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Researcher in the Laboratory of protist genomics and evolution

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The Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of Ostrava announces a job vacancy

  • Researcher in the Laboratory of protist genomics and evolution

The open vacancy is announced within the framework of the Life Environment Research Center Ostrava (LERCO, reg. no. CZ.10.03.01/00/22_003/0000003), Research program 1 Molecular biology, position „VP1 Researcher (senior) 1“ held by an advanced independent researcher participating in the implementation of the project.

Expected start date

  • 1st of September, 2023 (or by agreement)

Estimated amount of work

  • 100%

Contract of employment

  • Fixed-term contract (for the duration of LERCO project)

Language in which the selection process will be conducted

  • Czech or English

Qualifications and other requirements

  • PhD (or its equivalent) in the field of molecular biology, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, cell biology, microbiology or related fields
  • postdoctoral stay at a relevant academic institution outside the Czech Republic for at least two years
  • at least 15 papers in journals with an impact factor, at least four of them as the first author
  • mastering of common procedures of bioinformatics, including the ability to write at least simple scripts (e.g. in Python)
  • command of English (in both the spoken and written form) at the professionally appropriate level

Job Description

  • bioinformatic and phylogenetic analyses of DNA and protein sequences
  • processing of sequence data, construction of genome and metagenome assemblies, genome annotation
  • comparative genomic analyses
  • transcriptome analyses
  • modelling of protein structures, advances analyses of structural homology
  • other work implied by the nature of the research to be done
  • more information on the aims of the planned research is to be provided by the head of the laboratory (prof. Marek Eliáš; E-mail: )

List of Documents Required from the Applicant (in Czech or English)

Date, Method, Form, and Place for the Delivery of the Application and Required Documents from the Applicant

Application for the selection procedure containing all the required documents are to be sent electronically to the following address: .

Deadline for on-time applications

  • 29th July, 2023

The first round of the selection procedure will take place without the personal presence of the candidates by the assessment of the submitted materials by the selecion committee.

The Dean of the Faculty reserves the right to invite only selected candidates to a personal meeting and also the right not to select any candidate. The Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of Ostrava may also cancel or repeat the selection procedure.

Contact:

University of Ostrava
Faculty of Science
HR department
Bc. Lucie Malovcová
Chittussiho 10
710 00 Ostrava – Slezská Ostrava
Czech Republic

E-mail:
Phone: +420 553 46 2107