Postdoctoral Position At The Quasi-Living Materials Research Group

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Barcelona, Spain Posted 6 Sept 2026

About this role

Introduction to the vacant position:Shielded by a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymers, bacteria growing in biofilms survive antibiotic concentrations orders of magnitude above those that eradicate the same strain in suspension. The matrix limits penetration, internal gradients generate tolerant and dormant subpopulations, and the resulting reservoir sustains chronic, recurrent infection. Incremental improvement of existing antibiotics will not solve this. It requires a mechanism of a…

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