PhD student scholarship (LoBG) | Faculty of Chemistry at the Gdańsk University of Technology

Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to conduct research in our NCN OPUS 25 project (principal investigator: prof. dr Satish Raina) entitled “Investigating the coordinated regulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phospholipid amounts by the essential LPS assembly proteins LapB/LapC and the involvement of a new thioesterase” to investigate mechanisms balanced biosynthesis of LPS and phospholipids.

Date of the advertisement: 6.06.2024.

Requirements:

• master’s degree in biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology,
• knowledge about techniques in molecular biology, biochemistry and microbiology,
• experience in plasmid and chromosomal DNA isolation, protein purification, immunoblotting,
• documented scientific achievements including publications,
• good knowledge of spoken and written English.

Description of tasks:

• mutagenesis of  lpxC, lapB, lapC genes. Cloning and expression of such variants. Affinity purification of proteins involved in LpxC stability. Obtaining LapB-LapC complex and study interaction of LapB with other clients. Measurement of LPS, phospholipid and fatty acid composition and examination of LpxC and LapB levels by immunoblotting.
• participating in data analysis and interpretation of results.

Title of the project: “Investigating the coordinated regulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phospholipid amounts by the essential LPS assembly proteins LapB/LapC and the involvement of a new thioesterase”

Deadline for submitting offers: 20.06.2024, 9:00

Form of submitting offers: email

Conditions of employment:

Scholarship agreement for a period up to 48 months (start date: 01.10.2024)

Scholarship amount - 3000 PLN/month (gross).

The application should contain:

• motivation letter,
• CV,
• description of key achievements,
• photocopy of a diploma confirming the obtaining of a master's degree,
• Please include the following statement in your CV being the declaration of consent to the processing of personal data of the content: "I consent to the processing by the Gdańsk University of Technology my personal data contained in the application documents for the purposes of the current recruitment procedure for the position of PhD student."

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Form of submitting offers and conditions for the implementation of the project:

Documents should be submitted by 20.06.2024 to the address of the principal investigator: satish.raina@pg.edu.pl. In the title of the e-mail, please provide the Opus-25 PhD student.

The candidate must meet all requirements indicated for PhD position on awarding funding for research tasks funded by the National Science Centre as regards research projects. The successful candidate will be selected by a committee chaired by the project leader.

Link to advertisement on National Science Centre page https://www2.ncn.gov.pl/baza-ofert/?akcja=wyswietl&id=224782