Postdoctoral
position in structural
biology of Comammox in Vienna
For 120
years, microbiologists had
strongly assumed that nitrification must be performed by two
distinct groups of
microorganisms (‘nitrifiers’) in cooperation: the ammonia
oxidizers and the
nitrite oxidizers, respectively. This scientific dogma broke
in 2016, when
‘complete ammonia oxidizers’ were discovered (1). In
collaboration with the
research lab of Daims/Wagner that discovered the Comammox
bacterium, the
Djinovic lab in Vienna plans to structurally and biochemically
characterize
selected enzymes of the Comammox, to decipher the catalytic
mechanism and
identify the structural determinants of the substrate affinity
and specificity.
Job
Description: Active
participation in research, teaching and administration. This
includes: +
Involvement in a research project on the structural and
biochemical
characterization of selected enzymes from Comammox
and other nitrifying microorganisms + Publications and
presentations +
Involvement in project applications for third-party funding +
Involvement in
public outreach + Teaching of courses as defined by the
collective agreement +
Supervision of trainees and students
Qualifications
and experience: The
applicants should hold a PhD degree in
Biology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Biochemistry,
or relevant
fields. Strong experience in molecular cloning, expression,
and purification of
protein complexes is essential. Prior knowledge of
crystallography and/or single-particle
electron microscopy is needed. In addition, we expect the
successful candidate
to have excellent communication and organizational skills, the
capacity to
interact with other researchers, experience in working on
collaborative
research projects, publications in international scientific
journals, and
international presentation experience. Excellent team-working
ability is
needed.
Please
send the following application:
– Letter of motivation
– Academic curriculum vitae
– List of publications, a list of courses and a
list of talks
given
– Contact details of at least 2 persons who could
provide a letter
of reference
To: jobcenter@univie.ac.at with
reference number 13475.
Duration of
employment: 3 years
Deadline: 30th
September 2022
For details
in the project contact please
contact: Kristina Djinovic Carugo kristina.djinovic@univie.ac.at
1.
Daims, H., Lebedeva, E. V., Pjevac, P., Han, P., Herbold, C.,
Albertsen, M.,
Jehmlich, N., Palatinszky, M., Vierheilig, J., Bulaev, A.,
Kirkegaard, R. H.,
Von Bergen, M., Rattei, T., Bendinger, B., Nielsen, P. H., and
Wagner, M.
(2015) Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria. Nature
528,
504-509; 10.1038/nature16461
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-- Department of Structural and Computational Biology Max Perutz Labs University of Vienna Campus Vienna Biocenter 5 A-1030 Vienna Austria e-mail: kristina.djinovic@univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-52203 Phone: +43-1-4277-52201 (secretary) Mobile A: +43-664-602 77-522 03 Fax: +43-1-4277-9522