Assistant professor at the Department of Chemical Biology

No 8.2026.NCN.ZChB.WB.AH of 18.02.2026

Institute/Department: Faculty of Biotechnology

Position: assistant professor

Type of position: research

Research area / discipline: medical sciences, biomedical engineering

Vacancies/positions: 1

Application deadline: 20.03.2026

Expected contest results: March/April 2026

Envisaged job starting date: April 2026

Employment period: one year (possible extension to two years)

Type of contract: full time

Salary: 7296 -7608 brutto PLN

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

Employment under the National Science Center project of the OPUS project of the National Science Center (2024/53/B/ST4/01386), under the title ” Principles of hidden zinc bioinorganic chemistry: Tuning sequence-structurestability relationships for enhanced zinc protein functionality”.

The principal investigator of the project is professor Artur Krężel.

The main goal of the project is to investigate the sequence-structure-function relationships in zinc proteins subject to changes under intracellular labile Zn(II) fluctuations. These proteins differ from commonly known zinc proteins due to alterations in Zn(II)-coordinating residues as well as surrounding sequential and structural elements. Thus, we aim to elucidate structural and thermodynamic aspects that underlie the evolutionary pressure to obtain such sites, which are commonly used in a cell to play regulatory functions. Through thorough chemical, biophysical, and structural analyses, we seek to uncover the hidden factors that determine dedicated cellular functionality. Understanding the rules that govern zinc protein designation is relevant to basic science and biotechnology, protein engineering, and protein-based drug design. Knowledge of the entire spectrum of mechanisms that drive the dynamic activity of zinc proteins is essential for understanding the elusive and difficult-to-investigate zinc signaling mechanisms in which the activity of regulatory proteins is tuned due to physiological or pathological reasons.

Our team has extensive experience working on metalloproteins, determining their structure, stability, and mechanisms of (un)folding and interaction with other biomolecules. We offer work on unique and very modern research equipment and a chance to learn about a wide range of techniques in spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, biological chemistry, molecular biology, peptide synthesis, protein production, and purification and to present our results at international scientific conferences.

Expectations:

1. PhD in chemical, biological sciences or in related disciplines.
2. Scientific achievements documented by publications and implemented projects
3. Experience in recombinant protein expression and purification.
4. Experience in metalloproteins research is highly appreciated.
5. Knowledge of modern spectroscopic techniques, mass spectrometry (preferred proteomics approaches).
6. Ability to present achievements confirmed by documented presentations at the national or international forum Active participation in conferences, workshops, courses and other forms of supporting scientific development.
7. Proficiency in written and spoken English.
8. Motivation to scientific work.
9. Ability to work independently and in a team.
10. Participation in scientific meetings.
11. Preparation of scientific publications.
12. Active participation in scientific conferences.

Responsibilities:

1. In the research area: conducting experiments, results analysis, regular record keeping according to common standards.

daily work in the science laboratory and good cooperation with other members of the research team

Preparation of reports, presentations and publications

• In the teaching area: none due to the fact that it is research not a teaching position.
• In the organizational area: participation in faculty/department meetings, seminars, preparing publications, active participation in conferences.

The application for the competition should include

1. Personal  questionnaire  (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. A photocopy of the diploma certifying the master’s degree.
4. Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace statement).
5. Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Self-presentation (information about scientific, organizational, and other achievements).
7. List scientific publications in the last ten years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements or an explanation of the lack of them.
9. Application for employment addressed to HM Rector.
10. Declaration – article 113 the Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration – Article 113).
11. Two recommendation letters sent by well-known specialists in the area of biochemistry, molecular biology, provided that these letters are sent by e-mail to the Chairman of the Competition Committee at artur.krezel@uwr.edu.pl, without the candidate’s mediation and are open only to members of the Committee, and the candidate, by entering the competition, waives the right to access these lists.

If you provide us with data voluntarily in your application other than what is necessary for you to participate in the recruitment procedure, we ask for your consent to their processing, which may read:

– in the case of ordinary data: ‘I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in (e.g. CV, cover letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wrocław in the recruitment process for the position …’

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All the documents should be sent only in electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: “assistant professor.NCN.8.ZChB.WB.AH“.

Additional information

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be invited for an interview.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to annul the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process