- MSc in Molecular Biology/Biotechnology or a related science degree (or expects to receive such
a degree within several months)
- experience in standard Molecular Biology/Biochemistry techniques
- high motivation and enthusiasm for research
- high level of communication and interpersonal skills
- fluency in English

- experience with NGS techniques (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, WGBS etc.)
- familiarity of chromatin conformation capture based techniques
- experience in work with animals
- experience in bioinformatics
- expertise in imaging and 3D data analysis
- co-authorship in publications from a relevant subject (e.g. epigenetics)

Interested candidates should send: a cover letter, CV and the contacts of three referees as a
single pdf file to: michal.gdula@amu.edu.pl. Informal inquiries and questions welcome!
Expected start date: 1st October 2024.
Deadline: 26th August 2024.
 

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EU L 119/1 of 4 May 2016) I agree to the processing of personal data other than those indicated
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Lab webpage: https://ibmib.web.amu.edu.pl/groups/developmental-epigenetics-research-…
 

Publications:

• CLP1-dependent premature transcription termination opposes neurodegeneration. Gdula MR, Kopczyńska M, Saha U, Kamieniarz-Gdula K. Neuron. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.03.012
• The non-canonical SMC protein SmcHD1 antagonizes TAD formation and compartmentalization on the inactive X chromosome. Gdula MR*, Nesterova TB*, Pintacuda G, Godwin J, Zhan Y, Ozadam H, McClellan M, Moralli D, Krueger F, Green CM, Reik W, Kriaucionis S, Heard E, Dekker J, Brockdorff N, Nat. Comm. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-018-07907-2
• Selective Roles of Vertebrate PCF11 in Premature and Full-Length Transcript Termination. Kamieniarz-Gdula K*, Gdula MR*(equal contribution), Panser K, Nojima T, Monks J, Wiśniewski JR, Riepsaame J, Brockdorff N, Pauli A, Proudfoot NJ. Mol Cell. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.027
• PCGF3/5-PRC1 Initiates Polycomb Recruitment in X Chromosome Inactivation. Mafalda A, Pintacuda G, Masui O, Koseki Y, Gdula MR, Cerase A, Brown D, Mould A, Innocent C, Nakayama M, Schermelleh L, Nesterova TB, Koseki H, Brockdorff N, Science 2017 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2512
• Pcf11 Orchestrates Transcription Termination Pathways in Yeast. Grzechnik P, Gdula MR, and Proudfoot NJ, Genes Dev. 2015 http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.251470.114
• Spatial Separation of Xist RNA and Polycomb Proteins Revealed by Superresolution Microscopy, Cerase A, Smeets D, Tang YA, Gdula MR, Kraus F, Spivakov M, Moindrot B, Leleu M, Tattermusch A, Demmerle J, Nesterova TB, Green CM, Otte A, Schermelleh L, Brockdorff N, PNAS 2014 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1312951111
• 5C Analysis of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex Locus Reveals Distinct Chromatin Interaction Networks between Gene-Rich and Gene-Poor TADs in Skin Epithelial Cells, Poterlowicz K, Yarker JL, Malashchuk I, Lajoie BR, Mardaryev AN, Gdula MR, Sharov AA, Kohwi-Shigematsu T, Botchkarev VA, Fessing MY, PLoS Genet. 2017 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006966

About the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
The Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University (FB AMU, @UAM_IBMiB) has excellent organizational capability and experience in the field of project implementation. FB AMU is a leading research and education institution in Poland. It currently holds the top A+ (outstanding) national research category and is best ranked among large classical university faculties. CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020 indicated AMU as third University in Poland in number of publications but second in number of publications belonging to top 10% in the category „Life and Earth Sciences”. According to THE World University Ranking 2020 AMU was the second best Polish university in category “Life Sciences”. Since the setting-up of the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN) funding agency in Poland, FB AMU has been one of its main research grants beneficiaries. FB grants account for 30% of all Adam Mickiewicz University grants; on average over 100 NCN research grants are pursued at FB AMU each year.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) is the biggest of four Institutes at FB AMU. The expertise of IMBB encompasses several major fields of modern biology that can be further subdivided into: (1) Plant molecular biology and biotechnology, (2) Molecular medicine and gene therapy, (3) Molecular microbiology, and (4) Bioinformatics and molecular evolution. In the last few years FB AMU has supported the creation of 18 new research groups, 15 of those were formed in IMBB. The group leaders were mainly recruited externally, many came from abroad. Institute website link: https://ibmib.web.amu.edu.pl/ 

The Developmental Epigenetics Lab is physically located at and affiliated with The Centre of Advanced Technologies at Adam Mickiewicz University (CAT AMU) located ~500m from the IMBB. CAT AMU is the collaborative multi-disciplinary institute funded with 63mln € (85% from EU funds). Group of Dr Gdula benefits from its facilities including confocal microscope, cell sorter and state of the art Animal Facility.

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