Postdoc position available at the Department of Medical Biotechnology, FBBB JU. The successful candidate will take part in the NCN Sonata 15 project: “Cellular and molecular mechanisms driving the expression of mobilizing cytokines”.

The aim of this project is to identify cells and transcription factors that lead to the production of G-CSF and other mobilizing factors. For more details please visit the webpage od Niche group.  

Eligibility:

The competitive selection process is open for all individuals, who meet the requirements set out in Articles 113 and 116.2.3) of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science, and who meet the following eligibility criteria according to § 165 of the Statute of the Jagiellonian University:

1. Holding at least a doctoral degree;
2. Having relevant scientific achievements;
3. Taking active part in scientific life;
4. Additional expectations: Scientific skills certified by co-authorship of research publications: a. experience in working with laboratory animals (mice); experience in creating transgenic mice will be an advantage; b. molecular biology techniques; experience in RNA sequencing, CHIPseq or similar techniques is particularly desirable; c. flow cytometry; experience in cell sorting will be appreciated; d. data analysis; experience bioinformatics and single cell data is particularly desirable;
5. Experience at work in research projects,
6. Fluency in English,
7. The ability to independently plan, conduct and document experiments,
8. The ability to work in a team,
9. In accordance with the National Science Center Regulations, a post-doc type post is a full-time post, scheduled by the project’s principal investigator for a person who has obtained their PhD degree within 7 years before joining the project. This period may be extended by a time of long-term (in excess of 90 days) documented sick leaves or rehabilitation leaves granted on account of being unfit to work. In addition, the period may be extended by the number of months of a child care leave granted pursuant to the Labour Code and in the case of women, by 18 months for every child born or adopted, whichever manner of accounting for career breaks is preferable. Researchers who have been awarded a PhD degree by the host institution for the project cannot be employed as post-docs.

Recruitment procedure:

The candidates, who would like to take part in the competitive selection process, should submit the following documents to the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, room D212 or electronically via email to agata.szade@uj.edu.pl; In the email title please include “SONATA Postdoc”:

1. application form;
2. resume;
3. personal questionnaire filled in by the candidate;
4. copy of the doctoral diploma or a diploma confirming the candidate’s habilitation degree, if applicable;
5. information on the candidate’s scientific, teaching and organisational achievements;
6. list of publications (along with the respective publishing houses and the number of pages);
7. doctoral dissertation or habilitation dissertation review, if applicable;
8. latest performance evaluation form, if the candidate was subject to such evaluation;
9. recommendation concerning the candidate’s research and teaching work, issued by the director of the organisational unit or a scientific supervisor, including the results of student surveys and evaluations, if the candidate was subject to such evaluation;
10. declaration of the candidate, confirming that the Jagiellonian University will be their primary place of work, should they be selected in the competitive selection process;
11. declaration under Article 113 of the Law on Higher Education and Science;
12. declaration on acknowledging and accepting the rules and regulations concerning intellectual property management and commercialisation in force at the Jagiellonian University;
13. information regarding processing of personal data.

Competition opening date is 1st May 2021.

Application submission deadline is 30th June 2021.

The competitive selection process will be concluded by 31st July.

The Jagiellonian University does not provide housing. Declaration forms can be obtained at the webpage of the Human Resources Office.