- Funded by project – PUSH: Unlocking the unused capacity of bacterial metabolism through the rational design of substrate transporters.
- Starting January 2026
- 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:
- PhD degree in Biophysics/Bioinformatics/Computational Chemistry or related
- Extensive MD simulation experience – a must, applicants without this skill will not be considered
- Experience with enhanced sampling simulation and membrane proteins will be considered as advantage
- Comfortable with Linux OS and HPC
- Very good command of English
- Eligible to work in Poland and fulfilling the project rules
- have PhD diploma recognized in Poland
- PhD diploma awarded within 12 years before 1 January of 2026 (can be extended by evidenced career breaks)
- once employed, you cannot have remuneration from another employer pursuant to an employment contract, including an employer with registered office outside of Poland
- 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 for 1 year with a possible extension up to 3 years depending on mutual satisfaction, at approximately 6800 PLN after taxes, 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.