AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Join us!!

We are looking for motivated PhD/master students, highly qualified postdocs, as well as admin staffs to promote our research progress.
If you are interested in joining our group, please contact to azumay.group[at]gmail.com ([at] = @) with your motivation letter and CV.
We also encourage and support you to apply for student scholarships or postdoc fellowships.
You can find more specific open positions below;

30 November, 2022

FACS TECHNICIAN

We are looking for a lab technician who has expertise in FACS. If you are interested, contact to Yusuke (yusuke.azuma[at]uj.edu.pl; [at] = @). The detailed announcement is coming soon.

9 December, 2022

LAB MANAGER/TECHNICIAN

We are now recruiting a laboratory technician in our research team for the research program entitled “Engineered Bacterial Compartments for Protein Design and Production”. This position offers you the opportunity to gain experience in laboratory evolution, one of the most powerful approaches to obtaining proteins with user-defined function, as well as in protein cage-based bionanotechnology, a hot research topic fueled by prospective applications in catalysis and medicine. You will be part of a start-up research group, led by Dr. Yusuke Azuma, that is developing artificial subcellular compartments for storage and catalysis through re-design and directed evolution of self-assembling protein cages. This technician position will be supported by a research grant from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), which provides you with opportunities to attend conferences and training courses organized by EMBO.

Who Can Apply:

The criteria to apply for the position are the following:

holds (or will obtain soon) a master, master of engineering, or equivalent degree.
have at least 2-year work experience in a wet laboratory conducting molecular cloning and recombinant protein production
can cooperatively work with colleagues in the institutes
proficient in spoken and written Polish and English.

Scope of work:

Implementation of a research project under the supervision of the project leader, which includes molecular cloning, protein expression and purification, and nanoparticle analysis using gel electrophoresis, dynamic light scattering, size-exclusion chromatography, and electron microscopy*
Maintenance of research materials and instruments in the laboratory
Preparation of general lab stocks, e.g. buffers or electrophoresis gels, for the group members
Teaching experimental techniques and safety rules to students
Presentation of your research progress in the group meetings

* These experimental skills will be taught by the project leader

Our Offer:

Part-time or full-time position with a monthly gross salary in the range of 2,500-5,000 PLN
Access to the basic and modern research instruments for molecular biology and nanotechnology

(spectrometers, dynamic light scattering, chromatography pump system, transmission electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, fluorescent-activated cell sorting, etc.)

Opportunities to present your work in international conferences
Ability to join an international and dynamic group of researchers
Excellent training: In our diverse group you will be able to network with international researchers, experience about new skills in protein design, enzyme kinetics, structural biology, cell biology, nanoparticle analysis etc.
Discounted membership of sports facilities (“Multisport”, https://www.benefitsystems.pl/en/for-you/multisport/)
Subsidized social events (theater tickets, hotels etc)

How to Apply:

Send applications (as a single PDF file, written in English and using at least 11 pt font size) directly to the project leader, Azuma (yusuke.azuma[at]uj.edu.pl ([at]=@)). Applications should be marked “EMBO_Tec” and include the followings:

Motivation letter, including why you are interested in joining our team
Curriculum vitae, including your experimental skills

Currently, there is no deadline for the application.

21 October, 2022

POSTDOC POSITION AVAILABLE

We are now recruiting a scientist who will be involved in the research project to develop a new method for the engineering of supercharged proteins. The project offers you the opportunity to gain experience in laboratory evolution, a most powerful approach to endow proteins with user-defined function, as well as in protein cage-based technology, a hot research topic fueled by prospective applications in catalysis and medicine. You will be mentored by Dr. Yusuke Azuma, (https://www.azumag.com/) as a member of the prof. Jonathan Heddle’s laboratory, located at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland.

Who Can Apply:

highly motivated to pursue protein engineering project;
have at least 4-year experience in wet laboratory work, preferably in directed evolution of proteins;
have background studies in one of the fields related to this project, e.g. molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology and chemical biology;
published at least one scientific article in a peer-reviewed journal as the first author; (If you have a special reason not to have a publication, e.g. long-term reviewing process, patent application, etc., please mention it in the application.)
have self-development attitude to establish his/her scientific career in a relative scientific realm;
can cooperatively work with the colleagues in the Institutes;
proficient in spoken and written English.

Our Offer:

Full-time position lasting for up to 1 year (with an extension possibility).
Access to the basic and modern research instruments for molecular biology and nanotechnology

(fluorescent-activated cell sorting (FACS), cryo-transmission electron microscopy, spectrometers, dynamic light scattering, chromatography pump system, etc.)

Opportunities to present your work at international conferences.
Ability to join an international and dynamic group of researchers.
Excellent training: In our diverse group you will be able to network with international researchers, experience about new skills including in DNA origami design, enzyme biochemistry, structural biology, protein design etc.

How to Apply:

Send applications (as PDF file(s), written in English and using at least 11pt font size) directly by e-mail to the project leader, Dr. Yusuke Azuma (yusuke.azuma@uj.edu.pl). Applications should be marked “Sonata_PD” and include the followings:

A: Motivation letter, describing why you want to join our group and what you can bring to us

B. Curriculum vitae

C. Brief description of your previous work (up to 2 pages)

D. List of publications

E. Copy of the certificate for your highest academic degree.

F. Two referees including a former supervisor.

G. Agreement for personal data processing (Download the format here)

Important Dates:

Applications submission deadline: 31 December 2022

Decision of the competition shall be made by 31 January 2022

The project starting date: 01 February 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter

You can find the official announcement >>here<<.

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