Opis stanowiska
Director of Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw, with the Project Leader, announce the opening of the competition for the position of PhD Student in the Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation genetics– Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw.
Project title: Reconstruction of the evolution history of brown bear in the Balkans
Project leader: Danijela Popović, PhD
Competition number: CeNT-15-2025
For more informations, please visit:
https://www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cent-15-2025-phd-student-opus-27-popovic_DOP.pdf
Nasze wymagania
- The competition is open for persons who meet the conditions specified in the regulations on the allocation of resources for the implementation of tasks financed by the National Science Centre for OPUS 27 grant.
- MSc degree in biology or related discipline. The MSc degree should be obtained before the date of employment in the project
- Confirmed status of a PhD student (on the date of starting work in the project at the latest)
- Enrolment in a doctoral program at the University of Warsaw with a stipend provided by a doctoral school
- Ability to work in a group, curiosity, and motivation to learnBasic knowledge of molecular and population genetics
- Willingness to work in interdisciplinary and international teams
- Fluency in written and spoken English
Mile widziane
- Experience in work with ancient DNA
- Experience in high-throughput sequencing on Illumina platforms (i.e. DNA library preparations)
- Knowledge of Linux operating system
- Familiarity with bioinformatic analyses of raw sequencing data and genomic analyses are highly valued
Zakres obowiązków
- Extracting DNA from ancient and modern samples.
- Preparing DNA sequencing libraries
- Sequencing on an Illumina platform.
- Analysis of sequencing data, including population genomic analyses.
- Active contribution to preparing data for scientific publications.
Dokumenty wymagane do rekrutacji
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Copy of MSc certificate (or, if the MSc certificate has not been obtained yet, a certificate/document about the date of MSc defense)
- Document confirming the status of PhD Student (to be provided before starting work in the project)
- Signed information on the personal data processing. Before entering the competition, candidates are obliged to familiarise themselves with Internal Reporting Procedure.