- 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 – in case of academic degrees obtained abroad – the documents must meet the equivalence criteria set out in Article 328 of the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1571 ; Polish: Dz. U. z 2024 poz. 1571 t.j.)
- 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 ~8900 PLN gross (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:
- Deadline for submitting offers is September 30, 2025.
- see official announcement by Adam Mickiewicz University for more details