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II. FORM FOR EMPLOYERS
INSTITUTION: Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IGP PAS)
CITY: Poznan, Poland
POSITION: full-time position, post-doc type
DISCIPLINE: Molecular Plant Biology
POSTED: April 25, 2016
EXPIRES: May 15, 2016
SALARY: 5000 PLN gross (~750€ after taxes and Social security)
WEBSITE: http://www.igr.poznan.pl/pl/ogloszenia/praca
http://www.igr.poznan.pl/en/announcements/job
KEY WORDS: bioinformatic, plant biotechnology, gene expression analysis, protein analyses,
metabolomics
DESCRIPTION:
Place of employment: Department of Plant Integrative Biology, Cell by Design Team
Supervisor: Jorge Paiva, PhD
Goals of employment:
The three-year contract full time position post-.doc scholarship financed by National Science Centre,
Poland in the frame of the project Sonata Bis 2015/18/E/NZ2/00694 “PurpleWalls”.
The successful candidate will actively participate in collaboration with the PI of the project:
- in different work-packages of the project, such as:
• the use of omics tools to characterize the different expression levels of the genome;
• identification of regulatory gene network and validation of results;
• -collection, preparation and analysis of the results;
• - on the preparation of articles for peer-rewired high impact peer-reviewed journals and the
on-the presentation of the results in seminars and other scientific meetings.
Research area:
PurpleWalls will address new and relevant insight genetic and molecular mechanisms controlling
phenotype determination, and phenotypic adaptation to growing conditions in Salix purpurea as model
for other Salicaceae and perennial species used for bioenergy. PurpleWalls will use an Integrative
Biology approach to reveal new key genes and regulatory gene networks that modulate xylogenesis
and the secondary cell walls biosynthesis.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate should hold the PhD degree in Molecular Biology or Biotechnology,
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or other discipline of Life Science.
The Candidate should have competences in large scale data-management and bioinformatics
complemented with knowledge plant molecular biology, demonstrated by publications.
Selected person should be able to plan and use general tools of plant physiology, biochemistry and
molecular biology, for next generation sequencing analysis and develop scripts or software
applications to support data management, data extraction and data analysis.
Selected person will be responsible for generated primary data and to analysed them, and will
contribute to the interpretation of results, planning experiments and writing of research papers. Will be
also charged to help the coordinator of the project on supervision of the PhD student work. Knowledge
of English will be required.
Availability for travel and to work for short periods in other Polish and non-Polish laboratories.
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Duties:
Conducting and discussing high-profile academic research as a member of the Integrative Plant
Biology Team. Public presentation of the research on scientific and professional conferences, and
writing and publish in high impact journals. Participate t in international and domestic cooperation with
academic and industrial partners. Elaboration of periodic reports based on the results obtained during
the project.
Participation on the activities of Integrative Plant Biology (eg. participation in seminars and workshops,
etc.) and other activities and initiatives of Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of
Sciences, in agreement with the rules of the Institute of Plant Genetics PAS.
Benefits:
Employment at the IPG PAS will be in the form of a temporary job contract, of 36 months. Term of an
employment contract will be agreed with the successful candidate. Proposed term is June 1, 2016 [to
be discussed].
The payment will include insurance and health care, in agreement with the rules of Polish legislation.
Documents required:
1. Cover letter;
2. Detailed CV including in particular: a list of published papers, participation in projects;
conference communications and other scientific activities;
3. Detailed list of grades;
4. Copy/ copies of the diploma(s).
5. Motivation letter and self-presentation describing the academic/professional career of the
candidate and documenting the fulfilment of skill requirements pertaining to the position;
6. Short proposal of the post-doc, including, objectives, methodologies, and dissemination plans,
and how the skills and competences of the candidate can contribute for the Sonata Bis
project “PurpleWalls”;
7. Name of two personal references.
The application must contain the following statement:
"I hereby give consent for my personal data included in my offer to be processed for the purposes of
recruitment, in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act dated August, 29,1997 (uniform text:
Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland 2014 item 1182 with further amendments)".
The application should contain the full set of documents (1 pdf or doc file), which should be sent by
email entitled "SONATA BIS PurpleWalls – Post-Doc position" to the HR Department
([email protected]) with the copy to mailto:[email protected] or by mail to the address: Institute of
Plant Genetics PAS, Strzeszyńska str. 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland (letter should arrived before the
deadline of the call).
The selected candidates may be invited for an interview (in IPG PAS or through Skype).
Announcement of the results: No later than 1 month after the deadline for applications.
General information
The city of Poznan has 550 thous. inhabitants. It is one of the biggest cities in Poland, with a large
academic centre with numerous universities and research institutes. It is located 300 km westwards
from Warszawa (Warsaw), the capital of Poland, and 300 km eastwards from Berlin, the capital of
Germany. The city is visited by many foreigners participating in numerous fairs organized at the
Poznan International Fair Grounds, as well as students, researchers, businessmen, and tourists. The
city is friendly and safe. A great number of students makes it lively and full of various events. The city
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is convenient to work in and to spend leisure time, due to its beautiful surroundings (Wielkopolski
National Park with its forests and lakes). Poznan is the capital of a large agricultural plain.
Poznan is one of the largest plant science centres in Poland with universities and numerous
scientific institutes and research centres hosting annually over 130 thous. students. The Institute of
Plant Genetics in Poznan has a strong tradition of research on theoretical and applied aspects of plant
biology. Our scientific activity encompasses wide array of scientific disciplines like cytogenetics,
metabolomics, molecular biology and bioinformatics. The salary is the average salary for a researcher
at the institute.
The new research unit Cell Walls by Design created in the frame of SONATA BIS project will be
integrated the Department of Integrative Plant Biology at the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish
Academy of Sciences. Department of Integrative Plant Biology was created un the frame of EU ERACHAIR project Biotalent to combine various disciplines and reinforce the research potential through
joining the European Research Area, employment of excellent scientists in plant biology and
strengthening international co-operation with leading European researchers and laboratories.
The Institute of Plant Genetics PAS is located at Strzeszyńska 34, Poznań, Poland. To learn more
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Institute: www.igr.poznan.pl/en/home
To read basic information BIO-TALENT project please visit the website:http://www.biotalent.eu, which
contains information on objectives, strategy, work packages, contacts and links to information about
the project, announced in the mass media.
Contact address for supplementary information (not for sending the proposals):
Jorge Paiva, Purple Walls Coordinator [email protected]
Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Strzeszyńska 34
60-479 Poznań
Poland
Phone: +48-61-6550266 (PurpleWalls coordinator)
Fax:
+48-61-6550301
Email:[email protected]
www.igr.poznan.pl
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