Call for doctoral projects
Advanced materials for the medecine of the future
PEPR DIADEM has launched a call for PhD thesis projects focusing on advanced materials for the medicine of the future, which is part of the PEPR’s overall strategy and is in line with the priorities set by the European Commission within the framework of the Technology Council for Advanced Materials.
Among the challenges currently facing healthcare systems are an ageing population, the prevalence of chronic diseases, improvements in diagnostics, the specificity of treatments, and the maintenance and improvement of quality of life.
Advanced materials can help address these challenges in several ways:
- Improving the performance and safety of medical technologies.
- Enabling personalised medicine through tailor-made diagnostics and treatments.
- Promoting environmental sustainability by developing safe and durable materials.
- Reducing dependence on non-European supply chains and strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy.
Following the evaluation process by a jury external to DIADEM, nine PhD fellowships were awarded, totalling €1.5 million.
The selected projects aim to accelerate the discovery and development of innovative materials in the field of healthcare, drawing on digital tools and artificial intelligence, as well as the high-throughput synthesis and characterisation platforms and the digital infrastructure of the DIADEM Discovery Hub.
Due to the large number and high quality of the proposals received, all nine available grants have been awarded. Consequently, there will be no second call for PhD thesis proposals on the theme of ‘Advanced materials for medicine’.
Selected projects
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Axis 1 : Advanced materials for improved tissue regeneration
- AI-GYROSCAFF : AI-assisted design of asymmetric gyroid matrices doped with nano-zeolites to optimise osteogenesis via curvotaxis and provide antimicrobial protection
Coordinator : Laurent PIEUCHOT
Laboratory : UMR7361 – IS2M – Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse
- POLAR : POLyester-polypeptide hybrids through AI for Regenerative medicine
Coordinator : Colin BONDUELLE
Laboratory : UMR5629 – LCPO – Laboratoire de chimie des polymères organiques, Bordeaux
- RNAMAT-3D : mRNA-enriched bio-based 3D materials for bone regeneration: optimisation of osteogenic differentiation using AI-based methods
Coordinator : Laura SANCHEZ GONZALEZ
Laboratory : CEA – NanO’up, Toulouse
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Axis 2 : Advanced materials for precise and targeted delivery
- FastNanoPISA : Accelerated design of adaptive, stimulus-responsive polymeric nanovectors via polymerisation-induced self-assembly
Coordinator : Benoit COUTURAUD
Laboratory : UMR7182 – ICMPE – Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est
- PATH-LNP : Design-driven assembly of lipid nanoparticles: the 2FAST dual-chip approach for AI-guided exploration of polynucleotide nanovectors
Coordinator : Kévin ROGER
Laboratory : UMR5503 – LGC – Laboratoire de génie chimique – Toulouse
- SAVON : Surface Acoustic waVes for On-demand stable Nanoemulsions of hydrophobic molecules
Coordinator : Cécile FLOER
Laboratory : UMR7198 – IJL – Institut Jean Lamour – Nancy
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Axis 3 : Advanced materials for more sensitive and specific diagnosis
- MAGNIPROT : AI-assisted design of a library of magnetic nanoparticles for in-depth exploration of the human serum proteome
Coordinator : Stéphane MORNET
Laboratory : UMR5026 – ICMCB – Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
- TRUST : Transcranial Ultrasound Therapy by Artificial Materials
Coordinator : Mohamed ASSOUAR
Laboratory : UMR7198 – IJL – Institut Jean Lamour – Nancy
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Axis 4 : Advanced materials for portable and implantable monitoring devices
- DeNiMaS-AI : Development of functional nitrides using combinatorial magnetron sputtering controlled by artificial intelligence
Coordinator : Mohamed EL GARAH
Laboratory : LASMIS – Laboratoire des systèmes mécaniques et d’ingénierie simultanée – Université de Technologie de Troyes