Camillo Carobbio, Zhuoqi Cheng, Tomaso Gianiorio, Francesco Missale, Stefano Africano, Alessandro Ascoli, Marco Fragale, Marta Filauro, Filippo Marchi, Luca Guastini, Francesco Mora, Giampiero Parrinello, Frank Rikki Mauritz Canevari, Giorgio Peretti and Leonardo S. Mattos, “Electric Bioimpedance Sensing for the Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma,” Diagnostics, 13(14), 2453, MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13142453, July 24, 2023
• V. Penza, Z. Cheng, M. Koskinopoulou, A. Acemoglu, D. G. Caldwell and L. S. Mattos, "Vision-Guided Autonomous Robotic Electrical Bio-Impedance Scanning System for Abnormal Tissue Detection," in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 866-877, print ISSN: 2576-3202, online ISSN: 2576-3202, https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2021.3098938, November, 2021
• Cheng, Zhuoqi; Carobbio, Andrea; Soggiu, Lara; Migliorini, Marco; Guastini, Luca; Mora, Francesco; Fragale, Marco; Ascoli, Alessandro; Africano, Stefano; Caldwell, Darwin; Canevari, Frank; Parrinello, Giampiero; Peretti, Giorgio; S. Mattos, Leonardo, “SmartProbe: a bioimpedance sensing system for head and neck cancer tissue detection,” Physiological Measurement, 41(5):054003, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ab8cb4, June 8, 2020
• Z. Cheng, D. Dall’Alba, S. Foti, A. Mariani, T. Chupin, D. Caldwell, G. Ferrigno, E. De Momi, L.S. Mattos, P. Fiorini, “Design and integration of electrical bio-impedance sensing in surgical robotic tools for tissue identification and display,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2019.00055, July 2019
• Cheng, Z., Davies, B., Caldwell, D., Mattos, L., “A hand-held robot for precise and safe PIVC,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 4(2), pp. 655-661, ISSN: 2377-3766, https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2019.2892380 April 2019
• Maglioli, C., Caldwell, D., Mattos, L., “A Bioimpedance Sensing System for In-Vivo Cancer Tissue Identification: Design and Preliminary Evaluation,” 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017), pp. 4235-4238, Jeju Island, Korea, https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037791, July 2017

REQUIREMENTS

• M.Sc. in biomedical engineering, electronics or related fields
• Experience with electronics, microcontrollers and sensing systems
• Experience with firmware development, systems integration, user interfaces
• Good knowledge and working experience with Matlab and C++
• Knowledge of experimental design and experimental data analysis
• Strong interest in medical devices and surgical technologies
• Excellent proficiency in spoken and written English
• Availability to work in Genoa, Italy

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• An equal, inclusive and multicultural environment
• An open and curious environment that encourages you to mingle and collaborate
• A large network of top European universities and companies working in the healthcare domain
• Experience working in a large collaborative European project
• If you are an entrepreneurial or a business-minded person, you will find strong opportunities for start-up creation and technology transfer in AIRCARE, and a full team of professionals dedicated to support such actions
• An innovative and stimulating culture that drives IIT mission to contribute to the improvement and well-being of society

Please submit your application using the online form. Please include a detailed CV, university transcripts, cover letter (outlining motivation, experience and qualifications) and contact details of 2 references.

The call will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

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