Dear all,

 

We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for a PhD Junior Researcher Position at NOVA School of Science and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on arsenic-metabolizing enzymes. Please find more details below.

 

Cheers

 

Cristiano Mota

 

 

The Macromolecular Crystallography (XTAL) group is hiring a PhD holder at NOVA School of Science and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal) to work on an FCT funded project AASENS “Deciphering Arsenic and Antimony Detoxification Enzymes for Biosensor Application” (https://sites.fct.unl.pt/aasens/).

The work will be carried out at the XTAL Lab (https://sites.fct.unl.pt/xtal) and involves international collaborators (Arwen Pearson (Hamburg Univ.); Joanne Santini (UCL, London); Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet(CNRS, Marseille)).

The project includes protein expression and purification, biophysical characterization, crystallization and structural analysis. It will also include stays at SR labs for TR-SSX experiments. Full details and position description at

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/430655

 

To apply (27th April- 29th May 2026) send a single PDF (CV with publications; 1 page motivation letter; 2 referee contact) to mjr@fct.unl.pt