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Jagiellonian University in Kraków promotes cooperation and cares for a good atmosphere based on mutual trust. It implements the strategy resulting from The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers, creating stable conditions for employment as well as the development of academic career, which resulted in the award of the HR Excellence in Research by the European Commission

INFORMATION ON SELECTION PROCEDURE

Date of selection procedure announcement: Krakow, 19.11.2025

Selection procedure information number given by the Centre for Human Resources : 1227.1101.329.2025

Dean of the faculty of /Director of a non-faculty, inter-faculty or common unit : Acting Head of Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology

Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Dubin

Address :

Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology

ul. Gronostajowa 7A, 30-387 Kraków

Jagiellonian University announces a selection procedure for the position of an ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Group of employees

Research staff

JU organizational unit (place of work performance)

Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology

Field of science

Exact and Natural Sciences

Discipline

biological science

Scope

Molecular biology / Structural biology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Biophysics

Number of posts

1

Type of employment

Employment contract

Working time

Full time position

Planned duration of employment

6 months with the possibility of extension

Expected date of employment commencement

1st quarter 2026

Remuneration

according to the Rules for Remunerating Jagiellonian University Employees

Requirements

The selection procedure 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:

• - holding at least a doctoral degree;
• - having relevant scientific achievements;
• - taking active part in scientific life.

Additional requirements necessary for employment (indicated in order of priority)

The eligibility and project criteria have been specified in detail on the NCN website — the regulations for OPUS 24, Appendix to the NCN Council Resolution No. 60/2022 of 9 June 2022.

An ideal candidate will:

1. 1. hold a PhD degree in biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics or any other related discipline of science.
2. 2. have experience in wet laboratory work in protein expression and purification, have at least basic knowledge about translating structural biology results into functional biology, have experience in RNA biology and biochemical activity tests.
3. 3. have 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);
4. 4. show a good organization skills, can independently plan and carry out experiments, demonstrates excellent group work skills;
5. 5. be proficient in spoken and written English;
6. 6. fulfil requirements stemming from Regulation on awarding funding for tasks funded by the National Science Centre as regards research projects, including:
   • - they obtained their doctoral degree in the year of employment in the project or no earlier than 7 years before that year. This period may be extended by documented long-term sick leave or rehabilitation leave (lasting more than 90 days) due to incapacity for work. Additionally, this period may be extended by the number of months of parental leave granted under the Labour Code. For female candidates, the period may also be extended by 18 months for each child born or adopted, if this method of accounting for career breaks is more advantageous;
   • - they obtained their doctoral degree from an institution other than the Jagiellonian University or completed at least a 10-month, continuous and documented postdoctoral fellowship at an institution other than the Jagiellonian University and in a country different from the one where the PhD degree was obtained;
   • - at the time of receiving remuneration from this project, they will not be receiving any other remuneration from NCN-funded research projects under the category of direct costs;

   • - during the period of employment under this project, they will not be employed under an employment contract with any other employer, including an employer based outside Poland.

Program / Project Title

Molecular characterization of the human MOCS3 thiolation pathway; OPUS 24, K/NCN/000210

Program / Project description

The successful candidate will work on an ongoing NCN-funded project to investigate the specific cellular pathways that are needed to incorporate sulfur atoms into tRNAs. In the proposed project we will shed light on the specific molecular similarities as well as differences between two sulfur carrier proteins and their common activator. We will purify the proteins and analyze their molecular characteristics and activities in the test tube. We will use structural biology methods to take structural snapshots of the proteins during their reactions to understand their function. We will seek to identify the networks and natural targets of both proteins in human cell lines that will also serve as simplified model systems to understand the contribution of these proteins to human diseases.

The selected candidate will work in dr Anna Biela’s team in the laboratory of the group in the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland.

Scope of duties

according to the Work Regulations of the Jagiellonian University

Annex 1 to the Work Regulations of the Jagiellonian University – Model scopes of responsibilities and duties of the Jagiellonian University employees.