- Funded by project – PUSH: Unlocking the unused capacity of bacterial metabolism through the rational design of substrate transporters.
- Starting January 2026 the latest
- What you will do:
- Engineer sugar transporters using cutting-edge AI and molecular dynamics simulations
- Design thermostable transporter variants for biotechnology applications
- Collaborate with experimental team from Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory@Masaryk University, Czechia for the real-world validation
- Who are you:
- MSc degree in Biophysics/Bioinformatics/Computational Chemistry or related
- Experience with MD simulation – a must, applicants without this skill will not be considered
- Experience with protein structural bioinformatic will be considered as advantage
- Comfortable with Linux OS
- Eligible to work in Poland -> have MSc diploma recognized in Poland
- Very good command of English
- What We Offer:
- Access to extensive computational resources of Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (2 clusters among world TOP 500)
- Work on pioneering biotechnology applications
- Mentorship from experienced protein engineering team
- Full funding whole 4 years of studies, at approximately 3800 PLN after taxes – the scholarship is increased after passing mid-term evaluation at the end of second year year of studies. Please note that costs of living in Poland are rather very favorable compared to most EU countries
- International collaboration
- Located in Poznań, very favorable city for international researchers
- How to apply:
- Currently, the official application procedure is being set-up, hence all interested candidates who are eligible are invited to contact Prof. Jan Brezovsky for details/questions/declaration of interests. They will be contacted when the official application call is open.