Opis stanowiska
CeNT-44-2025
Director of Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw, with the Project Leader, announce opening of the competition for the position of PhD Student in the Biomolecular Machines Laboratory – Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw.
Project title: Development of new antibacterial agents based on lytic enzymes produced by bacteriophages
Project description: This project proposes to exploit phage endolysins as sources of novel antibacterial agents that interact with membranes. It was planned to 1) combine, by chemical methods, endolysins incapable of passing through the outer membrane of bacteria with peptides that degrade the bacterial wall and 2) use fragments of endolysin sequences that exhibit membrane activity against Gram-negative bacteria to identify new peptides with antibacterial properties. The lab web page is at http://bionano.cent.uw.edu.pl
Enquiries about the project: m.wojciechowska@cent.uw.edu.pl
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 SONATA BIS 13 grant. In particular:
- - MSc degree in chemistry, organic chemistry, biological chemistry, biophysics, biochemistry or related discipline. The MSc degree should be obtained before the date of starting work in the project.
- - Confirmed status of a PhD student (on the date of starting work in the project at the latest).
- - Experience in organic synthesis as well as biochemical and biophysical studies of peptides or proteins will be an additional advantage.
Zakres obowiązków
- - synthesis of peptides and peptides with modifications to stabilize their helical structure,
- - perform the stability assays, CD spectroscopy, and hemolysis experiments,
- - conjugating peptides with enzymes,
- - preparing reports and presentations, presenting results at internal and (inter)national meetings.
Oferujemy
- Job type: Stipend
- Full time
- stipend amount/month: 5000
- Position starts on: 1 December 2025 or as soon as possible afterwards
- Maximum period of stipend agreement: 36 months with possibility of extension
- - work in a group whose research bridges the fields of chemistry, physics and biological sciences,
- - friendly work environment and opportunities for scientific development and international collaborations.
Dokumenty wymagane do rekrutacji
- 1. Cover letter
- 2. Current curriculum vitae
- 3. Copy of MSc certificate (or, if the MSc certificate has not been obtained yet, a certificate/document about the date of MSc defense);
- 4. Document confirming the status of PhD Student (to be provided before starting work in the project);
- 5. Signed information on the personal data processing.
- 6. List of subjects and grades from the first and second cycle of studies and list of publications, conference presentations, and other achievements.
- Before entering the competition, candidates are obliged to familiarise themselves with Internal Reporting Procedure.
Załączniki
Dodatkowe informacje dla kandydata
Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Date of announcing the results: Not earlier than 15 November 2025
Method of notification about the results: e-mail, CeNT UW web page