<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Open call for 15 fully funded PhD positions<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span></b><b class="" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">‘Opto-Biomechanical Eye Research Network’ OBERON - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network in Active and Healthy Ageing</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: small;">Deadline: </span><span class="">18<sup class="">th</sup> April 2021</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The ‘Opto-Biomechanical Eye Research Network’ OBERON is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) that will involve collaboration and secondments between 8 beneficiaries and 5 partners (3 hospitals, 2 industry partners), spanning 8 European countries (United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, France and the Netherlands) in a four-year (2021-2025) programme of interdisciplinary and cross-national doctoral education.</span><span class=""> </span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">OBERON is offering 15 PhD projects for early career researchers to undertake doctoral research training in a broad array of scientific, computational, and clinical techniques and methodologies that address fundamental questions about the optical and material properties of the eye. In addition to individual research projects, successful applicants will undertake placements, specialised courses, workshops and skills-training to enable them to become future academics and/or entrepreneurs in vision science and eye research.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Applications should be made by 18<sup class="">th</sup> April 2021 with an expected starting date around July 2021. Each PhD will be for 36 months full time.</font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">OBERON aims to create a unique, biologically viable and physiologically relevant modelling platform describing the interactions between the optical and mechanical properties of the eye so that it can be adapted and used for investigation and enhancing treatment for a wide range of ocular conditions<i class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></i></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The list of the </font><font color="#ff0000" class=""><a href="http://eyemodel.eu/projects/" target="_blank" class=""><b class=""><span class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">15 PhD projects</font></span></b></a><b class=""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></b></font><font color="#000000" class="">is given below. To apply to a specific position/project, click on the title and follow the instructions. Please, check individual ESR projects for details as well as for specific / local acceptance requirements.</font></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">List of available PhD / ESR positions:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Anglia Ruskin University, UK<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 1: Optomechanics of the lens and accommodative system of the eye<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 5: Modelling the accommodative system in eyes of varying refractive errors<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">University of Bern, Switzerland<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 2: Material characterization of cornea, sclera and lens in healthy eyes with age<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 12: Measuring and modelling refractive changes with localized corneal and scleral stiffness changes<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 3: Measurement and analysis of eye dynamics and its contribution to image quality<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 4: Measuring and modelling the inertial movements of a natural crystalline lens and its relation to the IOP magnitude<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="ES" class=""><font size="2" class="">Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">ESR 6: Optical changes of presbyopic eyes in response to accommodative stimuli<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">ESR 7: Modelling the lenticular gradient index, curvature and stiffness and the impact on optical performance<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 8</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Statistical opto-biomechanical eye model<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 9 Modelling emmetropization and myopization based on genetic algorithms<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Universidade do Minho, Portugal<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 10: Statistical wavefront model of accommodation: analysis and synthesis<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 11: Off-axis wavefront model of the young and ageing human eye<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 13: Optimization of corneal mechanical properties based on corneal biomarkers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 14: Simulating patient-specific refractive surgeries<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">AMO Groningen B.V., The Netherlands<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ESR 15: Modelling anterior capsulotomy and its effects on intraocular lens (IOL) position after cataract surgery<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">Requirements<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Applicants must have a Masters degree in an area relevant to the project, such as in the fields of Physics, Optometry, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Vision Sciences, Ophthalmology or related areas. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Applicants </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree) at the time of recruitment </span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the recruitment date. Additional information and requirements on mobility rules can be </font><span class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">found in the following link </span><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/sites/mariecurie2/files/msca-itn-fellows-note_en_v2.pdf" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/sites/mariecurie2/files/msca-itn-fellows-note_en_v2.pdf</font></a><font color="#000000" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Proficiency in written and spoken English; knowledge of the local language is a plus<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Knowledge of modelling and/or computing skills would be an advantage<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Additional criteria can apply for each specific research project (details about each project can be <span class="">found </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><a href="https://eyemodel.eu/projects/" class=""><span class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">here</font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">.</font><font color="#000000" class="">)</font></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 18pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">More details about the application process can be found on: </font><a href="https://eyemodel.eu/applications/" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">https://eyemodel.eu/applications/</font></a><font color="#000000" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></font></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class="">For further information, please contact the Network Coordinator.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p> </font></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="198" valign="top" class="" style="width: 148.6pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">José M. González Méijome</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">University of Minho</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Network Coordinator</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="mailto:umin@oberon-itn.eu" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">umin@oberon-itn.eu</font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p></td><td width="170" valign="top" class="" style="width: 127.85pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Jos Rozema</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">University of Antwerp</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Science Coordinator</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="mailto:uant@oberon-itn.eu" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">uant@oberon-itn.eu</font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" class="" style="width: 5cm; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Barbara Pierscionek</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Anglia Ruskin University</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Training Coordinator</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="mailto:aru@oberon-itn.eu" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">aru@oberon-itn.eu</font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p></td><td width="186" valign="top" class="" style="width: 139.15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Sabine Kling</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">University of Bern</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: black;">Communication Coordinator</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="mailto:ubern@oberon-itn.eu" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">ubern@oberon-itn.eu</font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></body></html>