Assistant professor at the Department of Protein Engineering at the Faculty of Biotechnology

University of Wroclaw invites applications for the position of assistant professor at the Department of Protein Engineering at the Faculty of Biotechnology

No10.2024.2024.ZIB.WB.AH z dnia 26.01.2024 r.

Institute/Department: Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology

Position: assistant professor

Type of position: research and teaching

Research area / discipline: medical sciences/biomedical engineering/biotechnology

Vacancies/positions: 1

Application deadline: 25.02.2024 r.

Expected contest results: second half of February 2024

Envisaged job starting date: April 1, 2024

Type of contract: full time (for substitution)

Applications are invited from those who fulfil the statutory requirements specified in the Higher Education Act from 20th July 2018 (Dz. U. z 2018 r., poz. 1668) and the statutes of the University of Wroclaw.

Expectations:

1. PhD degree in biological sciences or related disciplines.
2. Knowledge of the Polish language to the extent allowing to conduct classes in this language (confirmed with the A-level or another exam).
3. Proficiency in written and spoken English.
4. Outstanding scientific achievements documented by publications (at least three experimental publications in international journal with IF above 5, including at least one first author paper).
5. Experience as investigator in at least one high-budget project (min. 1 mln PLN).
6. Experience in preparing scientific publications and writing projects.
7. Scientific interests related to protein engineering (in particularly with controlled oligomerization of proteins, preparation of cytotoxic conjugates), cell biology, the role of growth factors and their receptors (in particular FGF/FGFR, HER2), cell signalling, internalization, protein-protein interactions, apoptosis, cell migration, analysis of cytotoxic conjugates (stability, endocytosis, cytotoxicity).
8. Knowledge of molecular biology methods (including cloning, mutagenesis), recombinant protein overproduction and purification, physico-chemical analysis of proteins, cell biology methods (including analyses of cell signal transduction, proliferation and apoptosis progression measurements, cell migration, fluorescence microscopy).
9. Active participation in conferences, workshops, courses and other forms of supporting scientific development.
10. Motivation to scientific work.
11. Experience in teaching and supervising master or bachelor students.
12. Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities:

1. In the research area:
   • conducting experiments, results analysis,
   • reports preparation,
   • participation in scientific meetings and conferences,
   • tracking of scientific reports in national and international journals,
   • preparation of scientific publications,
   • preparation of grant applications,
   • managing the research projects,
   • active participation in science popularizing events
2. In the teaching area:
   • conducting teaching courses in the field of biochemistry, protein engineering, biotechnology, enzymology;
   • co-supervising PhD students
   • supervising students.
3. In the organizational area:
   • participation in faculty/department meetings, seminars,
   • participation in organizational areas of the department

The application for the competition should include:

1. Curriculum vitae.
2. Personal  questionnaire  (download Personal questionnaire).
3. A photocopy of the diploma of Phd degree.
4. Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace Statement).
5. Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research, and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline, the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines ((download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Declaration – article 113 the Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration - Article 113).
7. Self-presentation (information about scientific, teaching, organizational, and other achievements).
8. List scientific publications in the last ten years.
9. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements, or an explanation of the lack of them.
10. Application for employment addressed to JM Rector including a description of applicant’s scientific interests.

CV should include the following note: I consent, within the meaning of Articles 4 and 7 of RODO, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the EU L of 4.05.2016, pp. 1-88), to the processing of my personal data by the University of Wroclaw, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, for the purpose of recruitment for employment at the University of Wroclaw. I am aware that the consent given may be withdrawn at any time in a manner appropriate to its giving.

All the documents should be send in the electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the message title: „assistant professor.10.ZIB.WB.AH”.

Additional information

1. The University of Wroclaw reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wroclaw reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wroclaw reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wroclaw does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process:Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process - Sekcja Rekrutacji i Rozwoju Pracowników - HR (uwr.edu.pl)