Postdoc Fellowships European Synthetic Cell Initiative (SynCell-nExUs programme)

Job description

SynCell-nExUs, (“SynCellEU programme for recruiting next generation European leaders in Synthetic Cell research”) is a new pan-European postdoctoral excellence programme led by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V. and managed in collaboration with the European Synthetic Cell Initiative (SynCellEU). The programme will run for five years, during which a total of 40 postdoctoral fellowships will be offered. The appointed fellows will join an interdisciplinary community of researchers dedicated to building synthetic cells from the bottom up. By recreating essential cellular functions, this community aims to better understand how living cells work and to translate this knowledge into cutting-edge, nature-inspired technologies.

In this 1st call, SynCell-nExUs offers 20 fully funded, 3-year postdoctoral fellowships.

Applicants are invited to develop their own research project in one of the following SynCell-nExUs research lines on synthetic cells:

• Metabolism and energy;
• Division and replication;
• Information processing and evolution;
• Enabling technologies.

Selected fellows will be appointed at one of the proposed hosting labs, where they will work at the own research project, while being embedded in the lab and receiving supervision by the hosting PI. At the same time, they will participate in the activities of the network. They also will have the opportunity for exchange through a personalized programme of visits and secondments. Detailed information can be found in the Application Package that can be downloaded on the SynCell-nExUs website (see link under "Application Procedure").

Job requirements

• A PhD degree, in a field relevant to the SynCell-nExUs programme, at the time of the call deadline. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis, but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered as postdoctoral researchers and will be considered eligible to apply.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in multidisciplinary research teams.
• Excellent knowledge of the English language.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.

Please consult the Application Package for further details and templates. Further, candidates must comply with the COFUND-specific eligibility rules:

• Mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation or implementing partner for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline of the co-funded programme's call.
• Applicants must not already be permanently employed by the organisation hosting them.

About the Programme
This five-year programme offers 40 fully funded three-year postdoctoral positions across a network of 50+ labs in 22 leading research institutions across Europe. Co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe and MSCA COFUND, it is designed to develop the next generation of leaders in bottom-up synthetic biology and related fields.

Fellows benefit from an outstanding training programme that combines cutting-edge research with professional development, including scientific communication, research diversity, transferable skills, and a dedicated personal development retreat. International and intersectoral collaboration is a core feature of the programme, supported by associated partners from the SynBioEU network and industry. Learn more: https://www.syntheticcell.eu/syncellnexus.

The SynCell-nExUs programme is coordinated by the Max Planck Society and brings together a network of participating institutions across Europe. Postdoctoral researchers recruited through the programme will be hosted by one of the participating institutions, where they will carry out their research under the supervision of researchers and group leaders at the respective host institution. TU Delft is one of the participating institutions in the SynCell-nExUs programme and co-coordinates the recruitment process. Depending on the selected research project and supervisor, successful candidates may therefore be appointed at TU Delft or at another participating institution elsewhere in Europe. Candidates apply to the SynCell-nExUs programme and its research opportunities rather than exclusively to a specific host institution. The final host institution and supervisor will be determined based on the selected research project and the outcome of the recruitment process.

Postdoc Fellowships European Synthetic Cell Initiative (SynCell-nExUs programme)

Job description

SynCell-nExUs, (“SynCellEU programme for recruiting next generation European leaders in Synthetic Cell research”) is a new pan-European postdoctoral excellence programme led by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V. and managed in collaboration with the European Synthetic Cell Initiative (SynCellEU). The programme will run for five years, during which a total of 40 postdoctoral fellowships will be offered. The appointed fellows will join an interdisciplinary community of researchers dedicated to building synthetic cells from the bottom up. By recreating essential cellular functions, this community aims to better understand how living cells work and to translate this knowledge into cutting-edge, nature-inspired technologies.

In this 1st call, SynCell-nExUs offers 20 fully funded, 3-year postdoctoral fellowships.

Applicants are invited to develop their own research project in one of the following SynCell-nExUs research lines on synthetic cells:

• Metabolism and energy;
• Division and replication;
• Information processing and evolution;
• Enabling technologies.

Selected fellows will be appointed at one of the proposed hosting labs, where they will work at the own research project, while being embedded in the lab and receiving supervision by the hosting PI. At the same time, they will participate in the activities of the network. They also will have the opportunity for exchange through a personalized programme of visits and secondments. Detailed information can be found in the Application Package that can be downloaded on the SynCell-nExUs website (see link under "Application Procedure").

Job requirements

• A PhD degree, in a field relevant to the SynCell-nExUs programme, at the time of the call deadline. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis, but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered as postdoctoral researchers and will be considered eligible to apply.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in multidisciplinary research teams.
• Excellent knowledge of the English language.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.

Please consult the Application Package for further details and templates. Further, candidates must comply with the COFUND-specific eligibility rules:

• Mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation or implementing partner for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline of the co-funded programme's call.
• Applicants must not already be permanently employed by the organisation hosting them.

About the Programme
This five-year programme offers 40 fully funded three-year postdoctoral positions across a network of 50+ labs in 22 leading research institutions across Europe. Co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe and MSCA COFUND, it is designed to develop the next generation of leaders in bottom-up synthetic biology and related fields.

Fellows benefit from an outstanding training programme that combines cutting-edge research with professional development, including scientific communication, research diversity, transferable skills, and a dedicated personal development retreat. International and intersectoral collaboration is a core feature of the programme, supported by associated partners from the SynBioEU network and industry. Learn more: https://www.syntheticcell.eu/syncellnexus.

The SynCell-nExUs programme is coordinated by the Max Planck Society and brings together a network of participating institutions across Europe. Postdoctoral researchers recruited through the programme will be hosted by one of the participating institutions, where they will carry out their research under the supervision of researchers and group leaders at the respective host institution. TU Delft is one of the participating institutions in the SynCell-nExUs programme and co-coordinates the recruitment process. Depending on the selected research project and supervisor, successful candidates may therefore be appointed at TU Delft or at another participating institution elsewhere in Europe. Candidates apply to the SynCell-nExUs programme and its research opportunities rather than exclusively to a specific host institution. The final host institution and supervisor will be determined based on the selected research project and the outcome of the recruitment process.

Facilitair medewerker

Functieomschrijving

Als Facilitair Medewerker zorg je dat medewerkers en studenten op onze campus optimaal kunnen werken, studeren en samenwerken. Je bent zichtbaar aanwezig in het gebouw en zorgt dat alles soepel verloopt, van goed werkende apparatuur in collegezalen tot nette, toegankelijke en veilige ruimtes.

Geen dag is hetzelfde. Je ondersteunt docenten bij colleges door audiovisuele middelen gebruiksklaar te maken en storingen snel op te lossen. Je helpt studenten door te zorgen voor prettige studieplekken en een goed functionerende leeromgeving. Daarnaast pak je zelfstandig facilitaire aanvragen op, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van logistiek, verhuizingen, huisvesting, schoonmaak, evenementen of toegangsbeheer.

Je bent de verbindende schakel tussen gebruikers, collega’s en leveranciers. Je signaleert onregelmatigheden in en rond het gebouw en komt met verbetervoorstellen. Naast je werkzaamheden op de werkvloer verricht je ook lichte administratieve taken achter de computer, bijvoorbeeld in systemen voor meldingen en registratie.

Je werkt in een team en samen met je collega’s zorg je voor een goede dienstverlening in de onderwijsgebouwen zoals Pulse, Echo of Library.

Functie-eisen
In deze rol ben je een georganiseerde en servicegerichte professional die ziet wat nodig is. Je combineert gastvrijheid met heldere communicatie, werkt proactief en oplossingsgericht. Je pakt zelfstandig taken op, maar zoekt ook actief de samenwerking met collega’s. Met oog voor detail signaleer je knelpunten en kom je met verbeterideeën. Je bent bereid deel te nemen aan de BHV-organisatie.

Daarnaast voldoe je aan het volgende:

• Je hebt minimaal mbo werk- en denkniveau.
• Je hebt bij voorkeur ervaring in het facilitaire werkveld.
• Je spreekt en schrijft goed Nederlands en hebt kennis van het Engels.
• Je hebt bij voorkeur ervaring met software zoals SharePoint en TOPdesk.

TU Delft
Werken bij TU Delft betekent bijdragen aan oplossingen die er echt toe doen.

Al meer dan 180 jaar leiden we ingenieurs op die wereldwijd impact maken bij bedrijven, overheden of als ondernemer. Onze alumni zetten kennis om in concrete oplossingen voor de uitdagingen van vandaag en morgen.

Die uitdagingen veranderen snel. Daarom werken we elke dag aan thema’s zoals energie, klimaat, digitalisering, AI en slimme mobiliteit. Ons onderwijs en onderzoek sluiten direct aan op wat de samenleving nodig heeft, nu en straks.

Bij TU Delft maken mensen het verschil. Met hun kennis en nieuwsgierigheid zorgen zij voor sterk onderwijs, vernieuwend onderzoek en innovaties die verder komen dan de campus. Je krijgt de ruimte om initiatief te nemen, samen te werken en jezelf te ontwikkelen.

Wie bij TU Delft werkt, sluit zich aan bij een internationale community van professionals en studenten. Samen bouwen we aan kennis, innovatie en oplossingen die de wereld vooruithelpen.

Universiteitsdienst – Directie Campus Real Estate & Facility Management
Om de ambities van de TU Delft te realiseren is een omgeving nodig die uitdaagt en inspireert. Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werkt met meer dan 250 collega’s dagelijks aan onze ontwikkeling, het beheren van de gebouwen en terreinen en het faciliteren van de meer dan 30.000 gebruikers van de TU Delft. Duurzaamheid staat daarbij hoog in het vaandel. Onze ambitie: een CO2-neutrale en circulaire campus in 2030.

Wij creëren een omgeving waarin studenten, wetenschappers, medewerkers en samenwerkingspartners maximaal kunnen bijdragen aan een betere samenleving. Als medewerker van Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werk je dus in een bijzondere omgeving, waar je samen met collega’s, met heldere processen en in een open sfeer, bijdraagt aan de topprestaties van de TU Delft.

Facilitair medewerker

Functieomschrijving

Als Facilitair Medewerker zorg je dat medewerkers en studenten op onze campus optimaal kunnen werken, studeren en samenwerken. Je bent zichtbaar aanwezig in het gebouw en zorgt dat alles soepel verloopt, van goed werkende apparatuur in collegezalen tot nette, toegankelijke en veilige ruimtes.

Geen dag is hetzelfde. Je ondersteunt docenten bij colleges door audiovisuele middelen gebruiksklaar te maken en storingen snel op te lossen. Je helpt studenten door te zorgen voor prettige studieplekken en een goed functionerende leeromgeving. Daarnaast pak je zelfstandig facilitaire aanvragen op, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van logistiek, verhuizingen, huisvesting, schoonmaak, evenementen of toegangsbeheer.

Je bent de verbindende schakel tussen gebruikers, collega’s en leveranciers. Je signaleert onregelmatigheden in en rond het gebouw en komt met verbetervoorstellen. Naast je werkzaamheden op de werkvloer verricht je ook lichte administratieve taken achter de computer, bijvoorbeeld in systemen voor meldingen en registratie.

Je werkt in een team en samen met je collega’s zorg je voor een goede dienstverlening in de onderwijsgebouwen zoals Pulse, Echo of Library.

Functie-eisen
In deze rol ben je een georganiseerde en servicegerichte professional die ziet wat nodig is. Je combineert gastvrijheid met heldere communicatie, werkt proactief en oplossingsgericht. Je pakt zelfstandig taken op, maar zoekt ook actief de samenwerking met collega’s. Met oog voor detail signaleer je knelpunten en kom je met verbeterideeën. Je bent bereid deel te nemen aan de BHV-organisatie.

Daarnaast voldoe je aan het volgende:

• Je hebt minimaal mbo werk- en denkniveau.
• Je hebt bij voorkeur ervaring in het facilitaire werkveld.
• Je spreekt en schrijft goed Nederlands en hebt kennis van het Engels.
• Je hebt bij voorkeur ervaring met software zoals SharePoint en TOPdesk.

TU Delft
Werken bij TU Delft betekent bijdragen aan oplossingen die er echt toe doen.

Al meer dan 180 jaar leiden we ingenieurs op die wereldwijd impact maken bij bedrijven, overheden of als ondernemer. Onze alumni zetten kennis om in concrete oplossingen voor de uitdagingen van vandaag en morgen.

Die uitdagingen veranderen snel. Daarom werken we elke dag aan thema’s zoals energie, klimaat, digitalisering, AI en slimme mobiliteit. Ons onderwijs en onderzoek sluiten direct aan op wat de samenleving nodig heeft, nu en straks.

Bij TU Delft maken mensen het verschil. Met hun kennis en nieuwsgierigheid zorgen zij voor sterk onderwijs, vernieuwend onderzoek en innovaties die verder komen dan de campus. Je krijgt de ruimte om initiatief te nemen, samen te werken en jezelf te ontwikkelen.

Wie bij TU Delft werkt, sluit zich aan bij een internationale community van professionals en studenten. Samen bouwen we aan kennis, innovatie en oplossingen die de wereld vooruithelpen.

Universiteitsdienst – Directie Campus Real Estate & Facility Management
Om de ambities van de TU Delft te realiseren is een omgeving nodig die uitdaagt en inspireert. Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werkt met meer dan 250 collega’s dagelijks aan onze ontwikkeling, het beheren van de gebouwen en terreinen en het faciliteren van de meer dan 30.000 gebruikers van de TU Delft. Duurzaamheid staat daarbij hoog in het vaandel. Onze ambitie: een CO2-neutrale en circulaire campus in 2030.

Wij creëren een omgeving waarin studenten, wetenschappers, medewerkers en samenwerkingspartners maximaal kunnen bijdragen aan een betere samenleving. Als medewerker van Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werk je dus in een bijzondere omgeving, waar je samen met collega’s, met heldere processen en in een open sfeer, bijdraagt aan de topprestaties van de TU Delft.

PhD Position in AI for Software Reuse and Agentic Development

Job description

Software intensive organizations rely on increasingly large and complex software ecosystems consisting of services, libraries, APIs, frameworks, documentation, and other shared engineering knowledge. Recent advances in generative AI and software engineering agents are changing how software is developed and how developers interact with these ecosystems. TU Delft is collaborating with ING to investigate how we can make enterprise software development more sustainable and reliable in this changing landscape.

We will develop new techniques and tools that help developers and AI agents make better use of existing software and developer knowledge. Our research will combine AI with software repository mining, program and architecture analysis, empirical software engineering, and studies with practitioners. The research will focus on real-world software engineering challenges at ING, while contributing scientific insights and open research results that can benefit the broader software engineering community.

Within this collaboration, we explore two main research directions:

Direction 1: Software Reuse in Enterprise Software Ecosystems

Large organizations invest substantially in reusable software assets. However, as a consequence similar functionality can be implemented independently across teams, increasing fragmentation and long-term maintenance costs. AI-assisted software development makes this challenge even more important: software engineering agents can rapidly generate new code, but may reproduce functionality that already exists elsewhere in an organization.

This direction investigates how software assets are discovered, consumed, adapted, and evolved across large software ecosystems. We will study where opportunities for reuse exist, how software can successfully be adapted across teams, how reusable assets evolve over time, and how developers and AI agents can be guided towards suitable existing software. Ultimately, we aim to develop intelligent techniques that help organizations maximize reuse while reducing unnecessary duplication and maintenance effort.

Direction 2: Reliable Agentic Software Development

AI software engineering agents can increasingly perform tasks such as implementing features, fixing bugs, testing, and refactoring software. Their success, however, depends not only on the underlying AI models, but also on the engineering context available to them. In enterprise environments, relevant knowledge is distributed across source code, documentation, architecture descriptions, requirements, APIs, development history, and organizational practices.

This direction investigates the engineering foundations required for reliable agentic software development. We will study what context agents need for different software engineering tasks, what makes specifications sufficiently complete and precise, how stale or incomplete context and software complexity affect agent performance, and how organizations can determine when tasks can be reliably delegated to AI agents. The goal is to develop techniques and safeguards that enable organizations to integrate increasingly autonomous software engineering agents while maintaining software quality and human oversight.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive research environment and encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background or experience. We believe that diversity contributes to a more innovative and creative research community. If you do not meet some of the optional requirements listed, we encourage you to still apply and explain how your unique experience and skills can contribute to our research.

Job requirements
Required

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• Proficiency in the English language

Additional requirements:

• Research focus, characterized by curiosity, data fluency, and critical thinking
• Engineering mindset, including ability to create experimental prototypes and demonstrators
• Team player, good listener, and ready to help

To thrive as a PhD candidate, it’s crucial to have a strong research mindset driven by curiosity and passion for your topic. Reflecting on your motivation for pursuing a PhD trajectory is essential, as this path involves unique challenges and uncertainties inherent to scientific exploration. Success requires dedication, adaptability, the ability to analyze complex problems, manage your time effectively, innovate and stay resilient under pressure. Combined with the ability and willingness to work independently and collaborate well, these qualities are indispensable for a fulfilling PhD journey. These experiences will build you as an independent researcher, expand your professional network, and pave the way for diverse career pave the way for diverse career paths, inside or outside academia.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

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